Gladiator Julius Mitchell ENG 225 Prof. Jonathan Beller 13 March 2011 What would you do if you were engaged in a twelve year campaign; you have a wife and son who are waiting for you‚ but you are asked to be king and leader of your country? Would you refuse your king‚ and turn your back on your country‚ for the sake of two? Ridley Scott‚ director of Universal Pictures “Gladiator‚” brought to life‚ writer David Franzoni’s epic tale of Maximus‚ an inspiring and powerful Roman General
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Giving Standardized Testing a Failing Grade “We are raising today’s children in sterile‚ risk-averse and highly structured environments. In so doing‚ we are failing to cultivate artists‚ pioneers and entrepreneurs‚ and instead cultivating a generation of children who can follow the rules in organized sports games‚ sit for hours in front of screens and mark bubbles on standardized tests” (Darell Hammond). A standardized test is any test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions or
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By the time the ad ends‚ I already forgot what the TV show was about. And sometimes they even spoil TV shows. Let me give you an example. I once saw an ad about the newest episode of the Flash. The ad just spoiled everything. I learned from the ad that the main character‚ Barry‚ basically came back from the dead. If the ad had not been played‚ I would’ve actually been interested
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and increased research towards metacognition would go a long way towards possibly settling that argument for good. As you can see‚ allocating the grant money towards amplified metacognition research would be one of the best choices the Department of Neuroscience could do as improved knowledge of metacognition would allow there to be no limit to what humans could do. Once we learn how we learn‚ we will be able to learn even more efficiently. References Sieck W. 2013 Feb 13. Metacognition is Knowing
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How Lucky You Are Maybe you think your life sucks‚ but if you look at the bigger picture maybe you should be grateful? The story takes place in London and we are in modern day. We meet our main character Max who is bulking from school taking all for granted. At first we are on the bus with Max where he meets Ishraqi who is an Iranian trying to immigrate to England. Together they decide that Max can give Ishraqi a little guided tour in London‚ but this is interrupted when Ishraqi must go to
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people have a pitbull dog as a family pet. Others like to have them for a watch dog or a fighting dog as they are known to get pretty upset when you enter their territory. There are different breeds and types of pitbull’s so it can be defiant to understand their nature. Some people mix them with other breeds. This can be a good or bad thing depending on how you see it. For the most part‚ they are known as loving and friendly dogs that can be great company for adult’s as well as children. Mixed breeds
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them in the quasi-public sector and is a cheap way to save money. Another way universities raise money for athletics is to get
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women across the world that have not gotten the credit that they deserve. Some of these women include: Jocelyn Bell Burnell‚ she discovered pulsars or remnants of stars that went supernova. Next is Lise Meitner‚ her work led to the discovery of nuclear fission. last but not least is Nettie Stevens‚ she found out that the sex/gender of an organism by its chromosomes. All of these women have not gotten the proper recognition that they deserve. some of these women have even been left out of textbooks.
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the last day of school and this test would predict how successful I would be in the future. The first question asked what my race was‚ so I answered B‚ Aryan - purely German. Immediately‚ the teacher saw my answer‚ took my test and told me that I was going to be extremely
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Part Two: Analytical Essay The appeal to tradition‚ also called argumentum ad antiquitatem‚ is a commonplace fallacy that posits that an idea is correct simply on the basis that it is similar to a past or present tradition. We see it everywhere: in government‚ in schools‚ in music‚ in the workplace‚ and even in sports. The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis is largely about this idea‚ where Lewis argues that even if something has been done traditionally for many years and worked‚ the traditional way
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