“Criticism may not be agreeable‚ but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”(Winston Churchill) Growing up‚ I’ve had a great amount of people give me criticism‚ both positive and negative. Some of those people being family‚ friends‚ teachers‚ and even people I didn’t know. I haven’t always known how to accept criticism. I was like most others‚ often taking negative comments much worse than the positive ones. It
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Dress Code: A Risk or Benefit? By: unknown Dress code has been the biggest topic between the Board officials and students. The dress code is used to prevent distractions; thus allowing students to come to school and dress with confidence. The Muscogee County School District’s (MCSD) dress code has been an influence to the students and teachers for thirteen years. Since the establishment thirteen years ago‚ the dress code has made many different changes in the dress code. The purpose of the dress
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Winston Churchill delivered a speech to the House of Commons on June 18‚ 1940. The speech is titled “Their Finest Hour”. This speech was given only a month into his term as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Battle of France. It was 23 pages long and lasted 36 minutes all written by him (Burns‚ 2010). During this speech‚ he reignited hope into the faintest of hearts of the people of Europe. His goal was rallying the troops in a war-torn Britain when they appeared to be losing
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granted Germany’s wish to cease Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. Thus‚ in the opposing viewpoint The Munich Conference: Two Views‚ Chamberlain’s decision at the Munich Conference is in question for its validity and morality. In this primary source‚ Winston Churchill‚
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Dallas Winston or "Dally" is one of the main characters in the book The Outsiders. He is a very dynamic character. He is the toughest member of the outsiders’ gang. He grew up in New York where he was toughened into a cold hater of the whole world. Dally’s first characteristic is that he is tough. When in New York he was arrested when he was ten. "Man‚ I thought New York was the only place to end up in a murder rap‚ Jesus Christ!". Everyone in the gang knew Dally was the toughest and wasn’t one
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The First Day Fly by Jason Reynolds In Jason Reynolds’s novel‚ "First Day Fly‚" the reader is taken on a journey through the eyes of a young boy named Genie as he navigates his first day at a new school. At the start of this new chapter in his life‚ Genie is a nervous wreck‚ and uncertain about who he might be. Why does it matter so much to him? As he walks to school‚ he is greeted by the sights and sounds of his new surroundings‚ each one adding to his feelings of anxiety and uncertainty. Upon arriving
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Abigail is the first person you would think of when looking for someone to blame for the Salem witch trials. This is because she is seen as the ringleader of the girls who were accusing people of being witches. The first thing we learn about Abby in the stage directions is “an orphan with an endless capacity for dissembling’ this shows us straight away that she likes to cause trouble. In the first act we learn that she has had an affair with proctor. He’s says ‘ill not be comin’ for you no more’
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between good versus evil. Also‚ another reason why this subject was chosen was because I have study the Salem witch trials back in high school‚ so I already knew something about the subject matter. The theme that connects both “Insufficiency of Evidence Against Witches” and “Wonder of the Invisible World” is that both Increase and Cotton Mather were both puritan ministers that participated in the Salem witch trials. In addition‚ both father and son had different views on how the trials should be handled
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“Damn this village” pg 142‚ and “Damn the Deputy Governor” pg 77 The Crucible. These are two good ways of describing our experience. The charges against the accused were nonsense‚ but what was more ridiculous was when the judges believed it. The Salem witch trials were similar to our experience in the way that people were falsely accused‚ false confessions were made to save lives‚ and there was little in the way of showing your innocence The person that I correlated the most with would be Proctor
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so successful. Techniques such as applying ethos‚ logos‚ pathos‚ keeping you speech simple‚ using anecdotes and appealing audiences are just some of the pivotal characteristics that make up a great dialogue. The speech I have chosen to analyze is Winston Churchill’s “Their Finest Hour.” This speech was given at a time when Europe was experiencing the atrocities of the second world war. The historical value in this speech is unfathomable‚ less than a month after the rise spirits‚ England engaged the
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