Two pencils lay on his desk and the spines of his sketchbooks are perfectly aligned. He sits patiently‚ calm‚ and contained‚ not even yelling at Sal’s lame excuses for coming in late. Sal’s excuse has to be good or else she might not work with Henry. “Sorry for coming in late‚” Sal says. “I promise not to do it again.” “What’s your excuse today?” Henry asks‚ rolling his eyes. “It better be a good one‚ not like any of your other ones.” “Okay‚ okay‚ hear me out: I found the most beautiful tree
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determination to exterminate the Jews. And by the summer of ’42‚ two million Jews had already been massacred and the killing was continuing at a swift velocity. Rescuing millions‚ at the time‚ may have been impossible but without the ‘war effort’ excuse‚ tens of thousands could have been
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The above passage demonstrates not only Richard pointing to his deformities as an excuse to his wrongdoings‚ but it also highlights his habit of blaming and deferring to others for his malicious deeds. He enshrines himself in self-pity and blames those around him for his shortcomings. He blames the world for not accepting him and conforming to accept him. While it may be initially compelling to fall for Richard’s rhetoric‚ a simple parallel can show why this method of thinking is flawed. Let’s draw
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Classical School of Criminology Abstract Theories about crime and criminals tend to be complex theories and are based on what we know from research on crime and criminals. The criminal theories vary from scientific theories as scientific theories can be proven as factual and criminal theories are never proven; but a part of every day life (Williams 2004). The author of this paper discusses the Classical School of Criminology beliefs and its founders. The author of the paper also briefly discusses
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Thomas Schell‚ Oskar’s father‚ was Oskar’s best friend‚ teacher‚ and father. The torment was unbearable‚ so Oskar created an excuse‚ which was to search for information about the key‚ to not think about his father. The discovery of a mysterious key in his father’s room made him feel eager and countless questions ran through his mind because the key is a secret between him and
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imbalance are a few reasons that lead to anorexia. II. How can we tell if someone suffers from anorexia? a. A person will limit what they eat. b. An individual will have excessive weight loss. c. An anorectic person will find any excuse for not eating. III. A person with anorexia can suffer extreme poor health. a. Their immune system breaks down and starts being sick. b. They body starts to break down and get brittle. c. Not eating properly can cause kidney disease
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allegory. An example of Lurie’s justification of his actions towards the sexual exploitation of young student Melanie‚ is in page 52 of which he states‚ “Suffice it to say that Eros entered. After that I was not the same.” Lurie provides the idealistic excuse of being succumbed by the immortal being of love and desire and thus justifies his actions as being instinctual and unavoidable. The allusion towards “Eros”‚ the god of love and desire is enough for Lurie to enforce that he was imprisoned by lust
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mentally and medically. Women’s emotional instability and despair prior to abortion makes them unable to think straight. There is a ton of those people who disagree saying that you need the tool abortion because of rape‚ but that is not an accurate excuse. Several studies done across America reveal that women who were encouraged to use abortion in such circumstances felt that they had been put through a second act of violence‚ for being made into the victimizer of their own child. Women who go through
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famine ignorance with them and the rest is history that they will soon forget. With them jumping seas‚ it gave us Americans an excuse for our own belligerent ways; we could use those drunken Irish as a scapegoat! Now‚ if we are caught by our friends in a bush after a long night‚ we may say “It’s alright‚ I’m Irish‚ I’m just respecting my ancestry” or we have an excuse to celebrate the holiday St. Patrick’s day‚ which is more of a reason to drink than celebrate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland
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condoms should be given out at school because they may or may not be used but at least the students will be surrounded with opportunities for responsibility and will not have the excuse of not having access to condoms. Imagine your daughter or son coming home and saying “I’m pregnant” or “she’s pregnant” and their excuse was “I could not and did not buy enough condoms.” Teens are having sex. More than once‚ and they should be armed with all defenses against unwanted pregnancy and STDS. Teen parents
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