11 June 2013 A Critical Response to “Delicate Friend” The essay “Delicate Friend” written by Lauren Jackson is about her social addiction to cigarettes. Lauren’s mother would smoke cigarettes with her friends in the kitchen of their home while gossiping and keeping the children out. Lauren was jealous of this secret group and saw smoking as the bond that brought it all together. Lauren sought to be part of something and she saw cigarettes as the answer to this problem. While perfecting the art
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: Critical response 1 In the ‘Great Human-Rights Reversal; The Democratic left has conceded human rights to the conservatives’ ‚ a Wall Street Journal of 10 May 2012‚ the author Daniel Henninger states that the human-rights agenda has downgraded since Barack Obama became president of the U.S. Henniger initiates that human-rights issues fade away from the political left into ‘its home’ on the right‚ to the neoconservatives and the evangelical Christian activists. According to the author‚ the administration
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Weapons of Mass Instruction‚ is a book written by John Taylor Gatto‚ that 5touches extensively on what he considers to be negative aspects of the public school system. Gatto sees the compulsory public schooling as a tool used in orchestrating the development of a mediocrely minded population that is highly manageable due to the lack of ability to think for oneself. Gatto can be quoted saying‚ “we have been taught (that is‚ schooled) in this country to think “success” is synonymous with‚ or at least
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Rieman April 7‚ 2010 Is School really necessary? All throughout my educational career I had never taken the time to reflect on what school really meant to me and if school was made optional would I still attend? After reading the essay “Against School‚” by John Taylor Gatto a series of questions began to arise in my head. Is school really that necessary? Is it really the only way for a person to be successful in life? According to John Taylor Gatto schools are nothing but merely “laboratories
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Josh Fuentes Ms. Apshaga English 4 April 2012 Critical response The article "The Wife-Beater" by Gayle Rosenwald Smith appeared in the newspapers‚ Chicago Tribune‚ and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The article states her view on the term “wife beater”‚ and the blindness of youth under the age of 25. In this article‚ she also explains that the sleeveless undershirt is not the problem; just the term is what bothers her. The author hates how the name upsets her and how folks under the
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A Response to “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Everyday millions of children around the world fight for survival due to starvation‚ lack of shelter‚ and proper healthcare. World poverty increases significantly daily‚ and innocent children lives are being affected and destroyed. The fact that the child cannot address their world poverty issue hands on‚ should encourage people to give back to communities that are less fortunate. In “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Peter Singers argues
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Macbeth Critical Response Hail Macbeth! Hail! The paramount warrior‚ the paramount ruler‚ and nonetheless‚ the paramount failure. A puppet on a lonely string‚ Macbeth had the freedom‚ the power‚ the glory‚ the kingdom‚ all under his command‚ yet all under his ultimate annihilation. Similarly‚ we may experience homogenous scenes in our own personal lives in the 21st century‚ or within our own society‚ as the themes‚ relationships‚ characters and messages featured in William Shakespeare’s‚ Macbeth
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SUMMARY In their articles‚ R. J. Blythe (2010)‚ "Bring back conscription" and Dennis De Souza (2010)‚ "Conscription? Noway!"‚ although they both are in favor of young people making a contribution to society‚ they have very different perspectives on conscription‚ compulsory military service. Blythe stresses it should be reintroduced to solve the recent problematic shortfall in the number of military recruits. He also highlights its benefits for young people due to the disciplined environment‚ which
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Phạm Tiến Dũng I. Summery: Cuthbert declares that Globish is simpler and more effective than English in communicating. She supports the idea of Globish by bringing out its advantages. Those are: simple vocabulary and grammar‚ English without culture‚ more confident in speaking and more time for innovating activities in class. According the evaluation of credibility‚ her argument seems to be weak. II. Credibility: Regarding credibility‚ Cuthbert works for English Learning Center where Globish
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Ruide Bu College Writing I Dr. Iler Rhetorical analysis of “Against School” Fake and gay. Most people would have the same sentiment about the primary and secondary school systems in America. While the argument against the public school system is often presented to the masses in segmented bits and pieces‚ John Taylor Gatto attacks the meat of the issue in his essay‚ “Against School.” A retired teacher of thirty years‚ he engages readers in a conversational dialogue and outlines the ways the educational
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