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    The selected text is a political speech given by Winston Churchill on 5 March 1945 . The historical context of the speech could be considered to start a year before. At the beginning of 1945‚ the Allied forces were closing in on the borders of Germany in three directions‚ and the geographical natural barriers offered the Allied powers protection from the other sides . The major Allied leaders‚ Churchill‚ Roosevelt and Stalin‚ who became known as the Big Three‚ met at the resort city of Yalta‚ at

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    Against Uniforms

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    Writing Explanation: Against Uniforms Who actually likes uniforms? I’m sure some people like them and some people don’t. There are many advantages‚ but there are also many disadvantages. I‚ for one‚ do not like uniforms at all. We can all agree that having uniforms takes away a child’s individualism and creativity. Educators and sociology experts argue that forcing children to wear identical uniforms takes away their self-expression. Experts also agree that students who are forced to wear uniforms

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    Against School

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    Beata Gubernat 16 April y Against School John Taylor Gatto The main subject in John Taylor Gatto’s essay is the schooling system and all it’s weaknesses. He argues that‚ the real objective of mandatory schooling is not according received wisdom to make good people and citizens‚ but to reduce individuality‚ put down dissent and originality just in order to make populace manageable. Taylor Gatto provides number of arguments in favour of his thesis. Essay is coherently and consistently written

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    Against Bullfighting

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    picadors keep on abusing him‚ provoking painful wounds that cut into his neck muscles with a pica. After that the banderilleros‚ blood-thirsty‚ with an item called banderilla weaken the bull even more. Severely injured‚ the bull charges with rage against the steel that destroys his organs. The matador is supposed to break the artery next to the heart‚ but that never happens. Instead he drills his lungs and the bull often vomits blood. Agonizing in a blood bath‚ the puntillero puts an end to his life

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    uncommon for teachers to ask their students to “dig deeper” into the text that they are reading. In fact‚ every high school English course that I took part in involved interpreting the texts the way that I saw it. After reading Poetics by Aristotle and Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag‚ I now realize that it is not always important to find the hidden meaning of texts. As a student‚ it is necessary to look closely at the texts‚ however it is not always necessary to find incantations while interpreting

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    Against plastic surgery •It’s the fact that it promotes a continuing descent into all things vain. Rather than accepting their perceived (important keyword) flaws‚ growing‚ and developing character‚ they take a chance going under the knife. Plastic surgery rarely produces the desired results and creates more unhealthy obsession with things that would be relatively trivial in a mentally healthy person with proper priorities. Even if‚ by some miracle‚ someone is completely happy with their surgery

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    For and Against Essay

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    FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY – USEFUL EXPRESSIONS POINTS TO CONSIDER • Make a list of the points for and against • Start with a topic sentence which summarises the topic of the paragraph • Do not use informal style • If possible use well-known quotations USEFUL EXPRESSIONS AND LINKING WORDS/PHRASES (for second paragraph) • Firstly‚ First of all‚ In the first place‚ To begin/start with • Secondly‚ Thirdly‚ Finally • To list advantages: One/Another/A

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    Against School John Taylor Gatto Against School is an article that represents the writer’s view and his experience in the American schooling system .This articles were written by John Taylor Gatto. He is an American teacher who spends thirty years in good and bad schools in Manhattan. He found out that boredom was his specialty as teacher. Also he was not the only one who was bored as an instructor and if we ask the teachers about their boredom they will blame kids. Whereas kids blame

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    The act of no-platforming creates controversy of whether it is a legitimate form of activism to suppress the expression of ideas or an infringement on the freedom of speech. It can be used when a group with no vocal input feels discontent towards a belief. No-platforming can lead to consequences such as a suppression of an idea because a group of people found offense in the views. No-platforming should be used with caution as it can both‚ prevent harmful ideas from spreading‚ or suppressing the freedom

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    Taylor Larza Professor Theis English 104 5th March 2013 Larza v. Board of Education “Against School” is an essay that argues the true effectiveness of the current public school system‚ and how it affects children later in the real world. John Gatto‚ a teacher of 30 years in the Manhattan school system and winner of many prestigious teaching awards‚ discusses how high school was just a breeding ground for boredom. The boredom not only affects the children‚ but also the teachers. Gatto believes

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