Kevin Rhetoric and Composition September 18‚ 2013 “The Bee” “2B” says the disembodied voice from the intercom‚ echoing against the colorless brick walls of the classroom. The wooden door opens to show Sister Mary John‚ a woman of seventy years‚ walking in to call us to lunch. Sister usually wore the typical nun outfit to school – long black dress and hood which only exposed the face – but today was Student Appreciation Day 2003 (I am 8-years-old)‚ which meant all the students would eat hamburgers
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REVIEWER FOR SCIENCE QUIZ BEE CONTESTANTS GRADE 7 1. A great Greek philosopher‚ he was the first person to study nature systematically. ARISTOTLE 2. He laid the foundation of modern scientific thought and assembled materials for an organized encyclopedia of all knowledge. ARISTOTLE 3. He was the foremost natural philosopher in ancient times. ARISTOTLE 4. A Benedictine nun‚ she contributed the medical work “Causea et Curae et Physica”. HILDEGARD OF BENGEN 5. An astronomer who proposed
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van Gogh and is titled The Potato Eaters. It was created in 1885 and displays the life of a peasant family and outlines the lifestyle that these individuals had to endure in this time period such as: living in a small
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Tori Howdyshell February 15‚ 2013 Assignment 1 In the essay‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater”‚ David Zinczenko‚ editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine‚ discusses the recent lawsuits against fast-food chains. He does not deny that there should be a sense of personal responsibility among the public‚ but has sympathy for the kid consumers because he used to be one. Zinczenko argues that due to the lack of nutritional facts and health warnings‚ it’s not so ridiculous to blame the fast-food industry
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The poem ‘’The Lotus-Eaters’’ (NA II‚ 1119) by Alfred Tennyson is based on a short episode from the Greek myth Odyssey in which Odysseus and his marines get to the island of the Lotus-eaters. The Lotus-eaters get their name from eating Lotus plants with a drug effect. Although the war veterans desire to go home‚ they get seduced to stay on the island because of the influence the Lotus plants have on them. Through the usage of Sound imagery‚ metrical (ir)regularity and (no) rhyme the poet shows us
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Q: Sketch the character of Thomas Wilson. Is the name ‘lotos-eater’ appropriate to him? Ans. William Somerset Maugham’s compelling short story ‘The Lotus Eater’ paints his curious meeting with Thomas Wilson‚ the pivotal character of the story. A retired English bank manager‚ Wilson‚ who made the Italian island Capri his own abode‚ had a good deal of rumour going about him. No believer of all the tittle-tattle that went about him on the island and elsewhere‚ the author met him personally
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In David Zinczenko’s Don’t Blame the Eater article‚ he blames the fast-food industry for starting the rising obesity problem because of the failure of providing the facts and warnings labels about their high calorie junk food to the consumers. Zinczenko argues that kids are drawn by the cheap‚ high-calorie junk food that the fast-food chains like McDonald’s‚ Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ or Pizza Hut are happy to supply because with lots of parents working all day‚ they do not have time to check
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action has been taken. Amidst the plethora of passages about this touchy subject there are two that stick out. The first is‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” an article written by David Zinczenko. The picture that Zinczenko paints is one that puts the fault of obesity on the fast food industry. Because he was once an overweight child‚ he sympathizes with the eater. In the second writing on this subject‚ “What You Eat is Your Business‚” Radley Balko‚ takes a different standpoint on the matter. Balko believes
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A Comparison between Vegetarians and Meat Eaters During the last 20 years more and more people decide to cut their daily menu any meat and animal products for many different reasons such as fear of food poisoning‚ diseases or etc. However‚ eating meat is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Meat is a prehistoric‚ basic food full of proteins‚ iron‚ and amino-acids. People who eat meat live longer than vegetarians‚ but a meatless diet is healthier than a diet containing
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Social cliques are made up of a group of people all becoming friends. In her essay‚ “Queen Bee and Her Court‚” Rosalind Wiseman states “cliques are sophisticated‚ complex‚ and multilayered‚ and every girl has a role within them.” In high school‚ everyone struggles to be themselves and find their place; therefore; some comply with being in a social clique and follow the path of others. Moreover‚ every high schooler has dealt with peer pressure within their cliques. Peer pressure is the influence from
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