A discovery I have made in my life is that making mistakes only makes you a better person. Normally when someone makes a mistake‚ it is because that person is inexperienced in whatever they are attempting to do‚ and they are doing it improperly. When we make mistakes we are hopefully learning a very important piece of information‚ what not to do! Life is trial and error‚ we do things wrong and hope we do it better next time. There are many examples of myself making a mistake and in turn never
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to obey just laws. But at the same time‚ it is every citizens responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Martin Luther King Jr. The topic of legalizing marijuana is a very conversational issue in American politics today. Although many malicious claims have been made about marijuana‚ the truths are slowly beginning to resurface. Unfortunately‚ these truths are under heavy criticism due to the stereotypical view of what people view as a typical “pot smoker”. This is the problem with society. Marijuana
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I can make a difference “If there is a better solution… find it.” This quote by Thomas Edison means that there is a better solution. I just have to have enough perseverance to find it. I believe that there is always another solution. Bullying is a huge problem in the United States. All it takes is one person to stand up and it can start a chain reaction. With enough courage‚ compassion‚ and perseverance it can be stopped. I can eliminate bullying in my school by
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about them. Most of the time teenagers that think this have a misguided thinking and it turns out that their parents actually do understand them. Unlike most teenagers‚ Ferris Bueller and his sister and right in believing this. Their parents are always working‚ aren’t aware of their schooling‚ and also keep their kids from relationships (and even aren’t familiar with their dating lives). These‚ along with a few other examples‚ are reasons as to why Ferris’ parents do not understand him and his sister
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Never forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do
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In the article “I Just Called to Say I Love you” by Jonathan Franzen he clearly states that he hates hearing other people saying the words I love you to another person. He believes that the privacy of others should be kept to themselves and their personal feelings should not be said out loud in public places. Although this may be true there are also other perspectives of how one can handle situations like of expressing feelings when they occur. Not only is the expression I love you the only way of
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literary term that can be applied to the two page diatribe about gloves and galoshes in the chapter is an excursus and it contradicts Holden saying that he is a pacifist. 2) Holden is confused and has many ambivalent feelings about sex‚ but in what respect is the point of view he operates from a moral and ethical one? Holden is very confused about sex but he respects women and feels that they should not be used and he wants a steady relationship and tries not to have sexual thoughts.
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13‚ 2011 I Hope You Dance “I hope you never lose your sense of wonder/You get that fill to eat but always keep that hunger/May you never take one single breath for granted/God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.” The first time I ever heard the lyrics of this song was a sunny afternoon in July. I was riding in the car with my mom when it came on the radio‚ and it has stuck with me since that day. Lee Ann Womack’s song‚ I Hope You Dance‚ sends a powerful message. Through her words‚ she displays
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WHY I WROTE‚ “RISE UP‚ O MEN OF GOD!” This book was the outcome of my search for understanding. Two of my brothers and I served during the Vietnam War. My brother Richard was drafted into the Army and was posted to Vietnam during the ending days of the war. He was killed in action days after he arrived. The senselessness of his death left me to wonder how a primitive third-world country could defeat a superpower like America‚ which never lost on the Vietnamese battlefields. In my search for understanding
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MLK’s Dream of Change Dreams reflect people’s desires‚ but imagine if a dream can be changed for an entire nation‚ simply by an amazing speech. “I Have a Dream” was the incredible speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave in order to make his dream come true. This speech took place in 1963‚ as it triggered the Negros movement toward their freedom and righteousness. Martin Luther King Jr. when giving this speech conveyed his values which were: justice‚ freedom and equality. Martin Luther King Jr.
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