Anthony Williams Williams 1 Professor Douglas Fulkerson History Europe to Mid-17th Cen 14 June 2014 Alcibiades: Hero or Zero? After pouring over numerous reading materials about Alcibiades‚ I was surprised at the number of times his legacy seemed to contradict itself. On one hand‚ he was viewed by many as a brilliant advisor‚ politician‚ and military commander; courageous in battle‚ and then on the other hand‚ he was viewed as underhanded‚ wicked and corrupt. He
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October 2012 “Ground Zero” “Ground zero is a great bowl of light‚ an emptiness that seems weirdly spacious and grand‚ like a vast plaza amid the dense tangle of streets in lower Manhattan” (159). This is the feeling the speaker gets when she sees the World Trade Center site for the first time after the attacks on ground zero. The day on which the speaker went was a cold‚ damp March morning on the corner of Vesey and Church Streets (158). At her first glance‚ ground zero looked like a construction
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In the article of Startling Finds on Teenage Brains by Paul Thompson‚ it’s about how many teens that do a crime are placed into state prisons. A young teen being therteen years old of age names Nathaniel Brazill who has committed a crime with a first-degree murder killing his teacher Barry Grunow. As I quote from Startling Finds on Teenage Brains by Paul Thompson “A child is not man” I agree because a child who is a minor is not considered to be a full grown adult. Brazill faced his life in prison
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Reflections 1 Based on the article‚ I agree with Paul Stokes‚ we are not entitled to our own opinions. We have the right to believe and speak freely about whatever we want regardless of what’s right or what everyone else believes. Paul argues that “The problem with “I’m entitled to my opinion” is that‚ all too often‚ it used to shelter belief that should have been abandoned.” It is unclear why having an opinions or being entitled to one shelters our beliefs when we as American’s have the right
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The zero tolerance policy has been getting more and more heat from media and parents alike within the last couple of years. For children being sent home because of their hairstyles‚ or because they simply don’t have any hair at all‚ such as the little girl who shaved her head in support of her best friend going through chemotherapy. Although these things are understandable within the stance of following rules and the student code of conduct‚ is it really that important enough to deny a child their
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In 1995‚ professor and prosecutor Paul Butler made a proactive proposal in the Yale Law Journal. Just months after O.J Simpson was acquitted of a double murder‚ Butler‚ an African-American‚ proposed that African-American jurors across the country should engage in the practice of jury nullification. The article is titled “Paul Butler‚ Racially-Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice System‚ 105 Yale L.J. 677 (1995)”. In this article‚ I will use an expository and persuasive approach
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every part of his life and the boy may never be successful because of this one mistake he made while he was too young to truly understand what he did wrong. What is so bad about that fun little tool? Nothing would be bad‚ if the zero tolerance policy wasn’t in place. The zero tolerance policy states that any weapon or drug in the school will be removed and the student will be expelled for one year. Knives forgotten in pockets or even a screwdriver are considered weapons. Passing out a Tylenol to a friend
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Boston Logan International Airport‚ also known as General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport‚ is an international airport located in East Boston of Boston‚ Massachusetts. With an average of 27 million passengers a year‚ and handling 30.2 million passengers in 2013 alone‚ Boston is the 19th busiest airport within the United States. Presently‚ Boston serves as a focus city for JetBlue airways‚ a low-cost carrier‚ and a hub for a number of airlines‚ such as Delta Airlines‚ regional airline
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Hero or Zero Many characters in the play‚ Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ could have been questioned in terms of their motives and will. Determining who has the actual honor to be titled a tragic hero or a zero. A hero is someone who will risk it all even if that means killing a close friend for the roman people. Julius Caesar became a hero when he refused the crown numerous times and did not receive it. Caesar was hailed as a great man and the question of his heroism‚ came when his actions
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Zero tolerance policy has some beneficial factors but it’s mainly viewed now as a problem in schools with the academic levels dropping and student dropout increases. Schools also have problems with different teacher’s perspective on the rules and what they believe the rule means. Some show favoritism in schools and only set the rules for certain students while allowing others to feel like they have the ability to do what they want when they want to. Some overdo their “power” in disciplinary actions
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