What makes a good statement (or claim)? Jose Leon HUMN 210 Professor Miriam Abbott February 24th‚ 2013 1. You are given the following ten short claims to analyze. Identify which ones are good or bad statements. If they are bad statements‚ indicate why. a. Nobody in the world today is really good. b. The world is not flat. c. I will need an extended period of laborious cogitation to assimilate the missive. d. The number 2 is
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expansion‚ debate on whether all northwest territory could be settled or not came about. Spain did not grant Americans access to navigate the Mississippi‚ nor use New Orleans. These were very important into economically developing‚ because trading of goods went through them. Although this was a setback‚ much land had been
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The Art of Attaining the Good Life Sarah J. Thieme PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Professor Galen Johnson January 28‚ 2013 The Art of Attaining the Good Life What is the good life and how does one achieve it? This is a question that has been brought to the attention of many philosophers over human history. It can be reasonably argued that the modern person‚ especially westerners‚ consider income to be an important part to living the good life. There is little question anymore that income
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1. What makes a good parent according to Dr. Tanya Byron? According to Dr. Tanya Bryon‚ a good parent is a person that doesn’t worry too much about being the perfect parent. The best kind of parenting comes from the heart according to Dr. Bryon. It shouldn’t be done mechanically because that’s when the problems start 2. What are some of the common problems that children might have? Some of the common problems that children might have vary among age group. For example younger children‚ some common
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you tired of getting bad grades on your report card? Does your grade point average make you feel depressed? Do you want to jump on a student who has a better grade than you and punch that person in the face? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions‚ then you need to read this essay. In a few easy steps you will learn how to transform your grades from poor to excellent. All you have to do is read a couple of pages‚ and you will find out what it takes to get good grades. Remember that the success
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Topic: What is the good way to learn English? A.Is it in a class B. Is it alone-online or tutor C.Is it a combination In today’s world of modern technology‚ there are actually more easy ways than ever to learn the English language. There are many different ways you can improve your English‚ so don’t limit yourself to only one or two. Some people think that learning English in class is better than outside class. For my own views‚ the both approach above is the good
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that always pops in the mind of some people who are frustrated with obstacles in their way to success. As long as they know the secret features that all successful people share‚ their obstacles will be much easier to handle readily. The three major causes to become successful are attitude‚ personality and ability to plan. A positive attitude toward difficulties and failures affects one’s life profoundly. Never giving up is a quality of a positive attitude. People’s resolutions to pursue goals are
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English 102 22 January 2012 4th grade slump! When I see my little cousins reading a book‚ I see their eyes are shine with excitement‚ and they can’t wait to read the book out loud to their parents or to me. As they get older‚ that excitement in their eyes is gone and I would wonder‚ why? Then I took this course and found out what the 4th grade slump is. So‚ what is 4th grade slump? There are many reasons why educators call it the 4th grade slump and there is one simple explanation: when a student
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Zimmer in Grade School The poem "Zimmer in Grade School" appears to be expressing a person’s viewpoint of his self-image. He is talking about his thoughts on how he viewed himself and the feelings how others viewed him in grade school. It seemed that no matter what he did he was always looked down on. No matter how much he would hide behind who he truly was‚ he would still be known as Zimmer‚ the child who is always outside of the principles office and the one with the messy papers that could not
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focus of my analysis will be that of grade inflation in Barbados as a reflection of the wider Caribbean from the Marx perspective. Grade inflation according to Sociology‚ A Down To Earth Approach 11th Edition by James M. Henslin ‘occurs when higher grades are given for the same work thereby there is a general rise in student grades without a corresponding increase in learning’ or as explained by Goldman‚ grade inflation is defined as an upward shift in the grade point average (GPA) of students over
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