“What Do You Care What Other People Think?” Further Adventures of a Curious Character‚ written and narrated by famous physicist Richard P. Feynman; the book consists of two parts: firstly about his life through sequences of humorous stories and several early influences he encountered; mainly his first wife Arlene. Through very emotional stories on how he and Arlene dealt with her heart breaking battle with tuberculosis. All these events led to his personal battle with cancer‚ ending with his death
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In the article of “Some Languages are harder than others”‚ the writer tried to compare different languages to show their linguistic simplicity. The writer concluded that “some languages appear to be harder than others‚ but it is hard to explain exactly how and to what extent” (page 56 line 36 and page 57 lines 1-2). It is because the writer claimed that “simplicity in one part of the language may be balanced by complexity in another part” (page 56 lines 16-17). Although the writer used different
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Whether women should be allowed to serve in the military has triggered spirited debate. Some assert that the status quo should be changed and women should be entitled to join the armed forces. Personally‚ I fundamentally agree with their assertion-for three reasons. History has shown that women are fully capable of performing well in the military. Historically‚ there were a host of valiant women soldiers whose achievements really put their male counterparts to shame. One need only look at the
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1 AN OPINION COMPOSITION When you are writing an essay that asks you to discuss a topic or give your opinion on a question‚ it is important to organize your thoughts and present your arguments clearly and to work out the structure of your essay before you start to write. 1. Plan four or five paragraphs: 2. 3. 4. 5. - an introduction (saying why it is important‚ what the situation is...) - two or three paragraphs in support of the argument/ giving a contrasting or different view (with reasons)
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Fish’s idea that students should not express their opinion in academic writing is highly speculative. Fish claims that the students are not expected to show their opinion in academic writing because writing is all about influencing reader’s view. According to Fish‚ the purpose of writing is to “expand the possibilities of thought and action—that‚ not self-expression” (Fish). Therefore‚ writings should lecture new knowledge or perspective about certain topic to readers. Based on this quote‚ Fish shows
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Topic: Condoms should be distributed in schools: agree or disagree Narrowed Topic: Condoms are useful in many ways and are a viable way to illustrate proper sexual procedures in high schools in Jamaica. The topic of sex is a very controversial matter especially among teenagers. Teenagers are at a point in their lives where hormones are at a high and they feel the need to indulge in sexual activities. Therefore it is important that teenagers understand the importance of safe sex and the
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raised is that the university education should be accessable for students who live in remote areas. This argument is justified in my view‚ as outlined in the following paragraphs. The first point in support this is that having an equal opportunity on education is the basic human right for a resident. That is to say‚ nobody should be deprived the right to study at university due to the geographic disadvantage. Examples of this include the Australia which there is an clear law principle states that
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Rich People Think Differently World’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is enduring a media firestorm over an article in which she takes the "jealous" middle class to task for "drinking‚ or smoking and socializing" rather than working to earn their own fortune. What if she has a point? Steve Siebold‚ author of "How Rich People Think‚" spent nearly three decades interviewing millionaires around the world to find out what separates them from everyone else. It had little to do with money itself
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There has been major discussion recently if college athletes should or shouldn’t be paid while they are in school. The first thing opponents say is‚ "They’re already getting a scholarship! That’s more than anybody else! Don’t be greedy!" Fine‚ let’s not be greedy and look at how much a scholarship is actually worth. On average‚ a full Division 1 scholarship is $25‚000 per year. "That’s $100‚000 over four years!" Yes it is‚ but most athletes don’t last at a school for the whole four years
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People hurt other people because they either don’t like them or they’re scared. Sometimes people hurt others because they don’t believe in the same gods as the rest of the country/state. Why? Because they feel that if they can get rid of one man who doesn’t respect the states/countries gods then they can stop anyone else from doing so. Take Socrates for example. Socrates was tried for “corrupting the youth” and “refusing to worship the gods of the state and introducing new deities”. They found him
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