Why Should We Study the Past? Pearl S. Buck once said‚ “If you want to understand today‚ you have to search yesterday.” In order for us as a people to know where we are going in life‚ we must study the past of our ancestors to find out where we have been. The human animal by its very nature is curious. We must know the answers to‚ who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ why and how. We cannot help ourselves from asking these questions‚ and we cannot stop ourselves from going in search of the answers. We have
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March 29‚ 2012 English 112 (B) Research Paper 1 Should We Pay College Athletes? Should we pay college athletes? That is a big topic in NCAA sports right now. People think that college athletes work hard and that they deserve to get paid. Michael Wilbon is one of these people. At first he was against paying college athletes‚ but now he is all for it. He says that he is interested in seeing the people that make revenue share a little piece of it. Then you have people like a reporter from the
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20/09/2013 Why should we study history? History is a really basic chapter in our lives. It talks about our culture‚ our morals and traditions and not only. If people didn’t study history they will not be able to know the basis of all the important issues and sciences that human created over the years. Although‚ there are so many reasons to study history. First of all‚ history is repetitive. So‚ we must all be aware of our past and historical mistakes in order not to repeat them. Also‚ we sharpen
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Students should be based in classes based on ability Have you ever felt annoyed because the teacher was moving too slow or stressed because the teacher was moving too fast? That’s why students should be grouped in classes based by ability. Schools do this because: some students learn faster than others‚ and the slower learners might not understand what is happening in class. Some students learn faster than others because the faster learners process their work faster because the faster learners
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important things to know as a hero is when to “die” and stop existing. Typically‚ heroes possess a large amount of power and‚ over time‚ are easily corruptible. This power and immense gratitude towards a hero can sometimes get to their head and cause their motives to change. Also‚ heroes can sometimes have good intentions but their actions and motives can occasionally be misconstrued. Therefore‚ Rogers is asserting that heroes need to know when to die in order to prevent themselves from abusing their power
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and it is up to the companies who outsource to them to make sure it happens. American companies should do whatever it takes to make sure that their products are not being manufactured in “sweatshops” in this era of internet purchases. Companies tend to outsource their labor to third party manufactures and do not audit them for sweatshop conditions. This is a practice this has to change. Companies should not be allowed to get away with “brushing it under the rug.” It is their responsibility to audit
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Summary of “Unsung Heroes.” In the article “Unsung Heroes” published in June 2000 issue of The Progressive‚ Howard Zinn argues that people must recognize unsung heroes and replace many national idols such as Andrew Jackson‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and Theodore Roosevelt with more honorable people such as John Ross‚ Mark Twain‚ Emma Goldman‚ and Helen Keller. According to Mr. Zinn‚ historical figures‚ which are seen as national idols in America today‚ are presented to the public opinion in over-simplified
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Q) In what ways are Perseus and Heracles typical heroes? In what way are they not typical? In the realm of Greek myth‚ it is the focus on heroes rather than of Gods themselves that humanises the myth. Although Gods may operate in the background it is the human traits such as worth‚ dignity and potential that holds the main focus. The heroes of Greek myth share certain characteristics or experiences. Some of these include a divine parent or ancestor‚ physical strength‚ a performance of seemingly
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Should we ‘Tone Down’ ANZAC Day to be considerate of ethnic minorities in Australia? Of course not. But a substantial amount of Anglo-Australians believe that we should. This makes absolutely no sense at all. Why would anyone be offended by ANZAC day‚ we are remembering the brave men and women who have fought and died for this country‚ as well as the ones that continue to fight for our country overseas. I don’t see how anyone may be offended by that‚ except for maybe the Turkish or the Germans
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and half a billion around the world play at least one hour‚ and most of them are between ages of 18 – 49(1‚ 2). If people are willing to spend most of their time‚ learning the concepts and practicing on a regular basis‚ why must we not consider it a sport? Video games should be considered a sport. Professional video gamers are focused‚ determined‚ and motivated to perform on a week to week basis. The work hard like a dear running away from its predator. They usually spend 6-8 hours per day to improve
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