After Reading "Dear Dads: Save Your Sons" by Christopher N. Bacorn‚ found on page 558 in your Evergreen text‚ answer the following questions. 1.) At both the beginning and end of this persuasive essay‚ Bacorn describes a mother and her 15-year-old son. Why does he focus on their story? Would the argument be as effective if he had begun with paragraph 4 and ended with paragraph 10? 2.) The author does not press to see the angry 15-year-old boy again‚ claiming that professional counseling
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of one kind-a judge” (Dear Dads: Save Your Sons 11). This quote was said by Christopher N. Bacorn in his essay about father figures. It is interesting to see how how people see fathers‚ and what they think of them. He wrote about the need teenagers and children have to have a father and how it effects them to not have one. He also says how having a substitute father figure can help a child with their issues in life. I agree with the overall opinion of “Dear Dads: Save Your Sons” because I can relate
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dreams to reach? By setting goals‚ it will motivate you to keep going. Whether it’s for your education or in your career‚ you will want to keep pushing yourself so that you can become the best that you can. As Dr. O. Carl Simonton once said “Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions‚ these can be changed as your priorities change‚ new ones added‚ and others dropped.” Also‚ choose your friends carefully because who they are you will become. Numerous people say that their friends
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be written for a very particular individual. This is made explicit by the first two words of the book: “Dear son.” Immediately‚ one becomes aware of the fact that Franklin is not engaged directly in a dialogue with the reader‚ but rather‚ that he is addressing his own son. At first‚ it may seem rather peculiar for him to address his audience in a way so closely akin to a personal letter to his son; however‚ it is precisely this witty beginning that renders Franklin’s voice remarkably reliable‚ fatherly
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Taking Care of Your Money (Budgeting) Assignment # 1 Many people are confused when it comes to budgeting. Budgeting is about studying the past and planning for the future. In order to create a reasonable budget for the coming academic year‚ you should understand where your money comes from and where it’s being spent now. For the next two weeks ‚ record your income and spending and fill out weeks 1 & 2 in chart A. For the next two weeks (3&4)‚ try to estimate a realistic budget amount for
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Lessons from “Rich Dad‚ Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki Being rich in the near future is everybody’s dream. Our notion of being rich is having all the money to buy all our wants and needs without exerting much effort. As a child‚ we are sent to school for which the primary reason is to learn‚ so that in the future‚ we would obtain stable jobs. It is with this same reason that the author of the book emphasized why a lot never get rich. Through this reading‚ I gained a lot of insights which will help
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was based on the great success of BC Rivers Day‚ which started in 1980 in British Columbia‚ Canada. The BC event was founded by the acclaimed river conservationist Mark Angelo. This year‚ for the third time‚ World Rivers Day‚ with the theme "Revisit Your River‚" is going to be observed in Bangladesh by a volunteer initiative to revive rivers‚ and other organisations As a riverine country‚ Bangladesh’s economy is dependent on rivers. About 800 rivers including tributaries flow through the country
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Princess B. Reyes CHAPTER 1 Rich Dad Poor Dad is about how Mr. Kiosaki was raised by a rich father and a poor one. Mr. Kiosaki’s poor father was highly educated with a Ph.D.‚ while his rich dad didn’t even make it through high school. Mr. Kiosaki’s fathers sometimes gave him some advice when he was a child‚ but the advice of his two fathers where different from one another especially when it came to money. His poor father did not spend much time thinking about money‚ while his rich father says
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sucker the minute I completed my $16.95 transaction at the bookstore‚ as the clerk gleefully said he was looking forward to me coming back to buy the rest of the series. Having a minimum wage employee mocking you as financial moron is a bit of a blow to your ego‚ but I eagerly drove home with my shiny new copy of this highly recommended best seller. I read the entire book in one afternoon‚ and I felt pretty inspired to start my financial education. I would even say I have been mildly obsessed with personal
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My reaction about the story rich dad poor dad is the story is very nice. And it is related to our subject finance100. And the first time I read the book‚ I felt inspired. The Rich Dad‚ Poor Dad also refers to the two main influences that the author Robert has a child. His own father poor dad worked a steady job. While the rich dad ran a businesses. This book tell us how to make money and made a big money mistake. My reaction about this story is that People have different perspectives on their existence;
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