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    The Right to Fail

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    In Zinsser William essay “The Right to Fail”‚ he talks about people’s right to take risks and chances. He explains that there is nothing wrong with making mistakes‚ but a lot of people consider this as a bad thing. In order to become successful‚ sometimes we need to fail couple times to learn new things‚ to find out what our strengths and weaknesses. Simply failure is a way to achieve that. People weren’t born perfect. Perfection or success is an achievement which takes time‚ practice and patience

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    The reconstruction was a success in an outline as it restored the north and south states as a unified nation. However‚ the reconstruction plan did not go far and deep enough to address the political‚ economic‚ and social problems. Reconstruction failed to emerge the southern states into one central government. The radical republicans blamed believed that the confederate leaders should be punished for it. The north and south were hardly on talking relationships. The reconstruction failed to reform

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    Equal Treatment in Same-Sex Marriages In the Language of Arguments the article “Equal Treatment is Real Issue- Not Same-Sex Marriage” talks about how not letting people of the same gender marry effects their rights under the U.S. constitution. Stating‚”…every person is entitled to equal treatment under law.” (224) Imagine you want to pronounce your love towards someone of the same-sex through marriage but the government does not allow that. Yes‚ couples of the same gender can get what they call

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    Equal Rights

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    Throughout history women have fought to have the same rights and privileges as men. To this day women do not seem to be treated the same as men in the workforce. It appears that women have given up the fight for equal rights. Although women have stood up for what they believe in‚ there are still many aspects of the workplace that are not as equal as the opportunities that men are given. For hundreds of years women have fought to have equal rights in the workplace. First‚ it was not uncommon for a

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    portrayed a different explanation for why Reconstruction did not work out as planned by the United States Government. Thomas W. Wilson’s article reveals that the government preyed upon the South. Carter Woodson asserts that former slaves were not given a fair chance to make Reconstruction work‚ while Thomas Bailey blames the Radicals for pushing it on clueless‚ former slaves. Finally‚ Mary Beth Norton takes issue with the resistance of Reconstruction that the South held from the beginning. While

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    What If It Had Succeeded?”. In this case‚ Ms. Barmell expresses her opinion about why Reconstruction didn’t succeed in the U.S. Barmell addresses that many American schools were taught about the positive side of Reconstruction‚ how Abraham Lincoln ended slavery and the Union Army won the Civil War. However‚ not many individuals were taught about Black Codes‚ Jim Crow laws‚ Freedmen’s Bureau‚ and so on. The

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    Vision of epual rights in south africa. Quality and equal education for every person in South Africa. Mission Equal Education is a movement of learners‚ parents‚ teachers and community members working for quality and equality in South African education‚ through analysis and activism. Background 20 years after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison the education received by young people in South Africa remains vastly unequal. Despite attempts to overhaul the system‚ class and

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    The Reconstruction brought about various changes throughout the United States‚ especially for African American freedmen. However‚ the road to freedom for the blacks was still going to be a long and difficult one. The Reconstruction was a failure on the economical‚ social‚ and political terms. To begin with‚ economically wise one of the major conflicts blacks had was that they didn’t have any sort of goals or knowledge. For example‚ Dora Franks couldn’t even define her age because neither she nor

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    Equal Rights Amendment

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    The idea for an equal rights amendment did not come about until the middle part of the twentieth century. An amendment was proposed after World War II in an attempt to gain equality between men and women. Often times‚ women were viewed as weaker and inferior to the male sex. Women’s rights groups were formed to prevent people from discriminating against women. These groups not only believed that women should be better treated by men‚ but they believed women should have the same legal opportunities

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    The Equal Rights Amendment

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    The Equal Rights Amendment "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." In 1923‚ this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed‚ it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other

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