government conditions‚ education‚ environment‚health‚ socials and many more. Every day‚ we watch on television‚ we hear from radios‚ read from newspapers and in the internet the continuous news of corruption of some politicians is the most trending issue. The scandalous pork barrel scam is history in the making. It is the biggest problem now a days in the government‚ imagine how many senators‚ congressmen and government agencies are being involved and a lot of budget are being wasted because of these
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CONCERNED PARENT As a parent of an eleven year old student who is now preparing to write the examination for entry into secondary school‚ I would like to share with you my views on the issue of extra lessons. Your school offers extra lessons on five evenings of the week and half day on Saturday. I think this is outrageous. Do you believe hat there is a real need to give extra lessons? Do you believe that after children have been subject to whole day’s teaching‚ they are mentally alert to
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John Locke believes in the Imago Dei‚ that is the belief that humans are made in the image and likeness of God. Since humans are believed to be created in the image and likeness of God‚ Locke proposed that the value of the individual is justified by the authority of God. This means that God gave humans the exclusive right to their body and because there is value in their body then there is value in their labor. From this‚ Locke reasoned that people have a right to private property which is taking
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“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little”. Throughout history‚ this quote has applied to numerous events. People have refused to take action because they believe that their single contributions would have no impact. Due to this belief‚ tragedies have occurred that could have been prevented. Take for instance; the Civil Rights Movement‚ Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal”‚ and the Civil War. Had people taken action‚ the impact of events could have been
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Jennifer’s dream was to qualify for the Rio olympics on her grand horse Jet. Her horse had been injured in the months before. He had an abscess in his right hoof but it shouldn’t have prevented him from jumping. Her horse name was Jet . Her name was Jennifer. She loved riding horses and that’s all she wanted to do with rest of her life. She had been riding since she was four years old. She started out riding a miniature pony named simon. Simon was twelve hands and Jet was seventeen hands tall
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selfish giant The title of the story “The Selfish Giant” is very much familiar to me because‚ I heard about this story in my school days and I found it very interesting. The author of the story Oscar Wilde is very familiar to me. I studied “A Woman of No Importance” in S.Y.B.A. syllabus so I am indented to choose this story. In his creation “A Woman of No Importance” he shows his witty style in this story as we know Oscar Wilde was a famous for his witty dialogues and humor. He showed his best
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The Crucible‚ a play written to criticize the Red Scare‚ involves a theme which focuses on how the characters change as an effect of the intensity and hysteria of the town’s witch trials. Elizabeth Proctor and Reverend Hale‚ two major characters in the play‚ experience internal changes as the play progresses due to the individual pressures of the witch trials. Elizabeth Proctor faces the test of having been accused as a witch‚ having her husband be accused and condemned as a witch‚ and trying to
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The selfish giant Oscar wilde ( 1854 – 1900) was born in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ the second of three childrend born to a well-known medical specialist and a prominent poetess‚ prose and nationalist under the pseudonym Speranza. In 1871 he enterrd Trinity College‚ then he went on to study the classics at Magdalen College‚ Oxford‚ England from 1874-1878. In 1881 he made a long tour of Americaa to deliver lectures on aesthetics. When thr Aesthetic Movement became popular‚ Oscar Wilde earned a reputation
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Selfish or Selfless On March 13‚ 1964‚ a young woman was murdered outside her residence in Queens‚ New York. Catherine (Kitty) Genovese was stalked and attacked on three separate occasions while thirty-eight eye witnesses‚ one of whom called the police‚ looked on. “If we had been called when he first attacked‚ the woman might not be dead‚” said Assistant Chief Inspector Frederick M. Lussen. This incident drove investigators to research the psychological phenomenon now known as the bystander effect
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A selfish decision Yesterday was the most beautiful day of my life and the saddest one too. It is the summer and the perfect time to celebrate love! But I was angry. I wanted my grandmother to come to my wedding ceremony but she was very sick. In our society‚ grandparents are the oldest living relatives and my grandmother has influenced me very much. So I decided that if she could not come to my wedding‚ I would not get married! My father said to me “You are being very selfish Magdalena
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