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    I Too Sing America

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    the dream of every person in America which is to be equally treated‚ no matter how different they are. People try everyday to prove that they deserve to be treated as an American by working extra hard‚ expressing themselves through social media‚ and going out and actually speaking up for what they believe in. The American Dream is still attainable today because people feel that they still have something to prove. They have to prove that they are able to be apart of America‚ and that they deserve a spot

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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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    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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    What is the most important line in Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”? Why? The most important line in Emerson’s “Self Reliance”‚ is “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” (538) In other words‚ “if you trust yourself‚ then you will be strengthened by your decisions and actions.” Similarly‚ if you don’t consider and are not pressured by other’s thoughts‚ you will live a life solely based on what appeases you. Emerson believes that God is everywhere‚ present to inspire each individual

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    statement‚ what does every person realize at some moment in his/her education? That envy is ignorance 2.In the second paragraph‚ what does Emerson say is every person’s destiny? 3.Explain what Emerson believes about society as a whole. (Paragraph 3) he believes society is a conspiracy and everyone is against one another. No one person is trying to help another; they are each trying to rise up against the other. 4.What is self-reliance an aversion to? (Paragraph 3) society 5.What is a person’s

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    Do you think the change from ‘provocation’ to ‘loss of control’ has changed the law for the better or moved too much in the opposite direction? Loss of self control is the new special and partial defence to murder‚ latter to the reform. The new defence was introduced by ss54 and 55 of the Coroners Justice Act 2009. This new defence replaces the old defence‚ better known as Provocation. Although introducing the new defence was designed to change the law for better (referencing to the old one)

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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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    Abdullah Alsaggaf Writing 107 02/07/2013 Effects of Watching Too Much TV Television has become the most popular kind of media all over the world. Most people‚ who watch too much TV for different kinds of reasons‚ do not know nor care about the effects that may happen to them. Nowdays‚ the majority of people over the world spend more than five hours watching TV every day. Watching TV for long time is one of the most serious problems that affect the human body. Also‚ there is a significant impact

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    Do you think that advertising influence teens? You have probably come across this question a dozen times in your life but could never come up with a conclusion‚ right? Well being a teenager myself‚ I strongly believe that it does not affect teenagers as an individual point of view and based on the information I have gathered; which consists of poverty and the awareness that schools bring to students. When you read “poverty” you were probably thinking‚ what that is supposed to mean. What I mean

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    In many countries today insufficient respect is shown to older people. What do you think may be the reasons for this?What problems might this cause in society? In many countries today insufficient respect is shown to older people‚ even from their own children‚ and this can be seen as more old folks home had been build nowadays. Thus‚ I will be writing about what I think the reasons may be and the problems that might cause in society. Firstly‚ the reason for this may be due to the old-fashioned

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