A Modern Day Thomas More The United States of America today is a great society. People from around the world have come to the USA in search of opportunity. To many people on the outside‚ the United States is the place to be if you want to make a reasonable living. The truth is the US is just a nicer place to live than most countries in the world‚ especially for the poor. If somebody is poor‚ the welfare program here can assist in paying for housing‚ food‚ and medical expenses. Most countries‚
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EDSA - a generation after by J. SUN E. on MARCH 4‚ 2011 · in DEVELOPMENT BLOG‚ OPINION‚ PH.CN A generation ago an historic event unfolded in the Philippines – the 1986 EDSA Revolution. This turning-point event has made such a big impact to the nation’s socio-economic-political that it has become an important historical reference point as to how the country has come so far in improving its society and in giving its people a better life. The 1986 EDSA Revolution successfully removed the Marcos
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What Will I Be Doing In Ten Years? Life is very short! It is not important how much long life we have lived‚ but it is most important how we live our life. Generally people want to add days to life whereas‚ I believe to add life to days. Everybody has an idea of the type of person they would like to be and what they will have liked to accomplish within a span of the next ten years. No one can predict the future but I do have some ideas of what I would like to do in the years coming up. In
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There is a pill becoming readily available that would aid in reducing the amount of unwanted pregnancies. It is the "morning after pill" as it is being called. This pill can be used during the first three days after unprotected sexual intercourse to prevent the fertilization of an egg or the attachment of a fertilized egg to a woman’s uterus. The question is not necessarily in the ethical issue of the pill itself. The problem or question lies in the issue of the pill being sold with or without a
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because they have nowhere left to go. I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in the ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air because I don’t know what chemicals are in it. And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day- vanishing forever. In my life‚ I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals‚ jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies‚ but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see. All this is happening before our eyes
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TOK Essay 4. “That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow.” Consider knowledge issues raised by this statement in two areas of knowledge. Knowledge is formed from different ways of knowing‚ with different language‚ perception‚ reason and emotion‚ a same issue can be interpreted differently by different person or group. From a personal level perspective‚ due to the difference in their background‚ culture and experience etc‚ a person’s knowledge is often different with
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autumn day at the end of harvest time‚ Robert Frost’s "After Apple-Picking" can be interpreted in two ways. The first is that the poem is an insight into Frost’s thoughts on the triviality of life‚ especially his own. The second is that it is a metaphor for the Bible story of Adam and Eve. Whatever the interpretation‚ there is a tension between feelings of regret and satisfaction that is created and sustained throughout the entire poem by the use of many contributing factors. "After Apple-Picking"
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hide coat and grabbing his short bow and the candle‚ he left his room. "Hey‚ son‚ a bit slower than usual aren’t you?" Jimoel’s father said while smirking. It was a little joke between them. Whoever was slower would get picked on for the rest of the day. "Only because I wanted to give you a head start‚ maybe you could have actually gotten some game this time‚" Jimoel replied with an equally large smirk as he walked towards his bowstring and quiver on the wall next to the front door. He grabbed his
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First Day I had just graduated high school about two months ago just starting my first semester in college. It was a summer semester and I started off taking three classes. This was all new to me my parents were no longer taking me and picking me up form school anymore. I would walk in the blaring Miami heat to the FIU engineering center then from there take the bus to the main campus. This was a special semester where I took all three classes with the same people who were all studying to
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After high school I plan to pursue a career in the music buisness‚ more specifically as a recording engineer. There are various reasons for my decision‚ but three of the most important one are; I’m very involved in music now‚ I have found a good music school which I am looking into‚ and I know there are a lot of opportunities for people with a recording engineer degree. First of all‚ my stepbrother introduced me to music at an early age. It was at about the age of 12 my stepbrother would always
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