Giving Back to My Community I dedicate many hours of my time to significant community service activities. Through my participation in such service projects and activities‚ I have learned many valuable lessons about the significance of each individual in the community. As a literacy volunteer‚ I am given the opportunity to see the glow on a mother’s face when she realizes that her son will finally be given the gift of the ability to read. I am given the satisfaction of knowing that my time
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Ebola virus is back‚ this time in West Africa‚ with over 350 cases and a 69% case fatality ratio at the time of this writing (Baize). The culprit is the Zaire ebola virus species‚ the most lethal Ebola virus known‚ with case fatality ratios up to 90%. The epicenter and site of first introduction is the region of Guéckédou in Guinea ’s remote southeastern forest region‚ spilling over into various other regions of Guinea as well as to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. News of this outbreak engenders
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Aaron Weber Section 1 Nov. 10th‚ 2017 High School Sports Are high school sports helpful or are they harmful to kids? There are many articles that will say that they are bad‚ and there are some that say they are good for kids. The article‚ Are High School Sports Good For Kids? talks about if they are good for kids. My reasoning is that they are good for kids because they can provide physical activity and can get them new friends. People will say that they shouldn’t because they shouldn’t be injured
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THESIS STATEMENTS A thesis statement is the main idea (topic) of an essay. It is often a point you want to argue or support in an essay. It contains your opinion/attitude towards a topic. The thesis statement explains to a reader the main idea of the essay‚ and the writer’s opinion on that idea. A thesis statement is one sentence in the introductory paragraph of the essay. A thesis statement is a claim that could be argued. The essay will contain evidence and opinions that support the
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The new school lunches: Harmful or helpful? Are you tired of eating disgusting school lunches? Since the moment Michelle Obama first enforced the new health standards‚ kids have been fighting back‚ and they have a good reason to. No one wants to eat a pile of peas or a whole grain tortilla. The issue is the changes made towards school lunches have been made for the worst. We’ve already established that kids are being served healthy lunches. “But just because children are being served healthy lunches
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About 80 percent of the adults in the U.S. have been bothered by back pain at some point in their lives (1). It is common for people with back ailments to wear a back brace and take it easy but this really would not benefit them in the long run. It may help the pain in the meanwhile but it will not actually be providing any key benefits. If people with back ailments were to take the back brace off‚ get up and start an active physical therapy program rather than a passive one‚ they would benefit
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Addiction is the fact or condition of being dependent upon a particular substance. The ripple effect caused by addiction not only affects its victims but also the loved ones and people close to them. As someone that has seen the disastrous effects addiction can cause for both parties‚ there isn’t one specific path it can go. ` Though I have not experienced my own addictions I have been directly affected by those of my close friend Jason. In the time since junior high until now I have had an amazing
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Aryeh Istrin CUOT 1010 Professor Levin 10 November‚ 2014 Do Contemporary Coffeehouses Function as a Habermasian "Public Sphere"? In the mid 1700 ’s coffeehouses began to be a place where many people could come and gather not only to sit and drink coffee but rather to socialize‚ carry out business ‚ talk politics‚ and current events. The English coffeehouses were a prime example of what Jurgen Habermas ’s had in mind of what is a public sphere. According to Habermas‚ a public sphere is a place
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Analysis Project of “A Look Behind the Veil” Thesis statement: Middle-Eastern and North African clothing culture is distinguished from other cultures by the veil‚ a clothing that provokes many reactions from authors and debates between the Western and Eastern people. Subject: The main topic of this text is the veil in North African and Middle-Eastern regions. Western people and Middle-Eastern people do not share the same opinion about its use‚ while the occidental region considers it as a simple
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good thesis statement. A good thesis statement should be concise‚ direct‚ and must state a point of view. A thesis statement can’t be a fact‚ because the whole point of a research paper is to argue a point‚ and you can’t argue your thesis if it’s a fact. Perhaps the hardest thing about writing a good thesis statement is narrowing down a broad topic to a clear thesis that states an arguable point of view. The following guide with examples just might help you write a good thesis statement for a research
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