Sports: More Than Just a Game More than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2010-2011 school year‚ an increase of nearly 40‚000 students compared to 2009-2010 according to usnews.com. Why is this number so high? The benefits of playing sports are not just physical. While many students get involved in high school athletics for sheer love of the game‚ there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities as well. Being an athlete teaches life lessons like
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"Health Is More Important Thant Wealth" Do you know how precious your health is? Do you know the value of your health? What about the wealth? Which one of them is important? Health and wealth‚ two words that rhyme so well but often do not occur together. People said that "Health is Wealth". Good health can be define as if your body is free from mental and body disease. According to Bidisha Mukharjee (2012) in her article "Why is Health Important?"‚ she stated that a good health can be describe
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Myths are more comforting than reality Since the first known civilizations and cultures‚ up to the industrial revolution and sudden expansion of education‚ myths and legends have occupied an important place in human understanding of reality. With their help‚ people have explained not only everyday events that were difficult to conceive‚ but also the unusual and rare ones. They were the source of comfort at difficult times‚ restoring people’s faith in justice‚ stability and worth of ideals. Myths
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Which is more important for success: the natural ability you are born with or hard work? Give your opinion. Success means that a person is able to achieve his or her own goal. While some people ascribe one’s natural ability to success‚ the others may think that it is hard work that matters. In my opinion‚ although natural ability can increase one’s chances of being successful‚ working hard is more important for success. In this essay‚ I am going to explain why success depends on hard work more.
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considered very important. This was in constrast‚ for example‚ to the 1960’s in the USA‚ when views were more in favor a "tabula rasa" (blank state) view of human intelligence - in other words‚ all people are capable of much more‚ if given conducive environmental conditions in which to reach their potential Currently the Zeitgeist is the Western psychological world is somewhere inbetween - both genetics and environment are seen as playing important roles. To be more precise‚ the modern
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the important role of the teacher in the classroom and why do we need more teachers than computers. Teachers Are Important According to the textbook Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching by M.D. Roblyer‚ the author made a clear message that "teachers always will be important". The author continued said that even though technology on the pace of increasing with new programs‚ software‚ etc. However‚ computers will never replace the role of the teachers. Teachers are need more essential
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Vaster Than Empires and More Slow. If you look up Ursula K. Le Guin’s website‚ you’ll see she’s an older woman‚ perhaps in her sixties or seventies‚ she is really very pretty for her age! She’s also got some amazing talent in that brain of hers. Le Guin has written many famous science fiction novels and short stories‚ including children’s stories. Her work includes “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” and “Vaster Than Empires and More Slow”. I’ve read Omelas‚ and I enjoyed it very much; I even
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There is more to life than just having everything What use is a sword if you use it to peel apples? What use is a boat if you sail in it in a swimming pool. And what use is a life you waste it chasing worldly illusions? History remembers those who do‚ not those who have. You can possess all the wealth in the world and yet be the poorest of all. For man’s identity stems from his emotions and his characters‚ not his mortal possessions. Of course‚ in today’s materialistic world‚ where success has
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Raymond Mejico Mejico 1 Mr. Schmidt AP English 3‚ Period 2 17 April 2012 More Than Just a Children’s Story Gulliver’s Travels took Europe by storm as it circulated through the general public. The story captivated the imaginative minds of both children and adults as it detailed a man’s journey through many fantasy worlds‚ containing tiny dwarves‚ intimidating giants‚ floating islands‚ and talking horses. Although the story entertained countless families‚ Swift had a larger
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