From the 1960’s (when it originated) to present day‚ Star Trek has represented what our culture strives to achieve. The show was boldly going where no man has gone before‚ and America was too. Part of the “American spirit” is to tackle momentous issues and improve upon the things we already have solved. In the 1960’s we dove into the Space Race and now we have breakthroughs in chemotherapy that has increased the 5-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer patients from 16% to 27% (and that percentage
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During the whole time studying Western Culture‚ individuals like Luther‚ Columbus‚ Gutenberg‚ and Copernicus influenced western cultures in many ways. Although all of these men had a significate influenced on the western culture‚ this learner believes that Johannes Gutenberg had one of the greatest impacts that change the way individuals communicate. In today’s society individuals may think or look at this invention as neither here nor there‚ but it is one of the greatest inventions of all times
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The pace of modern life is fast‚ and nowhere is it faster than in America. We want fast transportation‚ fast communication‚ fast computers‚ fast photos‚ fast music‚ fast repairs‚ and fast service from the businesses we patronize. It is from the last of these that we got fast food. At first‚ it was a matter of fast service. Fountain and Fast Food Service was the title of a trade magazine‚ which published statements like this from 1951: "The partners have become old hands at spotting the type of
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Throughout history‚ the world has seen the rise and fall of many large and successful civilizations. All of these ancient civilizations created many things and ideas that increased the advancement of mankind. All cultures do contribute to the advancement of mankind. More specifically‚ ancient cultures‚ such as Egypt‚ the Middle East‚ Greece‚ Rome‚ and Asia all contributed to mankind’s advancement. One of the earlier civilizations was Ancient Egypt‚ who are credited with creating a numerical system‚ religious
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10/26/12 Mrs. Acosta On behalf of Others On Behalf Of Others Individuals who are under certain conditions should have their situations exploited in order to avoid having more people suffering. I agree with Agee’s claim because if their situations are not exploited then they can’t be given aid and it can’t be prevented in the future. In the documentary “Old People In Jail” by Tim Gruber shows some old people look like they shouldn’t be in jail. What jail does to people is make them look
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Racism‚ anti-Semitism‚ and Nationalism are the three key factors that were used to make Jews “the other” throughout history. To start with‚ Jews have always lived in areas ruled by other groups‚ and they were always there when people needed to place the blame on someone for hard times. Then in the 1800s‚ the thought that Jews were not only a part of a religion but a different race intrigued people all over Europe. Next William Marr introduced anti-Semitism‚ and that word found a home all over Europe
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The Acceptance of Others Recently‚ our school adopted the OLWEAS bulling training program. Every other Tuesday we meet with a select group of students and a teacher and talk about different instances and about ourselves. During the trainings that I have endured it has made me think about my actions towards other people and how these actions or words are portrayed. One instance was judging people before you know them personally. As soon as you look at a person most people make a general note based
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Whitney Noonan 2/4/16 The culture of Ancient Greece continues to change multiple times over their 800-year history. Artistic and historical ideas bring together the many stages of ancient Greek history and connect the cultures of Ancient Greece to their predecessors in the ancient world. The philosophies of Plato and Aristotle express a love of truth‚ balance and harmony that form a critical aspect of the Zeitgeist of Greek culture. Identification of beauty with balance finds expression in the architectural
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Helping others can be very rewarding and beneficial to both parties. After going to the Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting and Our Community Place (OCP)‚ I have realized the benefits of helping others and I have gained new perspectives on others. While I was there I met some very interesting people that might not have the best lives but they know how to make the best of what they have. I felt like I gained some knowledge and insight on different things and it made me feel good to help them out. In my
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Accepting others is a very important part of life. Especially the way they are. If you can’t learn how to do that then you will miss out on a lot of friends in life. Life is hard enough and when you have to try to "fit in" the cliques of life‚ it makes life much harder. When you go to school you always have to worry about the way you look or how you walk or who your friends are in order to "fit in". If you don’t have a model body or an "Abercrombie and Fitch" boyfriend/girlfriend you don’t really
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