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    Are Exams Necessary

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    or break your grade. Backpacks overflowing with test taking equipment and eagerly awaiting the next day telling whether you passed your grade or not. Final exams shouldn’t be what states if a student has the necessary skills to move on to the next level. One test is not an accurate assumption of a students skills or what he has learned throughout the year. Final exams have become known as a stressful time for students full of boredom and repetitive reviewing which can make a kid less interested

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    A Necessary Subject

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    Literature‚ A Necessary Subject In Michael Resist article‚ he argues that "Latin died out because it became a ’dead language’ you could not use for anything ... [and literature] is dying the same slow death". This is false as even in modern society where majority of our vocabulary can only be defined in urban dictionary‚ still uses Latin. This suggests that literature is not dying a gradual death as Resist suggests and like Latin‚ it still remains relevant even after many years. This is a result

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    Authority & Individual

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    In Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ authority is viewed as ruthless and the individual is portrayed as innocent. This is also emphasised in two related texts‚ Whose Life Is It Anyway? By Brian Clark‚ and Shawshank Redemption‚ directed by Frank Darabont. The themes of ruthlessness and innocence are exemplified throughout all three texts‚ through the concept of the authority and the individual. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ authority is depicted as ruthless. This is shown throughout the

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    Is Government Necessary

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    HW#1 Is government necessary ? The government plays an important role in the country. It relates the success and failure of a country. Every society has a limit on people’s freedom in order to keep the country constantly and peacefully. The purpose of the government is to maintain or improve the capacity of the country and protect people’s abilities without hurting them. That is the reason why the government is

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    Thesis Of Claim

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    1. Port of entry officers conducts examinations to determine if a person is eligible to make a claim to the Refugee Protection Division (RPD). The port of entry officers also screens people in order to assess whether or not they pose a security threat. Fingerprint and photographic evidence will also be collected‚ by the port of entry officers‚ for the purpose of identification. Furthermore‚ upon examination‚ the officers may establish a conditional removal order. Under section 101 of the Immigration

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    Is censorship necessary?

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    social discourse and maintaining harmony among people. The dawn of the internet age has empowered people to voice out their own opinions whilst behind the perceived security of their keyboard. This freedom of speech enabled by the internet inevitably calls for some form of oversight over its users. Not long ago‚ online furore erupted over notorious sex bloggers Alvin and Vivian‚ who posted a photo of themselves eating “Bak Kut Teh” or pork ribs soup. What caused the controversy here was the catchline

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    Religion Is Necessary

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    Erin Teacher Date Everyday people turn on the television or the Internet and see all sorts of stories‚ murders committed‚ hunger strikes‚ boycotts‚ elections‚ company mergers‚ etc. All of these things make people look at the world in a different light. Even though people want to believe that this information is completely accurate‚ it is mostly biased or one sided‚ just like religion. With this being said one of the main factors in government that causes so much conflict and collision is religion

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    Argument by Authority

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    Argument by Authority Example of Authority: Islamophobia Is Bad for Business Authors: Massoud Hayoun Qualifications: World Affairs Editor at The Vancouver Observer‚ where he writes a daily column on China. He has reported on China‚ North America‚ the Middle East‚ and North Africa for The Atlantic‚ Newsweek‚ TIME‚ and Agence France Presse. Source: Boston Review; Jan2013‚ Vol. 71 Issue 1‚ p34-39‚ 6p‚ 1 Chart Context: A few years ago‚ nearly 1‚600 Chinese laborers moved to Saudi Arabia to build

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    What is friendship? Friendship could never be understood by simply reading its definition from any resources. The meaning of friendship will not be gained by anyone until it has been experienced. Friendship is a word we are all familiar with and it has a different meaning to everyone. Some people take friendship seriously‚ and some people take it lightly‚ one friend after another. As you go through life‚ you will meet a variety of people and will build relationships with them. Friends often come

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    A True Hero “Hard times do not create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed‚” said Bob Riley. Society has misinterpreted heroes as people who wear caps or who can fly. All heroes do not want to be famous for their impudent acts. Even Gilgamesh had portrayed imputed acts‚ he has not only considered himself a hero‚ and his people did too. Society believes that Gilgamesh’s values and beliefs affect what really makes him a hero. Especially‚ when it all had started

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