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    foundations‚ lay stairs‚ install beams‚ trim and much more. Without skilled carpenters‚ the construction of many buildings would not be possible. Carpentry is an essential skill in American society and given improvements in technology and techniques it is still very important today. Carpentry is the activity of building or repairing objects and structures using wood. People that do this professionally are called Carpenters. They are responsible for many aspects of the construction process of buildings‚ both

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    2+2=5. This type of powerful‚ oppressive government is not achievable today because people are too aware of how technology works‚ and what the government is doing. In 1948‚ when Orwell wrote 1984 technology was just starting to advance and people were still worried about machines becoming intelligent and self aware. Today people know that way of thinking is outrageous. Technology today surrounds society almost as much as it surrounds the Party members‚

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    The novel Medea by Euripides is a ancient Greek tragedy based on the myth of Jason and Medea. The hole story is centered on Medea’s actions and even more so on the theme of betrayal. When Jason leaves Princess Medea for another Princess named Corinth‚ Medea becomes vengeful. She enacts her revenge by killing Jason’s mistress and‚ her own children. After all this she leaves to go to Athens Greece. The main focus is on women killing their own children; a term for killing your own child is called maternal

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    “Rights of Man”‚ America is a place of diversity where everyone is different yet we are still equal which is still very true today. America is a place where you can be who you want to be since it is a place where you can be who you are without being unaccepted. While in today’s world this is true‚ there are still people out there that have their differences creating problems against this. However‚ we are still as diverse as ever and even with our differences like people who have money and those who

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    issues today. Many people are unaware of how much racism still exists in schools and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. It’s obvious that racism is not a good thing as many decades ago‚ but it is still occurring in society‚ and especially in schools‚ even though the government abolished it several decades ago. Two articles—“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Tatum and “From Still Separate‚ Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” by Jonathan

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    Today‚ healthcare has advanced through extreme procedures in the past that the United States government will never get to make-up for. Innocents were tortured in hopes that they were leading towards finding a cure for their diseases. The Tuskegee Experiment is one of the first documented experiments in the United States that fully admits to the wrong doings they performed to African Americans in their program. The Tuskegee Experiment was‚ by definition‚ the same as a clinical trial in today’s society

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    The world today needs the return of chivalry. Chivalry has become just a thing of the past. Manners‚ respect‚ romance‚ and protection of the weak are just a few examples of what are now gone. Even the most basic manners could play a major role in improving today’s society. These are examples of what the world needs today. People in the world have lost even the most general manners. An example of this is that someone could run into another person and not even apologize. People only think about

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    Still Separate ‚ Still Unequal By Jonathan Kozol Summary •Jonathan Kozol’s "Still Separate Still Unequal" he explains how he visits various urban schools. The children voice their opinions and say how they feel forgotten and unimportant. They gave their view on their school and explained how they longed for better things like other children had. Kozol pointed out many problems with education such as unqualified teachers‚ lack of supplies‚ and schools on bad conditions. In urban schools most teachers

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    In the literary work of Beowulf‚ it is imperative to analyze the relationships between characters and how those relationships function to create new meaning or a better understanding of the literature as a whole. In Beowulf‚ it can be said that the characters of Beowulf and Wiglaf share parallels that serve to show Wiglaf as becoming the next king‚ and not only the successor of the throne‚ but a sign of hope for the doomed society of the Geats. These similarities can be recognized especially well

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    When the teacher turn off the light‚ the projection went on‚ a gloomy announcement of the Hutu radio station haunts in the classroom. Hotel Rwanda is starting. It was this movie totally changed my opinion on the International Law and International Criminal Court (ICC). I used not to be very passionate about International Law. Instead‚ the flag of human rights protection‚ from my previous perspective‚ was only a proliferation of western ideals and it’s terribly hard to impartially apply them everywhere

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