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    Our Heroes!

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    Our Heroes–Men of Steel Faiza Zahid ..and if we don’t come back tell them we have sacrificed our today for their tomorrow… Being daughter of a soldier means that the passion for patriotism runs with the blood in the veins. You are brought up with a sense of responsibility and the aim of protecting the motherland no matter what. During childhood‚ the sheer dedication and devotion for the country was beyond my apprehension. I could not understand how someone can love the country more than his

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    Our Future

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    Will Cozadd Locke 9th To What Extent Are We Constrained By The Past And To What Extent Can We Break It?  In other words‚ to what extent does the past determine our future? Our Future is shaped by three factors: environment‚ education‚ and past experiences. Devoid of a supportive and nurturing environment‚ a brilliant mind can go unnoticed‚ and an opportunity lost. Not having an education decreases your intellect‚ which can in turn‚ negatively influence your chance for a certain career

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    “Literature is truer than History” Is there any time you ask yourself why people live in the same Earth but different colors‚ why there are so many countries instead of just one nation or how explores discovered new lands? To answer all that questions‚ we have to look at the history. But is history always true? An ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle said that literature is truer than history. Literature also reflects the past. It is very lively and colorful like history. Then why did he say that

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    inability to regain‚ recall or recognise information that was‚ or still is‚ stored in long-term memory. There are many reasons that we forget information but these can be grouped into four main categories; retrieval failure‚ interference‚ failure to store and motivated forgetting (Loftus 1999). Although there are also many strategies that we can use in order to improve our memory. Retrieval failure is one of the most common causes of forgetting and one possible explanation of this is known as the decay

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    Our Stars

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    In The Fault in Our Stars‚ by John Green‚ Augustus’ choices impacted Hazel’s life drastically that Green’s purpose for the book is to convince readers to choose to make a positive impact. Augustus left Hazel with more positive than negative‚ because he helped improve her life through his impactful choices. He chose to love her‚ even though it could end in grief. Even from the first time they saw each other he still knew what he was doing‚ for crying out loud it was a CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. He knew

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    Our Time

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    Erika Burk Professor Hall English 102 John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” John Edgar Wideman’s piece‚ “Our Time‚” is very similar to another piece we have read‚ “Our Secrets‚” by Susan Griffin. Much like “Our Secret”‚ Wideman uses his writing to demonstrate that there is more to the world than what meets the eye. In contrast to Griffin’s seemingly unrelated stories about people in the past‚ Wideman uses examples from his own family and personal experience. Wideman focuses on his brother‚ Robby‚ and

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    Postman ends the chapter by saying: “Our languages are our media. Our media are our metaphors. Our metaphors create the content of our culture.” Postman describes the change in media culture by describing the changes that have taken place since the transition between reading and television. Basically‚ he says that by watching the news on television people are becoming more ignorant and the reports are becoming absurd. To conclude the chapter Postman writes‚ “Our intelligence

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    Do we put too much emphasis on self-reliance and independence‚ and are we afraid of admitting that we need other people in our lives? 6. Independences and self-reliance is being overexposed and I believe that this can increase the percentage of people having depression and isolation because sometimes the idea of independence brings us to the point of “that if I talk to this person or if I do that‚ I will no longer be independent” but what is independence? Is it not having to rely on someone to look

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    Okay so here’s the prompt: Prompt: “A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong‚ which is but saying‚ in other words‚ that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” -Alexander Pope Assignment: Do we learn more from finding out that we have made mistakes or from our successful actions? Plan your response‚ and then write an essay... And here’s the essay: Mistakes Promote Progression Mistakes made are lessons learned‚ not the other way around. According to Scientific American’s

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    Our Responsibilities

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    Our Responsibilities Responsibilities are voluntary; people are not arrested or punished if they do not fulfill these obligations. The quality of our government and our lives will diminish‚ however‚ if our responsibilities are not carried out. Four responsibilities we have as Americans are Informed‚ Vote‚ Participate in Government‚ and Respect Rights of Others. As citizens we should know what the government is doing and to voice your opinion when we feel strongly about something the government

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