there were several advances in the area of natural sciences. For example‚ Eratosthenes‚ an ancient Greek scientist‚ was the first to make an accurate prediction of the diameter of the Earth (Science). If Eratosthenes had no interesting in finding out what the Earth ’s diameter was or either proving or disproving a previous statement made on it‚ then he would ’ve never contributed to this area of knowledge. Since this scientist lived in Ancient Greece‚ his curiosity and questions about the world surrounding
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Speech—SIS Embrace Change I’d like to begin with a quote by Mary Shelley from Frankenstein‚ “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” Shelley’s quote on change feels especially pertinent today of all days as I officially mark the end of my graduate school career with UT’s School of Information Sciences. During these two years‚ I have grown quite comfortable and accustomed to the life of a grad student. However‚ nothing is quite as exciting as I—and all of us graduating
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Should We Bring Back Flogging? In the article “Bring Back Flogging”‚ Jeff Jacoby talks about why he feels that flogging should be brought back into the court system. He gives enough facts to peek the interest of a person to look into bringing back this form of punishment for crimes that are not as severe as murder. His argument is that our justice system chooses to incarcerate one-time offenders instead of other forms of punishment and it is costing the states government a lot of money and
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Mayukha Vallabhaneni #29 Room 6 Language Arts 2/12/13 Should We Extend The School Week? Do you think that we should have an extended school week? Quite a few people think that we should have an extended school week because the students learn more‚ but that is not true; however no extended school week offers more time for extra-curricular activities‚ also the extra hours of teaching don’t make a difference‚ and you have more time for
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of weakness (1) • Afraid of fear (1) • Afraid of Vulneraility (1) • Mask/hide their true selves (1) 4. Construct a rule for how much each person‚ according to Adichie‚ should pay when they go out on a date.(2)
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Is Macbeth a Hero or Villain? Written by: Justine Johnston The play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare is about a fascinating character known as Macbeth. Do we consider him a hero or a villain? There has been much questioning over this. As the story goes on‚ Macbeth went down many changed turns‚ some for good‚ and some for bad. Macbeth goes from a nice hero to a mean villain all in a small period of time. Many actions made Macbeth into a good person at the opening of the play‚ which gave him
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Why we should support homeschooling? When people talk about an education‚ most of them automatically think of school. In recent years‚ many people choose school for having an education. However‚ in this modern world‚ school is not considered to be the best idea for studying anymore because some people tend to choose homeschooling instead. Back in history‚ after the 1970s the modern homeschooling movement first appeared in the United State. There were two great men- John Holt and Raymond Moore who
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To what extent is the Constitution of the United States a ‘repressive’ Document? The Constitution of the United States of America was the solution to fix the weaknesses that Articles of Confederation had caused the United States. The Constitution not only helped the United States gain more power but it also unified the states and creates a sense of nationalism. The Constitution eradicated any justification that the United States was weak and inferior. However‚ there are some constituents of the
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Modern-Day Nationalism Nationalism is loyalty and devotion to a nation. It is a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups. It is living by and for your country and your race. It is also standing by our culture‚ patronizing our own products. It is also being aware to promote our culture & heritage so that other nation may also
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present a “meaningful opportunity to obtain release based on demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation”. Many might think that they should stay in jail because they should pay time for the crime but I believe that people can change. I agree with the the court’s decision because people can change over time and with demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation‚ they should be able to be released if qualified for that opportunity. Most of the time‚ the families
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