Have you ever been to a college class? Did that class only consist of two exams‚ a midterm and a final throughout the entire semester? How much stress did you feel around the time those exams came around? These are the types of problems that Patrick O’Malley argues against in his essay “More Testing‚ More Learning”. In this essay‚ O’Malley takes the stand presenting the fact that there are courses in college that provide infrequent testing. He lets it be known that this is not the most effective
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Knowledge is very powerful. We decide whether we want to know something or not. I disagree with the statement that the lack of knowledge can’t hurt you. The true knowledge often hurts; however it doesn’t mean that lack of it can’t hurt. Why can lack of knowledge be harmful and hurt us? Let’s start from a simple fact like not studying for a test or a quiz may or will result in a bad grade. Not knowing the material that we are studying can and will hurt us. General knowledge in a society is very important
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first pages‚ Clifford tells the story of a shipowner whose ship sank and drowned all aboard. Clifford things the shipowner is guilty of their deaths even though he sincerely and in all good conscience believed the ship was sea- worth. What do you think? Do you agree with Clifford? Why or why not? Answer: I think that Clifford is absolutely correct in the scenarios that he provided. Quickly‚ Clifford made it clear that the shipowner was fully aware that his ship had not been built well‚ and because
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type of research‚ especially the embryonic stem cell. Do you agree or disagree with the stem cell research. Why? Up until recent years‚ research into stem cells was focused mainly on Embryonic Stem Cells‚ which involved taking tissue from an aborted embryo or fetus to get the most promising material for study. This was usually done only days after conception or between the fifth and ninth weeks of pregnancy. Since then‚ most researchers have moved to more ethical and less controversial study methods
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Argumentative Essay In the present situation‚ people use technology to do almost everything for them. They use technology for trivial works like performing household chores to complex actions like executing complicated computer programs. According to my opinion‚ people have become extremely dependent on technology. Nowadays‚ people have laptops‚ eBooks‚ etc. and in some advanced countries like Japan‚ human teachers are being replaced with robot ones. Furthermore‚ we get the latest news from the
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Importance of ‘Free Speech’ The first amendment guarantees every American citizen certain rights‚ one of them‚ also the most important amendment‚ is freedom of speech. Freedom of speech supports the other four guarantees press‚ assembly‚ religion and petition. Free speech is a crossroad in certain law across the country‚ one of the more controversial and most important one is on college campuses. The place where the people of our future generation go to learn and expand is being put down by administrations
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The Importance of Sport‚ Fitness‚ and Recreation On many levels is sport very important to each and every one of us for a various number of reasons. First of all sport and fitness is what helps us keep in shape and stay healthy which is key to living a long and happy life. There are many benefits to being fit; first of all you will have much better health‚ and a better body image which in turn may help your self-esteem. Another major importance to sport is that there are so many career opportunities
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debatable issue whether universities should accept equal number of males and females in a course or not. However‚ since both genders are equally important‚ both must be given equal opportunities. Universities must admit both in equal numbers‚ depending on their choices. Right to education is a basic human right of both‚ males and females. The whole world aims for women empowerment‚ and to achieve this‚ females should be given equal opportunities as males. When universities will accept them in equal
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3) -FOOD & HEALTH- I : Advertisements directly contribute to unhealthy eating culture in the society Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The advertising is the main cause of unhealthy eating habits. Contemporarily‚ advertising plays an irreplaceable role in luring people to buy junk food and thus contributes to unhealthy eating habits. However‚ advertising is not the main cause of these unhealthy eating habits in that there are others factors give rise to unhealthy eating
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The educated is truly free. Do you agree? ‘Knowledge is power’‚ this frequently cited quote is no more a stranger to anyone. Education‚ which role is essentially to transmit knowledge‚ has empowered an individual with the accumulated knowledge‚ values and skills that an individual would require. Indeed‚ with knowledge‚ the educated has yielded the power to control the situation around him‚ to break free from oppression and authority‚ and to breakthrough the vicious poverty cycle. Yet‚ as the
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