I think climbing Mt. Everest is not worth climbing by risking life even though some people say that when you reach the summit‚ there is a big feeling of accomplishment. I never understood why people risk their lives to climbing the mountain. Even if it’s their hobbies‚ there should be safer and more exciting activities than climbing mountains. When I watched and read the works about Mt. Everest in the class‚ I felt that climbing Mt. Everest is more dangerous and complicated than I thought. For example
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“De-extinction Probably isn’t Worth it”. This is the name of an article by Sarah Zielinski. I completely understand what she is talking about in her text‚ and I agree with her. De-extinction isn’t worth it mainly because it would take attention from other research‚ harm living creatures‚ and most of their habitats and food are gone. If we brought back extinct animals‚ it would take a lot of funds and research‚ causing us to forget about other research projects. In Mrs. Zielinski’s article she told
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The value of life is different for many people because it can mean anything depending on people’s belief. There’s people in the world that base the value of life on money and make people’s life seem to be worth less than the next but is completely wrong. In the article “What is a life worth?” by Amanda Ripley‚ she explains that in a tragic accident like 9/11 it isn’t fair that based on people’s income the government would total up the earnings for the victims lifetime and give it to the family because
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E xplore Yourself ‘The unexamined life is not worth living’ Socrates Thinking about what you might like to do with your life is a big head ache. The thing to remember is — it’s your life — and everything has to start from where you are now‚ but the thing you want to know is about your future. Before you can visualise a future self‚ you need to look at yourself today — what interests you‚ what you are good at‚ what really matters to you — in order to evaluate possible future roles and
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having an exotic animal really worth the risk? Having one could mean things that alot of people in society are scared of. Exotic animals should be able to live in their natural habitat because as an animal they need that time to run and hunt like a regular animal is supposed to do. If they’re kept from that because people think it’s cool to have an animal that no one else has. It’s actually going to cause you and the animal harm. So think is having an exotic animal worth the risk? They cause diseases
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Katherine Elizabeth Hoelscher High school AP English February 27‚ 2007 Sex Education: It’s Worth the Whole Picture Education is a key element in the life of an adolescent; it is the factor that establishes their future. While reading‚ writing‚ and arithmetic are the spotlights of our education system today‚ sex education is just as large of a part. Sex education is not only what establishes our awareness of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)‚ but also another life changing event -
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Mary Poovey’s article "For What It ’S Worth .." contrasts with Catherine Gallagher’s “Marxism and The New Historicism” and Judith Lowder Newton’s “History as Usual? Feminism and the “New Historicism.”’ Gallagher discusses how New Historicism veers away from Marxism and aligns more with new left wing circles. Gallagher’s argues three main points‚ “new historicisms formalism‚ its problematization of representation‚ and its dual critique and historicization of the subject” (38). Gallagher elaborates
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Americans. He saw new types of food‚ acres of land and a whole bunch of trees everywhere. This land was new and most likely had a lot of resources and he had decided to colonize in the new world. The colonization in the new world was a great deal and was worth the costs. Ever since Columbus had colonized in the new world there was an enormous amount of new resources of Columbus and the queen of Spain to use. There were foods that Columbus had stated in his letter to the Queen of Spain that he has never seen
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Survival That’s Worth the Cost In life people make hard choices -- difficult choices -- but sometimes to survive people don’t have a choice at all. During “The Cost of Survival” the author talks of two groups of people‚ separated by accountability. The first group of survivors ended up in life-or-death situations because they got the wrong end of the stick‚ so to say. The second group of survivors ended up in life-or-death situations because of risk taking stupidity. People in survival circumstances
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There was a time when I was stationed at my desk during my 10th grade English class where I wish I would have spoken up. As a class‚ we began a discussion about whether or not it was worth dying for religious faith. There were many opinions that were expressed through my fellow classmates‚ many that I did not agree with based upon my own faith in God. These opinions were popular beliefs among my fellow classmates‚ and among others in the school. I felt as if I should stand up and speak in a firm
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