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    technology‚ we expect less from each other. The technology changes the way we view ourselves. Turkle claims that our technological devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication. We are more connected but alone‚ which in turn could have harmful effects on our relationships and our community. The technology interferes in our personal relationship‚ second the technology makes us isolate ourselves‚ and lastly‚ technology changes who we are. Turkle states the negative effects

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    Definition of Education

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    member. We are not educated to seek out what our interests are . We are educated so we can produce things. The age of art and philosophers is dead due to our age of "so called" education. We are being molded into people who can not think for ourselves. An example of this would be the giant "American War Machine." The government says we need all these weapons to protect America. They do not say who we need protection from. In fact there really is no one we need to be protected from. The Soviet

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    the richest man in babylon

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    Book Report Memorandum 4 Book Report Memorandum INTRODUCTION The book report is about a book named _The Richest Man In Babylon. The Richest Man In Babylon‚_ written by George Samuel Clason‚ is a book about management of personal finance through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. The stories are laid out like Aesop’s fables: each story has a concrete point or two that becomes apparent from reading and digesting the message. These points are basic tenets of how to get ahead financially

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    Beauty and Brain

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    consider ourselves Beauty and Brain. Beauty is not about having a beautiful skin‚ or body. It’s about what’s within. If you have a good and a pleasing personality‚ then you have to consider yourself beautiful from within. In behalf of being beautiful‚ let’s just don’t forget about having a well-functioned brain. Like for example‚ joining beauty pageant. People would probably say ’What is beauty if brain is empty’ when judges must asked you a question. So we must study hard to consider ourselves Beauty

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    To Thine Own Self Be True

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    all: to thine own self be true.” -William Shakespeare It is amazing how many of us are not true to ourselves. Some of us allow others to define who we are as people. Some of us do not accept ourselves and try to act differently. Some of us do not even love ourselves. Shakespeare’s quote “this above all: to thine own self be true” is perfect advice that tells us to act‚ know‚ and love ourselves as human beings. The first thing I think Shakespeare was trying to tell us was to not let others shape

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    personal and unrepeatable experience have to give us; to learn to break down the barriers which surround us and to free ourselves from the breaks which hold us back‚ from the lies about ourselves which we manufacture daily for ourselves and for others; to destroy the limitations caused by our ignorance and lack of courage; in short‚ to fill the emptiness in us: to fulfill ourselves." Art is neither a state of the soul (in the sense of some extraordinary‚ unpredictable moment of inspiration) nor a state

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    How do Hale’s emotions and feelings develop from act 1 to the end? Throughout the course of the play‚ the feelings and the firm beliefs about the suspicion of witchcraft in Salem which we see with the Reverend Hale in Act 1 begin to disintegrate as the play develops through to Act 2 where he meets with the Proctors and then further to the storming out of his own court at the end of Act 3. Through stage directions we can acquire a further insight into Hale’s feelings and emotions at key moments

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    other people’s image of ourselves. For example if one wears a flamboyant outfit it could suggest they feel very insecure and have a low self-esteem and they are trying to ‘cover up’‚ however to others they could come across confident and outgoing. This illustrates the sheer power our Self-Presentation has over others opinions of ourselves. Over time‚ this could also alter our perception of our self-image‚ that we are “playing an unconscious role and believe we are being ourselves” stated by Burton and

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    course‚ there are times when we overstep the line and find ourselves believing another is exactly like us‚ instead of respecting their individuality. Though it’s innately human nature to want to make marks‚ and collect mementos. Nobody wants to be forgotten in this world. It’s contrary to evolution to forget where you’ve been lest you become prey. In the modern age‚ we think we’re the predator‚ but we’re really the prey. We try to sell ourselves

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    of ourselves and help us seem better than what we actually are. However‚ in reality‚ we are no better than what people think of us. But we are not capable of judging ourselves‚ so we cannot be honest with ourselves either. To perceive ourselves badly‚ we have some made up reason as to why. We try to find reasoning and justify everything so that we don’t have a bad image. Self-esteem‚ having confidence and satisfaction for yourself and your abilities‚ is what helps us feel good about ourselves‚ so

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