In the late 1700’s Benjamin Franklin wrote a document called “Information to Those Who Would Remove to America” it was a document that was a response to rumors that were floating around Europe during this time. Franklin was trying to let people know that America was not a land of the rich. It was a type of warning to the people of Europe that if they wanted to come here it was anything but easy‚ and things were not given out like hand outs. America at this time was anything but a simple place to
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“Why do I Deserve This Scholarship” My dad once told me‚ “once you find your passion‚ your whole world will change.” I spent years of my life searching for that passion‚ trying every club in school‚ learning every sport‚ researching every career in existence. It wasn’t until I went on my seventh grade class class trip to Costa Rica‚ that I realized that my dad was right; my world was about to change. On the trip I was exposed to all sorts of reptiles. I was around poisonous frogs‚ lizards‚
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Do your kids deserve to go to prison? Should kids be held just as accountable as adults? Kids should be held just as accountable as adults. Kids should be held just accountable as kids. Some kids do the same things as adults and adults get punished more. Sure‚ adults are more experienced‚ but it’s the kids’ life choices and if they did something wrong they need to be ready to face the punishment. If your kid did a crime that was tremendously unacceptable would you defend them in court? Both Adults
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Jane Doe Mini Essay 3 Date Those Who Walk Away From Omelas Ursula Le Guin’s short story "Those Who Walk Away from Omelas‚" examines the issue of societal and individual responsibility in a culture. Le Guin wrote the short story to encourage the audience to renounce the exploitation of others that makes possible a high standard of living and to renounce the scapegoat-motif that justifies an extravagant life at the expense of others (Collins 525). Through jubilant rituals and captivating depictions
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Things‚ or more specifically‚ people can’t change. The basic essence is so strongly imbibed in a person that if he changes‚ he stops being what he was. And since society and its rules and cultures are made by people‚ the world itself can never change‚ at least not fast enough to become a noticeable change. But then again‚ what doesn’t change in this world? Can there be change and at the same time can things remain the same? There can be no life without change‚ no life without the constant adjustments
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As people‚ we tend to label others; jock‚ stoner‚ slut‚ we even get specific for example‚ attention whore. An attention whore is someone who loves attention a little too much. Girls tend to be the attention whores. 3 things‚ social media‚ attire/clothes‚ and attitude can identify attention whores. If we were to go through an attention whores phone we would find their messages full of boys who want to pursue this attention whore. Her social media will also be full of boys like these. The whore will
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Addiction can be a scary word sometimes depending on the source. Most people think of drugs or alcohol when they think of addiction. But the kind of addiction I’m talking about is addiction to social media. Most people think‚ “It’s not that bad‚ right? They just like to be on their computer a lot.” People think it makes them more social because they are always talking to someone or playing games with someone. Addiction to social media‚ like drugs or alcohol‚ can be very damaging to a person. Let’s start
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March 6‚ 2013 Farm Animals: Do They Deserve a Good Life? When was the last time that you ate meat? Was it this morning when you had some bacon with your eggs? Or was it last night when you had that nice juicy steak? Whether it was today or yesterday‚ many people can agree that eating meat is just a way of life. Almost every meal comes with a good helping of some yummy poultry or beef. However‚ as many of us know‚ the ways that chickens and cattle are treated before being slaughtered are very unethical
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What To Do?: Terrorism and the Media Imagine you are a resident of Jerusalem‚ in the year 60 AD. You are taking a walk throughout the marketplace doing your weekly shopping. You see a man pull out a dagger and he yells death to all Romans ’ and attacks a roman guard‚ killing him in front of hundreds of spectators. The assassin quietly slips into the crowd and is lost in a sea of people never to be found. The word of the attack spreads and soon it is the talk of the town. Many more attacks
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God helps those who help themselves Some people are fatalists of the worst kind. They have a very wrong notion about God. They think that since they worship God‚ God will shower all kinds of blessings on them. They remain idle in the hope that God will help them in all eventualities. Such people lose self- confidence‚ become miserably dependent on fate and ultimately suffer failure and ruin. God has blessed us with aptitudes‚ talents and faculties. He expects us to make full use of them. He cannot
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