the United States alone‚ about thirteen million people aged twelve and over have used methamphetamine. Reasons why people choose to use this drug range from fitting in with their friends to staying awake and alert in situations. While meth does provide bursts of energy to stay alert‚ a few days later the user will most likely crash and sleep for days unless they take more of the drug. Although meth is illegal in most places‚ that does not stop people from trying to purchase it since its ban in 1970
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Zherebliuk Some people believe that lying will always get you into trouble but others insist that honesty is not the best policy. Throughout my childhood my parents always remind me about the importance of being honest. I agree that honesty plays a key role in our life‚ but being truthful isn’t always the best. The little white lie occasionally can be revealed somehow. Mark Twain said: “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” So‚ what shall we do: tell the truth or lie? People often find
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Why Do People Sag Their Pants? My question has been the same for many ages. I don ’t like the fact that so many people sag their pants. To me it looks nasty and showing off your underwear is not cool and I don ’t know why people think it would be. I have done this research on more than one occasion and not for a class assignment‚ but because I wanted to try and understand what they could possibly get out of such unruly attire. There have been quite a few stories going around about the exact beginnings
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“noble lie” written in Book 3 of Plato’s Republic‚ not specifically the myth of the metals‚ but a more general idea. I will argue this lie is justifiable‚ even in modern‚ more liberal contexts than Ancient Greece. Once the noble lie is correctly defined‚ it is clear how one could use it in building the “Just City.” In establishing the lie it is important to differentiate the terms “myth” and “falsehood” with fiction. We must look at the noble lie as a lie not intended to deceive the people of the
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Tiona Edwards The Ways We Lie Response After reading the article “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson I have discovered the ten different ways we as human beings lie to one another. Additionally‚ I have also learned which ways of lying are more harmful than others‚ but most of them seem to have their upsides and downsides. After reading‚ I came
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For me that honesty is the best policy. As time change especially people’s minds. Nowadays‚ many people argue are whether honesty is the best policy or not‚ however‚ if I had to choose one‚ I would say that honesty is always the best policy. Honesty can solve many problems so we don’t need to tell a lie again and again. Increase our trustworthiness‚ and helping make good relationships. I do believe that it is better to tell the truth. Lies are eventually uncovered. Today‚ if you falsify‚ you must
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guess? We use a lie detector. Lie detector tells us if people are lying. Sometimes we can automatically tell and sometimes we can’t‚ that’s when we use the lie detector. Lie detectors have 95% accuracy and are mostly reliable‚ but they are the easy to cheat. Can we trust lie detectors to do all the work? Maybe‚ some are more accurate than others. Lie detectors aren’t completely accurate‚ but they’re accurate enough to trust (Prusher 1). Can they betray themselves‚ though? “Lie detection has
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What is Shark Finning? Why is it such a vicious practice and why do people do it? Shark Finning is an atrocious practice of cutting off the shark’s fins and tossing the shark‚ still alive‚ back to the water; this practice is illegal but it is practiced anyways and it’s quite serious as some shark are in the edge of extinction. Once the fins have been cut off‚ the shark is thrown back to the water and it slowly dies. The shark may either drown‚ bleed to death or be eaten by other creatures
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Sleeping Freshman Never Lie is about the freshman Scott. He is starting high school at Zengar High. About twenty pages into the story he learns that his mom is pregnant. At that point he realizes that he should write a book of advice for his new sibling. Throughout the story he learns many things. Things from losing best friends to what to sign and not sign up for. Everything is narrated in first person so you are in Scott’s shoes the whole time. This helps because you learn about his opinions and
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Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ many characters commit the sin of dishonesty‚ each with a different motive. The strict Puritan setting of the play often forces the characters to compromise their honesty because they feel as though their only solution is to lie. Even though Abagail and John Proctor did have an affair‚ Proctor denies the act. "Wipe it out of your mind. We never touched‚ Abby." Proctor‚ knowing very well that they did have an affair‚ denies it in a dishonest manner. He doesn’t want to reveal
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