Summer Reading Test: The Fault in Our Stars Directions: Select the best possible answer to each question. __B___ 1. As The Fault in Our Stars begins‚ the narrator‚ Hazel‚ states that depression “is not a side effect of cancer.” According to her‚ depression is actually a side effect of _________. a. smoking b. dying c. living d. loving e. laughing __C___ 2. Hazel talks about her new friend Gus having a harmartia. What is a hamartia? a. a bad habit b. a small disfigurement c. a tragic
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A person’s right to live or to die should begin and end with the individual involved. Brian Clark in his drama “Whose life is it anyway?” questions this assumption. Many people would reason that the quality of a person’s life is more important than the sanctity of it‚ and as Dr. Jack Krevorkian states in the film “You Don’t Know Jack”‚ “Who cares what people think‚ It’s how the patient feels.” Ladies and gentlemen‚ an individual’s ability to make rational decisions in situations of trauma is explored
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Obesity is a huge issue all around the world and it is something we see every day. Obesity and national health is something which is of big concern for our society. Our health affect our future and the unhealthier we are the more expensive for the society. But who is really to blame for the cause of obesity‚ ourselves or the society? The article “How Britain got so fat” by Sarah Boseley discuss the issue of obesity in Britain and whether or not society is to blame. The article is an edited extract
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Vanessa Meza California has more ethnic history than one would think or would have even known. Racial Fault Lines: The historical origins of white supremacy in California brings forth the ethnic conflicts that took place in California. Tomas Almaguer former dean of the College of Ethnics Studies at San Francisco State University explains the struggles that took place through the different racial experiences of four “non-white” groups; Mexicans‚ Indians‚ Chinese‚ and Japanese. The way the “white”
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Who Is Responsible For America’s Obesity? In a paragraph from the article “Cheap Food Blamed for America’s Obesity Crisis” by Linda Carroll and Madelyn Fernstrom‚ the authors discussed the reason that people are getting fatter is because the food companies are providing people with cheap and unhealthy food‚ Roland Sturm‚ the study’s lead author‚ claims that food companies are at fault for America’s obesity problems (Carroll and Fernstrom). However‚ in the article "It’s Portion Distortion That Makes
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China vs. The world: Whose technology is it? Executive summary China‚ the country with incredible fast-growing speed of development‚ now is becoming more attractive to Western investing companies than ever. China governments know that and they try to take advantage over that point by forcing the multinational companies to share technology in the exchange of future investing opportunities. This strategy has created a lot of argument and discontent between China government and foreign companies
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Should obesity be categorized as a disease? Obesity is not actually a lifestyle‚ it is a disease because there are medical reasons that make obesity actually a disease. The American Medical Association declared obesity as being a disease. There are many different definitions of disease that make is very hard and confusing to define just how obesity is a disease. According to merriam-webster a disease is “a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning
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Defining the Problem Consider an individual in your class whose behaviour is problematical. Can you type this behaviour as due to a lack of belongingness‚ esteem‚ or self-actualisation needs? Or is it a combination of these? Considering Solutions What do you do in most classes that satisfies: Self-actualisation needs? Self-esteem needs and the need for esteem from others? Belongingness needs? Recognising and Devising Some Strategies Which strategies
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Obesity rates are clearly on the rise in the USA.One of the populations most affected by that is adolescents. For this discussion‚ I would like for you to describe why you think we are seeing such a dramatic increase. Be sure to include nutrition in your discussion. Also‚ what role do you feel parents play in adolescent nutrition? Can you "make" a 14 year old eat their broccoli? Who is ultimately at fault? Society? Parents? Food manufacturers? Please use at least one source in your original post
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x Kayla Johnson American Literature Mrs. Clark - pd. E 8/16/14 The Fault in Our Stars By: John Green How do relationships between peers affect us? Hazel’s peers in her youth group‚ Augustus and Isaac‚ are both experiencing similar diseases and emotions. Peers and friends‚ experiencing the same things‚ like Augustus and Isaac are such a safe haven for Hazel in times where she is so set on making her situation as pain free for her parents as possible‚ that she pushes them away‚ contrary to filling
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