composed what is right and wrong to those under their control. However‚ when an individual’s personal convictions come into conflict with authorities established morality‚ punishments often follow. Voltaire was correct in his assertion that “it is dangerous to be right” because there are many consequences‚ especially when authorities can become easily corruptible. People in power want to keep their position. They will often stop at nothing to destroy those who are a threat to this power. Someone
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on an everyday basis. Driving requires a large amount of a driver’s attention‚ so when a person believes that taking a second to answer a call does not affect their driving skills they are mistaken. Using electronics while driving is a dangerous action and countless people are dying due to the fact that the drivers attention to driving is altered. One of the main reasons that using electronics while driving is dangerous is that our brains are not capable of multitasking. According to a study conducted
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In the article "Why Do You Think They’re Called For-Profit Colleges?" Kevin Carey believes that for-profit colleges are a fraud. He believes that for-profit colleges are abusing the student loan program by by charging outrageous rates to their Students and making them take out huge amounts of money; therefore‚ putting the student in debt. He also claims that students who goes to a for-profit college are only getting a worthless degree out of it. Despite all of that he also makes another claim that
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1. Why do you want to be a GHC fellow? (200 words maximum) Since I was young‚ I was always asking myself why people in African‚ mostly women and children‚ always suffer from malnutrition‚ gender inequality‚ poverty‚ injustice and many more problems which are against their rights. Because I was still young‚ I would not understand the reason why of those things were happening. Crimes were committed to human beings by other human beings. After a certain period of time‚ I came to understand that there
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Why Are There Not Enough People Voting Today? There are many‚ many reasons why people are voting these days. They could range from lack of knowledge about the candidates to being upset with the candidates to not having any transportation to a voting booth. People also make excuses like ?I had to fix my mothers water heater?‚ but no excuses should be accepted because voting is one of the most important privileges we get as being Americans. I have a possible solution to getting at least a 85%
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incident you still remember from your early childhood. Why do you think it has remained in your mind so clearly? Everyone has each and their own childhood memory that will be edged forever into their brains. During the days of being a child‚ there were no worries and stresses. Every little things were taken care by our lovely parents. Some would even take their kids to overseas to explore the beauty of the world. All these would definitely give the child an unforgettable memory. As for me‚ my one and
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Cognitive Psychology Have you ever wondered if chewing gum helps you concentrate more? My project is about seeing if it actually does help you concentrate better. We are going to give half of the subjects a piece of gum and the other half will not have a piece of gum. We are going to give them a test and see which half does better. I thought this would be interesting to know about because everybody likes gum‚ and it’d be even better if it helps you do better with your work. I believe that learning
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In the middle of the Caribbean Sea‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ a big game hunter‚ had fallen overboard in the boat he was traveling in to the Amazon. He swam to the shore‚ and was stranded on Ship Trap Island. Rainsford finds a large home in the middle of the forest‚ and meets General Zaroff‚ a Russian aristocrat‚ and Ivan‚ a servant. Zaroff invites Rainsford into his home and provides him with food‚ clothes‚ and rest. However‚ Rainsford had learned a horrifying fact while conversing with the general. He
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In Richard Connell’s short story‚ The Most Dangerous Game‚ is based around a famous New Yorker hunter who fell off a boat and swims to an isolated and much feared island‚ called the “Ship Trap Island”. Rainsford‚ a famous hunter in New York was travelling to the Amazon forest to hunt the Jaguar. While on board passing the much-feared Ship Trap Island‚ he heard three gunshots. Trying to get a better look‚ he went on to the deck but unexpectedly drops his cigar. Trying to reach for it‚ he fell into
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Have you ever stopped and thought about how pointless most of the things they teach you in school really are? Perhaps some of the simpler math and social studies could be useful later in life‚ but the majority of the things we learn are not. School takes up a lot of time‚ that could be used for something else‚ it shoves unneeded information down our throats and is out dated constantly. We are only kids for a fairly small percentage of our lives. From the time we enter preschool until the time
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