The word “citizen” is defined as a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection. To be a citizen of the world‚ we owe our allegiance to the earth and what she brings us. We rely on her to bring us wood‚ air‚ water‚ precious metals‚ soil‚ coal‚ plants‚ animals‚ and to keep us safe from the dangers of the outside solar system. In order to be a citizen of the world‚ a person must contribute to their own community‚ keep the
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In the film‚ A Thousand Clowns‚ Murray is “not a person”. He is an “experience”‚ as pointed out by Albert. Albert is a social worker who deems Murray an unsuitable guardian for his nephew Nick. You see‚ Murray is a man who doesn’t like to fit in with the crowd. Rather than donning a suit and tie‚ Murray would rather be visiting the Statue of Liberty or yelling at his neighbors. Murray collects eagles which isn’t a coincidence. In the beginning of the movie‚ we see Murray negotiating with a man
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When you are younger you never are really able to see how privileged you possibly are. It takes an older‚ matured‚ and certainly a different perspective to truly grasp whether you were privileged‚ or even oppressed. When I think back to my past‚ I realized that I was not as privileged as the rich or wealthy‚ but to other children around me‚ I was the privileged one. Even though I was the privileged one out of my friends‚ we were still oppressed when it came to our school system. It was actually somewhat
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mediocrity.” When you really take a good look around‚ you will realise that most people‚ often including ourselves live average and below par lives. We keep putting away the things we truly wish and dream to do and eventually find ourselves old and unable to fulfil our desires. Entire lifetimes have been wasted in this similar pattern but no one seems to realise what it is that they are repeatedly doing wrong. If you find yourself stuck in this very situation‚ it’s time to break out. Today you are going
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median and mean we found out the average BP student were not ideally proportioned according to Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. In my opinion‚ think most of the BP students are not ideally proportioned because our class are teenagers and some of their body parts grow quicker than the other. Another reason the BP students are not ‘ideally proportioned’ could be that body shapes and sizes had changed from when Da Vinci created the Vitruvian Man. The height to arm-span was 1cm different for the mean but as for
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Courageous When you stand up for someone you care about‚ you need courage to stand up. The statement‚ “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight‚ but the size of the fight in the dog”‚ shows an example of courage. In the novel Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry‚ Mildred D Taylor uses Uncle Hammer to show courage. Courage is standing up for something you think is/isn’t right. Uncle Hammer is someone who wants to protect his family & doesn’t think before he acts. He stands up for what he believes in/thinks
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undetected (Kroeber 13). I don’t think the term wild Indian should be used‚ especially in 1961. He decided to live in the woods‚ and it doesn’t mean that Ishi doesn’t know how to act according‚ as the term wild implies. Many people get attached to an area. It’s a comfort thing‚ and it’s familiar‚ to be attached to something. In a familiar surroundings‚ people know what to expect. The amount of different languages in California tell us that many tribes have been settled there for a while. They’ve been there
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The Great Carbuncle In The Great Carbuncle‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne creates a story that is unique. Hawthorne used a simple story of an adventure to show a flaw in society. A flaw that was expressed through the character’s goals and selfish ambitions. In this short story‚ the author created eight characters; each with their own meaning in the story. The first one introduced was named‚ The Seeker. He was a sixty year old man‚ who spent his entire life relentlessly searching for the brilliant gem. Hawthorne
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my family along with several other great and warm things it is what comes to mind when i hear the word family.Family they are like the ground they will always be there‚ are necessary‚ and the main source of support. At the end of the day I always resort back to my family for anything I am going through difficulties at school‚ homework‚ people‚ and life in general. Food‚ food‚ food is another item needed to survive in life and also what I need to carry out my passion of eating. My second symbol would
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British government‚ Americans have continued to fight for freedom at home and across the world. Many have given their lives to insure the chance to be free. Freedom means different things to different people. For some it means physical freedom‚ like not being a slave. Others see it as the chance to make choices for themselves. To me it means all of these things. I have the freedom to attend school‚ participate in extracurricular activities of my choice‚ and express my thoughts without the fear of being
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