allowed to live freely under certain in alienable rights‚ in other words‚ everyone is equal and is not below or above the law‚ as long as no harm comes to others. I believe Jefferson was right to think these words are indeed in alienable rights. I too believe that people have the right to live free and happy .As Jefferson defines the inalienable rights of a citizen as “life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness”‚ he defines its meaning best in the “Declaration of Independence”. In the “Declaration
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“The fault‚ dear Brutus‚ is not in our stars‚ / But in ourselves‚ that we are underlings.” (Act 1. Scene 2. Julius Caesar.) This pensive line was the inspiration behind the title of John Green’s work of fiction‚ The Fault in Our Stars. The novel follows young Hazel Grace Lancaster‚ a stage 4 thyroid cancer patient‚ who makes the acquaintance of Augustus Waters one fateful day at Support Group. Throughout the novel‚ Hazel Grace takes not only a physical journey but an emotional one. The ups and downs
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The Drugging of our Children; When Does the Line get Drawn? Are young children early on exposed to psychotropic medications due to lack of medical attention? Do millions of children in these countries really have ADD or ADHD? These questions arise all over North America‚ Great Britain‚ and Australia. Drugging of children at young ages is the result of self-diagnoses‚ teacher diagnoses‚ and lack of medical care and treatment for children with the “disease” of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and
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Animals Are Not Ours to Abuse There needs to be stricter laws to protect the rights of animals and stop the cruelty that they witness. Animals withstand a huge amount of pain and torture for human beings. Many people do not realize how much animals suffer only to benefit ourselves. Whether it is known by society or not the abuse and torture that these animals withstand for our entertainment‚ food‚ cosmetics and household products can be very inhumane and unethical. Many of these animals
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Bullying in our Society Bullying is nothing new in society. The first portrayal of bullying in literary work was Oliver Twist‚ which was written by Charles Dickens in 1838. Bullying is a very destructive and well-overlooked psychological weapon that is a major issue in this world today‚ especially amongst the youth. Bullying can be described as verbal‚ physical‚ or social behavior that involves the wrong use or abuse of one’s power upon an individual. So‚ what is it that leads a person to bullying
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11/6/2013 Word Count: 1127 “What are the effects of big corporations marketing their products to children? Should consumers be active in changing this?” Food and our Youth Have you ever opened up a box a cereal‚ ate a little bit‚ then you couldn’t stop eating it? This is caused by a natural reaction called the “Bliss Point”. It causes us to crave foods with sugar. With this discovery by Monell‚ many companies today target children’s ‘bliss point’ to sell their product just so they can make money
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The fault in our stars Addie Cooperman 11/25/12 The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is one of the most impactful books I have yet to read. Hazel Grace is a normal girl‚ a normal girl who happens to have a side effect of dying‚ cancer. Then there is Augusts Walters‚ Gus‚ who has survived cancer. He is living life to its fullest choosing all of his actions by their metaphorical resonances. This is there love story Hazel Grace and Gus meet at a support group in the heart of Jesus. The whole
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Change‚ the most obvious and longest lasting consequence of technological advance is the alteration and destruction of the natural environment (Volti‚ 88). If each generation continues to destroy our environment‚ what happens when we get to the point of not having one? How are future generations supposed to breathe without air and trees? A Native American proverb says‚ "Man did not inherit the earth. He merely borrowed it from his grandchildren". This says to me that we need to save our earth so that
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Born Too Short Thirteen year-old‚ five-foot one Matt Greene has one problem. He also has many talents that go unnoticed. He is very intelligent and can play the guitar. But‚ he does not get the respect due to him because of his height. He does not play sports‚ and has gotten rejected by girls he wants to date. They do not want a boyfriend who is the size of a dwarf. Unlike Matt‚ his best friend‚ Keith‚ was the coolest most popular guy. He is everything that Matt is not. He stands a towering
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problem lies in the standardized system. As schools push to maintain good test scores and get as many A’s as possible‚ the teachers are forced to teach to tests. Meanwhile‚ students are trained so that success in school is not dependent on learning‚ but rather on a letter on a report card. The multiple choice‚ bold-faced word based learning system teaches students that the primary value in high school is not creative thinking‚ problem solving‚ imagination‚ or hard work‚ but simply short term memorization
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