We often lament that we can’t change the world; that we just have to accept things for what they are. More often than not we are right‚ we can’t change the world. Or can we? I was in WALMART the other day (how many world-changing stories begin in WALMART?) and there was a young woman in the check-out line in front of me buying a car battery. After she paid‚ she picked up the battery and walked it out of the store; I wanted to help her‚ it looked heavy‚ but I still had to check out my purchases
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We Are the World 25 for Haiti We Are the World 25 for Haiti is a song that was used to campaign and help the people in Haiti. The earthquake that struck Haiti was a horrible disaster that took place in the year of 2010. It killed over 300‚000 people and injured around the same amount of people. Once this happened to Haiti‚ everyone knew that something had to be done to help out. A group of singers came to together and agreed to sing a song that symbolizes helping out the world and uniting as a whole
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Joan Ryan‚ from the San Francisco chronicle‚ in her article “We Are Not Created Equal in Every Way” provides us with a theme‚ that in a society which promotes equality; we can not escape individual’s inherent inequalities.Ryan writes about the story of Fredrika Keefer’s ‚ an 8 year old ballet dancer‚ and her mother‚ Krissy Keefer’s‚ lawsuit against the San Francisco Ballet School for not accepting Fredrika’s application because‚ to put it bluntly‚ Fredrika was too overweight. Ballet dancers are
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All the Literature We Cannot See With as much time and energy that readers divest into reading‚ they certainly want what they read to be worthwhile. According to Jago‚ literature is defined as works that are worthwhile‚ texts that “we’re likely to remember—ones that may‚ in fact‚ influence who we are”. By this definition‚ Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is a marvelous piece of literature. Doerr crafts a story as complex as reality with characters as complicated as real people. The
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__________________________________ Signature Itʼs Just Self Disappointment Itʼs Just Self Disappointment " “In iPad We Trust” by Daniel Lyons (Newsweek (2010) v155: p16) Lyons states 2 “Whatever disappointment we might have felt [in Appleʼs iPad] says more about us than Apple”. Lyons is stating that we as ourselves overhype all things Apple and always expect the next cancer-killer or world problem solver. If we are disappointed‚ we set ourselves up for it. By opening the article with a negative intent you wonder what Lyonsʼ
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When will we ever have it all? Who says you can’t have it all? Having it all can vary from families to couples to your own self. Yes everyone wants a great job‚ a big house‚ the newest model car and great pay but that all comes from sacrifice. Anne-Marie Slaughter tells us in her article “Why Women Can’t Have It All” that it’s difficult to have a successful career and a family. Richard Dorment tells us in his article “Why Men Can’t Have It All” that yes men are becoming more involved in their
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There are psychological effects horror has on humans’ minds that drives them to terrify themselves for pleasure. These effects that consist of excitement‚ relief and morbid curiosity cause people to sit through a horror film or book. We endure the fear for thrill we feel‚ the morbid curiosity which intrigues them and the relief after all of the stress and
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Why we travel ? Why do we travel ? As Pico Iyer mentioned in his article “ Why We Travel “ Travelling gives us the advantage of losing all of the stress around; moreover‚ it lets us enjoy a deep break. In addition‚ travelling uncovers the other cultures with a way that hearing or reading about cannot cover. Further more‚ travelling is more about feeling younger and reliving your life‚ it is about taking life slower so you could enjoy every moment in it. Iyer explained in his article how living
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We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story Sallie Tisdale We do abortions here; that is all we do. There are weary‚ grim moments when I think I cannot bear another basin of bloody remains‚ utter another kind phrase of reassurance. So I leave the procedure room in the back and reach for a new chart. Soon I am talking to an eighteen-year-old woman pregnant for the fourth time. I push up her sleeve to check her blood pressure and find row upon row of needle marks‚ neat and parallel and discolored. She
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Should We Stand By Or Stand Firm? Stephanie Carlin The bystander’s effect highlights that when other people are present an individual will not offer any means of help to a victim. It would be great if we all could step in however‚ that is not always the case. Do we stand by and hold self-protection above the aid and help of another or do we stand firm and step in even though it may bring the attention and anger of the individual onto ourselves
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