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    The Pressure to Conform in Our Society When I think of how I have been pressured to conform throughout my life the first thing that comes to mind is peer pressure. I have known peer pressure‚ but‚ upon further reflection‚ I realize that for many years‚ I was fairly sheltered from negative peer pressure. There have been two groups that have consistently put more pressure on me to conform than my peers ever did. I have had more pressure to conform though out my life from my family and school administrators

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    Our Hearts Desire

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    lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it." Clearly‚ Shaw had his heart broken once or twice. Shaw was right. As we strain to grasp the things we desire‚ the things we think will make our lives better: money‚ popularity‚ fame... we ignore what truly matters‚ the simple things‚ like friendship‚ family‚ love. The things we probably already had. This year‚ I got everything I wanted and everything I wished for. But in a way‚ I lost even more. Yes‚ losing your heart’s desire is tragic. But gaining

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    "To make money is our only objective” Advertisers always find some ways to control the market. Producers try not making art films instead of commercial films because "To make money is our only objective.” Michael Eisner‚ Disney CEO 1984-2005 . Though advertisements could be deceiving and ineffective in modern movies‚ sometimes they enhance and add to what is to be delivered. It is very easy to think of an example of movies that put in sponsors’ products excessively. They do that to develop a

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    Can we be Slaves to our Desires? Epictetus argues that we can be slaves to our desires. In one example‚ a man clearly desires power and thinks he gains it by becoming Caesar’s friend; though in doing so‚ he becomes more like a slave. Although he may have increased his social status‚ he proves to be worse off and more enslaved than when he started. He now has to pay attention continuously to Caesar’s every word. He has to agonize constantly over whether the great Caesar views him favorably‚ and

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    shelter. Today the modern man can even work by sitting at home through technologies like laptops & cellular phones. Yet today man has been confronted by various diseases & has to tackle stress. Why is it that a primitive man working several times harder than the modern man had time for pleasure activities but a modern man has to make work his leisure and work to no end. Technology & modern equipments were to make man’s life stress free & relaxed but instead it had has adverse effects on man’s life.

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    suppression by a majority group to a minority group because of their values‚ norms and even language. This occurs because one usually feels dominant and superior over the other. Anzaldua states in her essay that “Our language has been used against us by the dominant culture; we use our language differences against each other.” (136) Living in a diverse cultural country such as the United States‚ many immigrants feel the need to learn the appropriate English in order to communicate and fit in with

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    We Better Than Our Forefathers? In the 21st century‚ mankind is evolving. Now we live our lives in a manner that our forefathers did not. If our forefathers could see the life we live now‚ they would be very disappointed as we are not as hardworking as they were. They worked day and night to achieve the smallest success. We depend on machinery to do our work and because of that‚ people nowadays have grown obese and lazy. Watching television too long can harm our eyes and it affects our physical

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    WHY WE SHOULD RESPECT OUR TEACHERS We should respect our teachers because if we don’t respect people‚ that are more complex and more experienced than us it will reflect on us earlier down in our lives. Although sometimes our teachers may make a fool of us and humiliate us and sometimes embarrass us in the cruelest ways we should not retaliate in a bad way. If we know all the rules in the school we should report it to the principal or someone that is a part of the school and is able to tell the teacher

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    responsibilities. These responsibilities consists of responsibility as a servant of God‚ as a student (ourself)‚ as a child‚ and as a citizen. The first is responsibility as a servant of God. Have we run our duty as religious people? Many of us who are academically capable‚ fulfilled in terms of material but our soul is empty because it is not touched by religious values. For you‚ students‚ perform the obligation as a people‚ not to ask or complain but do your duty as a servant. Don’t just closer to Him when

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    Our Teacher, Our Hero

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    Our Teacher‚ Our Hero “Hu-hu-hu …Ma’am‚ Carl hit me on my face with his ruler…huhuhu…” “I didn’t intend it to happen…it’s an accident Ma’am…” “No Ma’am…he really hit me…” “You two‚ Rey & Carl…There you go again…What are you doing with your rulers? You are not supposed to play now because you’re having your cleaning time…” “We’re sorry Ma’am…We’ll stop playing now…Chris‚ sorry…It’s an accident…” “Haaaaaaay…you always give me a headache…You are now grown-ups & you must remember that your not

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