ARGUMENTS VS EXPLANATIONS EXPLANATIONS An explanation is a group of statements that try to show how or why something is or will be the case. Specifically‚ we use an explanation when we try to explain what makes a claim true. The event or the phenomenon in question is usually accepted as a matter of fact. Explanations do NOT prove why something is the case. Every explanation is composed of two parts: The explanandum (a statement that describes the event that is supposed to be explained)‚ and
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So many times I’ve considered the concept. So many times I’ve deliberated if this was worth doing. After all‚ I only need glasses to drive . . . A few years ago‚ I asked my eye doctor whether I needed to wear my glasses all the time. And I remember my doctor’s response quite clearly: “Well‚ do you want to see all the time?” Suffice it to say I didn’t find his response amusing—more like merely facing reality. When I was in tenth-grade chemistry class at YUHS/Central in Manhattan (I am dating myself
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You never know how helpless you are until you have a near death experience. One summer‚ when I was young‚ my family and I went to a water park. I didn’t know how to swim‚ but thankfully the majority of the park required no swimming ability. For one of the rides‚ I wanted to get out of my tube and jump around‚ but once I climbed out‚ I immediately sunk to the bottom. I tried to kick back up and just as my legs gave in‚ a lifeguard climbed in and essentially saved my life. He was my hero and I was
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“Middle School” “First Day of Middle School: 30 pencils‚ 64 crayons‚ 20 pens‚ 12 rulers‚ and 10 notebooks. Middle of April: 1 pencil you found on the ground in science class.” This is true for many people‚ actually it’s kinda true for me. Middle School has been tough‚ I will admit‚ but I truly believe that high school will be a lot tougher. But middle school will always be unforgettable. Our middle school is a bit different then all of the other school districts. It has grades 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ and 8. Most
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to thinking that it was blood. I immediately began crying because I knew I had split my head open. Everyone in the living room heard my cry and ran right to the staircase including my cousins. No one had any clue how I got injured. Without thinking about how it happened my mom started cleaning the blood running down my forehead and said "we need to get him the the hospital right now". My dad got his car turned on and everyone in the house decided to come along with us to the hospital. After checking
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Have you ever had a dream that you were running from something terrifying and no matter what you did‚ you couldn’t escape it? The dreams I have experienced about tornadoes have left me with the feelings of desperation‚ because I know that they are a force beyond my control. I could not imagine the immense pain people endure after having their lives destroyed by this vicious catastrophe. In my opinion‚ tornadoes are the most frightening natural disasters for both their mental and physical destruction
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homophobic comment‚ my brother accidently bumps into me‚ my music isn’t loud enough to block out the sounds of the water‚ the bus driver slams on the brakes‚ I hit my head‚ someone turns on the radio. Then I’m home. When I get inside my dad makes a comment about how much I’m eating I know he is joking but the water rises along with every awful intrusive thought I’ve ever had. I rush to my room‚ I can’t breath‚ I’m crying‚ with ever thought the water rises further above my head making it harder and harder to
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is engulfed with all my siblings and of course papa. We all sit eager as ever‚ anticipating thinking and imagining how good the turkey is going to be this year. Everyone’s engaged in one another‚ talking joking and laughing around the table. It’s about as good as any Thanksgiving dinner can get‚ but as soon as grandma cracks open the oven the aroma of the freshly seasoned and cooked turkey floods the kitchen. It’s as silent as the nights whistle. She brings the comestible around with the help of
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Ah recess‚ the 30 minute time period where embarrassment didn’t exist. The embarrassing part really didn’t happen until I had to go back to class after recess. It was sorta embarrassing as well during recess‚ but not as much. While all the other kids were out in the field‚ Jennifer and I were sitting on the blacktop with our friend Adora. Adora had a keychain sized penguin toy where it’s beak would open and close. Jennifer asked Adora if she could borrow her toy and of course Adora said yes. Jennifer
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I hide‚ but not in the shadows‚ I hide behind a mask. This is me about to divulge my story‚ so please read on reader. I believe that finding true freedom a person’s mask will fall off. I always told myself as a kid to keep the mask on or else I might get hurt. I do not really know where this type of thinking came from. The mask only came off when I was in the safety of my own room. For years‚ I stay behind my fake face waiting and watching the world in silence until the day I could take the mask
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