I chose Border Patrol Agent Joel Luna as the subject of my discussion. Luna has not been found guilty as of yet of any crime‚ however‚ he has been arrested and charged with murder‚ possession of a controlled substance‚ tampering with physical evidence and engaging in organized criminal activity (LA Times &‚ KRGV News‚ 2015). Luna embodies the worst kind of corruption in my opinion. All corruption is deplorable; but when a person uses a public trust position to further criminal activity at such
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the influence of corporations in our society‚ is extremely difficult. Even if it is unintentional‚ a documentary will be dominated with a particular view. This can be explored through the documentary "The Corporation" by Mark Achbar‚ Jennifer Abbot & Joel Bakan. Through the use of certain techniques of selection of detail‚ film language and verbal language the creators present corporations as being a destructive institution with no emotion and no morals. The technique selection of detail plays an important
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Link: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0‚9171‚2010191‚00.html Everybody wants to be the best. Whether that’s in sports‚ academics‚ or otherwise‚ mostly everyone wants to be part of the elite. One may debate that someone with a prowess for football who becomes a star NFL quarterback may be considered elite‚ while another may say that a person with stellar grades who goes on to be a world-renowned doctor is considered so‚ but that ultimately depends on that person’s definition of the
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Song: "We met as soul mates" The soldiers were enthusiastic‚ buddies‚ and hopeful for a better life. "We left as inmates‚ from an asylum" The soldiers dreams/ideas of heroism‚ and valour were completely wrong "And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives" The soldiers thought they’d be heroes‚ that when they came back‚ they would be revered as fighters for freedom. "And WE were sharp; as sharp as knives" "And THEY were sharp; As sharp as knives" Equalizes America and Vietnam. Both were as
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achieved easily. We have to remember that just because we want something bad enough doesn’t mean we’ve made it happen yet. It’s just a goal until we finally bring those ideas and goals to full fruition. In the essay titled “Turn a Wish Into a Triumph”‚ Joel Wade discusses how when we picture ourselves with our goals achieved‚ we begin to falsely believe that we have actually achieved them. Then we begin to lose our drive. Achieving our dreams requires work but if you’re willing to work hard for it‚ then
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Spring Ch.1 Timeline covering the history of schooling 1700’s 1779- Thomas Jefferson proposes bill for the “General Diffusion of Knowledge”. He was concerned with finding the best politicians through this system of schooling 1790- George Washington proposes National University for training political leaders and creating a national culture 1793- William Godwin declares public schools a form of political tyranny 1800’s 1808- Johann Fichte advocates teaching patriotism to maintain a national
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Mariam Itawi L. Pignotti ENGL 120 30 October 2013 Joel Stein Reading Notes According to the article‚ this generation is pretty much screwed. Most of us are narcissistic and have horrible ambitions in life. Technology runs the world now; elementary students don’t even know how to use an encyclopedia. More young girls would rather be Jennifer Lopez’ personal assistant over the CEO of let’s say Quicken Loans. Nowadays‚ we act like we care‚ but in reality‚ what are we doing about it? We complain
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Critique of the journal article “Why it is so hard to be fair” by Joel Brockner‚ 2006 Highly motivated‚ involved and committed workforce is the best resource for the company because highly enthusiastic and complete involvement and commitment of the employees brings great profit to the company (Carslen‚ 2003). Different from the traditional concept of money is the motivator to employees; many researchers have proved there are others things that can trigger employees’ motivation better than money
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Joel Stein‚ a celebrated Times Magazine writer of the article‚ “The Next Greatest Generation: Why Millennials Will Save Us All”. Stein’s article was to influence the people before the millennial generation that millennials are just like the generations before them because they grew up with the same establishment‚ both were rebellious teens‚ and both were prejudged before they were able to create their success. However‚ Stein does not easily give the millennials their recognition. While Stein attempts
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In the article‚"Why do many Reasonable People doubt Science?"‚ the writer‚ Joel Achenbach‚ asserts that people disbelief science for a variety of reasons. He first described dogmatism and naive beliefs‚ which are subconscious intuitions that people cling to‚ to be the reason why many disbelieve science. He further explains that many are reliant on personal experience and anecdotes rather than hard facts and statistics to come to conclusions and that is why many disagree with scientific findings.
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