September 30‚ 2013 Topic 1 What is race? We are all flesh in blood. We all bleed. Does this really make us different? After reading “Recipe” by Janice Mirikitani‚ “Puerto Rican Obituary” by Pedro Pietri‚ and “Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question” by Diane Burns‚ The answer is yes and no. All three of these poems show you that while we may all be human and experience the same emotions‚ we are not always treated that way. Race plays a major role in how we are treated and how we precieve ourselves
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* How green are you? * * By Dasha Vlasova * * It might seem like the world was always concerned with the pollution the human population has been giving off in the past centuries‚ but that statement is actually false- the environmental movement did not take off until after World War 2. Only then‚ people began to recognize the costs of environmental negligence‚ disease and widespread air and water pollution. This was the climax point at which the ecocentric people started to complain
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Which would you rather choose Samurai’s! Or Knights!‚ In this essay‚ I will compare the weapons‚ views of women‚ and code of conduct from the samurai and knights. In this first paragraph I will be focusing how I believe the samurai’s armor better prepares him for battle than the knight’s armor. the samurai wear a mask to strike fear into their opponents to find an opening to attack. The knight’s mask prevent heavy attacks and fatal blows by cushioning the attack to lessen the impact. The samurai’s
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HOW MOTIVATED ARE YOU TO LEARN Being motivated to do what is required to attain the goal set by you is a challenge. All students face these challenges. Motivation refers to those factors that energize behavior. They are the driving and pulling forces resulting in persistent behavior directed towards specific goals. The motivational level keeps varying and so does the efforts. Keeping your motivational level and enthusiasm high and fairly consistent is essential for anything you do. Check if your
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Readings: How ethical are you? Four types of bias * Implicit prejudice(bias that favours majority) bias that emerges from unconscious beliefs‚ because people tend to associate things that commonly go together and expect them to inevitably coexist (thunder and rain). Implicit prejudice arises from the ordinary and unconscious tendency to make associations‚ but this is not conscious forms of prejudice‚ such as overt racism/ this is problem is inherent * In-group favoritismbias that favours
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Describe an interesting film you saw recently. You should say; What is the title? When did you see it? What is the story about? And explain why this movie was interesting to you. Last summer‚ my family and I went to AMC Movie Theater in Cupertino and enjoyed a movie entitled “Journey to the Center of the Earth”. It was a Science Fiction and adventure movie in three-dimensions. We enjoyed state-of –the-art computer graphics in the movie. For instance‚ when a dinosaur chased the characters
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debate‚ normally I’ll choose to say "I rather live in the city’‚ although I actually like living in the countryside. Don’t ask me why because even me myself don’t not the answer. There are a lot of reasons I like living in the countryside but mainly‚ its because they have a much more relaxing lifestyle. There as no rush and no people shouting at you to do things faster. There won’t be such a lifestyle in the city. You can’t even stop yourselves from worrying what if you got robbed or kidnapped
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Are You Sure It’s Fat Free Dan Christianson MAT 126 Melinda Hollingshed November 15‚ 2010 Watching what we eat and dieting seems to be a very popular topic of discussion in many circles. Obesity in today’s society is classified as an epidemic. I know that I personally do not pay attention to the nutrition labels on the foods I eat‚ but after these exercises I may start. According to our text‚ the food industry bases its figures on the weight of the product not the calories
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What Makes Me Stronger “What doesn’t kill you will only make you stronger.” I’ve heard that a million times and it couldn’t be truer. Everyone goes through something at some point in their life: Financial issues‚ psychological issues caused by different experiences‚ self esteem‚ abandonment‚ molestation‚ etc. Well I’ve been through it all. I didn’t start going through financial issues until later on in life. In my opinion‚ that’s the worse time because that’s when you have greater needs. For a
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Will you choose coed or single sex education? Both coed and single sex schools have pros and cons. How do the two types of schools compare? In this article find different factors to consider when choosing between single-sex and coed private schools. Maybe you or your child have already decided on whether co-ed or single-sex education is the right choice; maybe you’re still considering. Here are some of the important claims made for single-sex and coed education to help you know what the possible
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