agreement with him. In the first few pages of The Most Good You Can Do‚ Singer introduces us to Matt Wage‚ who chose to enter a career in finance in order to donate more money. Singer encourages people to “[choose] the career in which they can earn the most‚ not in order to be able to live affluently‚ but so they can do more good.” Effective Altruism is entirely focused on the consequences of their actions‚ and with regards to donations‚ how to maximize the consequences over time. It is with this
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”Every Good Boy” by David Nicholls (2011) Expectations. It’s an odd word. It means that you believe that something will have a certain outcome. It can be either good or bad. Most people tend to forget that though‚ and only associate it with the good things. In reality‚ most expectations don’t have the outcome you want them to. No matter how hard you try to meet everyone’s expectations‚ it isn’t always in the cards for you. It could be that you expect a good grade for your latest essay or that you
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Good Country People Deception has served a lot of purposes for most individuals. There are people who intentionally mislead others to take advantage of their weaknesses and gullibility for their own personal interests. On the other hand‚ there are individuals who are‚ at some point in their lives‚ emotionally and physically scarred and choose to mask their resentful experience by retreating from one world into another world. In Flannery O’Connor’s “Good People Country‚” these forms of deceptions
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all students do not support school uniforms; however they do not know the benefits in wearing them. However‚ does wearing school uniforms really give pupils a sense of identity and encourages good discipline? Schools keep emphasizing that uniforms is a must to maintain students’ behavior. Is this really true?First of all‚ school uniforms create an atmosphere where students will be able to share their thoughts because students around them would be wearing the same clothing. This would limit distractions
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The English and Russian idea of good manners is different. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Prove your point of view. Good manners are important across the globe‚ but that doesn’t mean they are the same all over the world. The rules of politeness vary greatly all over the world‚ from country to country everywhere. Once we read the article about Marta Ingram‚ who was English and her Russian husband‚ Alexander. When she first met Alexander and he said to her‚ in Russian‚ "Naley mne
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Dimmesdale a good or bad person what do you think? I believe that Dimmesdale is a good person that was just afraid and confused. Dimmesdale didn’t want to die or make things worse for Hester. That is the reason he didn’t confess to being the child’s father. He regretted not being there for her that’s why he would hurt himself for it. When everyone tried to get Pearl taken away from Hester Dimmesdale helped convinced the mayor to let Hester keep her child. “Therefore it is good for this poor
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The current generation of young people is less politically active. Do you agree? The current economic crisis in most of the western world‚ coupled with the alarmist views of global warming and its doomed consequences‚ has put forward‚ once more‚ the question as to whether or not the current generation is less politically active than previous generations. The current generation of young people is less politically active if is compared to previous generations; however this is beginning to change
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GRAMMAR & COMPOSITION II B.A. ADRIAN GUARDADO How to be a good teacher Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which the knowledge‚ skills‚ and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching‚ training‚ or research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of others‚ but may also be autodidactic. Any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks‚ feels‚ or acts may be considered educational. There are
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characterization is the most prevalent component used for the development of themes in Flannery O?Connor?s satirical short story ?Good Country People.? O?Connor artistically cultivates character development throughout her story as a means of creating multi-level themes that culminate in allegory. Although the themes are independent of each other‚ the characters are not; the development of one character is dependent upon the development of another. Each character?s feelings and behavior are influenced
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Theoretically‚ it would be possible for students to study at home. Advances in communication technology have made it easy for students and teachers to communicate with each other without being in the same building. Many homes now have computers which students could use to keyboard their essays and other work. Alternatively‚ education authorities could supply students with computers‚ which are cheaper nowadays. The work could be send to the teachers by email. Teachers could read‚ mark and send
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