Helena Li-Ti Tseng Ms. Watt Basic Writing 3 23 October 2012 “When Volunteerism Isn’t Noble” What is volunteering? In my beliefs‚ volunteering is an activity that involves spending time and benefits someone else. In the passage‚ “When Volunteerism Isn’t Noble‚” by Steirer‚ believes that volunteer is something people should do on their own will. The author is against the policy of high school students having to reach a certain amount of community services hours to receive a diploma in order
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Will County was established in Illinois in 1836. From that year on‚ Will County has only grown in size and in numbers. Larger cities like Joliet‚ Lockport and Plainfield stand place in this County. There are also a number of other townships and villages that are spread out throughout the county. However‚ the area was not left untouched from the beginning of time until the year 1836. The Will County area was an established community of Potawatomi tribes and served as a trading route for the fur trade
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Although wearing your seat belt is one of the top safety precautions when it comes to riding or driving in a car‚ accidents still occur due to people being lazy and not wanting to wear their seat belt. Drivers and passengers do not wear seat belts for tons of little reasons. Some forget to wear them‚ while others are just plain lazy and think they shouldn’t have to put on seat belts. After some time‚ this becomes a really bad habit. Accidents can happen. Some may be small accidents‚ and some may
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piece’s of literature but also music and is a problem today. If suppressive mannerisms continue as well as censorship how free are we really to print and speak are thoughts. " Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight." ( Stephen Chbosky author of The Perks of being a
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When Does Life Begin Patricia Cole PHI 103 Informal Logic Instructor Leslie Dunn May 27‚ 2013 When Does Life Begin Abortion is one of the most controversial topics discussed today‚ and should be illegal because life begins at conception‚ It should also be illegal because there are many risk for the women‚ and it should be illegal because abortion is an act of murder. Abortion should be illegal because it is taking a life that begins at conception. Scientist uses these “five characteristics
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more effectively than the fixed mindset? Dweck argues that the growth mindset will allow a person to live a less stressful and more successful life. When‚ in a fixed mindset students believe their basic abilities‚ their intelligence‚ their talents‚ are just fixed traits. Dweck mentions how effectively the growth mindset can be‚ than a fixed mindset. When using the growth mindset‚ a person can be more successful in education because the growth mindset can help people fulfill their potential more effectively
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When China Ruled the Seas Book Review In the book‚ When China Ruled the Seas‚ Levathes tells us about seven voyages made by junk armadas during the Chinese emperor Zhu Di’s reign. "Treasure ships" as they were called‚ were under the command of admiral Zheng He‚ these ships traded silk‚ porcelain‚ and many other fine objects of value. They sailed from India to East Africa‚ throughout Korea and Japan‚ and possibly as far as Australia. She believes that China might have been able to create a great
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attempts to rise to power‚ Macbeth has little regard for death‚ yet in this moment Shakespeare provides a glimpse of the misery and uncertainty that surround his demise. Shakespeare likewise explores the worries of those who are facing imminent death when the speaker in Sonnet 73 is perturbed by death‚ yet like Macbeth‚ he knows the certainty of it. By portraying the fears and anxieties of the speaker as he faces his decline‚ Shakespeare explores the idea that death will come inevitably‚ bringing with
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When a country develops its technology‚ the traditional skills and way of life dies out. Is it pointless to keep them alive? Agree or disagree. Looking at our history‚ it is not difficult to discover that when a country develops its technology‚ the traditional skills and ways of life are actually dying out in today’s society. However‚ not all countries are developed and therefore still using their traditional knowledge to survive. There is a possibility that it is pointless to keep them alive‚ this
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frequently overused it is often taken for granted. Then being able to explain it so well that people will be able to understand and see this trait as if they had never used‚ or been a part of it before. This is the case with an essay by Charles Gordon‚ When Irony Becomes Cynicism. Through his essay‚ one learns where irony’s roots started to grow into today’s monster that it is‚ and how irony is overused in television‚ radio and conversation. Gordon has skillfully and honestly shown how irony is perceived
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