great honor that I speak before you at this momentous event. Tonight‚ we are celebrating the accomplishments of the past and the infinite possibilities of the future. And so‚ naturally‚ I’d like to begin with a story about failure. Or more exactly‚ driving-related failure. I didn’t take driver’s ed till I was 16‚ because I procrastinated as usual. But despite the fact that I took driver’s ed later‚ I passed the class with flying colors. Seeing this‚ I decided I was prepared to take the driver’s permit
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Persuasive Essay- Distracted Driving On October 26th 2009‚ Ontario’s ban on the use of handheld devices while driving took effect. Since then‚ thousands of drivers in Ontario have broken this law. This causes major issues because‚ 1) Using handheld devices while driving can cause many road accidents‚ 2) Many people don’t seem to be taking this important law seriously‚ and 3) It puts everyone in our society in serious‚ life threatening danger. I think that the province of Ontario can solve
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The specter of ISIS and the oppressive Assad regime have ravaged Syria’s cities and forced millions of citizens to flee the country. Now‚ as masses of newly-minted refugees search for a new home‚ our country’s leaders are debating how to respond. The United States has historically been a refuge for the oppressed‚ a haven for Emma Lazarus’s “huddled masses” to turn to in times of trouble. These huddled masses‚ however‚ hail from a land so synonymous with terrorism that it has been dubbed a “factory
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Wearda Per.3‚ Ch. 14 October 3‚ 2013 The age of Exploration affected not only Europeans in a positive way but other regions in positive but mostly negative ways. The Age of Exploration began when Columbus believe in new trade routs to India and found the Americas. There were many motives like sliver‚ gold‚ converting people‚ spices‚ and more technology. During this time Europeans affected many native populations of newly conquered lands. During the age of Exploration‚ Europeans shaped the newly
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3/3/13 S.S. DBQ Per. 9 The Middle Ages are a period of European history from around 476 A.D. to 1453 A.D. when society and culture declined. The middle Ages is believed to be started from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and was ended by the start of the European Renaissance. There are several key factors that led to the end of The Middle Ages other than the start of the Renaissance. The Black Plague and The Crusades undeniably led to the end of the Middle Ages because of the decrease of population
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The Age of Exploration was a time of daunting expeditions across land and sea in Europe that lasted from the early 15 century to the 17th century. During this time period‚ countless places‚ such as America and several inventions influenced how Europeans believed. Individuals utilized these inventions to better their understanding of how the world functioned so that they could navigate in a more accurate way. Three of these fundamental inventions were the caravel‚ the magnetic compass‚ and the astrolabe
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The Dark Ages was a time of many systems and new innovations‚ but was very poorly recorded. From previous lessons about the Dark Ages prove that it wasn’t a time of Darkness‚ but simply a middle ground between the era or Ancient Greece and Rome and the Renaissance. Hence the name‚ The Middle Ages. The Dark Ages is an appropriate term to describe the Middle Ages only in the sense of lack of innovations and knowledge recorded for the easier connection of the Renaissance thinkers and the great knowledge
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may believe that is would be impossible to control who is leaving the campus. But as stated on the newspaper website for Legacy High School‚ “If the district insists on maintaining their rule enforcement philosophy‚ they can allow students over the age of 18 to sign a waiver for themselves‚ and let younger student-drivers in both the junior and sophomore class have the option of letting their parents sign one for them. Anyone without a waiver would fall under the current closed campus rule. This solution
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Characteristics of the Axial Age Karl Jasper defines Axial Age as‚ in his book “The Origin and Goal of History”‚ intellectual revolution that swept Eurasia from around 600 to 200 B.C.E. (Getz et al.‚ 2008‚ p.136).In fact we can see a connection between this definition and the wordAxial’s origin. The word axial derives from axis and pivot‚ in which axis means a straight line or a center point‚ and pivot means turning on a defined point. I believe the straight line stands for ongoing traditions and
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Chantay Lowe English 1301 Persuasive Essay People should be cited for texting while driving because not only are drivers putting themselves in danger but also everyone else around them. Statistics have indicated that over 6‚000 deaths and well over half a million injuries have occurred due to drivers using cell phones in 2011 alone. Drivers sending or receiving test messages take their eyes off of the road for at least five seconds which is enough time to cover an entire football field
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