3:00p-4:50p Essay Two Dr. Sheila Brown “Can You Be Educated from a Distance” An objective look into distance learning “Can You Be Educated from a Distance‚” an insightful essay by James Barszcz‚ brings to focus some of the benefits and disadvantages of Distance Learning education (DL). In it‚ Barszcz discusses the mechanics of DL courses available to students‚ the quality of education DL can offer‚ and some reasoning behind its rapidly growing popularity. “Can You Be Educated from a Distance” is
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Are we winning the war on drugs? In my opinion‚ I think we have made serious strides to control the use‚ sale and distribution of illegal drugs‚ although‚ the battle has been not been won. Americans spent almost sixty-four billon dollars on illegal drugs in 2000. That’s over three times as much as the government spends fighting drugs.[1] Today‚ the government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on the war on drugs. Most of our drugs are imported from Mexico and Columbia‚ mostly marijuana and
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symbolism in "The Lottery" to give an overall point of view of the story. Even though a small village made seem peaceful‚ and a good place to raise a family‚ it is not always what it seems to be. The reader is about to enter a world with ritualistic ceremony and religious orthodoxy in "The Lottery." The Lottery takes place on a clear and sunny summer morning around June 27 in a small village with about three hundred villagers gathering together in the central square for the annual lottery. As a child
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stories such as “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ “killers of the dream” by Lillian Smith‚ and a story about a young girl who pursues her right to an education. These stories will show you that everyone should be accountable for their actions. Bystanders should be considered guilty because they have a chance to speak up or do something about it. First story is “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and in this story every year someone is picked for the lottery But except for winning a lot of money the winner
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Shirley Jackson wrote “The Lottery” the genre is speculative fiction and starts out giving us the date‚ which was the 27th of June and was clear and sunny day‚ but also had the feel of a really hot summers day. The flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The Story starts off as a normal story but progresses to be very different and unpredictable including the ending. The introduction starts out as making it sound like a normal place but as you keep on reading the story and
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The stories being analyzed are “The Destructors‚” and “The Lottery.” Tessie better known as Mrs. Hutchinson and Old Misery or Mr. Thomas‚ have many similarities between them. Some being the fact they both had something taken from them‚ a home or pride. They both enjoy a nice conversation with their friends or visitors. While there are some similarities between the two of them there are also some differences. Differences ranging from the lack of awareness to being completely aware of the circumstances
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Competition can help kids learn how to win and lose gracefully. Many people believe that competition is good for kids and some people have even written books about what they think about competition. According to Po Bronson‚ author of book Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing‚ “If kids don’t learn to lose they’re going to feel entitled to win‚” said Bronson. “They’re also going to make a connection that fear of losing is going to prevent them from taking the risk in the first place. And what
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Jackson’s story "The Lottery" was published in the June 28‚ 1948 issue of the New Yorker it received a response that "no New Yorker story had ever received": hundreds of letters poured in that were characterized by "bewilderment‚ speculation‚ and old-fashioned abuse."1 It is not hard to account for this response: Jackson’s story portrays an "average" New England village with "average" citizens engaged in a deadly rite‚ the annual selection of a sacrificial victim by means of a public lottery‚ and does so
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Winning Isn’t The Most Important Thing Vince Lombardi’s famous saying "Winning isn’t the most important thing. It’s the only thing" is unfortunately the motto of too many athletes today. Although winning is important and sports are‚ and should be taken seriously‚ by far‚ winning isn’t the only thing. Putting everything you have and giving one hundred percent to the effort is also very important to competition. A team that puts everything they have into a game and comes out the losers‚ has
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differentiated from one another? Looking back at the story‚ can you see why Tessie Hutchinson is singled out as the "winner"? Ans: She is singled out as the winner because she was the one that was saying the drawing was unfair. I feel that the story chose her because nobody likes a sore loser when the drawing was that of a chance for everyone to be picked. 4. What are some examples of irony in this story? For example‚ why might the title‚ "The Lottery‚" or the opening description in paragraph one‚ be considered
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