I BELIEVE...... WORDS CAN HAVE POWER I believe words‚ whether spoken or written can have power. They can bring happiness and joy‚ pain and sorrow‚ lift a person up‚ drag a person down‚ pierce a heart like a dagger. Words can also give hope to someone who thought they were dying. On another level‚ there is the power that words take on when you speak them. Just the action of taking your thoughts and putting them out into the universe makes them real and powerful. One should always be very
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Kayla Annerino Final Exam 12/9/13 C.S. Lewis once said‚ “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen not only because I see it‚ but because by it I see everything else.” I think this is an extremely insightful quote to live by‚ especially if you are of the Catholic or Christian faith. I think what Lewis is trying to say is that we all know the sun exists because we see it rise every day‚ but because of the sun it is possible to see everything else on Earth. This relates back
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Adichie’s speech gave me a new view of stereotypes and how they affect everyone in some way or another. I was already aware of stereotypes negative effects on people but I never thought about it in depth from an international point of view. Having this brought to my attention I plan to think of people differently and remember that they have more than a single story in the future. Before watching her speech I always figured the reason why people continue believing stereotypes because it is all they know and
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Arms I am seven years old again‚ twirling around in some frilly dress my mother picked out on a February night for the annual Girl Scouts Father-Daughter Dance. I dance in a circle with my closest friends to whoever the popular singer was at the time - probably Hilary Duff or Britney Spears. I act embarrassed of my father wanting to join in‚ but I know that when a slow song comes on‚ I will jump at the opportunity to show off my dad’s dance moves as I follow along‚ standing on his feet. I am sixteen
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The Drugging of our Children; When Does the Line get Drawn? Are young children early on exposed to psychotropic medications due to lack of medical attention? Do millions of children in these countries really have ADD or ADHD? These questions arise all over North America‚ Great Britain‚ and Australia. Drugging of children at young ages is the result of self-diagnoses‚ teacher diagnoses‚ and lack of medical care and treatment for children with the “disease” of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and
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ESSAY: OUR CHILDREN DON’T NEED TO LEARN MORE LANGUAGES IN THE FUTURE. _"There are hundreds_ _of languages in the world‚_ _but a smile speaks them all" (c)_ With technology progress advances communication between foreign countries. Nowadays everybody has to know english‚ because it’s some kind of international language. And it’s recommended to know some other languages: french‚ german‚ chineese as example. But our children don’t need to learn more languages in the future. Why? We will find the
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Bryant This I Believe I believe in my dog. When I look back at who I am and what I’ve become‚ I have my dog to thank. Yeah‚ I taught my dog to sit and lie down. And I taught him to stay and come. But this has no comparison to what he has taught me. Something tells me that responsibility‚ competition‚ patience‚ forgiveness‚ and happiness are more important traits or skills to learn. I believe in patience. In 5th grade I was given the opportunity to get a dog. My family and I went to a local
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Our Posthuman Future Chapter 1: At the beginning of Our Posthuman Future by Francis Fukuyama‚ it talks about two different books: 1984 and Brave New World. These books talk about multiple technologies that would change and shape the next two generations. For the decade that these books were published it had them think that having a utopian world would have no consequences. I disagree with it for the most part‚ because if we are created to have certain qualities or characteristics then we would
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Nyonkour Karlar 10/17/2014 Believe Assignment ENG 110. I belief that whatever you put your mind to it doesn’t matter where you are or who you are‚ you can achieve it. The reason I have this believe started when I was a child back home in Africa. When I was at the age of 7 I believed that one day I will graduate from high school‚ and become a great soccer player. In my hometown in west Africa if you’re a high school graduate it’s a huge thing‚ not many of my friends when to school because
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“The America I Believe In” The infamous Emmet Reilly often says “It is a great day for America” .“The America I Believe In” This quote makes me think how free I am everyday in America‚ everyday‚ those words are in my head when thinking about America. I am proud‚ strong‚ and thankful which is today and everyday. In 1944‚ my great grandpa departed America to go to Africa. He encountered many great feats like hot deserts‚ huge rats‚ and many other things. Then‚ he went to France and after that‚
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