I read How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff for my summer assignment and I learned a lot of new information. My first “A-Ha!” moment was in the second chapter where it talked about the “well chosen average”. I’ve always thought that the average meant the mean‚ adding the data and dividing by the total data points. Really there are three different averages; the mean‚ the median (the one in the middle)‚ and the mode (the one that occurs most often). A lot of people will pick the average that
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In The Other Wes Moore: One Name‚ Two Fates‚ written by Wes Moore‚ the two men‚ both with the same name‚ find out what their life could have been like if they had just made a few different decisions. Their names and the circumstances they grew up in made them the same‚ but the choices they each made is what granted them separate fates. Both Wes Moores did not grow up in the best circumstances. In the beginning of the book when the men were talking about their lives‚ the other Wes Moore says‚ “Your
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WE DAY 2013! I think that my attendance at WE Day 2013 will have a positive impact on our school this year because I believe that if I go‚ I will be able to take information and bring it back to the school and try to make a change‚ locally and even globally. I believe that this is a huge opportunity. I love going to events like these because when I come back from them‚ I implement what I have learnt so that it’s beneficial for our school. I haven’t been involved with ME to WE but I have
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Are we really the son/daughter of our mother Earth who gave birth to some great mens like Albert Einstein‚ Indira Gandhi‚ Henry Parkes‚Dr. Christiaan Barnard‚ Benazir Bhutto and many more. Due to these men the name of our mother land was taken all over the human society with respect‚ but what have we done‚ just opposite of it. Today the number of poor in our country is more than population of happy people. We have the example of example of Singapore‚ which got independence after India‚ but today
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“We the People…” marked the opening of the country of America. These three words are the first three words written on the constitution which is known to be the framework of which this country is run. A country that gives all the promises of “liberty”‚ “justice”‚ “property”‚ and “life” through this document. This is a document that has said they will give all in a secular manner. All matters that involve religion will not govern the country. If this said to be true‚ than certain practices such as
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We are the world Book Review: Three cups of tea Lost on the way to the summit of a mountain called K2 in Pakistan‚ Greg Mortenson felt depressed until he wandered into a poor village and was warmly treated. Reaching the summit of K2 to place a necklace in the honor of Christa‚ his sister was Greg’s original plan‚ but after he walked into the village’s everyday life he changed his mind. There‚ he gave a promise... to build a school. Eventually‚ not only one school was built but more than sixty
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Celebrated Mistakes You Should Never Tell a Lie And Always Tell the Truth Ernestine M. Stevens Springfield College Lying is so easy to do for most people. We do this at an early age and do not even realize the trouble that we can get in. It seems so cute at first. Once you get grown and the legal complications start it is ugly. You can lose your freedom‚ family‚ job‚ and friends. In the worst way you could possibly lose your life. A lie can seem so small from the beginning then
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be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice‚ but there must never be a time when we fail to protest" Justice can be seen from numerous amounts of perspectives where it is due to the upbringing of the person or due to their cultural beliefs‚ however they are all guided by the principal of fairness. Sadly though‚ sometimes we may be powerless to prevent injustice from occurring‚ as we are not always in the position where we are able to do something. This however should not mean we lose all
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It began with the curiosity of a young African American male‚ name Wes Moore. Whose name appeared in the Baltimore sun in December of 2000. An article was written announcing that he‚ a young “fatherless” son of yet another single mother‚ was receiving a Rhodes scholarship. Little‚ did he know that‚ not far from his “memorable” write up in the Baltimore Sun‚ would be a series of article that would change his life even more than his scholarship that he had earned. What was written‚ were articles
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“We Are Marshall” Olivia Avery 7/16/14 English 101 Boose The movie “We Are Marshall” is a movie about football. The movie isn’t just a normal football movie. It’s a movie that shows how a town and a college rebuilds after the tragedy that they went through. The town of Huntington‚ West Virginia and Marshall University went through the tragedy of a plane crash that killed seventy-five people‚ including football players‚ coaches‚ fans‚ boosters‚ mothers‚ fathers‚ doctors‚ lawyers
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