Sept. 20‚ 2011 The most difficult decision I’ve ever made We all have to make decisions everyday- big or small. But sometimes decision making creates a conflict and it becomes very difficult to make choices or to decide. Sometimes the smallest decisions prove to be the most difficult one. We all encounter different scenarios everyday. What‘s difficult for me might be the easiest one for you. My Mom and Dad always compare me with my younger sister. They said that I and my sister are
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Life Lived "Happily Ever After" A Twist in Endings Once upon a time‚ in a faraway kingdom‚ there lived a widowed gentleman and his lovely daughter‚ Ella. Ella was a beautiful girl. She had golden hair‚ and her eyes were as blue as forget-me-nots. The gentleman was a kind and devoted father‚ and he gave Ella everything her heart desired. But he felt she needed a mother. So he married again‚ choosing for his wife a woman who had two daughters. The gentleman soon died. Then the stepmother’s true
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The coolest thing I’ve ever done or should I say the dumbest thing I ever done was run my mother’s car into our house. It was the end of summer starting my freshman year at Destrehan High School and I wanted to do something that would have made me seem cool to the kids around the neighborhood so I decided to steal my mother’s car. My mom owned a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder that she didn’t really use‚ usually just my step dad would use it to go to work and my mom used the truck so I didn’t see a problem
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Anav Pradhan (GP2) Can breaking the law ever be justified? Imagine a world without those brave people who dared to not abide by the law and fight for a right. A world without Gandhi would be a world without independent India; without Mandela there would be white superiority in Africa; without freedom fighters‚ there would be no democracy in Nepal. I believe that all the actions of such law breakers are good‚ even though they were against various laws‚ and such actions can be justified to some extent
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Is suicide ever the right thing to do? Imagine you’re standing atop a high bridge‚ you take a deep breath‚ say one last silent goodbye to your friends and family‚ and you leap to your death. By doing this‚ you’re making a permanent solution to a temporary problem. You may be solving your own personal problem‚ but imagine the pain‚ suffering‚ and anguish that your friends‚ family‚ and peers go through. The people around you are wondering what was going through your mind and why you did it. Maybe
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Has Capital Punishment Ever Been Effective? Introduction Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines capital punishment‚ otherwise known as the death penalty‚ as the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes. Capital punishment dates back to the early eighteenth century B.C. in Hammurabi’s Code (“History of Death Penalty Laws”). The death penalty can also be found in the Hittite Code in the fourteenth century B.C. ‚ the Draconian Code of Athens in the seventh century B.C.‚ and the Roman
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Adam in his article Australian Anzac Day as religion: a bloody defeat can ever really be sacred ?‚ in which he makes harsh criticism of the of ANZAC rite; saying that politicians talk about the defeat in religious terms; referring to the sacrifice of our soldiers as sacred and that day was like a baptism of fire for federated
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The Best Game Ever‚ by Mark Bowden‚ was a great book that talks about the 1958 NFL Championship game that helped transform the NFL into what it is today. It has exceeded all my expectations of the book and truly shows the impact this game had on the NFL. This was the first ever football game that was a national event‚ this was the first ever professional football teams viewed by millions. It would also be the first sudden death overtime game ever played in the NFL‚ Making the game that much more
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Did You Ever Stop To Notice? “The question is not‚ “Can they reason?” nor‚ “Can they talk?” but rather‚ “Can they suffer?”” – Jeremy Bentham. Every year‚ 58 billion land animals are consumed. Billions of these animals experience cruelty that is considered “humane” in today’s world. Chickens live 3-6 weeks and have incredibly rapid growth due to antibiotics and an unhealthy diet. Billions of animals suffer each year. Their safety‚ comfort or pain does not matter in the eyes of corporate moguls who
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The best vacation I ever had by Gilbert Gittens My best vacation ever was undoubtedly coming to the United States. My straight A’s in school were awarded by having the trip of my life. New York being the state of my destination‚ was the largest city I’ve ever visited. For the first time in my life at age 13‚ I had the greatest vacation any kid in my country can ask for. It’s not a custom in Venezuela for parents to offer their children such pleasure‚ so I was really lucky
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