Is pride worth someone’s life? The old man in the story‚ The Old Man and the sea‚ believed that the answer to this question proved to be yes at least for himself. The problem that the old man faced happened out in the middle of the churning sea. He had been fishing for the past couple of days with no success until he spotted something down deep‚ the fish of his dreams! First of all‚ everyone can agree that the old man was a good fisherman‚ after all he had been fishing for decades. Unfortunately
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Today‚ people are starting to question the value of college. High school students and their parents wonder if it is worth the cost and the time. College does cost a lot and is time consuming but it also prepares students for more than just a job. There are many opportunities to gain from college but is it worth the cost and time? Some high school graduates choose to not have any further education or training at all after high school. They start working for places like a restaurant‚ clothing stores
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“Is a daily multivitamin worth it?” That is the question that Gomez-Cabrea and Cohen are asking the readers. They believe that if you are healthy that there is not a need for a daily vitamin. That daily vitamin could hurt you if you are a healthy individual. The author appeals to logos using facts that the researchers discovered in their ninety-minute discussion. The main claim in this story is‚ are daily vitamins worth taking. They have research that says there is two kinds of supplements; supplements
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their article “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?”‚ “Tuition charges at both public and private colleges have more than doubled-in real dollars-compared with generations ago.” The ever rising costs of college‚ paired with the fact that the minimum wage could hardly be considered a living wage‚ puts fear in students. This brings us to our main point: is college really worth the debt? To add to the previous point‚ students may also wonder if colleges are really worth it. They are most likely
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Space exploration is crucial to many people today. Space exploration is worth the cost. One reason why space exploration at extreme conditions is important to humans is because it can generate wealth and it expands our knowledge‚ in other words it helps us seek the unknown. Space exploration is worth the cost because it generates almost as much as twice as much of the money that it actually takes to send the astronauts into space. Expands our knowledge and helps us‚ humans‚ seek the unknown. Scientist
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Low risk suggested by the Greek proverb ——A bird in hand is worth two in the bush As the saying goes “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”‚ which is popularly applied to variety of daily life‚ because it warns us about the effects of greed‚ we can conclude from it that risk control can be an important element of investment. As follows‚ we will discuss how to manage the low risk in the investment. 1. Low risk in amount of capital 2. Low risk in time span of investment 3. Low risk
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2010 The Worth of Life’s Most Precious Gifts There is an old expression that states “The best things in life are free‚” but‚ it is simply incorrect. The best things in life are definitely not free. Everything in life comes with a price whether it is happiness‚ religion‚ or the love of your life. Each one has worth and takes a lot of work to acquire. Even the three most essential‚ and mysterious gifts in life require a price‚ which are peace faith and love. Everything good and worth living for
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English 101 7 November 2013 Is College Really Worth It? In the article‚ “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?” by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus‚ the authors did research on several colleges around the country to see whether our investment on higher education is really worth the money that we pay for it. The authors believe that universities are the ones responsible for the doubling of tuition costs compared to what they used to be ‚ and not fulfilling the most important objective to
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Ezra Hochman Wednesday/Friday 12:25-2:05 Diogenes vs. Socrates: What is a life of worth? One can either write the story of their own life‚ or let other people and circumstances write it for him. Too often do citizens of the world follow the assumptions of society‚ as personal independence can seem frightening or uncomfortable. Both Socrates and Diogenes were of the mind that the purpose of human life is to constantly better one’s self by way of personal and spiritual growth. We are unable to
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choice of attending college and it depends on the way they want to live their life. Most people right after high school just want to earn money‚ but they do not want to work for it. College is worth it because you are more employable‚ earn more money‚ and have a better quality of life. First of all‚ college is worth it because people receive to have further employable. According to source A by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ it shows how a doctoral degree earns you $1623 than a no high
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