you excuse an armed robber if the circumstance was to feed his family? Could you excuse a thief who wanted to apologize afterward? All of these instances came from an extraordinary book that Victor Hugo wrote‚ Les Misérables. Although the incentive behind theft might be obvious to some‚ the main character‚ Jean Valjean‚ provides a great example of how different the reasons to steal can be. Encountering a thief is like getting cut off while driving. Your first reaction is most likely some form of
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Should No Child Left Behind Be Reformed? The issue of trying to bring the achievement gap closer together is an issue that has been haunting the government for ages. To start out with‚ our international test scores are dropping scarily. We have gone from top 10 in math and reading to 30th in math and 20th is reading according to PISA. The goal of NCLB was to make students better at reading and math but we are getting worse. The No Child Left Behind act was created by our 43rd President George
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We live in frightening times as violence continues to ensue over dogmas surrounding race and ethnicity. As a young millennial‚ I’ve witnessed the tragedies surrounding the deaths of Eric Gardner‚ Trayvon Martin‚ and Michael brown‚ create tensions tragically felt by communities because of race. According to Webster‚ Race is “A category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits”. It is a difficult social dilemma‚ due to the genetic diversity we experience in the United States. For
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Hiding Behind the Screen Roger Scruton The New Atlantis; Summer 2010; pp. 48-60 Human relations‚ and the self-image of the human being‚ have been profoundly affected by the Internet and by the ease with which images of other people can be summoned to the computer screen to become the objects of emotional attention. How should we conceptualize this change‚ and what is its effect on the psychic condition of people who construct their world of interests and relationships through the screen? Is
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The Truth Behind a Lie Lena Madison Axia College of the University of Phoenix COM 120 Effective Persuasive Writing Pamela Strunk October 1‚ 2006 Sports are among the greatest of human pleasures‚ [and] one of the U.S.’ biggest industries…”(Sheed‚ 1995‚ p. 10). Success is considered by many to be the most important goal of sports‚ and at the level of professional sports‚ winning is the ultimate goal. Because winning is so important‚ athletes‚ whether they are young or old‚ professional or
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Angry Behind the Wheel Have you ever gotten mad while you were out driving? If you saw somebody else driving while using their cell phone‚ failing to yield while merging or driving recklessly around you‚ would you not become a little upset by their actions? Chances are‚ you have had road rage at some point. Unfortunately‚ road rage affects some people more strongly than others‚ and those people who get angrier or more impulsive are then the ones who are becoming a danger to themselves and to those
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Hiding Behind The Mask “It is fear which creates the mask‚ and fear which keeps it in place. The mask is hiding our true and most beautiful self from both ourselves and from the world. In its place is a mask of un-beauty.” Nisandeh Neta‚ founder of Open Circles‚ an international center for personal-growth and leadership‚ explains that people have a fear to show their true selves‚ so they go through their lives hiding behind a mask. According to the AP I-Village poll‚ more than half of women polled
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Introduction and Hypothesis: Rust is a reddish or yellowish-brown flaky coating of iron oxide that is formed on iron or steel by oxidation‚ especially in the presence of moisture. The rusting process is electrochemical‚ meaning it forms from a chemical reaction which takes place in a solution where there is an electron transfer between the electrode and the electrolyte or species in solution. In the case of rusting‚ the transfer of electrons from iron to oxygen begins the electrochemical process
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Prison Association : http://www.wpaonline.org/pdf/Mothers%20Infants%20and%20Imprisonment%202009.pdf. Schiavocampo‚ M. (2010‚ April 13). Reporter ’s notebook: A look at babies behind bars. Retrieved from The Grio: http://thegrio.com/2010/04/13/reporters-notebook-a-look-at-babies-behind-bars/. Schwartzapfel‚ B. (2008). Lullabies Behind Bars. Retrieved from Ms. Magazine: http://www.msmagazine.com/Fall2008/LullabiesBehindBars.asp. Women ’s Prison Association. (2009‚ July 13). Prison Nursery Programs a Growing
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Jonathan smith Mrs. Cox English II 11 November 2013 The Truth Behind Zombies America’s most feared icon of the 21st century is none other than zombies. Most people think of zombies as horror fiction characters that mutilate humans and take over the world but there is more to them than meets the eye. There is even true logical and scientific reasoning behind this possible phenomenon. there are several explanations of how zombies could become a reality like voodoo rituals‚ mutating diseases‚ and
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