Flicking through your TV guide just got better: Joey Essex makes his way back onto our screens. Great! Honestly‚ I’m not sure whether it’s the fact I’ve grown up but‚ I’ve become increasingly miffed by some of the trends‚ fads‚ and crazes that are religiously followed by my peers. If you’re unfamiliar with the oeuvre of reality TV’s latest star‚ Joey Essex‚ let me explain. He’s not the smartest person I’ve ever seen. As characters on Britain’s much-loved soap documentary we‚ as viewers‚ have
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I always used to say ‘yes’. My mother never taught me how to say ‘no’. That’s why I am in a corner crying. Not crying‚ crying is too little of a word. I am sobbing. Heart retching sobs that make my body convulse and make me shake uncontrollably. That’s why in my head I am repeating over and over things that make me feel only inches tall. Why did you just take it? Why didn’t you stop him? You’re to blame you didn’t say no! You didn’t stand up for yourself! I am in the corner of my new room in the
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“The task that remains is to cope with our interdependence - to see ourselves reflected in every other human being and to respect and honor our differences.” The very last line of the most glorifying and enriching piece of writing I’ve ever laid eyes on‚ Warriors Don’t Cry‚ written by Melba Pattillo Beals on the struggle of integration of Central High School in Arkansas 1957. Reading about how students of color my age had to interact with people that had no sense of morality and ethics everyday‚
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Businesses Don’t Need a Social Conscience In this article‚ “Businesses Don’t Need a Social Conscience” by Jack Harris in the issue of Today’s Business Student February 2007‚ Harris stated that businesses do not have empathy for the people or the community. Companies only focus on the primary goal of generating a profit and do not care about their customers; however‚ more issues should be addressed. He has a valid point that businesses focus mainly on their profits. An example of this is that they
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Ashley C Muench Dr. Andrew Pisano English 101-10 January 28‚ 2015 It’s Not Just the Shakes David Zinczenko argues in his short essay “Don’t Blame the Eater” that he has personal experience in the “helplessness” of gaining weight due to lack of options in the fast food industry. Zinczenko makes a strong argument that there are overwhelming amounts of fast food restaurants and deceiving calorie counts in the industry. Although constantly eating unhealthy will certainly play a role in weight gain
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Brandi Norman Title: HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience on why all of them should get the HPV vaccine. Central Idea: That both genders should by well persuaded to get the vaccine knowing how common it is‚ how you get it‚ and how to prevent it. Introduction: I. Sex‚ everyone has it and everyone likes it. It can only stay this way unless everyone protects their self in advance as well as during. A. I’m sure most‚ if not everyone‚ in here has had sexual
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Some wish that they could turn back time to the good old days‚ but are the old days that good that they are worth reliving? The title of this article answers that question: “Don’t Look to the ’Good Old Days’: 31 Ways Life Is Better than Ever Before.” Despite the several problems our generation is facing today‚ such as global warming‚ poverty‚ inequality‚ corruption‚ and traffic‚ the world is actually improving. Life is much better and easier now than it used to be‚ and the author has given thirty-one
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I didn’t experience my first Thanksgiving until I was 10 years old. For millions of Americans‚ Thanksgiving is a day for feasting on immense portions of food‚ watching football‚ and napping on the couch. However‚ for most of my life‚ it was just an ordinary day like any other‚ in which I was allowed to miss school‚ play games‚ and even watch some TV. It wasn’t because I didn’t know about Thanksgiving. I knew it was the reason why my teacher spent the days leading up to it having us make
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David Zinczeko argues in his article “Don’t blame the eater” that fast food companies are not to blame for the hundreds of millions of people suffering from obesity. He claims that this is a matter of personal responsibility‚ regardless of nutritional label and mislead advertising. “We should know that it is bad to eat fast food more than once a day.” I concur with Zinczenko on this argument because a 13-month study had shown that even with nutritional labeling on fast food products customers did
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world‚ as evidenced by consumerism in the books Rabbit‚ Run by John Updike and White Noise by Don DeLillo‚ gives a false sense of security to the protagonists of the two books thereby blurring the reality they are in and destroying them in the end. *** Don deLillo’s White Noise: Postmodern elements Most postmodern books have been published after World War II. First published in 1984‚ White Noise by Don deLillo explores the emergence of technology‚ popular culture‚ and media in the eyes of Jack
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