Fable The fable I chose is called “X Marks the Spot.” This fable is about an old man who is dying‚ and has three lazy sons. The father owns a large land‚ that was a vineyard. As the old man was on his deathbed he told his sons that he has buried a treasure in the vineyard. The three lazy sons were shot with energy and happiness‚ that they started to dig and try to find the treasure through out the entire vineyard. As the three sons fully dug the vineyard‚ they couldn’t find the treasure. After
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Tingting wang English 1301 Professor 04/15/2014 Synthesis Essay Intellectual diversity is an issue that has created confusion in many learning institutions. Most of the faculty members have differentiated ideas regarding the accommodation of intellectual diversity in academic institution. A section of some educational officers believes that it’s an important aspect that should be implemented in the educational system. There are others standing against the idea and their argument is
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Self discipline - Taming the lazy monkey Every morning I have a freezing cold shower‚ why? Because part of my mind says ’Don’t do it‚ it’s just stupid’ and that same part of my mind give’s lots of different reasons not to do it. Each morning I fight that inner voice and discipline it to accept that I am taking a freezing cold shower. I believe there are benefits to having a cold shower which is why I started the discipline in the first place. Self discipline is a skill and once you get to grips
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What if “Lazy American” had more meaning than what we thought? What if instead of it just being an insult it was the truth? Over recent years researchers have conducted tests on young Americans to compare to that of other countries. Unfortunately‚ for the common American‚ these test results were not so favorable. These tests proved just how “lazy” America is in regards to sleep habits‚ study habits‚ technology use and other stipulations that correlate to their grades. The results proved American
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In the past‚ television is a luxurious item to a number of families; however‚ it gradually becomes popular nowadays because it does not cost an arm and a leg any more as before‚ so most of the homes have already accessed to it. According to scientists‚ watching TV has nothing benefit for people‚ particularly for children. They also assert that watching too much TV often does have negative effects on youngsters. The first effect is children turn to be lazier in view of watching TV exceedingly. For
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The Tale of the Lazy Giant Surely you’ve heard of a town they call Pinkleton‚ a small town somewhere down der in the south. Now‚ that be a mighty small town but for us northern folk it sure seems like a big city. I know I’m not tha best person to be explain’ng‚ but my momma always sed to make the best of things. A few years back‚ I headed aht to get out of dat city livin for once and I left New Jowsee in order to discover more of that place I call mah country. Der I wos a-praying and a-walking
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Barack Obama‚ makes us question whether the use of the Internet helps us succeed or makes us stupid and lock ourselves out of the outside world. The Internet bubble increases its volume and density rapidly‚ because the number of people and hours using the internet increases dramatically every day. Consequently‚ books and other research resources are becoming increasingly less valuable. The Internet has become the biggest library. By growing so rapidly‚ the Internet system not only makes life so much
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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Pain and suffering are constant throughout life; misfortunes that we just have to learn to deal with. Situations when we have to keep our heads held high‚ stay confident and never give up. It is in these tough times that we must look at the bright side‚ focus on what we can gain out of the challenging position in which we find ourselves in. We have to stop in a world that never pauses. We have to freeze in an ever flowing waterfall
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Television becomes one of the most influential innovations of the 20th century. It totally changes our style of life. Television has good and bad influence on people. Some people think that we must allow kids to watch tv whenever they want other think contrary to them. I strongly believe that tv have harmful effect on kids. Below i would like to illustrate several reasons and examples to support my point of view. First and foremost i would like to mention that tv become brutal today. Children at
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Do television advertisements make consumers want to make changes in their lives? Some advertisements can make young people feel insecure about their physical appearance. They can also create a need for young people to be attractive which could lead to a result of insufficient funds. In short‚ advertisements today encourage adolescents to spend more time and money on products that will help make them the “perfect human”. Television advertisements may use skinny models‚ which can give young women
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