Rachel Shiels Mr. Golimowski English 10 Honors April 28‚ 2014 The World We Live In Today Today there are about 7 billion people in this world. With that many people it is pretty amazing that each one of us is unique in our own way. Contrast to our individualities‚ however‚ we tend to create this “perfect person” that everyone should aim to achieve within our societies. By doing this we almost set ourselves up for failure
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People wonder why the world is so obsessed with ancient Greek myths when they’re just stories told hundreds of years ago. If you looked at the number of Greek-themed books and movies today‚ people would see that the world is still dazzled by Greek myths even if they can’t explain why. People see something related to a Greek myth every day and they don’t even notice. These ancient myths gave us an inside at Greek culture. Not only did the Greeks give us things like music and philosophy‚ they gave
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Legacies of colonialism in the today’s world Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Three areas in which the legacies of colonizer affect 3 2.1 Discussion about Sociol & economic changes 4 2.2 Discussion about Civilisation development 4 2.3 Discussion about Urban Enlargement 4 3.0 Some specific examples showing the reflexion of colonizer’s legacies in today’s world 5 3.1 Examples for Sociol & economic changes 6 3.1.1 land-use/cover‚ vegetation/other natural habitats‚new
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Today‚ everything we do and say can all be related back to the Ancient Greeks and the Romans. The ancient Greeks and Romans made many contribution that we still use in our every day lives. The Greeks and Romans have made contributions to our world such as art‚ literature‚ architecture‚ law‚ and religion. Many people don’t realize how big of a difference the Greeks and Romans have made in our lives. If it weren’t for the Greeks and Romans a lot of materials that we use today would not even be around
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have achieved today.” Back in the B.C. time period the Ancient Greeks and Romans invented things with resources they had available. They invented arches‚ aqueducts and even invented the Olympic games‚ which are all things we use today. These things have influenced our society today making things easier than they really are. Instead of using the things they invented back then we have modernized them and made them our own. One of the things the Ancient Greeks and Romans influenced today were the Olympic
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The Role of English in the world today In the last years English plays more and bigger role as in the life word society as in the life of every person. Now the time when communication between people allows to find solution any problem from global to privet. First of all‚ the English is the main language of most international organization like the United nations‚ NATO‚‚ European Free trade Association. Diplomats and politicians from different countries use this language to communicate with each
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One of the most controversial problems in the world today is racial inequality. Ever since I was a little girl‚ I was always told to see the beauty coming from the inside of a person’s heart and to never judge someone by the color of their skin. As I got older‚ I started to realize just how serious of a problem this was and that many people take racial segregation and inequality to an extreme level. Although I have seen racial inequality only once in my life‚ I never want to see it happen again
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Ancient Greece Olympics Today’s Olympics have changed a lot. The Olympics in Greece focused mainly on the gods. The Greeks made sacrifices to the gods on the first and third day of the Olympic Games (Ancient). That is not how they focus today at all. In fact‚ many people don’t believe in the gods being more than myths made up by desperate people in desperate times. The athletes have changed as well‚ there are female athletes as well as male athletes in today’s Olympics. There used to be only free
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Obesity In Our World Today Obesity in our world today is getting out of control especially in the United States and people don’t know what to do to fix it. It’s not only in the United States though‚ but it is also in the entire world. It’s surrounding us in everything we do‚ and especially everything we eat. From the Double Quarter Pounder at McDonald’s‚ to the Whopper at Burger King‚ obesity is looming around every corner. So what can be done about obesity in our world today you might ask? There
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The Oppression of Muslims in the World Today Muslims are being oppressed all over the world in today’s times. Muslims are branded by the Western part of the world as ‘terrorists.’ This is completely false. Islam is a religion of peace and those countries that have branded Muslims as terrorists are in fact oppressing Muslims. One of the worst types of oppression that is taking place today against Muslims is in Palestine. Israel is killing and torturing all the Palestinian Muslims just to gain territory
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