Wei-Hsiang Wang What do you think art is? In my opinion‚ the major purpose of art is to influence someone. Some of the most common types of art in public are paintings‚ photos‚ and sculptures. When I go to the library‚ I would see photos of intellectual people‚ such as Gandhi‚ and Albert Einstein. These photos on the wall can greatly influence my mood and efficiency on studying. When I go to a hospital‚ I would see paintings and pictures that show life. Most of these paintings would have the
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standardized tests are answering affirmatively to what the questions has asked. These days schools are using this method to measure one’s brilliance. Although standardized tests show the fundamental‚ basic knowledge of students‚ they are not necessary because they do not go indepth into a student’s knowledge and using those scores to decide their future is not reasonable. Standardized tests are put on high pedestals and people say they deserve to be held on high because they have lasted for very long
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Do you get enough sleep? Persuasion Speech Kayla Frye • https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=SVQlcxiQlzI Sleep helps you learn more efficiently • During sleep‚ while your body rest‚ your brain processes information from the day and forms memories. • Studies show that information after 2am is not processed that night. • Although scientist don’t know the direct correlation‚ it appears to affect the hippocampus and neocortex. Sleep deprivation leads to obesity • During a Harvard study researchers
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Do you speak American? American English is not spoken the same by residents from different parts of the United States. Based on America’s history and cultural background‚ English used in America differs from region to region‚ among ethnic and social groups‚ even by age and gender. In this documentary film‚ Robert MacNeil‚ a journalist‚ travelled across the United States to discover how and why people from different regions speak different kinds of American English. From north to south‚ east
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“We are being detoured into the land of make-believe” was said by a character on the well-known show CSI Miami by a character named Horatio Caine. On television‚ a crime drama series called CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was created by a man named Anthony Zuiker. This show has become a foundation for what people believe real criminal investigation is meant to be like. This phenomenon is called the CSI Effect. This well known television show has an exaggerated look into the forensics side of the criminal
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Experiences…How do they make you‚ “you”? What do you think makes you‚ “you”? I think your culture‚ religion‚ and experiences contribute to make a person who they are. I believe that certain aspects of humans and their experiences work together to create a person. For me‚ culture or religion can help shape a person’s characteristic because they play important roles in affecting how they view life. Another characteristic that can influence who or what a person is‚ is their experiences. When you experience
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to Lit – 1st Period 5 November 2012 Racism Today Discrimination against other races is very common in society today. 2007 Yale University did a study showing a black man who murdered a white man is three times more likely to receive the death penalty than a white man who killed a black man (11 Facts). Some people might think racism has stopped since the Civil Rights Act‚ but discrimination against minority races is still prevalent in society today. The Civil Rights Act was established in 1964
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documentary film Do You Speak American?‚ celebrated journalist and novelist Robert MacNeil sets out on a journey all around the United States‚ exploring how the language of America defines‚ unites‚ and separates its people. The title of the film proposes an intriguing question: what does it mean by speaking American? Speaking American is not just a matter of speaking English‚ and the answer to that question is far more complex. According to this film‚ not all Americans speak English‚ and those who do tend to
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propel one to achieve success‚ its consequences on the physiological‚ emotional and psychological well-being of many individuals are often overlooked. Many parents encourage their children to excel in sports despite repeated failures because they believe it gives a strong foundation towards discipline needed later in life. This excellent approach cannot be totally refuted as it is the driving force behind sporting legends such as Datuk Nicol David‚ Datuk Lee Chong Wei and many other local and international
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How Do People Come To Believe They Were Abducted By Aliens? In the last decades‚ the notion about paranormal‚ aliens‚ extraterrestrial life‚ and federal complots has become fairly common. Since the first well promulgated case of alien abduction in the 1960s (that of Betty and Barney Hill) in North America‚ more than 1‚200 people have reported to the police cases of abduction by some kinds of creatures from the outer space. I don’t believe in any of this‚ so it’s hard for me to understand how someone
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