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    "Self-Reliance" By Pantakarn (Armmy) Pheralerdkid Growing up in the 21st Century expectations are thrust upon us from an early age. There is now more pressure than ever for a child to study hard in school‚ go to college‚ get a degree‚ and enter the work force all before the age of twenty-five. During the time that Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote Self-Reliance society was just starting to adopt this new idea. He says’ "the virtue in most request is conformity" meaning that every individual has the power

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    Auric Bank Pls Report Executive summary I would like to resume some options that the directors of the bank should consider. Option 1: Keep the call centres in-house. The option try to reduce costs by: using more part-time employees‚ reducing the hours of business of the centres‚ increasing the targets for the number of calls handled per hour. Option 2: Outsource the call centres to a company based in South Africa. Resource Pls‚ a Cape Town firm‚ which has an excellent reputation for reliability

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    Does our society depend too much on technology? Yes‚ I think the society is really dependent on technology nowadays. Since the technologies are very developed and popular‚ people are more relying on computers‚ laptops and Internet. In today’s world‚ people use computers in business‚ education and in the entertainment world. There are lots of mordern gadgets coming out these days. All people like to use mobile phones‚ computers and Internet. People cannot live without these things. It’s like everyone

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    How would the work of William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” look today if he saw a middle class child’s attraction to technology? The poem elaborates on the writer’s opinion regarding nature and his relationship to nature. In the work‚ Wordsworth describes how people become focussed on “getting and spending” and not focussed on nature around them. He also gives us a sense of imagery by describing himself in a meadow. He shows that he wishes he had a connection with nature by bringing

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson was a famous transcendentalist that enlightened many of his readers. He wrote many stories‚ poems‚ and essays to share his opinion with the world. He lived during the 19th century and did all his writings during that time. Many of his famous works include “Self-Reliance‚” and “The Oval Soul.” His most influential writing was “Self-Reliance” that talks about non-conformism. He says in “Self-Reliance” “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Emerson) which shows

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    If you answer 1 day‚ you must be Cristiano Ronaldo because it is the amount of money he gets DAILY. I bet everyone already knows about how big is the footballer income and moans how it unfair is the life. You maintain the order‚ defense the motherland‚ save people by risking yours‚ developing technology for better future etc.‚ but your income is nowhere near the person whose job is running and kicking the ball. At first thought‚ you condemn and complain how the system of life sucks so much. But

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    Young people today have too much freedom. Do you think? Nowadays‚ many teenagers are spoiled; they are doing things which are unsuitable for their age. You may ask‚ why? Personally I think that some kids have too much freedom. Majority take the privilege for granted and doesn’t know how to control them. It’s a pity to see students in midnight wandering in streets smoking‚ when they are supposed to be sleeping at home. It is also sad to see youngsters taking drugs‚ when they are supposed to be

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    An article I read recently on Self-Reliance has touched my heart recently and made me realize how self reliance it has carried me through many trials and tests. Tom Perry‚ Quorum of the Twelve‚ said in General Conference in 1999 “Independence and self-reliance are critical to our spiritual and temporal growth. Whenever we get into situations‚ which threaten our self-reliance‚ we will find our freedoms threatened as well. If we increase our dependence on anything or anyone except the Lord‚

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    Do Schools Put Too Much Pressure on Kids Yes‚ it’s true that school put a lot of pressure on kids. School children are always seen carrying a huge bag of books and notebooks along with them. Though it’s a class 1st kid or a class 10th kid‚ all have huge burden of studies. Nowadays everyone wants to come first and no body wants to be the last. Every body just talks of marks and syllabus irrespective of learning things in a better and appropriate way. Children always want to score higher and higher

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    Think before you Post

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    THINK BEFORE YOU POST” This is really the golden rule of online communication. Online communication is instant‚ wide-reaching and difficult to retract‚ so you need to be sure you want it out there before you put it out there. A couple of seconds re-reading your post‚ thinking about the photo‚ or running the worst-case scenario through your head can save you a lot of real-life pain. The only person you can trust to keep your private photos private is you. Once you send them to someone else‚ they’re

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