It was Ben Franklin who said: “lost time is never found again.” Mr. Benjamin Franklin also said: “Remember that time is money.” Each of us has exactly 24 hours per day. Neither more nor less minute. Those of us that maintain a full time job know very well that we trade our time weekly in exchange for money. Some of us earn more money for less time and of course the opposite is true. Nowadays there are two categories of people. People from the first group work hard in order to make enough for a living
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In her essay in Women: A Journal of Liberation magazine published in 1975‚ "My Mother Never Worked‚" Bonnie Smith-Yackel‚ author of several essays‚ book reviews and short stories in various magazines and newspapers‚ proclaims that society belittles women and the work they do. She does so by sharing a glimpse of the hard labor her mother did in her adult life‚ such as doing strenuous work on a farm with her husband‚ raising eight children and many more tasks as a mother‚ such as‚ keeping the house
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Parents should never spank their children Most adults spank their children because it make the child immediately stop what they are doing and it gets their attention. This is true‚ but spanking children is a bad idea because it gives children the wrong message which says that hitting is a way to solve problems. Spanking should be illegal because it hurts both the children and the parents and it does not help when it comes to trying to get the children to behave better. There are many reason to why
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declaring revenge against a neighbor in our country‚ but society should know that revenge lends no reconciliation to either party. Also‚ who truly decides the guilty party when both have committed a wrong towards each other? Mr. Chiu‚ a character in Ha Jin’s story “The Saboteur‚” makes the transition from vacationer and victim of saboteur‚ to the very essence and definition of saboteur; Jin’s use of role-reversal in this story conveys the concept of revenge clearly and effectively. “Mr. Chiu and
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“Never give up.” One of the most common lines you hear today; however‚ this brings a big impact in our lives. What if you gave up everything you worked hard for? What if you were almost there but you chose to stop? Giving up is probably one of the hardest decisions you could ever make because you don’t know what comes after you gave up. I had a dream when I was in the sixth grade. I dreamt of being one of the officers of the highest organization in our school once I become a freshman. I then realized
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Robles 1 H English 11B 4/10/13 Never Cross Alone Sonia Nazario who was a journalist found out about Enrique and wanted to find more about it and retraced his steps from his journey to America and wrote about it. About 5‚000 teens and kid every 6 months cross the border alone‚ coming from countries like Guatemala‚ El Salvador‚ and Honduras. Enrique relates to most kids right now because kids and teens his age are try to cross the border alone to go live a better life or to go live with a
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Mandatory Retirement Has to Go Traditionally‚ people retire from their jobs when they reach the age of sixty-five. In some jobs‚ this is not an option but a requirement. I object to mandatory retirement for capable workers because it violates personal choice‚ discriminates against senior citizens‚ and wastes valuable skills as well as money. First of all‚ I believe that mandatory retirement violates an individual’s personal choice of continuing to work or retiring. The older working person should
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The affect of The Peloponnesian and Persian Wars on the Greeks position in the Ancient World The Peloponnesian War‚ that took place from (431-404 B.C.)‚ was fought between the Athenians and the Spartans. The Persian Wars‚ which took place from (499-448 B.C.)‚ were caused from the Persians attempts to conquer the Greek city-states. These wars affected the Greek position in the ancient world and caused the downfall of Athens. The Peloponnesian War was very intense and lasted from (431-404 B.C
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Karl Lilley Critical Response Explanations of Life Life is something that nobody can expect to be the same everyday because living it the same would be extremely boring and everyone needs excitement. Although‚ there are days people feel they are living the same routine but usually something occurs to change how one may view the world or certain people. In this essay‚ “The Same River Twice” by David Quammen‚ the narrator feels that he can prove the philosopher Heraclitus wrong by thinking
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I looked up at the black sky. I hadn’t intended to be out this late. The sun had set‚ and the empty road ahead had no streetlights. I knew I was in for a dark journey home. I had decided that by traveling through the forest would be the quickest way home. Minutes passed‚ yet it seemed like hours and days. The farther I traveled into the forest‚ the darker it seemed to get. It was very hard to even take a breath due to the stifling air. The only sound familiar to me was the quickening beat of my own
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