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    is probably due to the mental maturity of the different age groups. In secondary school‚ students are still young and may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions or maybe even be given rose coloured glasses by their peer (peer pressure)‚ whereas in JC‚ the students have matured greatly from their secondary school days and understand the consequences they have to face in breaking a rule. However‚ we also have to consider what kind of circles the young people come from. Some young

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    Did Alexander II deserve the title “Tsar Liberator”? Taking control of autocratic Russia in 1855‚ Alexander II was the successor to his father Tsar Nicolas I having been trained his entire life to take on the role. During his reign as Tsar‚ Alexander passed many reforms all of which varied in political‚ social and economic stance. His most famous reform was deemed to be that of the emancipation of the Serfs‚ gaining him the title ‘Tsar Liberator’ as many believed that his effort to free those who

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    How important is reputation?How does it affect men’s outlook on life?. In the play Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ reputation is a key idea because Iago plans to destroy both Cassio and Othello’s reputation. Due to Cassio’s position of being lieutenant has caused Iago to be jealous. Iago plan is to destroy Othello and Cassio’s reputation so Iago could build his reputation. Iago is jealous of Othello because Othello was the person who recommended Cassio to be the lieutenant.Iago believes to be cuckold

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    just fight even better‚ to use smarter weapons than before‚ but not to learn to stop it from happening. The leaders of such nations do not realize that they are killing humanity to gain resources and land for the purpose of showing their strength. What they do not realize is that it the resources they are trying to gain at the cost of human life will not last forever‚ nor will the leaders who make these decisions. War has been a contribution to the deterioration of environment‚ increase in diseases

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    In America‚ the 1920’s were considered to be a ’roaring’ time for all Americans. However‚ it seems to be that this ’roar’ was an illusion for some Americans. This time was known as Americas ’age of excess’. In 1921‚ the gross national product was $74 billion‚ by 1229‚ it was $104.4 billion‚ but how much of this was affecting all Americans. Within this essay‚ I will be looking at different actions‚ which affected different people in different ways. For example: while the rich got richer‚ the poor

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    To what extent did industrial development under Witte make Russia a more stable and prosperous country? Even thought there were problems with Witte’s approach to development is not to deny that Russia needed major reform. Its defeat by Western powers in the Crimean War (1853-1856)‚ lack of industrial development‚ poor infrastructure‚ left it much weaker than its competitors in Europe. As finance minister‚ Witte pushed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialisation and to get large foreign loans

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    Conformity Speech I strongly believe that individuality should be valued over conformity. Today I will tell you how precious and rare individuality is‚ and why we should value it over conformity. As human beings‚ our lives are circled around a thin line that separates conformity and individuality. There are countless times when we are confused about whether our choice was made by others‚ or yourself. Deep inside‚ we all want to be liked; we all want to be loved‚ we all crave the warm feelings of

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    The 1920’s was the best decade of the first half of the 20th century. In the 1910’s there was WWI‚ the 1930’s the great depression‚ and the 1940’s WWII. So much flourished economically and industrially during the 1920’s which made it the best decade. Even though there was so much good in the 1920’s there were some problems too‚ but not nearly as bad as any of the other decades in the first half of the 20th century. During the 1920’s‚ the economy was booming. A big factor of the economy prospering

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    CONFORMITY (MAJORITY INFLUENCE) Introduction Broadly‚ conformity can be defined as ‘yielding to group pressure’‚ and for this reason it is also referred to as majority influence. There have been many experimental studies of conformity. The most well known is a series of experiments conducted in the 1950s by an American social psychologist called Solomon Asch. Solomon Asch How did Solomon Asch study conformity? Asch argued that conformity can best be studied by seeing if people agree or disagree

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    pertaining to the phenomenon of “online reputation management” (ORM)‚ we have selected to address is if teens with parents with low education levels will or will not participate in more reputation damaging online behavior than teens with parents with high education levels. There is growing research in this area‚ seeing that we now live “in the modern digital age where seemingly everything and everyone is online” (“Why your‚” 2010). Also in “Why your reputation needs an online detox” (2010)‚ the article

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