Name: Ho Mei Yi Student ID: N1581028 UCAE15 Writing Assignment: Empathy Empathy tugs at our heartstrings – we feel the pain and joy of a person because we understand what he or she is going through. The imaginative act of putting ourselves in someone else’s shoes is often associated with selflessness‚ good rapport and ideally‚ makes the world a better place. According to Roman Krznaric‚ developing empathic thinking with others might also be able to solve climate changes. Albeit that‚ empathy may
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In 2001 The American Scholar printed passage from a Margaret Drabble talk. In this talk Drabble was quoted saying “Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts.” This quote is a true reflection of society’s need for conformity‚ explicitly for young adults who suffer the effects of peer pressure. Personally I like to believe I defy this‚ but in actuality everyone in some way seeks to “fit-in‚” making this quote very accurate. Most teens today feel pressure to go along with
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Michael Peck 2/26/17 Block 2 King George III and the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts. These Acts were intended to keep the colonies tightly under British rule‚ but the opposite effect happened. One of the acts King George III and the British Parliament placed on the colonists was the stamp act. The stamp act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22‚ 1765. The new tax was imposed on all colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed
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In Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Montresor‚ a man who immolates Fortunato due to the fact that Fortunato had thrown insult upon insult after him‚ deserves to be punished in a way that he will learn from. Assassinating Montresor will not instruct him on why what he did was wrong. If Montresor were to be executed what would come out of it? Would anyone receive joy from the fact that he is six feet under? No‚ Montresor’s death would only cause more pain and grievance. Although capital
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Evangelicals were beginning to ask questions concerning the ideas of Christianization and began embracing other ideas and arguments. These new ideas deconstructed the social expectations of those following the paradigms of this new millennial way of thinking with deconstructed expectations‚ challenging believers to consider the ideas of evangelical marginality. These new ideas lead to new expectations in missions and literal interpretation. Some of these arguments ultimately shattered denominational
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such as rehab‚ physical therapy‚ acupuncture and medication can help reduce pain‚ but are hardly adopted. Doctors continue to write prescriptions for pain when the medications can lead to addiction. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act is a law designed to protect a patient’s privacy‚ preventing physicians and other doctors from seeing some or all of the patient’s medical history. Thus‚ many doctors are unaware of the possibility that patients may have already been prescribed. However
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In the play‚ Medea‚ translated by Robinson Jeffers‚ Medea is presented with many choices. These choices have big impacts on her and her peers’ lives. When reading‚ it felt like a children’s scary story where you were able to chose your own fate. Medea had many opportunities to chose her own outcome. Through her choices‚ she created great pain and a great story. First‚ the all-female chorus held many representations in the play. When they sang and said what they felt‚ no actions were taken to help
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Argumentative Essay- Lucas Moore Managing wildfires in today’s world has become more efficient‚ safe‚ and easy with the help of prescribed fires. Prescribed fires are a solution to preventing and helping stop wildfires with both positive and negative outcomes. Today‚ I stand with prescribed fires as I believe that they are safe and have many positives that outweigh the negatives. For example‚ over time branches and debris build up serving as fuel in the forests and result in hazardous environments
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The following argumentative essay will state facts on the value of studying film history‚ film movements and what benefits it brings to a person. The terms “Film Art” and “Film History” give off a form of impression and historical knowledge passed down many generations‚ but to most people it is just a form of relaxation or escape‚ not really paying attention to the sentimental value or knowledge it can provide. Looking closely at how the art of film production has changed across time by examining
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Argumentative Essay Planned Parenthood Millions of women across America will struggle to receive the medical attention they need if the federal government stops funding to Planned Parenthood. Every year 363 million dollars goes into the funding “pot” collectively at Planned Parenthood’s nationwide (Clark 5). This money is used predominantly by women; for six in ten women‚ Planned Parenthood acts as their main source of health care (Clark 4). Many individuals with low incomes depend on these clinics
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