education in schools nationwide has been affected by a vast number of problems: drug and alcohol abuse‚ smoking‚ carrying of illegal weapons and cell phones to schools. Schools are been victimized by these problems daily therefore I believe that school raids should be encouraged as they are protecting the future of students. The distraction of students are displayed in their failure to perform well and in their social conduct. The school’s code of conduct states in black and white that no illegal
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Philosophy 110-6326 May 10‚ 2012 1. In this story about pacifism‚ Douglas P. Lackey explains the ethics of murder. In a quote‚ Lackeys makes a very argumentative statement. He states‚ “If the congress decides to set a speed limit of 55 miles per hour on federal highways‚ more people will die than if Congress sets the speed limit at 45 miles per hour. In my opinion‚ this is a very true statement. I think if the congress was to lower the speed limit in many areas‚ they will be prolonging many
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"never do anything to against the conscience‚ even if the state demands it." This quote is from Albert Einstein. In this quote‚ Albert Einstein tells us what a normal person should do when faced with a moral dilemma. What people do is often the opposite of what their conscience tells them to do. " The Sniper" by O’ Flaherty and "War" by Timothy Findley are both good examples of this. The two stories both show that war brings people pain because it forces them to contradict their consciences and feelings
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Interview of Maxus‚ a true roman gladiator Hello and welcome to the interview show joining us today is a roman gladiator who has just survived the coliseum and earned his freedom. Here he is right now maximus the gladiator (audience cheers) Dave: So then maximus before we get to know about your life in the arena I would like to know about your background and why you were chosen for the arena instead of labour? Maximus: When I was young i use to watch my father‚ neighbours and family
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★ The Battle of Gettysburg: A battle‚ a speech‚ a memorial ground During the American Civil War‚ from the first to the third of July 1863‚ there were sanguinary battles in and around Gettysburg. The losses of lives on both sides were massive‚ approximately 23 000 dead‚ hurt or missing on each side.1 It was there‚ in the small city of Pennsylvania‚ that the war turned around. The South was suddenly facing defeat.1‚ 2 The Civil War continued for two years after the Battle of Gettysburg. Still it is
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The views of John Brown’s raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry illustrate the changing of North-South relations between the years of 1859 and 1863. After the event occurred‚ many looked down upon it in order to try and prevent the inevitable Civil War. However‚ throughout the next few years many people began to praise him for his radical abolitionism‚ even to the point of martyrdom. Horace Greeley‚ a well known anti-slavery activist and editor of the New York Tribune at the time‚ disagreed
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Story Ellison’s "Battle Royal" and Kincaid’s "Girl" were extremely difficult but interesting novels. As I explored these readings‚ I realized that they had some differences and similarities‚ but the one’s that stood out‚ helped me get a better understanding of what these individual characters were facing. They displayed very distinct themes However‚ uncovered very similar social settings. In Ellison’s "Battle Royal" theme‚ our narrator is physically humiliated in the "Battle Royal" incident and
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Several individuals closely tied to the government requested that the trial be held in Winnipeg in July 1885. There are historians who contend that the trial was moved to Regina because of concerns with the possibility of an ethnically mixed and sympathetic jury.[66] Tom Flanagan states that an amendment of the North-West Territories Act (which dropped the provision that trials with crimes punishable by death should be tried in Manitoba) meant that the trial could be convened within the North-West
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Since the beginning of time mothers have always supported their children. Some mothers have different ways of support. In the novel ‚Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ Amy Chua’s tone for supporting her daughter is positive but also a little ironic. Amy Tan’s mother‚ in the novel The Joy Luck Club‚ has a different tone and comes across quite vicious and negative and even abusive. Two mothers with one goal‚ but try to reach their goals very differently. In the excerpt “The Violin” Amy Chua talks about
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Nov.1‚1951- jan.13‚1997 Avro arrow‚ a sleek white jet interceptor developed in Malton‚Ontario in the 1950s. It might have fastest plane in the world or our best defense against soviet bombers. It became a $400 million pile of scrap metal. To catch soviet bombers the royal Canadian air force brong out call for a jet that will fly fast‚higher and further. At end of second world war‚ Canada was one of the worlds major industrial powers. The royal Canadian airforce was the third largest in the world
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