What Story Should Be told? 30 min: Did you know that the wealth that belongs to the university of Texas and Texas A & M was funded by oil discoveries? The Texas legislative set aside an original land grant of one million acres for future Texas colleges. But in 1883 another million acres was added to the land endowment. The land reserved for the university was very dry and wasn’t thought of to be worth much‚ especially not 4.4 billion dollars! Oil was first struck on this land in 1923 and in that
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Lopez 2nd Period 2/2/12 Child Development Howard Gardner Howard Gardner was born on July‚ 1943. He’s 68 years old and lives in Scranton‚ Pennsylvania. He went to Harvard University. Gardner sees himself as an independent scholar and a public intellectual. An interesting fact about him is that his theory of multiple intelligences has not been readily accepted within academic psychology‚ but has been highly influential in education. Howard Gardner’s most popular theory is the Theory of
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Should Abortions be Banned? Abortion has been one of the most highly debated and controversial topics in American culture and politics. One of the reasons it is such a sensitive topic is because everyone can relate to it in one way or another. Abortion is defined as the deliberate termination of a pregnancy. The arguments for this surround the idea of whether the induced removal of the fetus is murder or rather in the best interest of the mother. I am personally in favor of abortion under
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varying wavelengths of light. The absorption spectrum can be defined as a graphical representation of a pigment’s ability to absorb light against varying wavelengths (nm). The pigments light absorbing ability is measured using a spectrophotometer. An action spectrum can be defined as the graphical representation of the rate of photosynthesis against wavelengths of light. The graph shows how effective the different wavelengths of light are at enabling photosynthesis‚ and this can be determined by measuring
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society that is educated is better equipped to deal with the upcoming of a more globalized world. Eventually‚ countries will need to compete against people from other countries whose educational systems may be superior to theirs‚ which is why every government should pay for college for its own citizens. Currently‚ over 12 million people in the United States are unemployed‚ where only eight percent of them are college graduates. Evidently‚ people that graduate from college are much more likely
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Several students my age that are being nominated for this program have a much better chance of success than me‚ but why does that matter? I don’t believe in giving up when the going gets tough. So‚ I feel like that sense of reality can be what I bring to GHP. What do I expect to gain? The knowledge that I have done my best. As well as the chance to prove myself to everyone that has ever thought me too incompetent to succeed. I know that
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Why People Should Exercise Eric Buckley Exercise is beneficial to your health and well-being. Although exercise is not very much fun usually‚ it is essential in a healthy life style. Sports and or a work out partner can spice up any dull activity. These activities can be integrated into
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Why am I interested in the MPD internship? I am interested in the MPD internship for numerous reasons. First‚ as my junior year is quickly concluding‚ I would like to narrow my quest for the correct placement‚ in addition to increasing my experience in a field that coincides with social work. Social Work is a very broad field‚ being that it ranges from military social workers to hospital ones‚ so hands on experience would better help me to choose which field fascinates me. Second‚ since social work
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gone horseback riding once and it was fun‚ plus my family is involved with horses so I know a lot about them! Every summer my family and I go to Cliff Island‚ Maine‚ which is really fun and I love the ocean. I think it would be really cool to see what the Pacific Ocean looks and feels like compared to the Atlantic Ocean. I really want to snorkel‚ I have never done that‚ and being a good swimmer‚ I believe that I would really enjoy it. It sounds fun to snorkel at night too‚ I wonder if its spooky
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defeat my enemies and gained their power. It made me stronger than I ever was before. Overpowering my hard nemesis alone it makes me proud to be who I am. Though I’m hard to understand; I’m brave and I’ll do anything it takes to get what I want. When I know I’m right‚ I stand up of what I believe and I won’t back down so it makes me as
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