People don’t realize how important it is to vote. Many think one vote won’t hurt anything‚ but if everyone had that mentality no one would ever vote. It is very important to know who you are voting for and putting in office‚ but how do you know who you are truly voting for. Does he share the same religion as you? Is he a conservative or liberal? Or what kind of bills is he trying to pass? These are some basic questions that should be asked when looking at who’s running for office. After all the
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Why is it important to vote? You can ’t win if you don ’t play. Election outcomes are determined by those who participate. Elected officials make important (often life and death) decisions about how our society will expend its collective resources and the restraints it will place on individual behavior. The drinking age‚ the age at which you can get a driver ’s license‚ and the amount of money your teachers receive are some of the decisions made by elected officials. In making those decisions‚ elected
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Journal: “A&P”- Important Quotation Analysis Sammy‚ the main character of “A&P” by John Updike‚ says “But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it is fatal not to go through with it‚” towards the end of the story when he was quitting his job at the A&P. This quote has a couple of meanings. He thinks his decisions‚ or the gesture in this scenario‚ determine his lifestyle. Another thing this quote conveys is that once you say something‚ you cannot take it back. In a twisted way‚ the
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with yourself. If you do not feel confident with yourself and with how you act‚ then chances are others will feel the same. The last‚ and maybe most important way‚ to earn someone’s respect is to give that person the same respect. If you want someone to respect you then show them the same respect back. It is as simple as that. Trust. Why is trust so important? Why does it mean so much to people? Trust is a firm belief in the reliability‚ truth‚ ability‚ or strength of someone. Trust is what pushes
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relationship. Although compassion is an important quality‚ knowledge is the backbone to a well-seasoned
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directing people to achieve the target. If you are an entrepreneur‚ the role of leadership plays an important part because your employees lean on you how to build a better business. A good leader make workers understand what is expected of them and how to work more smoothly and thus more efficiently by staying focused on business goals‚ decreasing lost time and effort; most important of all‚ most workers are much more comfortable and even "happier" at their jobs with good leadership( James). A good
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know nothing’ ” (Gaarder 69). Here‚ Socrates is trying to explain that he does not really know anything. He is saying that those who know that they don’t know anything are the ones with true knowledge. I believe that what Socrates said is really important because it shows that even someone who thinks a lot about life knows that there is still so much more to learn. This thought was something drove Socrates to be the philosopher that he was. He understood that he may not be able to know anything in
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new government did not have too much power and to make sure the citizens’ rights were protected. Of these 10 amendments‚ I feel there are 3 that stand out and are the most important. The 4th amendment‚ which prohibits unreasonable searches. The 5th amendment‚ which protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury. And most importantly‚ the first amendment‚ which protects the freedom of speech and religion. Without these 3 amendments‚ I believe the country would fall apart. The 4th
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Writing is a form of communication and people write on a daily basis whether it is for something basic or more complex. We need to know how to write simple yet very important things such as our name or the date. Being a student there is not a day that goes by that I am not writing or typing my name and the date on papers or assignments. Over the past few years there has been a significant increase in the use of technology. People text message‚ email‚ and use social networking websites on a daily
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History and the Importance of Calculus Calculus can be summed up as "the study of mathematically defined change"5‚ or the study of infinity and the infinitesimal. The basic concepts of it include: limits‚ derivatives‚ differentiation and integrals. The word "calculus" means "rock"; the reason behind the naming of it is that rocks were used to used to carry out arithmetic. This branch of mathematics is able to be rooted all the way back to around 450 B.C.‚ when Zeno of Elea discovered infinite numbers
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