Rewarding Mediocrity is dangerous‚ especially with kids‚ because it will shape their expectation to be winning trophies in everything they attend. Because as a kid‚ they will ask themselves “ I have achieved this big trophy‚ why don’t I have this one?” and over the time there will be 2 things can happen. One is this kid will have a mindset of winning and have narcissistic about themselves about being number one‚ then when they attend a true competition or selective events‚ they will extremely disappointed
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Animal testing has always been a big issue around the world. Some people think that it is okay for animals to be tested on while others don’t. What even is animal testing? Animal testing is where scientists find new medications and test them on the animals before humans. Why might scientists test them on animals first? So‚ that if something goes wrong‚ only the animal would suffer and not a human. I am a critic for animal testing. I believe that animals have a purpose to the world just as much as
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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is regarded by many as one of the wittiest plays in the English language. However‚ it is not simply a “trivial comedy‚” as its title proposes‚ but also a cutting satire appraising the conventions of Victorian society‚ chiefly the upper class. Much of Wilde’s social commentary is portrayed through the speech of the dictatorial Lady Bracknell‚ who embodies Victorian upper class conventions. Having ascended to her current high social
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daughters” (Austen‚ Pride and Prejudice 1). These first sentences of Austen’s novel immediately establish a central motif of the work—marriageability—and equally demonstrates Austen’s use of irony. The novel is considered an Horacian satire‚ a direct form of satire which pokes fun at humble foibles with a witty‚ even indulgent tone. Austen described her work metaphorically as miniature
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Candide satire on religion paper James Li April 11th Monday In Candide‚ Voltaire satirizes the hypocrisy of morally corrupt religious officials who do not adhere to their religious standards. When the protagonist Candide approached an orator who was preaching charity‚ Candide was asked if he believed the “Pope to be Anti-Christ” (pg.9). However when Candide showed indifference to the question‚ the orator became furious and refused to offer him a meal. This shows how ironic that charity actually
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The Ideal Couple They were a perfect match‚ like Barbie and Ken. Samantha looked like a Victoria’s Secret model; lean‚ long brown hair‚ arched eyebrows‚ high cheekbones‚ green cat eyes so bright they looked like stars‚ and a walk so graceful‚ she resembled an angel. She was unreal. And her boyfriend? Drew was a Calvin Klein model. Jet black‚ tousled hair. Tanned Skin. Milk chocolate brown eyes. The guy every girl wanted. Yet‚ he loved his Victoria Secret model with all his heart‚ despite
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Imagine… you’re seized from your home‚ into a van having no idea where you’re going. This van of occupants will decide if you will live or not. You are then taken into a room where you hear screeching‚ banging‚ and crying. You are then taken away by yet another person wishing to do you harm...who may or may not kill you. You start to become tense‚ you begin to shake‚ you cannot communicate‚ and before you know it you’re out cold. You are then injected with many types of drugs. This is what is happening
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Hip Hop is the great American paradox. A culture encompasses art‚ politics‚ and all things intertwined with urban life‚ and gives a platform for the populace of American poverty. Hip Hop is a blurred culture in the sense that it distinctly represents a social and ethnic class‚ and also indistinctly perceives a negative stereotype of these classes to a detached or unconcerned bystanders‚ that brandish Hip Hop as a dysphemism; an expression so substituted and contemptuous of themselves and to the greater
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El Cid is a movie from 1961 that shows how Spain became a unified country. Spain was being invaded by the Moors‚ which are apart of the Muslim religion. The Moors believed their God “Allah” would help them defeat the Spanish. Rodrigo who is also known as El Cid‚is on his way to get married with his fiancé Doña Ximena ‚ when he rescues a small Spanish town from the moors. He arrests the moors and plans to take them to vivar ‚ but he eventually lets them go as long as they don’t treason on King Ferdinand’s
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In the sixties‚ teenagers communicated face to face with each other and there was less trouble maintaining their identity. Unfortunately‚ today dark times are upon us; we have social media. Humans have developed the internet to be used for creating and sharing content. In two-thousand sixteen‚ most teenagers participate in this lifestyle. Following this regimen‚ I connect with others regularly‚ be more public about my personal affairs‚ and gain popularity. But‚ can’t this public lifestyle open a
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