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    "Education costs money‚ but then so does ignorance." Moser‚ Sir Claus On the Princeton website there is a report from a recent graduate that mentions Moser’s quote and goes into detail about it. It is specifically stated in this statement. "Professor Moser was a statistician‚ and this suggests we should analyze his declaration more rigorously. Education may be better than ignorance‚ but the real question is whether a [Princeton] education — which carries an annual price tag higher than my salary

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    ------------------------------------------------- Born on the Fourth of July The ending of the WWII culminated with the beginning of the cold war. The cold war was a major political and military conflict between the superpowers of America and the Soviet Union. The conflict is also an insight of the rising democracy and the attempts on removing the communism. In the 1960’s America joined the Vietnam War on the South Vietnamese side‚ against their opponents inspired by the communist ideology: North

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    Pick Your Poison Ignorance is an unexpected virtue of happiness‚ meaning that nobody realizes that the less you know‚ the happier you can be. Yet we‚ as human beings‚ are naturally curious about things we do not know about‚ so we constantly thirst and crave and waste precious moments of our lives searching for new information about things that may not even matter in the next few years. This shows that when more people have more information‚ they cannot be truly content with their lives if they are

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    history has neglected to involve thoughts of the unknown that strive beyond the simplistic ideals that we hold on earth. Particularly the Ancient Greeks‚ and their explanation for all things that we know as Greek Mythology. All people’s existential ignorance leads to different theories‚ whether they are considered to be scientific or if they are considered to be spiritual‚ all of these conceptions do one basic thing‚ and that is to explain the unknown that haunts over all intelligent life. The ancient

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    joy‚ is prejudice‚ due to her African American heritage and ignorance. And then there is Doodle‚ from the short story “The Scarlet Ibis”‚ this poor

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    TASK #4- PERSONAL ESSAY Why Should all ENG4U students read Born to Rock by Gordon Korman "You know what punk is? A bunch of no-talent guys who really‚ really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music‚ nobody plays the mandolin‚ and you’re too dumb to write songs about mythology or Middle-earth. So what’s your style? Three chords‚ cranked out fast and loud and distorted because your instruments are crap and you can’t play them worth a damn. And you scream your lungs out to cover up the fact

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    have dedicated years into making your partner content and satisfied without knowing what they have done behind your back. In “The Jewels‚” Guy de Maupassant uses symbolism and irony to examine ignorance is bliss. In the short story‚ the author Guy de Maupassant uses symbolism to examine ignorance is bliss. Madame Lantin is the antagonist‚ she committed adultery behind her husband’s back. Madame Lantin

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    An intense portrayal of life at the extremes‚ Born into Brothels is a movie that challenges our perception of human resilience. The documentary takes place in Calcutta‚ India‚ home to one of the oldest populations and religious doctrines in the world. India is a country with an extraordinary history‚ yet suffers from massive overpopulation‚ environmental degradation‚ extreme poverty‚ and religious strife. (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html) Calcutta is the second largest

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    In my study of the Context ‘Encountering Conflict‚’ I have come to appreciate the complexity of the causes and responses to disagreements throughout history. I wish to write creatively in this piece to capture the unique reactions humanity has to that which is threatening; an unpredictability in response that perhaps could not be done justice in an expository form. I have written my creative/persuasive speech for an audience of educated scholars at a TED conference. A logical and measured tone will

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    ignorant‚ unable to or choosing not to see the atrocities they commit. In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ the “small sketch in oils‚ on a panel” embodies the atrocities the Europeans are committing‚ but are unaware of. The phenomenon of willful ignorance Conrad explores is exemplified by the the shading and details of the painting. Typically‚ conquerers would invade a nation or area and force the people to submit to their beliefs‚ government‚ and customs. In Heart of Darkness‚ this tendency is portrayed

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