Funerals are never a good thing. You can ask anybody and they will tell you the same thing. People that have never been to a funeral don’t understand how sad and demoralising they can be. I’ve been to two funerals and I’m going to tell you about one of them. This took place three years ago‚ when I learned that you should never take life for granted. When I wasn’t born yet‚ my grandpa was really active. He went fishing with my brother‚ shopping‚ and he even drove one of those huge pickup trucks one
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The Good and Bad Effects of Video Games Video and computer games‚ like many popular‚ entertaining and addicting kid activities‚ are looked down upon by many parents as time-wasters‚ and worse‚ parents think that these games rot the brain. Also‚ violent video games are readily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some youth become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games actually have many benefits – the main one
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Why Torture is a Good Thing. Recently the Speaker of the House of Representatives‚ Nancy Pelosi has come under fire for comments she made about torture‚ once again bringing the topic of torture back into the national spotlight. There are so many different sides to the debate on whether our government should or should not allow torture in the integration of suspected Al Qaeda members currently locked up in the United States military prison located in Guantánamo Bay‚ Cuba. There are those people
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Troy Gebert Mr. Trussel English 4 19 November 19‚ 2014 Good Food Bad Food Essay America today is known as one of the most well to do countries while also being known as one of the unhealthiest countries in the world. The world’s view of a typical American is overweight with a big mac in one hand and a television remote in the other. The sad truth is that their view isn’t too far off. About 36% percent of all Americans are considered obese. Although many are trying to stop obesity by promoting healthier
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Some people believe that technology gets in the way of our everyday lives and that we are alone‚ without actually being alone‚ now than we ever have in the past. One way that technology gets in the way of our everyday lives is the use of video games. Some believe that video games are bad while others believe that they are great. In this paper I will talk about how video games are good and bad to different people by using my own life example and some other examples from resources. There are a coup
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The Great Depression-how bad did it get? The Great Depression presented the people of the United States of America Trial upon trial in almost every aspect of life. The Great Depression‚ while getting its name from the economic cycle‚ was truly a depression in every sense of the word. Times were tough for almost every single family if not worse. This was exceptionally difficult after the prosperous 20’s that was surely an economic expansion and then boom. The final months of the 1920s were spent
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that Cesare was still not happy. His father was so upset that he imprisoned himself in a palace for a long time‚ and Cesare was detested by Giovanni’s wife and many family members. From the story‚ it is startling how jealousy can make people do crazy things and turn brotherhood into rivalry‚ degrading moral values and causing agony to everyone. Daily life proves to be a huge source of evidences for the negative effects of jealousy. I feel sad to see the way some of my friends at school treat each
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A straightforward question‚ what is good art? A complicated answer‚ but that is good art. How does a certain piece of artwork become recognized as "good?" What are some of the traits that make art good? What simply makes art good‚ and what makes art bad‚ in general? Does having a recognizable art or design "style" limit one’s creativity? Is an exact reproduction as good as the original? It used to be that anything called “Art” had certain meaning attached to it. Art was assumed to be beautiful‚ intricate
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Money is the economic fuel upon which our world runs‚ but human nature inevitably exploits it for personal gain at the expense of others. Without a standardized monetary system‚ society today as we know it could not exist. A catch-22 of any social or financial system is that inevitably a handful of individuals will gain too much control. Conversely‚ a system in which the individual is not free to gain wealth/control as he pleases also leads to the same end result. In our 21st century North American
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Persuasive Research Paper By; Karen Elzy Date: July 25‚ 2010 Course: COM 220 Teacher: Sherry Ann Smith Good Education vs. Bad Education Does one think he or she can get very far without having a great education? Statistics shows that people with a great education are much more successful than those who do not receive a great education. Many people who graduate from high school and college are guaranteed to get a better job and higher position than those who have never finish their high school or
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