Grant Schmitz Mr. Goodman ENGL-1113-071 September 28‚ 2010 Social Status: Excuse or Not? The education of the youth is‚ without much dispute‚ a highly important issue within the U.S. This nation was founded on equality and opportunity‚ two beliefs that have seamlessly transitioned into American education‚ or so it seemed. In these articles by Gregory Mantsios‚ Jonathan Kozol‚ and Jean Anyon‚ the same education Americans claim to hold so high comes under question. These authors provide excellent
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Addiction‚ excuse or disease? Addiction can have profound effects on a person ’s thoughts‚ feelings and behavior. It usually disturbs perceptions and attitudes‚ and can significantly disrupt someone ’s personality. This isn ’t just because of substances involved - such as alcohol‚ nicotine‚ cocaine‚ heroin and valium. The experience of addiction itself also has an effect on how a person thinks feels and behaves. Addictions are present in almost every individual. Whether it ’s a chemical dependence
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Gluttony‚ to gulp down or swallow. Not only does it mean to overindulge in gulping and swallowing‚ but it also means to obsess with anticipation over meals‚ to be anxious to eagerly devour delicacies‚ and to abstain from the needy. Does that only mean withholding food from the less fortunate? Or can it also mean to abstain other needs‚ such as shelter‚ clothing‚ etc.? When the word “gluttony” is mentioned does a king who is about to severely overindulge in a feast come to mind? Or does the image
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Individuality Being an individual is important‚ individaulity is being able to do things for yourself and being able to think for yourself. Do you have something you love to do? Or do you love it because a friend or family member loves it? Are you an individual? Or do you listen to everything your friends tell you to do? Do you have your own persionaltiy? Are we ultimately robbed of the opportunity to be an individual because we are always moving in a group? Students are always hanging with
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The Dumbest Excuses Ever There are some pretty dumb excuses out there we here every day in class. Have you ever heard “Relatives are visiting so I couldn’t do the homework.” A statement like this might not be the weakest excuse a student could ever use‚ but it could be avoided. First of all‚ you can ask one of your relatives for help. If you ask one of your family members if you could have to some help on your history paper‚ they wouldn’t just slam the door in your face. Secondly if having your
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Common Student excuses 1. I ran out of time Use time management strategies and does the tough task first help the person use the strageities for time management prepare yourself ahead of time. Help the indivuals use time management strategies that work for them. 2. People interrupt me- Pick the time and place to study or just say no help the person find a nice quiet place to focus on the task at hand. Pick the time and place you study wisely so you don’t have to worry about interruptions
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Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in America today. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth. There are approximately 1.5 million abortions every year in this country. Abortion was made legal in the 1970s. However‚ pro-life activists argue that it is murder. Should the government have the legal power to take away a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her own body? An abortion results in the death of an embryo or a fetus. Abortion destroys the lives of helpless
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Narrative Essay 12 September 2009 First Days At Boarding School This was the fist time I flew in a plane and I was so sure I was going to die. I imagined the planes engines suddenly breaking down and then slowly we plummeted down to certain death. “Excuse me miss‚ would you like something to drink?” the flight attendant asked me. I must have looked worse then I thought because she said it in a calm soothing way sort of like she was trying to talk someone out of jumping off the side of a twenty story
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Justification is a legal form of defense. However‚ it is often confused with an excuse defense. By definition an excuse defense is defined as a type of defense in which the defendant claims that some personal condition or circumstance at the time of act was such that he or she should not be held accountable under the criminal law (Schmalleger & Hall‚ 2014). For example‚ Mary (defendant) attended a graduation party of a college friend. After the party she and Matt engage in a round of laced marijuana
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How to Tell Lies and Excuses Our parents would tell us when we were young to not do this. They would tell us that is that is right and that it is wrong. But most likely everyone had done it before. The parents most likely did it to their kids themselves. It has become part of life. Many people get into trouble for things that they have done on a daily basis‚ whether it is at work‚ school‚ home or anywhere. But there are ways how to avoid this. There is a simple technique that anyone can use to
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