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    Wisconsin v. Yoder‚ 406 U.S. 205 (1972)‚ is the case in which the United States Supreme Court found that Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade‚ as it violated their fundamental right to freedom of religion. Three Amish students from three different families stopped attending New Glarus High School in the New Glarus‚ Wisconsin school district at the end of the eighth grade‚ all due to their religious beliefs. The three families were represented by Jonas

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    Tim Wise

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    “A Particular Cheap White Wine” Response Tim Wise states that white students do receive many unearned advantages throughout their school careers. This is because white children tend to come from families who have the means and resources to ensure quality education for their children. The truth is that‚ as Wise points out‚ the majority of minority students come from backgrounds with less money and less education than their white counterparts. I believe that this cycle is deeply rooted in our country’s

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    Nathan the Wise

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    Nathan the Wise has been called the “Magna Carta” of Jewish emancipation in Germany. Lessing modeled the figure of Nathan on his good friend the German-Jewish Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn‚ grandfather of the great composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. At the time that Nathan the Wise was written‚ it was a tremendous provocation for Lessing to make the hero of his play a Jew and the villain of his play an intolerant Christian patriarch. It was equally astounding for Lessing to make

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    Theseus the WIse

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    from mythology: Hercules‚ Perseus‚ and Theseus. All of these heroes have many of the qualities that make up a good hero. However‚ Theseus is the quintessential hero because‚ unlike the others‚ he makes wise decisions‚ treats others fairly‚ and is extremely courageous. Theseus’ ability to make wise decisions during critical times proves that he is the quintessential hero. In one of his adventures‚ Theseus sets out to kill King Minos’ minotaur in the Labyrinth. Theseus “came upon him (the minotaur)

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    subconscious or acknowledged‚ the media soaks it up and portrays Blacks as being poor and drug dealers. However Wise goes on to prove that that is only a stereotype‚ not a fact. The false portrayal of Blacks is important to be recognized because it buts Blacks down and wipes them from a lot of opportunities they could have‚ solely based on their skin color. After reading this article by Tim Wise‚ it made me remember a specific time in my life when I witnessed someone being racist. It was in my own home

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    Wise Judgement

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    Wise Judgment Scenario PSY/220 The wise judgment scenario that I have chosen to write on is the teenage girl in love. The teenaged girl’s boyfriend that she is in love with is encouraging her to have sex; he is saying he will make sure they only have protected sex. Older woman can usually relate to situations like this‚ because we were all once young. I have personally dealt with this wise judgment

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    Wise Blood

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    Courtney Thomas Professor Sisson English 1101 10/14/2013 Wise Blood Haze Motes was a very confused man when it came to religion. He went through several phases throughout his spiritual journey. Haze encountered events that challenged his beliefs and made him reconsider where he actually stood. Over time Haze comes to realize he is not as clean as he thought he was. In the beginning Haze thought he was going to be a preacher‚ “He was going to be a preacher like his grandfather.” (Pg. 15) When

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    The Wise Judge

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    The Wise Judge Narrator 1 : The widow Yemswitch was a good old woman. But she had long since grown hard of hearing. She had a small flock of sheep that she tended. One day‚ the sheep wandered. Setting out to look for them‚ she met farmer Mulugueta who had just finished his plowing. Widow : “Ato Mulugueta‚” said the widow‚ “have you seen my sheep today?” Narrator 2 :

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    Is Outsourcing Wise

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    Is Outsourcing a Wise Corporate Strategy? YES: BusinessWeek‚ from “The Future of Outsourcing‚” Business- Week Special Report: Outsourcing ( January 30‚ 2006)‚ http://www .businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_05/b3969401.htm NO: Ephraim Schwartz‚ from “Painful Lessons from IT Outsourcing Gone Bad‚” InfoWorld.com (August 25‚ 2008)‚ http://www.infoworld .com/d/adventures-in-it/painful-lessons-it-outsourcing-gone-bad-032 ISSUE SUMMARY YES: BusinessWeek writers argue that outsourcing is likely

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    Salt of the Earth Flannery O ’Connor ’s novels and stories are inhabited with unique and flawed characters who are the result of O’Connor ’s satiric worldly perspective. While they are sometimes humorous‚ these misfits are usually unpleasant. Critics have termed them "grotesque‚" but O ’Connor has rejected this term because it suggests that the characters are too weird to belong in the real world. Instead‚ O ’Connor insists that the South is inhabited by many such people. For every good or evil

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