Two different persons read a piece about Hanna Schmitz‚ a woman who joined the SS voluntarily in 1943 and became one of the guards at a concentration camp. She is trialed years later in Germany and is accused of deliberate murder of their prisoners. It is denounced by the daughter of one of the survivors that Hanna and the other guards locked the prisoners up in a church. Shortly afterwards the church was bombed and caught fire. The guards‚ however‚ did not open the doors and most women burned to
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Everyone makes mistakes so something positive is bound to come out of a few of them‚ right? Every single person makes at least one mistake everyday. There is no way to avoid it‚ whether it is spilling your morning coffee on yourself on the way to work or accidentally cutting someone off in rush hour traffic‚ even the smallest miscalculation is still a mistake. It is impossible to avoid a misstep here and there so why act like it is the end of the world? Just pick yourself up and embrace the land
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Roald Dahl’s life was almost as fantastic as his books. Dahl’s patterns in his life are much like the patterns in his novels. He made a clear connection with the tragedies that his characters are faced with. One theme that is apparent in most of Dahl’s work is the use of cruelty by authority figures on the weak and powerless. Dahl with humor turns this cruelty to be more of a positive‚ amusing aspect‚ rather than a negative traumatizing one that he himself was forced to overcome. Tragedy in the family
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the world to pay attention to me. (pg. 6) Arnold feels that he can express his feelings through his drawings. He wants people to acknowledge him for once‚ instead of putting him down. He doesn’t have many friends‚ so drawing pictures is a way for him to communicate to the world. Arnold feels alone; he thinks he has no one to turn to. He feels his only escape from that is through his pictures. “I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. Maybe more important than my family.” (pg. 24)
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How far was Adolf Hitler the cause of World War II World War II (WWII)‚ the deadliest conflict of human history‚ stems from the following major causes—Adolf Hitler‚ appeasement‚ the Treaty of Versailles‚ the weakness of the League of Nations‚ and world economic depression. All of such factors stand amid heated historical debates between two sets of conflicting schools of thought—structuralism‚ otherwise known as functionalism‚ against intentionalism‚ and orthodoxy against revisionism. Although all
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Imagine something that makes hundreds- no‚ thousands- of people miserable each year. Something that wastes billions of dollars. Something that decides the future of a child in one day. Sadly‚ such a thing exists. It is called standardized testing. Not only is it ineffective‚ it also hurts many different people in many different ways. First of all‚ it hurts students and parents. It also hurts teachers and even the government. The researchers and data analytists at the SEEALL University have looked
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People could be the cause for the earth to be destroyed or uninhabitable. On December 7‚ 1941 the Japanese bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. The U.S. joined the war right after this attack. On the dates August 6 and August 9‚ 1945 the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on the homeland of Japan. After the war‚ the number of bombs dropped on their cities heavily devastated Europe and Japan. But we looked at the just the toll it had on the people‚ But it wasn’t just that. The thousands of boats
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America has one of the most inefficient and ineffective health care system in the world as a developed nation. On average‚ America continuously spends more on healthcare than any other nation. Most nations spend about 10%-11% of their GDP on healthcare while America spends a whopping 17.1%. Although our expenditure is extremely high‚ the quality of health is not rising at the same rate. Compared to other developed nations were are lagging behind in terms of quality and pricing of healthcare for our
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Teenage Curfews are Ineffective Teenage curfews are ineffective because the same way the death penalty doesn’t completely prevent crime curfews won’t prevent a teen from sneaking out and committing a crime either. That means that we’re essentially wasting money on police enforcement to make sure that teenagers are not committing crimes when studies show that if anything the crime rate has went up since more curfews were put into place. “A study by researchers at the Center on Juvenile and Criminal
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GSC Two-Day Writing Course Thank you for inviting my input on the writing course you are developing. Writing is the primary basis upon which your work‚ your learning‚ and your intellect will be judged. Writing promotes your ability to pose worthwhile questions. On the foundation of my experience‚ I would like very much to elaborate on a few questions. The following paragraphs detail the types of writing‚ features of writing‚ strengths‚ and weaknesses of colleagues at GSC. TYPES OF WRITING The
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