How to think for yourself Have you ever heard a saying which says "Plato is dear to me‚ but dearer still is truth"? That’s what I want to talk about today. Nowadays less and less people are encouraged to think for themselves. However‚ it should be. Try to imagine a world where everyone shares the same style of thinking. Can you really tolerate it? So I intend to remind of you to learn and think for yourselves. Students have shown that the students in China have little encouragement for thinking
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Poetic Opinions of Death The poems “Death Be Not Proud”‚ “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”‚ and “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died”‚ all have the same theme: death. The two final poems are by Emily Dickinson‚ a well known American poet. Although people would expect these two poems to have a similar view of death‚ at closer inspection they prove quite different. The other poem‚ “Death Be Not Proud”‚ was written by a more obscure poet: John Donne. This poem appears to have the most similarities
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“The gorge- yourself environment” We find foods everywhere we look; sitting along the roadsides‚ calling at you in bright colors from grocery store shelves‚ glowing in vending machines down the hallway. There is no way to escape the never-ending advertisements from fast food restaurant. This is where obesity begins; consuming more food portions than your body needs People need to set limits and health plans early in their life to overcome this new threat. In this research‚ journalist Erica Goode
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Don’t Treat Yourself Dr. K.P. Parthasarathy Dr. K.P. Parthasarathy a practicing psysician discusses health problems. His essay “Don’t Treat Yourself” warns us against the dangers of the self-medication‚ medicines are changing these days. Their effect on our body and system also undergoes rapid changes. Hence self-medication must be discouraged. The author condemns it. Many house holds in India use their own methods of treating their sick people. There is no rationals
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Proud Moment If I had to describe a proud moment of mine it would have to be about the summer that just recently passed. In the summer I work as a lifeguard‚ a serious job that isn’t always taken as serious as it should be‚ but when faced with danger most of the employees know what to do. Anyways‚ in the summer I worked as a lifeguard in the afternoons and evenings and in the morning‚ I would teach younger children how to swim. I was their instructor and they were my students. We had a lot of fun
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answer to the question “why.” Use the good thesis criteria I posted on e.Centennial to guide you. Example: Thesis Facebook does not connect people as well as multiplayer online games; not only canplayers develop their individual skills‚ they can also collaborate while engaging in an imaginative activity. Step 2 Create 2-3 supporting points based on the answer to the question “why” in your thesis. As in Facebook does not connect people as well as multiplayer online games. Why? Because multiplayer
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English 1102 Examining Yourself as a Writer The art of writing is a unique skill that requires the writer to have great flexibility and be open to improvement. Some may consider themselves a “perfect writer”‚ when in reality‚ no one is‚ and will ever be. Writing is a process that requires one to continuously build on skills learned in previous situations‚ applying new techniques and strategies to future writing projects. Different settings require different writing styles‚ and with that being
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Motivating yourself to Learn It’s quite evident that motivation is the key to completing tasks and getting them done on time. Motivating yourself is an essential part to being successful. Self motivation involves recognizing the way that you learn best. This chapter has provided me with the information to assess my strength in basic skills‚ to identify my learning style and to figure out where my greatest degree of intelligence lies. Pre-school and elementary school are the building blocks required
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or of his everlasting courage. While his parents continually hold out hope that a miracle cure will be discovered‚ Johnny rarely puts stock into the next big therapy; a part of him seems to know throughout his illness that he will die soon‚ which is why he twice says‚ "But I have so much to do‚ and so little time!" Courage is not attained by ignoring death—although Johnny does seem to do this from time to time‚ as when he turns away from poetry on death while reading with his father—but by accepting
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Are You Proud of Your Country? I wonder if I could walk up to a person and ask‚ “Are you Proud of Your Country?” and see what they would say. What some people don’t realize is that they are really lucky to live in a country as great as ours. The United States is a free country that is protected by laws and amendments. The laws are to ensure our safety as people‚ and the amendments are to ensure that we are treated as we should be‚ and to provide something that hasn’t been declared in the Constitution
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