Sungsik woo Intermediate composition Final Draft 12/12/05 The Four-River Restoration Project At first‚ the government tried to make the Korean Grand Canal to transfer people and supplies using ships. However‚ many people had been opposed to the plan severely‚ and the government gave up and started the Four-River Restoration Project. This project is a government enterprise for the purpose of preventing floods‚ securing water resources and encouraging restoration of the land. The government insists
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In today’s society homosexuality is becoming more accepted. You see homosexuals coming out and feeling more comfortable in their skin and why shouldn’t they? They have no reason to hide who they are because they live in America where you have the freedom to choose. Being homosexual for most people is not a choice it comes from ones different genetic characteristics. Hollywood fully embraces homosexuality. I believe Hollywood has made an impact on most of America’s perception of homosexuality. Some
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Fairytales are suitable only for children? Agree or disagree. I disagree; fairytales are not suitable only for children. While fairytales sound more likely for children‚ however adults can learn from the given life lessons. Adults and children can enjoy the humor‚ and morals stated in the stories to understand the given message to everyone. The fairy tales are “Little Red Riding Hood”‚ “The Fisherman and His Wife” and “The Frog Prince”. These stories kids and adults find it entertaining and useful
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Barthelemy Natama EN 101: Composition I 05 Nov 2014 A More Subtle Effect The effects of greed can be dreadful. The obsession over materialistic goods‚ like money‚ can preoccupy their entire time with getting more of it and cause great deals of stress in losing it. That is the first downside when people think of greed. However‚ there is another subtle effect of this‚ and that is depression. When a person becomes filled with greed‚ this can lead to them cutting important people from their life to
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Racism is a hot topic all over the world‚ but what really is racism? Miriam-Webster defines racism as “poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race; the belief that some races of people are better than others.” In more colloquial language‚ racism is discriminating anyone because of their race and or ethnic background. Racism is all around us‚ and racism will be prevalent until the end of time. The idea of racism developed from “xenophobia‚” which is the fear of foreign peoples
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In 1900‚ an estimated six percent of elementary school children received bilingual education‚ which is double the current level. In 1968 the Bilingual Education Act was passed‚ which did not require bilingual education‚ but used students’ native languages in the curriculum to one degree or another. With the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001‚ bilingual education was left far behind‚ and was no longer a part of the national framework for elementary schools (“Bilingual Education”)
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Various things in today’s society undoubtedly attract a great deal of attention; one of those things in the most recent of news is transgender becoming more relevant or popular. With this specific topic comes plenty of controversy on things such as discrimination‚ laws‚ and most commonly the public opinion of current days society. One major issue with transgender in today’s society is discrimination. Discrimination is basically to single out an individual or group based on their race‚ gender‚ color
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He Shoots and He Scores? George is a kind hearted guy but he is faced with the murder of his best friends. Was it the right thing for him to do? In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ George shoots Lennie to save him from Curley’s wrath‚ because George loves Lennie‚ and to protect Lennie from himself. George must shoot Lennie because Curley would torture Lennie until death. Everyone in the ranch knowns‚ “‘Curley’s still mad ‘bout his hand’”(Steinbeck). Lennie had previously broken Curley’s
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“My first instinct is to push you until you break‚ just to see how hard I have to press‚ he says‚ his fingers squeezing of the word ‘break!’ My body tenses at the edge in his voice‚ so I am coiled as tight as a spring‚ and I forgot to breathe. His dark eyes lifted to mine‚ he adds‚ ‘but I resist it.’ ‘Why… I swallow.’ ‘Why is that your first instinct?’ ‘fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up. I’ve seen it. It’s fascinating.’” In this scene‚ Tobias brings about the importance of how fear means
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Teacher unions are very powerful in American education. Two primary teacher unions‚ the National Education Association (NEA) and the National Federation of Teachers (NFT)‚ together represent a large majority of teachers in our country. Teacher unions such as these have grown tremendously in membership and political influence over the past few decades. As a result‚ they have acquired a vast amount of resources that are used to their advantage; examples include using their funds to affect political
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