been discriminated in their workplaces. Kathleen‚ a research assistant had worked at a lab at the university in Iowa‚ for three years when she decided to comment to her coworkers and supervisor that she was transgender. She mentioned that she would be transitioning from male to female. (Kathleen) After a short amount of time‚ Kathleen was “let go” because of an irrelevant reason. Kathleen marched into the university’s affirmative action office. Upon exiting‚ the office ordered Kathleen to not be terminated
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in the Merchant of Venice. He is mostly shown as a vengeful character and depicted as a blood thirsty villain. However‚ he was also a victim of abuse and harsh criticism as a result of his belief and religion and had several reasons for revenge against his counterpart‚ Antonio‚ as he was mocked by him and had suffered many problems on his behalf. Although he had many reasons for revenge‚ were they justified? Shylock hated and did not respect Antonio as he had injured and insulted him in the past
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is almost 30 years old and has been replaced by iPods and CDs. However‚ in 13 Reasons Why‚ 17-year-old Hannah Baker uses cassette tapes to reveal the reasons of her suicide. After her death‚ Hannah sends the tapes to the 13 people who are the reasons so they can hear her story. As you get farther and farther into the book and you “hear” all of her reasons‚ you can start to see a deeper message. Hannah highlights three hidden messages in her tapes. She states that the smallest things can make the
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I personally think that the death penalty is unjust. Murder is murder no matter who is doing it. So if someone kills someone‚ does that give the judicial system the right to kill someone? In my opinion no‚ because all in all‚ it is still down right murder. I think that that life in prison is torture enough especially when you have people who have been wrongfully convicted of murder. Does the legal system have authorization to take innocent lives? Being that this scale is unbalanced‚ I believe that
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Why was Pitt’s 1784 administration not expected to last; and why did it against the odds? There were many factors that threatened William Pitt politically in 1784‚ however‚ equally‚ there were just as many factors that assisted in securing Pitt’s position as Prime Minister. Firstly‚ Pitt‚ at the age of 24‚ had become Great Britain’s youngest Prime Minister ever‚ and consequently was mocked for his youth. A popular rhyme circulated that is was “a sight to make all nations stand
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13 Reasons Why focuses on a very emotional side to society. Though i believe the three main factors that relate to the real world in this book are blindness to the truth‚ failure of a safe environment at school and how they let us down in providing proper assistance‚ but also how cruel people are and how they don’t take responsibility for their actions. 13 reasons why by Jay Asher is an eye opener on how big suicide in teens really is and why it happens. In society we become blind to a lot of different
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Thirteen Reasons Why‚ by Jay Asher‚ is a story told from the perspective of Clay Jenkins‚ receives a box in the mail full of 13 cassette tapes recorded by one of his friends‚ Hannah Baker‚ who committed suicide. Hannah left behind these 13 tapes to explain the 13 reasons why she killed herself. As you read this novel you will feel all the emotions that not only Clay feels as listening to the tapes‚ but Hannah as she is living through all these moments. A shoebox- sized package gets left on by
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• 1. In the Apology‚ Socrates recounts how he disobeyed the unjust order of the Thirty Tyrants to arrest a fellow citizen; he also claims that he will never stop philosophizing‚ regardless of what the legally constituted political authority commands. Yet‚ in the Crito‚ Socrates provides numerous arguments for obeying the decision of the legally constituted political authority‚ even though the decision (to put Socrates to death) was unjust. Critically assess whether Socrates’s view about political
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Conversely‚ one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” (382) Just and unjust; right and wrong is the basic skill that everyone have to learn when they were young. People come to school to learn how to follow the laws‚ and it is true that laws are made to protect people and make things fair for everyone. However base on Martin Luther King Jr‚ I recognized not all laws are ethical and just. Arizona’s immigration law is an unjust law and it should be abolish because it creates racial profiling
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Firstly‚ one of the most common reasons why marriages fail is that people will not listen to one another to seek understanding. In today’s society there are very few good listeners in the world. After marriage‚ people think that they already know everything about their spouse‚ when in fact; they could know just the opposite. Two spouses must always keep a form of communication with each other. If a person begins to fail to listen to the other; the other person could think that the other is cheating
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