I chose an article from The New Yorker titled “The Truth Wears Off” by Jonah Lehrer that was published in December of 2010. In summary‚ the article discusses how over time scientists are discovering in ever more frequency that scientific studies cannot be replicated. Scientists have discovered that over time and multiple attempts of replication‚ many such studies are unable to produce data that is similar to their first discoveries. Or due to the shear number of scientific studies out there‚ data
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Transracial Adoption and the Effects on Children In Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Went to Chicago”‚ Wright expresses his journey of several jobs and the way people treat him and the African American race. He learns that there are some people who have hatred toward him just because the color of his skin. Being use to the hatred towards African Americans‚ he later begins to hate himself because that is all he knows. This essay leads me to wonder about several racial controversies and what people
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According to Gun Violence Archive; a non-profit organization who utilizes its resources to gather statistics to report back to the public to ignite awareness‚ has recently reported the latest numbers of 2015. It is important to emphasis that GNA is not of support of gun possession but neither deflects from the functionality of gun use in America. In 2015‚ there have been more than 50‚000 incidents of gun violence. This number is inclusive of homicides‚ gang assaults‚ self defense‚ and accidental
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We Don’t Need Guns on College Campus‚ is an editorial written by USA Today (2015)‚ justifying why college campuses should be free of any firearms. According to a 2014 overview by the National Conference of State Legislatures‚ twenty states have banned concealed weapons on campus‚ the twenty-three others have left the decision up for the institutions. The authors support this evidence with the example of a Florida University shooting that took place last year‚ stating students will not be safer if
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twenty-four years old teenager‚ decided to live off into the wild with lack of resources. He abandoned his yellow Datsun‚ only ten pounds of rice‚ cheap leather hiking boots‚ and a 0.22 Caliber‚ a rifle which is too weak to hunt for big animals. He believes he was prepared to live off into the wild‚ denying assistance from Jim Gallien‚ last person to see Chris McCandless before he takes off into the wild. McCandless did not grow up in a normal family. When he was little‚ his parents are always arguing
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right‚ then you have to come up with some evidence saying that your correct probably means that the person you’re talking to knows you have a history of lying. That’s what had happened to Cole‚ he lied so much that it was pretty much impossible. Like when Cole told Garvey that he was serious about circle justice‚ but he just didn’t want to go to jail. He also lied about being sorry for beating up Peter during the first circle justice meeting. Cole will lie to get himself out of anything‚ but after the
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September 12‚ 2012 Article of the Week The article ’’Turn Off the Phone (and the Tension)’’ is an immensely good article for a close reading. First it has many details on why the author made the many points that she did. In addition‚ the use of other sources or people greatly improves her argument. Jenna Wortham talks about how “smart phones and social networks have become lifelines”(Wortham)‚ and the fact of the matter is that it is true. People all over the world use social websites like Twitter
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In Eddie Huang’s memoir Fresh Off the Boat‚ Huang uses humor to convey messages about his life that you could easily be misdirected or seen as weird in other cultures. During the duration of the book he is showing us his struggles of being a first generation Asian American and we see that humor is a gateway to help him through many of the difficult times. For example‚ Huang in his childhood and adolescence was still learning American cultures and values. As Huang grew up he encountered many
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The video ’Off to Veranda’ discusses Bronislaw Malinowski and the general population of the Trobriand Island. The video begins with Malinowski’s experience. Malinowski is a refined Polish conceived in 1884. In 1910‚ he moved to England and went to the London school of financial matters. In 1914‚ he was delegated secretary to the Anthropology segment of the meeting in Melbourne‚ Australia. Following a month and a half of talking about the Aussie Aborigines‚ he started his hands on work by concentrate
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get some refreshing drinks to quench our thirsts from running around the huge mall. When we got to starbucks‚ we couldn’t wait to taste the caramel frapachinos in our dry mouths Katelyn let me go in front of her (of course she would‚ she’s so nice)‚ and so she turns around and looks behind her‚ only to see the scariest man you couldn’t even explain it. This guy had black spiky hair with a gun in his pocket‚ a pack of cigarettes in his back pocket‚ and an evil face of a villain. The
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