Dylan Hamann ENGL 1020‚ CRN 20527 Revised Critique of “Shame Is Worth a Try” 1 Feb. 2010 Revised Critique of “Shame Is Worth a Try” by Dan M. Kahan Dan M. Kahan argues in his article “Shame Is Worth a Try” that people who understand the potential of shaming know that it is “cheap‚ efficient‚ and an appropriate alternative to short jail sentences” (571). Any crime that is committed must have a punishment linked to it to avoid a repeat of the offense. Serious crimes‚ for example‚ those that
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#6:Treasure Chest Problem: Someone offers to give you a million dollars($1‚000‚000) in one-dollar ($1) bills. To receive the money‚ you must lie down; the million one-dollar bills will be placed on your stomach. If you keep them on your stomach for 10 minutes‚ the money is yours! Do you accept the offer? Solution: Each dollar bill weighs 1 gram‚ if we multiply 1gram by 1‚000‚000 dollars we get a weight of 1‚000‚000 grams. If there are 454 grams in a pound then $1‚000‚000 will equal 2202 pounds
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TKAM The dictionary defines ignorance as the lack of education or knowledge. Throughout TKAM Harper Lee writes about ignorance and it’s affects on society. We learn about the sweet childish ignorance of Scout and Jem compared to the mean coldness of Mr.Ewell. Ignorance shows itself in many different ways such as racism‚ sexism‚ and class- ism. Jem and Scout are sheltered from the world and all it’s evilness. Their ignorance is used as a shield to protect them from knowing the terrible realities
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Most people have been told that “Ignorance is bliss” but has any one ever questioned if it actually is? It is not‚ ignorance is never as blissful as it seems. Ignorance can be compared to being trapped in a prison of someone’s own mind where no man is ever truly free; he will always be imprisoned either by ignorance or by education. Authors such as Plato‚ Fredric Douglass‚ and Sherry Turkle all have faced bouts of ignorance but have overcome them through the want and drive to learn. Throughout Plato’s
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Cebrina Webb Mr. Kautzer AP English 2B September 30‚ 2012 Essay: Let Teenagers Try Adulthood ; Leon Botstein I personally agree with Botstein’s theory that high school is over rated and used as an isolation or holding cell preventing students from witnessing the real world because in high school we are educated on the basics things that are needed to get into college (reading‚ writing‚ math‚ and science) but we are barely educated about the real world and how to survive in it. For example
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Japanese company tries ’Englishization ’ Introduction The Rakuten Inc is a Japanese electronic commerce and Internet company based in Tokyo‚ Japan. It was founded in 1997 by chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani. As the CEO of Rakuten‚ Mikitani aims to position Rakuten at the forefront of global business. One way he feels this can be achieved is by introducing an English policy in his firm. He therefore‚ makes a dramatic decision by introducing ‘Englishnization’ program among 7‚100 employees and
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You Think GD Would Have Given you Hair Like That if He Loved You? by Deborah Stoll‚ Just reading the titled you can grasp the discrimination. It grabs your attention‚ like how can you tell that to a person‚ God loves everyone. It is appalling how some people treat each other for being different. The way this woman maltreats this nine-year-old as if she is the devil because Jewish or as Miss Sherry believes not leading a good Christian life‚ its outrageous. From all the text I read‚ this one grabs
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What do you think your professor thinks of the new generation of students? Well in the Article College Students Today: overconfident or just assured? Regardless‚ they are our future. By Corwin P. King was surprisingly both inaccurate and accurate about college life. In this article the Corwin King was explaining about how different the new generation of college students are now compared to the past college students are. In Corwin King article he explains who students now dot have the grit and respect
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“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” Harlan Ellison‚ American writer. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ ignorance is shown by the Missionary Society‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Miss Caroline. “From the kitchen‚ I heard Grace Merriweather giving a report in the living room on the squalid lives of the Mrunas…” (Lee‚ 232). The Missionary Society’s goal to ‘help’ indigenous people is ignorant because they are trying to change other people’s
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The Ignorance of Adolescence: A Behavioral Influence Adolescence is a time when children begin to experience heightened emotions and are unable to suppress them. These waves of new feelings tackle the confused and curious minds of the young‚ building up tension in their bodies and minds. Eventually‚ this tension comes out in various acts of rage‚ rebellion‚ and depression‚ but something must be an influence to these acts. Elsa Bernstein’s Twilight and Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening showcase
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