A school board has come under attack by the religious organization‚ Christians Against Sex‚ CAS‚ for its approach to dealing with the high rate of pregnancies in the district. In their board meeting of February 15th 2010 it was noted that 20 students had become pregnant and had to leave school to have babies. This included students in grades 9 through 12. Board member Marcia Helmsley lamented the loss of family values by the introduction of Planned Parenthood’s advocacy of birth control and abortion
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1. Write a short analysis‚ of about 350 words‚ identifying features of the passage that demonstrate that it is an eighteenth-century text. You might consider features such as vocabulary and language‚ or social‚ political or cultural concerns. Firstly‚ the passage is written in the form of prose. The eighteenth century literary realm was dominated with English prose‚ and is called an age of ‘prose and reason’. With the critical literary writers of the period in need of something more than poetry
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HOMELESSNESS It is a melancholy hearing about the issue of homelessness worldwide. There are countless homeless people on the streets of these large cities. So we ask ourselves; why are people still without homes when new jobs are being created everyday or when unemployment still has not reached zero? This seems to be an ever haunting problem even though it would be so easy to erase it. I think we have reached our limits of dealing with thousands of homeless people blocking doorsteps and sidewalks
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Where is Superman? Danielle Davis Wilbur Wright College On December 3rd‚ 2013 a man by the name of Ki-Suck Han was struck by a train in the late afternoon at the Time Square Substation. After having an altercation with Naeem Davis‚ a homeless man of the age of 30‚ Han was pushed down onto the tracks by Naeem Davis. Surrounded by several witnesses‚ Han seeing the oncoming train‚ pleaded for help and tried to lift himself off the tracks and back onto the platform. Instead of helping‚ those around
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Final Draft During the summer break‚ my favorite place to visit is the beach. There are many things that make me want to return every year. My family likes to go to the beach for vacation. It is warm and sunny with blue skies and sandy beaches. My favorite thing to do at the beach is to swim. I love the ocean and the swimming pool in the hotel. I also enjoy the hot tub. Swimming is fun and relaxing. It is great to play in the water. My second favorite thing to do is I also like
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Summer Lovin’ “Mornin’ Kell!” says the clerk at the local grocery store. “Good morning‚ Beck!” I holler back while walking down the stationary isle. There is just something about a rural town that will never leave your memory. It could quite possibly be the quietness all day‚ every day or maybe it is the fact that everyone knows everyone on a first name bases. Coming home to Small Town USA was a break from the real world‚ or so you thought the real world. College life wasn’t so bad‚
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A Moment of my Summer Nights The most relaxing and jubilant moment for me after a long‚ hot day is the family time together in the backyard after dinner. It is a good day today and not yet dark. I made the hot‚ green tea in my husband’s favorite blue and white porcelain teapot‚ and brought it out to the table on the patio. The sky was a beautiful‚ landscape blue with little clouds; the cool breeze gently blew my face and brought the smell of fresh cut grass; the birds were chirping as they
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short story is all but modest. The proposal is that the people of Ireland should start eating babies in order to dilute the population and to provide money (to‚ for example‚ the renters) for the poor who cannot afford food. John Swift uses this ironic satire in order to catch the reader’s attention. It is his way of saying ‘here is a ridiculous idea‚ now think of an actual solution’. The solution that Swift proposes is one that would work but is deemed immoral.
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An Introduction to Satire sat.ire n. 1. 2. A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit. Irony‚ sarcasm‚ or caustic [bitterly cutting/burning] wit used to attack or expose folly‚ vice‚ or stupidity. (dictionary.com) Ian Johnston‚ retired instructor at Malaspina University-College‚ Nanaimo‚ British Columbia‚ Canada‚ offers helpful information in more clearly defining the use and characteristics of satire: Purpose of Satire: “If we see someone or
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today at the unique challenges that college students face when engaging in satire and humor on campus‚ from humor magazines and editorial cartoons to satirical flyers and blogs. Like newspaper theft and denial of newspaper funding (which we have already explored this week)‚ this is an issue that FIRE has seen time and time again on university campuses over the years. For any number of reasons‚ parody‚ jokes‚ and satire-whether in print or otherwise—tend to rankle students and university administrators
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