Introduction The text‚ The Next Hundred Years‚ is an effective persuasive text due to its use of exigency placement and original use of metaphor. There are three exigencies addressed in the text‚ of them‚ the main is directed towards poverty. The other two exigencies‚ global warming and modern weaponry‚ give further insight into why the world is so impoverished. The metaphor used by the Laureates‚ is one that illustrates the real and terrifying power that both global warming and modern weaponry have
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Kushal Dasika Prof Hilger Expository Writing Paper 10/20/2014 The Nightmare Within Fear and compassion are two very different feelings that equally drive individuals. Many assume that fear and compassion have absolutely no relationship due to the fact that they are polar opposite emotions that people usually do not associate with each other. Even though they are two very different emotions‚ fear can be used to express one’s inner compassion. Fear and compassion are two of the most prevalent
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A four year college degree is important because of the environment we live in. Having a college degree in my perspective means success and prestige in terms of getting a job because of the competitive nature of our society. A college degree is like a certificate that one must obtain to be eligible for a certain job position. For example‚ if someone wants to work in a restaurant‚ they would want to have on-the-job experience or a food handler’s certificate to give them an edge above other applicants
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“The Real Generation Gap” an article written by Marianne M. Jennings‚ is an article talks about “Generation X” which is the group of people who were born in the 1980’s. Statistics tell us that the gap between all the generations is wider in certain areas. There are five areas in which the gap is most pronounced; skills‚ knowledge‚ critical‚ thinking‚ work‚ and morality. The skills gap is telling us about how grade inflation is becoming more of a problem. Students can have a 4.0 in high school
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Over the last 20 years or so‚ the pit bull has fallen victim to the careless deeds of unethical breeders‚ irresponsible and even shady owners. This bad combination‚ along with the handiwork of a sensationalistic media. Has done a terrible thing to our beloved breed. As a result myths‚ misdeeds‚ misunderstanding and hysteria abound! When you walk around with your bulldog‚ you’ll no doubt encounter people who’ll be afraid of her or who give you trouble for having a pit bull. By taking your well behaved
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selection and college admission planning‚ books‚ facilities‚ size and location)? Faculty often discouraged students to have curriculum that they deem to competitive. Red Bluff High is the only local public school in the area. The teacher to student ratio is about a 30 students to one teacher. Too many of the students are dropping out well before high school graduation. As students you learn other subjects from the same teacher. For example‚ the football coach is also your history teacher. College admission
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depression that causes sometimes extreme mood swings between depression and mania (or hypomania.) This condition used to be called manic depression. Dysthymia. A type of chronic depression that is less severe than major depression. It can also last for years. Dysthymia may not disable a person‚ but it prevents one from functioning normally or feeling well. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). A treatment for depression that uses electric current to create a brief‚ controlled seizure. It is safe and often
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Imagine: It is the year 2040 and you are one hundred+ years of age. You are lying in your soft nursing home bed and you start thinking about your childhood. You smile while reminiscing in the warm memories of your past‚ like the times when you would play outside with your neighbor friends- playing hide-and-seek‚ tag‚ and the other “down and dirty games” that you enjoyed so much. Now you look outside your window back in reality. You see a tumbleweed roll by and a squirrel actively chasing its acorn
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Department of Lifelong Learning: Study Skills Series Note taking skills - from lectures and readings Introduction When you are at university‚ the sheer amount of information that is delivered to you can be daunting and confusing. You may even think that you have to copy down everything you hear or read. When you are at a face-to -face lecture it is sometimes difficult to tell what is important and what is not. Distance learning students might feel the need to copy out fact after fact from
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Technology like any other resource has its limitations. Individuals‚ such as college students are one of the main reasons for materialism. A problem with society that has lingered for years is the distinction people cannot make between a need and a want. Now‚ in the twenty first century‚ many items are considered a need but weren’t before and that is because as society keeps evolving‚ people only worry about the latest and greatest thing. The American society is misplacing values into materialistic
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