A. Why do you want to give the Valedictory/Salutatory speech address? Being recognized as the Valedictorian at Urban Prep is one of the highest achievements attainable at the school. With the significance of this speech‚ it becomes vital that the selection committee chooses a senior from the class of 2018 at Urban Prep Englewood that will deliver not only an effective Valedictory speech address‚ but an entertaining one as well. Establishing a well engaged audience is one of the most challenging
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there is something I want to comment about in the context of political correctness. The argument in class was that being by being politically correct meant that you were restricting freedom of speech. Some Trump supporters‚ believe that we need to stop being politically correct and protect freedom of speech. On November 18th‚ Mike Pence went to go see the musical Hamilton. Brandon Victor Dixon said "Vice President-elect Pence‚ we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us here at ’Hamilton:
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victim of her own belief in the supernatural. Prior to the encounter with the Pontianak‚ she has gone to seek out the bomoh to get a charm to win back her husband’s affections. She is superstitious enough to resort to such a desperate act. It is her superstition that makes her believe what she sees as a ‘ghost’ and that is why she faints from utter shock. What is so ironic is that she has thrown away the first charm which is a small piece of paper with written incantation into the river. The result is
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Prejudices and hate speech have been around since the beginning of human society. The effects have been long recorded‚ analyzed‚ and documented. Hate speech can have a toxic effect‚ and cause victims to self hate. Constant verbal pollution in school can also affect students. Students have mainly reported incidents of hate speech about their race‚ next ethnicity‚ then sexual orientation. This can affect school performance‚ and kids are more likely to express fear at school. Hate is making the already
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Every culture has different superstitions that cover wide ranges of topics. One that is common to America is the belief that the number 13 is unlucky. For me‚ the number has an entirely different meaning; instead‚ it marks the moment I learned to accept myself. When I was not yet two years old I went though my first surgery; I was to receive tubes in my ears. The operation wasn’t life threatening or anything to be concerned about but it was personally upsetting for my entire family. It was nerve
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translation should fully consider the popularity and the nationality of itself ‚ and reflected it in the translation faithfully.In the old traditions‚ digital had not only sacred meaning‚but also had the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of religious superstition color. Different nations has different preference to digital‚ but all of them have a brand of national culture. Key words Chinese and English numbers;connotative meaning;translation;different cultures 1 Introduction From the first
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Journalism and freedom of speech Introduction‚ Overview and history. What do we mean by journalism? Journalism- Journalism is the investigation and reporting of events‚ issues and trends to a broad audience. Though there are many variations of journalism‚ the ideal is to inform the intended audience about topics ranging from government and business organizations to cultural aspects of society such as arts and entertainment. The field includes editing‚ photojournalism‚ and documentary. In modern
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traditions and customs are still practiced. These traditions and customs are kept because most families realize that it is these very traditions‚ whether believed or not‚ that provide continuity with the past and provide the family with an identity. Superstition seems to be created from our aversion to back luck and especially death. I know of a couple of friends who will never sleep with their feet facing the door. They tell me that only corpses lie down with their feet facing the door! Soon they will
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In some perspectives the belief in a God is being superstitious. By definition being superstitious is creating a false certainty instead of being left with none which is what most scientists would explain for the existence of religion‚ just an explanation for the way things are as well as a sense of security for people. When first introduced to Christopher Boone in the novel‚ "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime" his dismissive attitude towards religion seems to be nothing more than
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Throughout all of his adventures Jim shows compassion as his most prominent trait. He makes the reader aware of his many superstitions and Jim exhibits gullibility in the sense that he Jim always assumes the other characters in the book will not take advantage of him. One incident proving that Jim acts naive occurs halfway through the novel‚ when the Duke first comes into the scene “By right I am a duke! Jim’s eyes bugged out when he heard that...” In the novel‚ Huck Finn‚ one
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