What is the fundamental difference between receiving praise and being praiseworthy? If we could only achieve one‚ which should we prefer? Praise means to say or write good things about‚ to express approval. Praiseworthy means deserving praise‚ worthy of praise. With that being said‚ you should strive to be praiseworthy. “We must at least believe ourselves to be admirable for what they are admirable. But‚ in order to attain this satisfaction‚ we must become the impartial spectators of our own
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restrictions. Florence Kelley‚ an ambitious reformer and social worker‚ delivered a speech to the Notional American Women Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905 in order to galvanize others to make changes in woman’s rights and child labor laws. Kelley purposefully appeals to emotions of her audience with the use of imagery and utilized parallel thought structure in order to convey her key points more prominently with the aid of literally elements. Kelley uses emotional appeal in
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Summary: “In Praise of the ‘F’ Word” In this article‚ “In praise of the ‘F’ word”‚ Marry Sherry makes the point that in order to help kids do their school work and get their education; they must be threatened with failing. Before she started teaching her class‚ she would blame the poor academic skills our kids have today on drugs‚ divorce and other impediments to concentration necessary for doing well in school. She had an experience with her sons grade 12 English teacher. The teacher told Marry
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and the overall leadership process‚ it is safe to say that leaders and followers are the building blocks of leadership. One can assume that just as a follower needs someone to lead them‚ a leader can’t lead without followers. However‚ in most leadership studies and research‚ the results and information are usually leader centered. Heller and Van Til define leadership as an action more readily defined through the eyes of a follower. “While individuals may look to a leader to frame‚ and concretize their
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"In Praise of Consumerism" In James Twitchell’s essay‚ "In Praise of Consumerism‚" he states that producers "splash magical promises over their goods" in order to make a sale. He believes we are not duped into buying stuff‚ but we demand it. The overwhelming amount of material goods available on the market today isn’t "exploiting our desire" but rather fulfilling our needs. Since when did our self-image dictate what and why one product is better than the next? For me and my parents‚ it’s hard
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Consumer Culture plays a significant role in our everyday lives. The articles In Praise of Consumerism and Needing The Unnecessary; The Democratization of Luxury by James Twitchell show strong arguments in favour of consumer culture. Both articles focus on how important consumerism has become in the modern commercial world and how more people wealthy or middle class are buying luxury items to be accepted by others in society. People in today ’s society who buy luxury items find it "arousal seeking"
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In the long-awaited 184-page environmental treatise‚ titled Laudato Si’‚ or Praise Be to You‚ published by Vatican Press in June 2015‚ Pope Francis described how apathy and the reckless pursuit of profits‚ excessive faith in technology and political shortsightedness‚ along with the relentless exploitation and destruction of the environment‚ are to blame. Encyclicals are letters to the clergy and laity of the church that are considered authoritative. The document was sent to the world’s 5‚000 Catholic
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Never Forgive What You Can’t Forget While I agree completely with Robert Coles‚ “Only the sufferer is qualified to make the decision”‚ I’ve been asked to state my opinion and while I am unqualified to do so‚ it would be disrespectful to Simon Wiesenthal if I declined the opportunity. As Alan L. Berger stated in his excerpt‚ Judaism has two types of sins: Beyen Adam Le-Makom (human v God) and Beyen Adam Le-Adam (human v human). The Judaism religion believes that Beyen Adam Le-Mankon is an unforgiveable
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The poem Harmonium is about Simon Armitage and how he feels towards his father and his past‚ which all tend to be negative comments. Grace Nichols poem Praise Song for My Mother also focuses on her past but describes her mother in a much more positive way. In Praise Song for My Mother‚ Grace Nichols describes her mother as being like “water to me” this tells us that she was essential to her and wouldn’t be able to live without her. Nichols also describes her as being “deep and bold” this suggests
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Speaking at a suffrage convention‚ social worker Florence Kelley calls upon her audience to combine child labor and women’s suffrage issues in order to make advances in both areas. Basing her argument on factual evidence‚ Kelley further uses emotional and ethical appeal‚ supported by strong diction and subtle syntax structures t convey the necessity of reform to her audience. Florence Kelley provides a great point with a weak argument in her speech. Her writing is almost mere state by state
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