AMBITION Ambition and its pre-dominant theme of acquisition‚ is being touted as the new ideal of an increasingly materialistic world. Prescribed as an indispensible prerequisite for ‘success’ it has long erased the virtue of aspiration from the minds of our youth. Characterised by a subtle yet firm will to achieve or become‚ aspiration advocates the pursuit of excellence as opposed to mere success. Can ambition and aspiration be seen as diametrically opposite manifestations of the souls needed
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Trigger Warnings: A Threat to Education in America Imagine a world where anything could be considered offensive. Now imagine that world full of college students who are apart of a generation coddled to a point of disgust. In this world‚ the slightest challenge of a college student’s ideas is considered offensive and disgraceful. This is the world that is being built right before my eyes. The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board wrote an essay titled “Warning: College Students‚ This Editorial May Upset
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Ambition is the decision one makes and the resolution with which he carries out that decision. It provides us with the required driving force to accomplish any undertakings in our life. Just as Joseph Epstein‚ a famous American writer put it‚ “And as we decide and choose‚ so are our lives formed.” Indeed‚ once we make up our minds to choose to do something‚ then our life becomes meaningful and specifically orientated. This notion of life‚ as far as I observe‚ is closest to truth and does apply to
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Stormy Weather In the world of poetry‚ writers use many literary and poetic devices to achieve their end goal‚ whether the goal is a type of emotional or perhaps some other type of response. In her poem “Storm Warnings‚” Adrienne Rich uses unique structural style including many poetic devices‚ such as structure‚ imagery‚ and descriptive language to reveal literal‚ as well as metaphorical meanings in her poem. This structure lets the poem progress in an organized and chronological manner‚ in
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makes those who are not zealous‚ jealous... That is ambition. Ambition has been the backbone of every army! Through those great ancient Egyptian wars. From the conception to the design to the construction to the completion‚ ambition was the proverbial foreman‚ as once again we see that collective zeal create a phenomenon...thus...Ambition is the source of all that is good and all that is evil! It makes the wonders and it makes the wars. Ambition is the winner and loser of every game! Every footballer
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Warning labels on unhealthy fast foods Student’s name Professors’ name Course title Date Putting warning labels on unhealthy fast foods At first‚ I was tempted to say that labels should not be put on unhealthy fast foods‚ but on a second thought‚ I believe that it is very necessary to put the labels on unhealthy fast foods. First‚ we have to understand what food is. Food is any nutritious substance that animals or people drink or eat as a way of maintaining growth and life. This implies that
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Title: Miranda Warning Name: Peta-Gaye Walker Virginia Collage Time spent: 2 days Abstract Researching previous cases on a Miranda warning is one of the best ways to garner information as to the ways and procedures in how an officer goes about giving this warning. The main cases that will layout the foundation of
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Miranda v. Arizona “You are going to prison”‚ is the statement Ernesto Miranda probably heard as he was arrested by police from the comfort of his home‚ in 1963‚ without warning or being advised of his Fifth Amendment rights. Miranda‚ 22 years old‚ was charged with raping an 18-year-old female. Subsequently‚ he was brought to a police department station where he was placed into an interrogation room isolated from everyone. After two grueling hours of questioning; Miranda was feeling dazed‚ confused
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Warnings of 1984 George Orwell’s novel 1984 is a political novel written with the intent of warning readers of the dangers of communism and totalitarian governments. Secker and Warburg published the novel in 1949. Orwell’s motivation for writing this piece came from his time serving as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War. There he witnessed first hand the atrocities committed by the fascist government. The rise of Hitler in Germany and Stalin in Russia also served to inspire Orwell’s
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CHAPTER FOUR THE CONCEPT OF AMBITION Ambition: Ambition is the desire for elevation and continuous aspiration. Ambition is the case of a person who never feels satisfied and never stops at a certain level. Now‚ is this wrong or right? Is it spiritual or not spiritual? Normal or abnormal? Should a person go that way or resist it? These are important questions to which we shall give answers here with regard to the kind of ambition and its direction. Ambition is a natural thing‚ part of
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