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    it speaks the truth and even teaches many good lessons. My personal opinion is that these television shows are a good thing. This differentiates with Schlosser’s opinion upon the media but there are many aspects of reality TV that can be a good thing. Meanwhile Johnson argues‚ “everything bad is good for you”‚ I agree with this aspect of it. Not necessarily that everything bad is good for you‚ but when he talks about the media and television not having the negative affect that most people thinks

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    Josette Whyte Professor Gonzalez English 101 OAC 27 March 2013 Marriage does Not Necessarily Means Love Marriage doe s not necessarily mean love. Now more than ever‚ many 21ST Americans are getting married for practical reasons. Although this in itself is not new‚ the main difference is the number of remarriages on the same basis. The reason for these marriages and remarriages include having children‚ economic security‚ companionship‚ and for a specific benefit‚ such as acquiring a green

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    Is it a bad thing to die? In Death‚ Thomas Nagel focuses on this question and comes to a simple answer: yes. However‚ before he comes to this conclusion‚ he is speaking of death as a complete cessation of life with no conscious activity – permanent death. Nagel argues that is not the state of being dead that is bad‚ but because of what it deprives us of: life. He claims that life is all we have and that when we die‚ we suffer the greatest loss. Nagel clarifies that death is not bad because it strips

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    Why good people do bad things? “Doing bad is easy but doing well is not”. Yes‚ that saying is the most concrete explanation why good people do bad things. Good people do bad things with good intentions. We‚ humans‚ are all sinful by nature. No one of us can behave perfectly and sinless. But we have the capacity to avoid temptations and to distinguish what’s right from wrong. Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils. There are many things that happened in the past that can construe

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    1. The article talks about 5 things that are affected by culture. What are five ways in which people are affected by their culture? Answer Five ways in which people are affected by their culture are perception‚ behavior‚ personality‚ health (medical) and business. 2. Using your own words‚ explain why culture is important. Answer Culture is important because culture makes people in the same area or country has similar lifestyles‚ attitude or thinking and behaviors then people will make rules that

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    Why Bad Things Happen to Good People? A belief by definition is a confidence in the truth or proof of existence. Your beliefs determine the meaning you assign to any event in life. No event is either "good" or "bad" until you decide then assignment is given. This is your reality. Whatever the hardships or challenges you face‚ it can be interrupted as an opportunity for spiritual growth. The knowledge can be used to evolve as a person. Our desire to assign meaning to

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    "Why do bad things happen to good people?" the young and naive Chanyeol in third grade would ask his father when he spotted a teenager being dragged by his collar to a dark alley before being pushed against the wall. That teenager was his neighbor‚ the guy that would tell him good morning everyday while pushing his glasses up‚ or walk across the street while reading his book‚ and sometimes offer Chanyeol candy whenever he see him playing outside. "Keep walking and don’t stare at them‚ buddy." Pulling

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    In “Things Fall Apart” Achebe explains the life of Okonkwo. In the Igbo culture‚ Okonkwo was well respected by the people with in his village. Okonkwo wanted to be wealthy and powerful man unlike his father Unoka. Unoka was not successful or well respected throughout Igbo. Okonkwo was very ashamed of his father. Achebe expresses the culture and tradition of Igbo throughout “Things Fall Apart”. Okonkwo wanted the most respect from everyone unlike his father. According to Achebe(2009) Oknokwo father

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    All people have some kind of fear whether it be of snakes‚ spiders‚ darkness‚ clowns; maybe it a fear of social rebuke or‚ the neighbor next door‚ everyone has some sort of fear. Some fears are rational and some are rationalized‚ but is fear a bad thing? In Bears at Rasberry Time it says‚ “Fear. Three bears/ are not fear‚ mother/ and cubs come berrying/ in our neighborhood”(Carruth). Fears is subjective and it depends on how people see the world. What one person sees as three deadly bears another

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    ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE There exist successful corporations with very different corporate culture. Their employees enjoy their jobs and generally like the way how things are done at their company. Every organization has a set of values that characterize how people behave and how the organization carries out everyday business. Positive cultural norms strengthen the company while negative cultural norms have the power to take the company down. A related concept concerning the influence of norms

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