I must admit that when I was first assigned this essay‚ I was not exactly excited about it. Five thousand words is a lot to write! Especially on such a contradictory subject! I can see how someone might interpret the previous sentence as being disrespectful in and of itself‚ but that is not my intention. Let me explain. As a soldier in the United States Army‚ excuses are neither tolerable nor acceptable. It is for that reason that my assigned topic‚ “why I was being disrespectful towards
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much attention is paid to the aggressive sins‚ such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects‚ that too little attention is paid to the passive sins‚ such as apathy and laziness‚ which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon society than the others." Laziness is in fact harmful in the long run. It leads to lack of dependency‚ which can cause drastic consequences to society. This is why solutions must be identified to solve the dilemma of dependency
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putting off doing something‚ especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; to put off something needlessly. I’ll be elaborating on this definition since they’re good reasons but it goes deeper than this. There’s laziness‚ personal issues‚ and carelessness and all of these things cause that dysfunctional thing called procrastination. The first cause is laziness. A lot of people just seem to lazily put off things of importance
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Summer Day‚ by Sarah A.Kettler‚ and Parched Earth‚ by Sally Hinton‚ both poets are able to convey their purpose through their use of diction. While the purpose of Kettler’s poem seems to be to essentially describe a summers day and illuminate in it’s laziness‚ Hinton’s purpose is to evaluate the state of Earth’s ecosystem. Like how each person writes a certain way‚ both Kettler and Hinton use their own distinct diction in their poems to achieve and convey their purpose. In the poem Summer Day‚ by Sarah
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nations dumbness on their laziness to not read a book as he states "Lack of time is no excuse." The mere title of the article is a harsh accusation. Personally I think that Ross is too confident in his own opinion. He says "The principal reason for our collective stupidity is that we choose not to read‚ especially literature---novels‚ poems and plays." expressing that he believes since he is a professor he can undoubtably pin point the nations increased dumbness to a laziness
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Today‚ poverty is prevalent throughout the world with 80% of humanity living on less than $10 a day. However‚ this isn’t the first time poverty is seen so frequently in society. During the Renaissance‚ approximately 50% of Europe’s population lived at a subsistence level with 80% of Europeans facing possible starvation in times of peril. In the midst of this time period‚ as poverty ran rampant it led to differing attitudes towards helping the poor as well as the concept of poverty. Poverty was viewed
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was made up of a council and a president. The president had virtually no authority‚ and the council spent most of its time arguing and not actually accomplishing any governing. The next problem that Morgan brings to attention is a combination of laziness and the makeup of the population. When the colonists first arrived to Jamestown they functioned as a socialist like community. The colonists farmed as a whole and everyone was given equal portions of the crop‚ so this was not boost to plant and farm
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sits in trees all day long and only moves when it has to move but even that is a pain staking‚ slow moving process which it has become accustom to. In many circles sloth‚ the mammal‚ is named after the cardinal sin of sloth because of the portrayed laziness of the animal. However this is not the case; the animal’s metabolism has a special adaptation in which it stores energy‚ not to mention that walking on the ground is a painful process for the animal with super long fingernails. Although the idleness
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On May 20‚ 2013‚ Time magazine published the article “Why Millennials Will Save Us All” written by Joel Stein. Joel Stein was born in the Generation X period‚ between 1960 to 1980‚ majored in English from Stanford University‚ and is a frequent writer for TIME magazine. Stein begins his article informing the reader on the adverse characteristics of millennials. Stein describes their exorbitant egos and lethargic attitudes‚ while also using data and expert opinions. Stein then switches his focus to
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their fail or some difficulties on understanding. Secondly‚ those cheaters will become lazy; and of course‚ this laziness will become a habit; that means that their brains will be programmed not to work and revise; then one day they will need their brains to help them but they will refuse. A writer said “the error nests in the habit”; there whole life will become fund in this laziness. Finally‚ cheating probably causes our society problems like bribery and poverty. Because of cheating in exams
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