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    Why Is History Important

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    that our society came to be ?” people all around the world ask themselves questions like these to have an explanation or meaning to who they are. The fact is that History can help you understand change and to learn how the society we live in came to be. History can open doors to your heritage and Identity. In addition to helping you understand ‘who we are ’ and ‘how we came to be’ History can also teach us about mistakes made in the past by others so that we can avoid making them again. If you don’t

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    Why Study History

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    Peter Sterns says that we need to study history and here are a few reasons why we should study history: History Helps Us Understand People and Societies- We can use history from the past to explain why we act the way we do. We can also use the past to formulate laws or theories about human behavior. History Helps Us Understand Change and How the Society We Live in came to be- we can use history to understand why things occur and history shows us a trend we can see what made a trend rise or fall and

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    “Discuss how far sociologists’ would agree that working class students underachieve in the education system is due to labeling processes that happen in school?” I will be discussing whether the students underachieving is due to the labeling process’ in school or if there are other reasons for this‚ and how sociologists may agree with it. Working class students can underachieve from the labeling process. When a student is labeled they tend to start believing in that itself as they have been

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    chairs that were plucked from Hell itself‚ a two way mirror‚ and a table lamp that shined brightly on my face. ’ A camera was perched high in the left corner of the room and the sweltering heat led me to imagine that it was able to follow my every movement. I only knew how long I had been sitting in the room because of the clock high above the door‚ ticking ominously. Each second seemed to take longer than the previous one and I was slowly losing my mind.

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    General Zaroff is uncivilized because he does not value human life. He constantly uses others for his own enjoyment‚ with no regard for their well-being. For one thing‚ when Rainsford confronts Zaroff about his behavior‚ Zaroff argues that “‘Life is for the strong‚ to be lived by the strong‚ and‚ if needed‚ to be taken by the strong… I am strong. Why should I not use my gift?’” (8). Zaroff’s declaration establishes that he does not believe that people’s lives are worth anything. He says that since

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    Corrections Purpose and History Introduction The history of punishment is a unique one‚ since the dawn of man human kind has punished one another. Man did not merely throw someone in a chamber and let them contemplate their crimes such as we do in today’s society; rather‚ during those early times‚ punishment was harsh and swift. Criminals were not drawn through the litigation processes; instead‚ they were found immediately guilty of a crime and brought forth to be punished in an open forum‚ serving

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    In my opinion‚ we have several alternatives if we do not try juveniles in adult court for serious crimes. There is no doubt that there are some cases beyond hope‚ but children are more susceptible rehabilitation. My methods are trying to incorporate that as much as possible‚ especially for the younger children with brains that are still trying to develope. ¨Reforms efforts must place a greater focus on improving access to mental health services for all youth‚ better serving the needs of youth who

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    Why do people behave the way they do? No one can really tell you why they can only make strong guesses. These guesses are the definition of the person whom you are speaking or making a guess about. Thinking deeply into the one of the most dangerous minds we find Charles Manson. Charles Manson was a little boy who lived in a world of torture. For a little boy torture doesn’t only mean being hit or beaten‚ torture means not having his mother. This made Manson begin to think about pain. To him being

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    dog usually has a brain developed at the stage of a 2 ½ year old‚ which explains why dogs are unable to evolve more complex emotions (Knapton‚ Sarah). The comparison of the brain was intriguing to me because of how they were able to compare the development of the brain‚ to the ability of the portrayal of certain emotions. The direct relationship between the two allowed for me to recognize

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    Why People Judge

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    Assuming makes an ass out of you and me. The people who assume things are normally the people that are narrow minded and think that everyone should be a certain way‚ which is a lot like the people of Osage‚ Iowa. People everywhere are entitled to their opinion yes but when that opinion is wrong and they start to spread fake rumors which come back to harm the person that they are talking about it making it something that should not be aloud. In this essay I will talk about why people should not judge a book

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