a cookie before dinner‚ and you did indeed have that cookie‚ would you lie and deny it? You probably would. If your best friend is wearing an extremely unattractive outfit‚ would you tell her she looks great even though you honestly think she looks like a walking disaster? If you knew you could get accepted at a very good university by lying on your application for admission‚ would you do it? If you could become wealthy by telling a lie‚ would you do it? If you could save a person’s life by telling
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is one book calls The Giver‚ the community is a utopia for everyone in there. Jonas is the main character. The utopia is perfect to everyone in the community. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve‚ he is singled out to receive special training from the Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. It’s time for Jonas to receive the truth. The time
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Happiness is critical to anyone’s life‚ but some scientists say that everyone should be happy most of the time. Today‚ positive psychology believes that emotions‚ such as anger and sadness‚ are harmful to a person’s life overall‚ but people need emotions to express themselves fully and protect themselves from harm. In Susan David’s article “Don’t Worry Be Gloomy‚” she reports on how negative emotions can actually be good emotions because afterward‚ people can be happier than before. In Sharon Begley’s
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W. Norton & Company Inc. in “They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing‚ with Readings” The author argues and singles out Michael Pollan’s books and idea’s as wrong and dangerous. She continues through much of the essay to debunk everything he has written. In the essay
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rule of life‚ humans simply cannot go without being judged or thought about in an opinionated way. Once a man named Theodore Seuss Geisel said‚ “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those matter don’t mind”. At a first glance the quote might be small and obvious‚ but when dissected it has a enormous meaning. The quote gives way to the idea that people who don’t like you can be ignored while people that do like you cannot(Geisel). As Geisel wrote‚ those who
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Dating a Sarcastic person is not as painful as would like you to believe. Well‚ we didn’t say it’s going to be easy. But it’s not as much a disaster as Dr. Hannibal Hector from Silence of the Lambs has got us to think. Yes‚ sarcastic folks come across as arrogant‚ cocky‚ and inconsiderate; however they can be mighty smart‚ likeable and mushy on the inside as well. They may not say it like it is. But that only means they’re not being outright rude‚ right? Which means they are considerate right? Confused
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THE PERSON I ADMIRE It’s difficult to choose only one person‚ because we can admire a lot of people in our life. I think it’s nice to admire someone. We have motivation to be better. In some case‚ it’s good. On the other hand‚ when we have bad model it can be a tragedy‚ because our models impress us very often. When I was small I admired a lot of singers like Robbie Williams‚ Britney Spears or Michael Jackson. Now‚ when I am older I realized that it’s more important to respect people‚ who have
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and ordinary food that people can cook in their houses. In this essay I am comparing “Don’t blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko with the essay written by Radley Balko “What you eat is your business”. A title is one of the most important pieces of the paper work. The title is the tool that the author uses to catch the reader’s attention. If the title is not good enough‚ the reader will not read the article. In my personal opinion I believe both titles do a good job to catch up the reader’s attention
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that special person is my mother. I admire my mother most for the moral values. she has taught me since i was a child. she used to read to me stories that highlighted the importance of values such as love‚ kindness and honesty. More importantly‚ she is the embodiment of such values‚ giving me practical examples to follow. I am glad to say that i have lived up to her expectations. Today ‚ i have gained some recognition and respect from my classmates for having good values. I also admire my
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English 098 September 23‚ 2013 Person I Admire The Most. Movie stars and singers‚ who make a lot of money and are famous‚ are teenager’s admiration. However‚ they don’t even know the person on their own personality. To me admiration is a kind of respect. But there aren’t a lot of people in this world who have that kind of respect from me. We all have someone to look up to. My mother is the only person who I started admiring since I was a little girl. She is the only person who had entered my life and
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