fate of a society could depend on this maxim. This question made me think‚ a lot. Before I finally decided my side‚ I really thought about real life situations and what needs to be done to help the most people‚ and that is helping the many. In Sandy Hook‚ a teacher hid her students and put herself in the fire just to save the many. Of course she had family‚ but at that moment‚ she felt that that her students and their families were more important than her fate at the time. These kind of things can
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at Sandy Hook The Sandy Hook massacre in Newton‚ Connecticut caught the attention of many American families throughout the nation. The final death toll reached twenty-six‚ with a total of twenty students and six teachers. Although this infamous event will always remain a tragedy‚ it will be remembered as the most significant event of 2012 because it influenced the controversy of gun laws‚ illuminated the health care system‚ and made school safety an issue. After the shooting at Sandy Hook‚ the controversy
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needs to be stopped. bell hooks also suggests that both males and females have to acknowledge that the problem is patriarchy and work to end patriarchy. hooks’ starts off her article with the definition of patriarchy‚ which is a single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. In other words‚ patriarchy is a political system that insists that males inherently dominating‚ superior to everything and everyone deemed weak‚
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10 Writing Hooks Writing Class Notes: Beginning Hooks - Strategies to use to catch your reader’s attention 1. Begin with a smile or a metaphor. My life has been a carnival. My family is like an open book. 2. Begin with a question. Who is the greatest athlete of all times? 3. Begin with a definition. Friendly is the best way to describe my personality: I am friendly and caring. Perfect is the best adjective to describe me: I am flawless in every aspect of my life. 4. Begin with
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“Hook”. Arthur Miller gives us insight through his novel‚ The Crucible. Set in 1692‚ Massachusetts‚ the characters in the story are put through trials to prove their integrity‚ loyalty‚ and conspicuously‚ what is valuable to them; their name. Also‚ Arthur Miller establish the characters in a society where the law bounds to the bible‚ and in which‚ the society drastically takes a turn into chaos when people commence‚ and accuse others of witchery. This not merely puts the villager’s viability at
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second half of Bell Hooks’ work. In this book‚ Hooks is giving the reader an insight into her experiences as a Black female feminist educator teaching about Black women’s issues. Although I myself am not Black‚ as a Mexican-American woman pursuing an academic career‚ I could relate to a vast amount of what Hooks stated throughout the book. The point that struck me the most was the discussion of critiques and the validation of experience in academia (Hooks‚ 1994). In chapter 6‚ Hooks critiques Diana
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Dalaney Renz Ms. Mendoza English 10 3/7/13 Sandy Hook Shooting Mainstream media claims that Sandy Hook shooting was a massacre and an intruder at the school took many children’s lives that day. But there has been strange behavior and evidence that the shooting was a hoax‚ planned and acted by the government so people would be persuaded to believe that guns are the problem. Therefore‚ the government would try and take away our second amendment rights. Friday December 14th‚ 2012 mainstream
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Hurston Lorde and hooks all believe in social and economical equality. They believe that everyone is or should be equal. People in today’s society fight many different battles of discrimination‚ due to markers of difference. These three intellectuals give advice on how to raise future generations to become egocentric. In order to do this parents must raise their children with high self esteem. As they grow they will begin to explore differences with confidence and use their past to educate themselves
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Saving the Environment – Every little steps count "Why hasn’t anyone done careful environmental measurement before? Businessmen always say‚ ‘what matters gets measured’. Social scientists started quantitative measurement 30 years ago‚ and even political science turned to hard numbers 15 years ago. Yet look at environmental policy‚ and the data are lousy." Nor is this dearth of reliable and unequivocal information likely to end soon. Even the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment‚ supported by numerous
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Love vs. Punishment In the article “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons” bell hooks claims that “there is nothing that creates more confusion about love in the minds and hearts of children than unkind or cruel punishment” (hooks 27). In other words punishment of any kind‚ let it be pinching‚ flicking or spanking will result in disorientation in a child’s mind. This statement is true to some people‚ false to others‚ but overall hooks tends to be bias in her argument. She doesn’t explore the different variations
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