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    Tanooha V. Franz English II B1 10/10/13 In both “There Will Come Soft Rains” and “Inside the Home of the Future”‚ technology is shown as a helpful tool for humans. However‚ in “There Will Come Soft Rains”‚ technology is portrayed as dependent on human involvement in order to function properly whereas “Inside the Home of the Future” objectively supports advancements in the use of technology with a more optimistic view. For example‚ “The house was an altar with ten thousand servants‚ big‚ small

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    Oral Commentary  English A2     In the oral commentary you are expected to show critical thinking when you discuss a passage. You have to show that you understand the subject matter and your ideas have to be relevant and focused. When presented with an extract from a text‚ talk about the extract and not about the whole text. Your presentation should be organised and coherent. It should not be a series of unconnected points. It is important that you use examples to prove your arguments. Your language

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    Does it ever feel like the challenges in life will not go away‚ and that there is never any easy way to overcome them? The most rewarding results actually come from one specific method. The memoirs‚ “Diary of Anne Frank”‚written by Anne Frank‚ and “Dear Miss Breed”‚ by Joanne Oppenheim contribute evidence to this method.The best way for people to overcome conflict is by staying true to what they believe in and by keeping a positive mind frame. Remaining positive during tough times not only helps

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    The Power of Positive Thinking Is the glass half empty or half full? In these hard times many people spend much of their lives reflecting on worries due to circumstances that are out of one’s control. There are some real economic‚ personal and health benefits for monitoring personal levels of stress. I believe that embracing the present rather than causing unnecessary worries can help in managing stress. An optimistic outlook on life can truly give a person a better‚ healthier and greater wellbeing

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    Positive Psychology: Why Be Negative‚ When You Can Be Positive! Thesis/Key Question: I always try to surround myself with good vibes and positive people. Which is why I love doing what I do‚ I’m a DJ and my main goal every night I preform is to make people have a good time. Great vibes bring great people and great vibes influences great people. So why wouldn’t you want to bring positivity into your life? Positive psychology is one of the newest branches of

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    Does your attitude define who you are as a person? I think our attitude towards life and adversity - even in the most dire of circumstances - does define who you are as people because only we can affect how we should act about our situations. A quick example that explains this is that if some family member gets affected by something bad‚ you are the one that is there to help them feel better. Three supporting evidence that helps support my thesis comes from the two stories “Typhoid Fever” by Frank

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    Positive Attitude People can best respond to conflict by having a positive attitude. When people have a positive attitude‚ it makes things brighter. When things become less dull and more brighter‚ everyone should feel better about themselves and the current situation. Churchill affirms with a positive attitude‚ “Victory‚ however long and hard the road may be‚ for without victory there is no survival.” This is one example of how having a positive attitude can make you feel more optimistic throughout

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    Optimism as an Ideal Voltaire presents the character of the protagonist called "Candide: or‚ all for the Best" and "Candide: or‚ The Optimist." learns the principles of optimism from his teacher‚ Dr. Pngloss‚ who lives constantly in fools optimism‚ based on abstract philosophical argument rather than intangible evidence or experiment. However‚ In the chaotic world of the novel. Pangloss and his student Candide maintain that “everything is for the

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    Introduction Indeed media could play vital role for strenghtening democracy and revamping the institutions but unfortunately the faint glimmer of hope also turned as bitter enemy for the democracy.No one can gainsay that in current scenario when media had to rebuild tornished image of our country it failed to identify its role.in simple words we can say it acted as zardariphobic.i think v need a responsible media which can improve our image n bring closer all units of society n hence can lead a

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    about everything. They believed this in hopes to make the world a better place to live. Voltaire is against such optimism‚ and believes that true joy can only be experienced in a world that doesn’t exist. In his book Candide‚ he uses anti-heroism as a satire against the philosophers of the enlightenment. I do not believe that Voltaire intends the reader to see the world with optimism‚ but rather pessimism. I will further explain why I believe the book draws attention to the horrific “ways of the

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