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    activities. The obvious reasons why there are beggars is illiteracy‚ poverty and unemployment. It is our moral duty to help to the weak‚ the hungry and the suffering people. But by giving out alms as charity‚ we do not help the beggars. As I have realized‚ there are many negative side effects when we are giving out money to beggars especially to the children. Firstly‚ it won’t stop the growth of beggars because if you give money to them‚ it would be an enticement for children to continue begging and not

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    think Ericsson adopts a confessional strategy by admitting she tells lies to support her thesis that "We lie. We all do." (3). The author begins her narrative with a "lie"‚ "The bank called today and I told them my deposit was in the mail‚ even though I hadn’t written a check yet." (1). The effect is strong‚ capturing reader’s immediate attention and getting immediately to her main point at that we all laying for whatever reason. 2. By classifying lies the author tries to distinguish the reasons why

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    World as we know it

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    “World As We Know It” In the essay “America Needs Its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman‚ he writes that Americans are so concerned about sports and popularity that they tend to neglect education. This is very true to where I come from. My high school community emphasized sports rather than education. It did not matter if you got good grades or not. Students are not learning to become doctors‚ scientists‚ teachers‚ or any other important job that will help our future. All that mattered was how well the high

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    The Way We Lie

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    The Ways We Lie In the essay‚ "The Ways We Lie‚” the author‚ Stephanie Ericsson‚ tells about the many ways people lie and explains the reasons for doing so. In her essay‚ she talks about ten specific ways of lying that she believes are prevalent in today’s society. First is “the white lie‚” which is basically telling a harmless lie instead of the truth‚ if the truth is destructive. She writes‚ “Telling a friend he looks great when he looks like hell can be based in a decision that the friends needs

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    Why We Work

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    only one of the numerous important purposes of working‚ and oftentimes there is a lot of benefits that people obtain from working without even consciously realizing them. Nowadays‚ except for money‚ people still work for many reasons‚ including to understand and fulfill their responsibilities in society‚ to avoid wastefulness‚ and to keep their minds active. For many people‚ the biggest benefit of working lies in a priceless lesson of responsibility. Through working‚ people learn how to be responsible

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    Girls Can We Educate We Dads? Diction. “Girls can we educate we dads” is a poem written by James Berry‚ a Jamaican poet in the 1900’s which speaks about a girl who criticizes her dad’s stereotypical views about girls’ behavior and thoughts. The main message or theme that the author is trying to send to the reader is that involving stereotyping‚ generalization‚ and sexism and how these thoughts are present in many men all around the world yet are not true. This poem consists of many factors

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    skills we possessed.  If young generations are not made aware of the importance of culture‚ tradition‚ religion‚ then the material comforts may lure them and shatter peace‚ stability and faith that all of us cherish so much. The purpose of education has varied from time to time‚ but the accent has always been on the full development of the human personality.  The main purpose of education is to draw out our potential capabilities‚ to stir our imagination and to teach us how to think.  We should

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    Food We Eat

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    (listed as an ingredient) that is not so obvious or commonly mentioned (ex. water‚ salt‚ sugar‚ flour‚ etc.). -Mixed Triglycerides 3. Research *(see part II) that ingredient and answer the following: a). Why is the ingredient included in the product? -The are fats and sugar to make the chips taste close to the actual animal that we are consuming. b). What harmful or beneficial effects does that ingredient have on humans? -HEART DISEASE -LIVER DAMAGE -PNCREASE DAMAGE -STROKE

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    Together We Can

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    grasp the gravity of the situation‚ when my family went through its deepest crisis. It forced me to grow up faster than most—a lot of the time‚ I had to do things for myself. My mother and father divorced when I was three‚ and my life has not been the same since. My mind filled with confusion and infinite questions‚ since I was too young to understand the situation at the time. Coming from a broken home‚ I wondered why I was not able to enjoy certain luxuries that other families could‚ although I was

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    We The People Cons

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    We the People of the United States” is the famous line that begins the Constitution of the United States. Since the signing of the constitution it has been realized that “We the People” does not necessarily refer to everyone. In actuality‚ “We the People” really refers to the white male. This is apparent just by looking at some of the amendments to the constitution. For if‚ “We the people” was intended to cover every person than we would not have amendments that abolished slavery and we would not

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