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    TRADE WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE WANT? Presented By Alexander Martinez WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE WANT? The human being has commissioned to create better cars‚ smart phones‚ realistic video games‚ powerful computers and weapons of mass destruction. A fierce technological revolution that has made man forgets entirely his humanity‚ his values‚ the abstract side that goes beyond the banalities and the desire for power. Is this the world we want? The planet is experiencing

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    “Give me liberty or give me death.” These words from Patrick Henry show how important liberty has been to the country. Liberty is important to have because we only have one life‚ we shouldn’t live our lives being restricted. People should be able to divorce if they live in an unhappy marriage‚ marry with whoever they want to marry and move whenever they want to. A person can change from one day to another‚ we are constantly changing. Whenever we marry someone‚ they might turn into a completely

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    and experiences to their homes. Other changes emerged when women took jobs during and after the war. New machines were created to assist in household chores like washing clothes and preparing food. An important factor that drove these social changes was the increase in education. The number of students attending school doubled and the classes offered to them prepared them for useful jobs. A political change that greatly affected

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    to know what they want do later in life. Maybe if it were not the twenty first century I could be imaginative but that would be childish (In case you didn’t know this is a CHILDRENS essay competition). However after a decade and a half I would like to be in a profession that is considered neither here nor there in terms of childishness. I would like to become a fiction writer. A fiction writer is a person who invents stories‚ a non-fiction writer is a person who has had the experience he has written

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    What I Want To Do In My Future In the future‚ I plan on graduating from high school and going to college to be a collision repair technician. I want to be a collision repair technician because I like to work on cars. When I watch T.V. and they work on cars‚ I start wishing that I could do that too. I love to help my dad work on his cars. I know it’s not a “girly” type thing to do but it’s what I love doing. A collision repair technician evaluates collision damage and performs body repair on

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    cope with it shows what they are like as a person. The fictional work‚ A Monster Calls‚ by Patrick Ness‚ tells the tale of a young boy named Conor. He is visited by a monster who is the yew tree in his own background. Throughout the story‚ readers find out that Conor’s mother has a terminal illness‚ assumed to be cancer‚ and Conor imposes the blame on himself. However‚ it is revealed that the monster had come to try to get Conor to believe that he is not guilty and to blame for his mother’s illness

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    Was Henry VII an Innovator? Henry VII born on the 28th of January of 1457 and died on the 21st of April of 1509 was the first of five Tudor kings and queens that ruled England for around 120 years‚ quite short for that time‚ but they become one of the most famous dynasties of Europe’s history. Henry VII took the throne after a battle against the former king Richard III whose forces outnumbered Henrys by two to one. Henry VII had a couple of big problems‚ one of them was that there were people

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    most well known words from Patrick Henry’s speech to the Virginia Convention. This speech along with others‚ helped persuade American colonists to gain freedom from Britain. From the mid 1770’s to the early 1780’s American colonists fought against a world superpower for independence from unreasonable laws and regulations. This needs to tie into the paper. Right now its just a statement with not footing. In Patrick Henry’s speech‚ “Speech to the Virginia Convention”‚ Henry used logos (using logic to

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    The 1920’s were the first decade to almost completely resemble the modern consumer market. Invention and industry were both growing at an unprecedented amount. A lot of this was credited to the the automobile being mass-produced‚ and sold to almost every American who could afford one. This not only shaped the economy of the 1920’s‚ but it also changed the culture of Americans in general. For example‚ Americans are going to go “car crazy.” Furthermore‚ the invention of the automobile completely changed

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    reveals his identity. He comes back to find the suitors trying to take over his home. They tried to take his wife‚ Penelope. They also tried to take over his home. Lastly‚ they tried to kill his son. So‚ as expected‚ he reacted pretty negatively towards to the them and anyone involved with their plan. So‚ he did what he had to. Personally‚ I agree with Odysseus’ decision to punish them. I think that Odysseus was justified in his actions towards the suitors. Think about it‚ if you were in his situation

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