Grades do not Reflect Intelligence As young adults we have been tested many times over the years‚ whether it be by a parent‚ friend or life itself however‚ the most common of tests we receive are from school. Growing up we were taught to believe that A meant smart and F meant dumb. Time and time again this caused distress in students who were very smart but declared dumb by the education system. Contrary‚ students who were receiving higher marks are not necessarily the most intelligent. Eventually
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Why do people lie? Do you dislike people who lie? Why do you dislike being lied to? It is a matter of trust. There is really nothing more sacred in a relationship than trust for one another. We all lie from time to time. It is almost reasonable to say that lying is an instinct because even young children lie without realizing it. Being lied to is frustrating and it breaks a bond of trust between two people‚ causing problems in their relationship. Why do people lie? For self-defense‚ to spare feelings
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Most wild shrimp are caught by a process called trawling. In this method large nets are cast and towed through the ocean. However‚ these nets capture everything in their paths. When fishermen pull up these nets they keep the fish‚ but often discard the others which makes for unnecessary pain. In my opinion shrimpers should find a better way to catch their bounty. Shrimp trawlers only contribute to only two percent of the shrimp consumption. Yet‚ they create over a third of the wasted sea life
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There are certain dos that you need to always keep in mind when speaking in public. But there are also things that you are advised not to do. 1. Plan your talk - Don’t forget that any lecture is a performance: you must work to get your message across. 2. Don’t forget your presentation. 3. Don’t apologize - No need to apologize when you give a speech or tell the audience that you are nervous. They might not even notice that you are. 4. Don’t talk about how awesome you are and
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For our stats project we decided to analyze how the characteristics of the person asking the question changes the answer. To do this‚ we asked two randomly selected groups of people the exact question: “do you like pugs?” However‚ one group was asked the question by someone wearing a pug shirt‚ and the other group was asked by someone in plain clothes. We believed the most submissive class to the charastric bias would be the freshman‚ so we used them in our experiment. To ensure this Simple Random
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Do People Have Premonitions? There are many debates on whether or not we have a sixth sense. That sixth sense is premonitions. The main questions asked are‚ do people have premonitions? Are they able to have premonitions? Does everyone have premonitions? Do only few people have premonitions? Most people will have dreams that will come true within the next day or the next few days. Many people get mild feelings of premonition; a feeling that something is about to happen‚ being good or bad. It can
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some of the first drafts in the South. “Because the Confederate constitution vested sovereignty in the individual states‚ the government in Richmond could not compel military service.” 2 The North was able able to fill their ranks much more quickly. One of the reasons the North was able to fill their ranks quicker was because they used incentives. 3 An example of this was the use of the Militia Act of 1862 which signed up nearly a million men through cash bounties. 4 Another reason the North was able
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What does Antigone ask Ismene to help her do? Bury Polyneices’ body 11. What does Ismene do when Antigone asks her for help? She refuses‚ and is unsuccessful in persuading Antigone not to do the deed 12. Who does the Chorus consist of? The Theban elders 13. Which of these values does Creon praise in his initial speech to the Chorus? Loyalty to the state 14. The
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Moral dilemma is a situation where people have to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives. Moral dilemma is worse than anything‚ because whichever option people choose‚ someone or something will suffer. In a moral dilemma‚ people have to decide on the morally correct course of action‚ not just the one they would prefer. In the video Harvard University’s Justice with Michael Sandel‚ he discusses a lot of situations that deal with moral dilemmas. However‚ he focuses more on the first scenario
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to World War II. There are ancient architectural buildings that are believed to have been built by extraterrestrial beings. So the question is‚ do they exist‚ and did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? No one has a certain answer to this question but scientific studies and research do make one question this theory. I‚ for one do wonder if extraterrestrial beings do exist
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