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    Many children and adults play violent video games on a regular basis‚ but are they doing more damage than people think? The amount of time teens spend hours playing violent games in a day is shocking. Everyday locked in their rooms‚ with their highly addictive simulations can do more harm than we think. Though creators state their games improve children’s mental skills and reflexes‚ due to the different tactics involved‚ this can be expressed in different ways‚ making one believe that violence is

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    Research ´with´ rather than ´on´ People (Heron & Reason) Table of contents 1 Introduction to co-operative inquiry 1 2 Four phases of co-operative inquiry 1 3 Different forms of co-operative inquiry 2 4 Co-operative inquiry cultures 2 5 Ways of knowing 2 6 Inquiry skills and validity procedures 2 7 Words and questions 3 Bibliography 4 Introduction to co-operative inquiry The article “The Practice of Co-operative Inquiry: Research ´with´ rather than ´on´ People” by Heron

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    Why Do People Start Gangs

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    Why Do People Start Gangs? I wanted to learn more about gangs because I was wanting to figure out why they start them‚ and for what reasons. Learning about gangs would show other things in life outside of what I do every day around my home and school. Also‚ I wonder what types of people are in gangs. Lastly‚ I wanted to know what leads people to commit crimes and do what they do while in a gang. According to my novel‚ people would start gangs because of family issues. In my book a kid named

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    Why Do People Join A Cult

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    the past years and have caused thousands of deaths due to the influence of cults members and leaders. Cults are able to gain members‚ due the fact that people in actuality do not know it is a cult they are joining. After joining a cult‚ some people still do not even understand that they are actually in a cult. Cults are something a person may read about or see on TV‚ but to have the actuality of knowing that a person has joined a group is shocking. It is something that an individual would think‚ that

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    To most people the Holocaust is one of the darkest periods of time in history. The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. It ended in 1945 when Allied forces defeated the Nazis. During this time a genocide occurred that slaughtered 6 million people of the Jewish faith. Throughout this era of darkness many people risked their lives to do what is best. Although‚ with all of the bad things people do‚ it may be easier to think that there is evil in everyone’s heart. I strongly

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    several negative effects. According to a recent survey‚ a child watches television more than 4 hours / day‚ and they are very hard to change this habit. It is very harmful. Children watching TV too much can face to many diseases and other psychological problems as clarified in the following essay The first harmful from watching TV too much is that it can reduce the ability of concentration and awareness. Actually‚ watching television causes many serious effect to the child’s focus that is not good

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    where teachers lecture (do all the talking) in class. Other students prefer classes where students do some of the talking. Which type of class do you prefer? Give specific reasons and examples to support your choice. From past 10 years‚ I have experienced a number of teachers who are in various class teaching styles. On one side‚ parts of the students like their teacher do a lecture in class. On the other side‚ a large number of students prefer to do some talking rather than just listening. From

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    Why do some people decide to take part in world experiences that are not real? The world would be more interesting and powerful with our pleasure imaginations than the uninteresting world. “The publication of The Vinci Code led to a booming tourism industry in Scotland” (Bloom 579). This world really needs our creative imaginations because with our creativity it will change the world. “Our main leisure activity is‚ by a long shot‚ participating in experiences that we know are not real” (Bloom).

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    the events of the final page. Arthurian legends have been continued‚ retold‚ and reimagined so often that the story—if only a vague outline of it—has engrained itself in our culture. Mary Frances Zambreno‚ in her article‚ “Why Do Some Stories Keep Returning?” explores why that particular story has remained in the forefront of our consciousness. Zambreno argues that the inclusion of gaps compels authors to fill them‚ even when the gaps are less obvious. Marie de France’s Lanval both supplements

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    In the 1990 article “I’d Rather Kiss than Smoke” in the National Review‚ Florence King tries to persuade her readers to look through a smoker’s eyes in a smokist world. King has been around people smoking even before she was born. Her mother started smoking when she was twelve and she started this habit when she was twenty-six. Since she started smoking‚ she has been analyzing how non-smokers discriminate against them. Florence King expects everyone to be okay with smoking because it is what

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