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    “Is There a Price for Being Too Nice?” 1. Do you think there is a contradiction between what employers want in employees (agreeable employees) and what employees actually do best (disagreeable employees)? Why or why not? I do believe there is a tremendous contradiction between what employers look for and what employees are actually good at. Most employers look for people who are agreeable; people who are easily to be liked and pleasing to be around and people who are willing or are ready to agree

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    We see and understanding things not as they are‚ but as we are. Discuss the claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. People grow in different societies‚ in different cultures‚ people have own experience and knowledge. From the beginning of our life we all are different. By the law of nature we cannot be the same. This claim states that we see and understand things not as they are‚ but as we are so we cannot understand or see something objectively (as they are) because we add our opinion

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    IS IT TOO LATE TO SAVE THE PLANET??? Certainly ‚ It is a very technical question answered by Scientifics‚ but the signs (on the whole) point out to the same direction‚ the climate is changing and little by little the signs are more and more evident. It is known that the Scientifics have warned about this situation a lot of years ago ‚ at the end of eighteenth years ‚ later in Kioto meeting with an agreement carried out until now when everybody can see easily the results: hard floods‚ very extreme

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    World Is Too Much with Us by William Wordsworth “Hollywood sells Californication” as the Red Hot Chili Peppers would put it they believe people these days value the wrong things being material things and pop culture which some people believe that’s the only way to gain acceptance sadly enough. The same goes with William Wordsworth as he angrily states the poem‚ that the new generation has lost touch with “The world” and everything meaningful: “late and soon‚ /Getting and spending‚ we lay waste

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    “The World Is Too Much With Us” SOAPS Analysis by: William Wordsworth The speaker appears to be portrayed as an intelligent environmentalist male‚ that is would have lived around the same time Wordsworth lived‚ during the French Revolution. Mainly‚ this character was more concerned about nature and the well being of animals‚ then humanities. The speaker seems really concerned‚ annoyed to say throughout the entire poem‚ he is constantly complaining about how humanity is a way to such a beautiful

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    TOK Prescribed Title essay ”We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. This essay will attempt to show that the title claim is correct. In order to do this an analysis will be made to show how ways of knowing such as sense perception‚ emotion and reason have an impact on how the knower perceives reality and the world. This task will be carried out while taking into account the areas of knowledge and analyzing the

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    How Far Is Too Far

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    Jordan Dr. Anne Blanchard English 1101 March 13‚ 2013 How Far is Too Far? In 2012 there were eight major public shootings‚ and since Columbine occurred in April 1999‚ 28 public shootings have occurred. The rate of people who have succumbed to fatal gunshot wounds in public areas has increased to 19.5 times higher than those of similar income countries‚ and there have been at least 61 mass murders since 1982 (Shen‚ Timeline of Mass Shootings). Whenever any type of mass murder occurs‚ the same

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    Imagine what would happen if we woke up tomorrow to a world with no technology. A world with no modern transportation‚ no computers‚ or cellphones. How could we possibly travel to work? How could we work? How could we communicate? II. The fact of the matter is that our society could not travel to work‚ we could not work‚ and we could not communicate because we are too dependent on technology to take care of us. III. Today you will learn three ways why society is too dependent on technology; the first

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    Accumulating too much debt can cause many future problems. Missed monthly payments on items such as bank loans and credit cards could cause a consumer to default an account. Defaulting on a loan can ruin personal credit ratings for years to come. Finding a lender for loans on homes or automobiles will be nearly impossible‚ and if someone is lucky to obtain a loan‚ hefty interest rates and larger premiums will be a haunting reminder of past mistakes. Consumers with defaulted accounts may also incur

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    We The People

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    We the People…” marked the opening of the country of America. These three words are the first three words written on the constitution which is known to be the framework of which this country is run. A country that gives all the promises of “liberty”‚ “justice”‚ “property”‚ and “life” through this document. This is a document that has said they will give all in a secular manner. All matters that involve religion will not govern the country. If this said to be true‚ than certain practices such as

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