Kristina Rizga makes this point in her essay “Everything You’ve Heard About Failing Schools is Wrong.” This essay talks about a failing school that is not really failing at all. “Yet even as the school was being placed on the list of lower-performing schools‚ 84 percent of the graduating class went on to college.” (255). Even this school was considered one of the lowest performing
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Obeying Orders Im here to talk on the importance of obeying orders. Obedience is important in the military way of life‚ in and outside the work place. Obeying orders is what allows us to operate in an organized and effective manner which is very important during these challenging times that the military goes through. While an individual can question the notion of obedience in daily life‚ this luxury is often not available in the military where the goals and aims requires a smooth internal functioning
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a) An omission is failing to act. There is no liability for a failure to act. For example‚ if a person is drowning‚ we are under no legal duty to help him‚ even if we are close enough to do so. However‚ there are exceptions to this. When a person is under a contract to act‚ his failure to do so can mean the defendant is criminally liable. This is shown in R v Pittwood (1902) where the gatekeeper of a train track forgot to close the gate. A car went over and the passengers died. The gatekeeper was
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It is important to respect a Non Commissioned Officer in the United States Armed Forces. The rules and regulations state that you must respect the orders of those appointed over you‚ period. NCOs are the backbone of the military and carry the workload for the day to day operations. They spend countless amounts of time‚ drop countless amounts of blood‚ and shed tears ensuring that our military remains the best in the world. With the time spent comes experience that’s invaluable. They pass
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Three General Orders On June 21‚ 2011 Spc Brown and I were on CQ duty. 1SG‚ the SDO and the Platoon Sergeants conducted a walkthrough of the unit’s footprint. When they entered I was laid back at the desk watching a movie‚ on my phone and had my boots on the desk. I did not immediately stand up or yell “AT EASE” when she entered or exited the building. She also noticed that I wasn’t writing the log down correct and didn’t log Spc Brown out when he left for dinner chow. 1SG asked if I had read the
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Justice System or Failing System? Senator Jim Webb writes in Clear and Frost’s article‚ “ America’s Criminal Justice System has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace.” And that is the truth. The criminal justice system has many flaws that need to be fixed. There are several issues that need to be handled and dealt with properly. Tweaks need to be made to ensure that criminals are sentenced properly. But the way that criminals are picked out and failed by the system is preposterous
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In America‚ Students Are Failing in Life Due to Unrealistic Required Classes Being an adult comes with its perks. An adult can smoke cigarettes‚ gamble‚ buy a credit card‚ get a tattoo‚ and vote in federal elections. Surprisingly‚ simple day-to-day tasks such as boiling an egg‚ plunging a toilet‚ and speaking over the phone are massive struggles for emerging adults. This is due to America’s education problem‚ where students are uneducated in the fields of personal finances‚ communication/relationship
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DUTY OR DAMNATION Obey man’s unfair law on earth‚ or disobey to save your soul? Daily we are faced with the perpetual issue of good versus evil; right versus wrong‚ all the while attempting to find a safe middle ground on which to stand so we may extricate ourselves from all distasteful situations. Humanity often finds itself preferring to stand idly by‚ allowing others to make the hard decisions‚ letting apathy take over and allowing others to lead them blindly. Easily denying responsibility for
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Gothic literature demonstrates the consequences of disrupting the natural order of things. Consider the texts you have read in the light of this comment. Gothic literatures have characters who disrupt the natural order‚ and ends up with consequences‚ which can be seen as negative or positive. Macbeth (pre-gothic)‚ Wuthering Heights (traditional gothic)‚ and The Bloody Chamber (modern gothic) show the protagonists challenging and breaking the patriarchal society‚ which were simple seen as the natural
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women who should obey all men. Gertrude has a hard time getting the respect that she deserves as royalty due to her being a woman‚ and that is the only thing that the men in this play see her as. Her husband‚ Claudius‚ has given Gertrude demands before to which Gertrude replies "I shall obey” (III‚ I‚ 37). Without a doubt‚ the word "obey" exemplifies the dominance that Claudius has over his wife. Traditionally‚ a marriage is all about equality. Gertrude saying that she will obey her husband demonstrates
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