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    What Makes an American?

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    While observing America and its social structure‚ being a college student who migrated to this country just nine years ago makes me wonder where I stand. Technically‚ I am no longer an immigrant because I am a citizen and I am able to vote‚ and I feel as though I have gone through a quick process of assimilation along with my siblings. Even though we have assimilated‚ in our household‚ we still speak our own language‚ hold our traditions and values of own culture as we did when we came to this country

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    2. What are the impacts of increased human population on those of us in the United States? "While growth may be unsustainable‚ de-growth is unstable.’ Today’s economic model cannot continue indefinitely. We live on a small planet. The population and the economy are growing‚ but the planet is not growing." (Anders Wijkman)Human population growth is very interesting thing when you think about it‚ because too much people can be a bad thing. With the population growth increasing today there many things

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    What is philosophy according to Socrates? Philosophy is an academic subject that exercises reason and logic in an attempt to understand reality and answer fundamental questions about knowledge‚ life‚ morality‚ virtue‚ and human nature. The original word for philosophy comes from the ancient Greek word philosopha‚ which means love of wisdom. Although Socrates himself never claimed to have any answers to the questions he raised‚ his views and methods of philosophy became the foundations of what

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    What Makes a Criminal

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    What makes criminals? by: Richard Wilson and Dan Marks Why are crime rates higher among some social groups than the others? Are some groups more prone to crime‚ or are they in situations more conducive to crime? Many factors can influence a person to commit a crime‚ but is there a common trait that lead people down the road to actually committing a crime. Some traits that can influence criminal behavior are: Families‚ Economic status‚ Gender‚ Race‚ and Age. Below I will briefly describe

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    Facebook doesn’t make us lonely The cyber media privileged us connect to in every corner of world profoundly; the drastically arising of social loneliness become a public issue .The ongoing studies doesn’t still show where the booming problem arose from but the miss using of this technology may disturbs our routine of norms and contribute the strength of loneliness. Before‚ in village you hear everybody’s business around but more people now living in big urban cities

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    Aids Makes Us Equal People are constantly surrounded by the media. People see ads in newspapers‚ magazines‚ on television‚ billboards‚ at bus stops‚ the sides of vehicles; it is almost impossible not to notice some form of advertisement. The media uses advertisements to introduce a new product or a way of life. It tries to manipulate the viewers through their product to either get them to buy it or use it. Other forms of advertisements are designed to raise awareness or apprising the population

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    How Diversity Makes Us Smarter Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative‚ more diligent and harder-working. Sep 16‚ 2014 |By Katherine W. Phillips 0 The first thing to acknowledge about diversity is that it can be difficult. In the U.S.‚ where the dialogue of inclusion is relatively advanced‚ even the mention of the word “diversity” can lead to anxiety and conflict. Supreme Court justices disagree on the virtues of diversity and the means for achieving it. Corporations

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    the gothic novel Frankenstein expresses it is humanity. Throughout the text we are shown example after example of the little things that define humanity: curiosity‚ love‚ and mistakes. The story starts out with one of the most basic instincts of human nature – curiosity. Curiosity drives the character of Victor Frankenstein to devote his life to science. He spends hours upon days of his life in the pursuit of knowledge‚ finally coming across his major discovery‚ "After days and nights of incredible

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    Human Nature Human beings are physical objects‚ according to Hobbes‚ sophisticated machines all of whose functions and activities can be described and explained in purely mechanistic terms. Even thought itself‚ therefore‚ must be understood as an instance of the physical operation of the human body. Sensation‚ for example‚ involves a series of mechanical processes operating within the human nervous system‚ by means of which the sensible features of material things produce ideas in the brains

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    What separates us humans from the rest of the animal kingdom? The first thing that comes to mind is our brain and our ability to reason. Our brain is not the largest one in the animal kingdom‚ yet it allows us the capabilities that far exceed others. Being able to reason and think we can be introspective‚ be aware of right and wrong‚ and establish a justice system. With all those capacities‚ there come negative attributes as well. We are the only species that commit premeditated murder and genocides

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