True friends are like diamonds‚ precious and rare. False friends are like dirt‚ found everywhere. Friendship should never be a difficult thing; it should always be the easiest thing in life. An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body‚ but an evil friend will wound your mind. A true friend is a hand that is always holding yours‚ no matter how close or far apart you may be‚ someone who is always there and will always‚ always care‚ a feeling
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I was four years old when I began attending a private‚ independent school in my city called African People’s Action School (or APAS for short). I attended for the next five years of my life‚ learning African history‚ building character‚ and becoming a future leader. My family at APAS were the first people‚ aside from my parents‚ to teach me valuable life lessons. There‚ I learned what it meant to be resilient‚ honest‚ and respectful. Unfortunately‚ in 2007‚ APAS was shut down due to a decline in
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In the article titled‚ “One Word‚ Two Words‚ Pink Words‚ Blue Words” by Debuk‚ the concept of gendered language is addressed. The article discusses the gender-marked patterns in language used everyday‚ the consequences that result from these patterns‚ and proposes a solution for these consequences. While the ideas proclaimed in the article are sound‚ there are some issues one could bring up in regards to whether or not the suggested solution would merely reinforce the problem‚ a fact that the author
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The worst passenger It was just another day at work‚ before this lady ruined it for me. As I was turning onto west 75th street from Central Park West. When I came close to Columbus avenue there was an access a ride bus blocking the entire street‚ and unloading a wheelchair. There was no way for us to get out of there unless the bus moved‚ the street was very narrow since it was a residential block the right and the left lines were blocked by the parked cars‚ the cars probably belonged to the residents
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Taking Sides on: Affirmative Action Many have argued over the years that affirmative action in schools or the workforce is necessary for the fusion and equality of our culture. In the book‚ Taking Sides‚ two different authors discuss each view of either side of the issue. Both Robert Staples and Roger Clegg have a solid view of where they stand on the issue of affirmative action. Staples agrees that affirmative action is necessary to achieve racial equality. He recognizes that minorities‚ specifically
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to speak out of the women’s problems and needs. Their desires always get lost before the grand narratives of patriarchy‚ even the national history and narrative rarely recognize the major contribution of the females in the texts or document. Whenever the woman is portrayed‚ she is put in the second position below the man. She is always kept silent. Identifying this issue‚ Indian critic and feminist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak asks— can the subaltern speak? in her essay ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’.
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Teens‚ Marketers‚ and Social Media The interactions between teens and marketers are more complicated than they might seem at first. Gone are the days where there’s a one way transaction between the consumer and the seller‚ thanks to the internet. Technology has made a huge imprint in the marketing and consumer worlds. It allows access‚ for both sides‚ to view countless options and influences‚ whether they’re being recognized or not. Now a factor of manipulation has become prevalent and is mostly
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Such exploration can not only enhance our understanding of the nature‚ scope and characteristics of the philosophical concern with truth but also provide alternative perspectives to our treatment of some of the involved issues. Clearly‚ the current essay has neither space nor capacity to exhaustively examine all the relevant endeavors in various philosophical traditions. I will focus on the case in the Chinese philosophical tradition. This focus has one more reason: it is especially philosophically
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it. Some say that thinking without an action is pointless‚ because it will accomplish nothing in the real world . But‚ that is not true. In mathematics‚ we connect problems and solve them all in our heads‚ and we can apply those problems in the real world. We have to think ‚so that we are able to process what is happening around us and apply it to our situation. Thinking is what leads to actions‚ so obviously thinking is more important than just an action. Although‚ in most religions‚ you have
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SCHOOL of Noida. All I remember is that it was a history lesson which is bad as it is but that incident made it worse and changed my life forever. The boring history lesson initiated the beginning of the dream but what happened later on was no less than a nightmare. It was an incident which changed my life forever. From loathing history I went on to thinking of history as if it is not my cup of tea. “Adolf Hitler wanted to free Germany of all the black haired and black eyed people that is the Jews
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