Trophies for Everyone In the last couple decades there has been a growing phenomena in youth sports. This trend is the rise of the participation award. Young kids go out and compete in soccer‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ any number of activities and win or lose all members receive a ribbon or medal simply for having a pulse. It has become so prevalent that there is now a debate among everyone from soccer moms to professional athletes as to the value or necessity of participation trophies. The views on
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October 4‚ 2013 My Silent War There’s a silent war brewing inside me and I refuse to allow this invader to win: an invisible threat that has tried to claim victory over my life‚ for the past four years. A war I’m still trying to analyze and accept. However‚ I am not alone. There is a mysterious battalion of soldiers living amongst each other invisibly‚ fighting an unpredictable battle. A camouflage war that should bear no entitlement on us‚ a war that is known to me as‚ “My Silent War”. My body
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Calvin Coolidge once stated‚ “If you don’t say anything‚ you won’t be called on to repeat it.” Coolidge seemed to live by the principle‚ of avoiding incrimination by remaining silent‚ earning him the legendary nickname: “Silent Cal.” Ironically‚ in his first speech to the Massachusetts State Senate‚ Coolidge preached the importance to “do the day’s work” without becoming “a demagogue”. The overarching value of this speech‚ to standing up for what’s right‚ is one that has become increasingly evident
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escalating higher and higher each year‚ the benefits of a college tuition are being put into question. Chris Matthews and David Leonardt have two different views on the matter. On one side of the argument‚ Matthews argues that college is not for everyone. In his article‚ he adds a chart that compares annual wages from the median bachelors degree‚ the bottom 25th percentile of that degree‚ and the median of a high school graduate. This statistic shows that all though most people with a bachelor’s
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should be going to Harvard or Yale goes to a college that doesn’t challenge them just because it’s too expensive. If a college degree is worth a million dollars more than a high school degree‚ then why don’t they lower the prices just a little so everyone can have the chance to at least
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Silent Spring Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962) became the inspiration for the environmental movement. Its elegant prose expressed passionate outrage at the ravaging of beautiful‚ unspoiled nature by man. Its frightening message was that we are all being injured by deadly poisons (DDT and other pesticides) put out by a callous chemical industry. This message was snapped up by intellectuals‚ and the book sold over a million copies. Many organizations have sprung up to spread Carson’s message.
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22 Jan 2013 PRACTICE TEST Contents: IELTS: Listening IELTS: Academic reading IELTS: Academic writing IELTS: Speaking Licensed to: Username: demouser Email: demouser@demouser.com Copyright: Sebalus Solutions e.U. The document is licensed only for personal use for the specified user. Any unauthorised use or distribution is expressly forbidden and will be prosecuted. Username: demouser Email: demouser@demouser.com The document is licensed only for personal use for the specified
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Baltimore County"). My academic goal is to become a Programmer and gain expertise in technical communication skills like writing‚ speaking‚ presenting‚ and collaborating. As a writer I have little experience. I did lower level English courses and ENGLISH (101) course at " Frederick Community College". There I learned many things like verbs‚ noun‚ pronoun‚ run on sentences‚ and writing research paper. But‚ as English is not my first language I still do some grammatical mistakes. So‚ I decided to take
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In the book The Girl Who Fell From The Sky By Heidi W. Durrow Rachel struggles to find her identity and race and how she fits in the world. In the book the theme is‚ The things people say about you don’t make you who you are‚ you make who you are and what you will be in the future. Being told by her classmates and others on who she is just by the way she looks and from what her aunt and grandmother say make her confused about who she is‚ hearing two different things on who she is. In the beginning
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A mistake often made is the lack of knowledge for the reason of writing. The writer’s purpose is to always appeal to an audience‚ whether you are informing‚ persuading‚ or writing to amuse. Your goal is to have some type of influence on the reader. The effectiveness of your influence starts by first gaining full awareness of exactly who your audience may be. In this chapter‚ the author mentions different examples of writing. For example‚ if a person were to write something for children‚ it should
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