To Take For Granted There is a universal feeling of uncertainty among so many other emotions when one experiences a brand new setting; a multitude of firsts can be quite intimidating. The main conflict of this excerpt is a struggle between the fear of the unknown‚ or the unfamiliar‚ and the more powerful will to change and grow. The narrator describes a deep discomfort in the first paragraph of the passage‚ explaining how her sound sleeping was not due that night to a feeling of happiness and security
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"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." -Cynthia Ozick In the hustle and bustle of everyday life we sometimes take things for granted. We’re so busy getting ready for work‚ getting the kids ready for school‚ making dinner‚ making plans‚ paying the bills‚ looking for money to pay the bills‚ working all day and doing this and that and everything else that’s on our "To Do" list just to get through the days‚ weeks and months. Unless you excel in time management
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Americans Take Their Education For Granted Americans take their education for granted. Education has become one of the most important aspects of a person’s. With seventeen years of formal education‚ a person can do almost anything he or she wants to do. Yet many in America take this for granted. Some American students today would rather not be in school. They would be much happier at home or going someplace with their friends. Once in school‚ many students forget why they are thereto get
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What do people take for granted that they should be more skeptical about? Paulina Diaz Mr. Reshef IB TOK 16-10-10 Parents take for granted that by sending their children to school they will receive a good values education‚ when really values are acquired by children at home first during their early years of life. Values are beliefs that are important to an individual‚ a family‚ a society and civilization. A family or society without a value system has no direction. A good definition is
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Like you said‚ kids these days just don’t take school seriously. When I was in school‚ I used to wonder what the purpose of some pointless classes were‚ and I couldn’t think of an answer. I believe that the teachers are the fault of our education problems. The teachers aren’t stimulating the students enough‚ and thus‚ kids these days just don’t possess the desire to learn. Also‚ teachers have to find a way to link the "pointless" classes to each child’s real life. If the teachers can’t‚ drop the
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DEATH TEST OF LOVE AND CONDITION OF LIBERTY When you say liberty‚ it s the right and power to act‚ believe or express oneself in a manner of one’s own choosing. Meaning to say‚ freedom in all matters. Here in our country‚ we have a freedom to speak‚ to live and to express our feelings. Everybody has the right whatever to show and manipulate his self. No one can control him particularly when he is already at the right age. The conditions of Liberty define as a statement‚ attitude or an action
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Wars have never achieved anything and never will. Discuss. War is a fight between countries or groups over a particular issue. It is not always harmful or always helpful‚ it can be both at times depending on the issue and situation. It also depends on the style of war to decide who is right on their side. Wars are fought to resolve a certain problem‚ issue or conflict. They are also fought so that one country or group can defend themselves or to attain power. Some people say that wars are necessary
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Do Americans take certain things for Granted? This topic is important to many people around the U.S. In many different ways‚ and I only had to pick three - Clean water‚ Freedom of religion‚ and Education. A note that you could put aside for yourself is that people in other countries do not have is that Examples that I listed above‚ and much much more. These three topics are the main things that the world is struggling with‚ 10 of the most struggling countries with hunger - Burundi‚ Eritrea‚ Comoros
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Andrew Obarski Dr. Suszko History 300c-01w June 9‚ 2013 A Nation Which Cannot Take Itself for Granted is an excerpt from From Czechoslovakia: The Party and the People‚ published in June of 1967‚ by Milan Kundera. Although it focuses upon Czechoslovakia (the nation which cannot take itself for granted)‚ it is more than a warning to the Czechoslovakian people of Czechoslovakia; it is also a foreshadowing of the coming danger to all nations. Although Kundera speaks directly to the Czech people
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You are never too old to do anything People that think that elderly people are too old to do the things which the younger generation are quite capable to do are guilty of both; lack of conviction and uncertainty. Long-standing people are just as capable as we are of fulfilling their dreams and living the way that they want to live due to them being more experienced than us in life for which they know more than the younger generation. Undoubtedly‚ there will be differing opinions from their family
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