the essay‚ “Two Years Are Better Than Four”‚ the author Liz Addison‚ who attended Piedmont Virginia Community College and Southern Maine Community College‚ shares her opinion on the importance of community colleges. She responses to Rick Perlstein who wrote “What’s the Matter with College”. Perlstein believes that community college doesn’t matter anymore and in response to that‚ Addison argues that community college still matters. Addison mentions that community college is better than university by
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EQ IS BETTER THAN IQ! Government points | Opposition’s rebuttals | Necessary social skills that a student needs are associated with high levels of EQ or emotional intelligence. If a student does not develop the EQ skills needed to successfully transverse the maturation process he or she will be left in a situation of having the intelligence to functionally work or play but not have the emotional skills to successfully work or play‚ thus limiting their potential future. They may have received
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ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES It takes more than four times as much energy to manufacture a paper bag as it does to manufacture a plastic bag. ENERGY TO PRODUCE BAG ORIGINALLY (BTUs) Safeway Plastic Bags: 594 BTUs Safeway Paper Bags: 2511 BTUs Of course‚ most paper comes from tree pulp‚ so the impact of paper bag production on forests is enormous. In 1999‚ 14 million trees were cut to produce the 10 billion paper grocery bags used by Americans that year alone. Paper bag production delivers a global
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about it now‚ before it is too late. And the solution is to hand. Ladies and gentlemen‚ I put it to you today that in socialism lies the future. Have you noticed that Scandinavian countries‚ such as Denmark‚ Finland and Norway‚ are always highly-regarded in measures of success such as the Forbes 2013 Prosperity Index. Let’s take the example of Norway. The Norwegian tax system is more “progressive” than capitalist systems such as in the USA. Poor people pay much less. Wealthy people (and corporations)
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Alternative Medicine a Better Way of Care Reahna Cavalli HCA/210 August 23‚ 2013 Marti Schlagel Alternative medicine is an impressive option for people suffering with chronic pain or debilitating diseases. Alternative medicine is also referred to as complementary alternative medicine (CAM). Four out of ten humans use some form of CAM to help them rather than take a chemically compounded medicine. Alternative medicine includes several forms of use here are some that I will talk about
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The Importance of Community College In “Two Years Are Better Than Four”‚ Liz Addison makes the point that community college has become the definition of the college experience. The article begins quoting Rick Perlstein saying‚ “College as America used to understand it is coming to an end.” He loved the college experience so much that he never really left. When he went back he saw something he would never see‚ students actually committing themselves to their work. He thought the “rite of passage
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In the article “Two Years Are Better Than One” written by Liz Addison‚ Addison states that community colleges are “a public service gem”. One man named Rick Perlstein decided to quit college thought that college doesn’t matter anymore‚ that it is stupid. Addison states that Perlstein is from University of “privilege” which she means by college with more facilities and that’s why he thinks community college doesn’t matter. She also says that Perlstein might have never stepped in any community college
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For the last 50 years‚ world population multiplied more rapidly than ever before‚ and more rapidly than it is projected to grow in the future. In 1950‚ the world had 2.5 billion people; and in 2005‚ the world had 6.5 billion people. By 2050‚ this number could rise to more than 9 billion (see chart "World Population Growth‚ 1950-2050"). Anthropologists believe the human species dates back at least 3 million years. For most of our history‚ these distant ancestors lived a precarious existence as
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they are interested in before applying for college‚ while others may have not decided. Community college offers a time for students to grow with higher education and learn what their interests may be. The title of my analysis article is “Two Years Are Better Than Four” by Liz Addison‚ published September 26th‚ 2007. A title can give the reader an idea on what they are reading about. The title of Liz’s article is vague and leaves wonder on what she is talking about. By the title alone I don’t know
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1 Life for young people in sg was better in the past than it is today (OV) Life was less stressful and moved at a slower pace in the past. There was less competitiveness in the society then. Students have packed schedules of tuition‚ school‚ and enrichment classes‚ to the extent that they have little time left to enjoy other activities. Higher stress is linked with not only physical but also psychological ailments like depression‚ hence the incidences of young people committing suicide due to inability
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