WARNING! Life as we know it will cease to exist in about 10-15 years. Costal areas will flood‚ the air will be tainted with carbon dioxide‚ all volcanoes will erupt‚ and mountains will slide into oceans. We are to blame for this terrible disaster‚ humans have created global warming! You can minimally increase the amount of time we have by taking drastic measures that will inconvenience our day to day routine which we are so dearly accustomed to. I know that many of you are unconvinced that humans
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Rock climbing involves strength‚ control and finesse. Using the muscles in your arms and legs to pull yourself up a sheer rock face takes strength and control. Using your brain to place your hands and feet so that your muscles can do their job -- that’s finesse. Rock climbing is a little like skydiving. Both rock climbing and skydiving have an element of risk. But who doesn’t take a risk in life...i mean‚ you’ll never get anywhere without taking risks! So‚ what you waiting for? Rock climbing‚
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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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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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Homelessness Homelessness is a serious issue that I do not fully ignore‚ however I also make no effort to help the homeless community as much as I feel I should. In fact‚ I think there are many people who do not even think twice about the situation. I believe that there are things‚ both big and little‚ that we can all do to help out and make a difference. Being homeless means spending each night in unsuitable living conditions without comfort or proper necessities. When you get hungry‚ tired‚ or
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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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