In "You’ve got to find what you love‚" Steve Jobs in his Commencement speech to Stanford students teaches them through life stories the life lessons he has learned‚ sometimes the hard way. Jobs through his speech appealed to pathos and used this emotional speech to convince college students to do what you love and follow your passion. Jobs teaches these lessons by telling three stories from his life. The first story tells about his time in college when he dropped out and began to drop in on classes
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Do not ask what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country "We have to labor‚ and to work‚ and work hard‚ to give reality to our dreams. Those dreams are for the world‚ for all the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for any one of them to imagine that it can live apart. Peace has been said to be indivisible; so is freedom‚ so is prosperity now‚ and so also is disaster in this One World that can no longer be split into isolated fragments." A true patriot
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Is civil disobedience the most effective method to achieve change? Civil disobedience is to refuse to comply with laws as a peaceful form of political protest. Some examples of this are the Civil Rights Acts and the Anti-war movements. Civil disobedience is important because‚ it helps change unfair laws and policies and because violence brings more violence. An important fact is that civil disobedience can change unfair laws. Some examples of civil disobedience fixing unfair problems are the civil
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The quote‚ “If you educate a boy‚ you educate an individual but if you educate a girl‚ you educate a nation” originated from an African proverb. It might have originated because of the societal roles of men and women‚ society’s expectations‚ and the contribution each gender has made to the community. Both men and women have educated the nation in many different ways‚ either by contributing to the society‚ or to their families. Hence‚ I disagree with this quote‚ as not all men have never educated
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1. What culture or religion do you identify with? Culture can make who a person is by their beliefs‚ traditions‚ religion‚ the music they listen to‚ the food they eat‚ or the language they speak. Culture is what makes who you are as a person today. My culture i identify a part of is latin. I was born in Canada but my parents are from argentina so i grew up with the spanish culture. I’m proud of my culture and express it as much as i can everywhere i go. The food is my favourite part of being part
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Credit Lines for MHC Interactive: Pre-GED Reading Pre-Test "A Story" from The City in Which I Love You by Li-Young Lee‚ 1990. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company on behalf of BOA Editions Ltd. Bill Moyers‚ The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets. New York: Doubleday‚ 1995. From A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry‚ 1959. Reprinted by permission of Jewell Gresham Nemiroff. From “The Warriors” from The Sun Is Not Merciful by Anna Lee Walters. Copyright © 1985 by Anna
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" Music is purely for relaxation." Do you agree? In every corner of the world‚ people play and listen to music. " Music is everywhere is man has ears." Music so often defies definition. Music is often considered as one of the two most precious gifts from God. For the sake of clarity music is often defined as the organisation of sounds and silences into interesting and meaningful patterns. Music is ubiquitous and has existed since time immemorial. Man simply cannot imagine life without this divine
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Introduction This essay will discuss a book which is deeply influencing me. “The power of purpose- Find meaning‚ live longer‚ better” is a self-improvement book written by one of the top executive educators‚ Richard Leider. Leider wrote this book because he believed that we live in a growing spiritual world. Everybody in this world has unique gifts and a purpose to use those gifts to contribute value to the world. Everyone has a purpose‚ no matter what age you are‚ what your economic situation is. Leider
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What causes you the most conflict at work or school? My conflicts are interrole conflicts. Work‚ school and home are all important to me. But the many roles that i have to take on can sometimes become over-whelming. These three areas of my life demand much of my attention for various reasons‚ so they each keep me accounted for a significant amount of obligation. Family‚ work and school tie into my life because one affects the other. I work to provide for my family‚ i go to school to increase the
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safer‚ but this would only be an illusion of safety. History has shown repeatedly that broad government surveillance powers inevitably get abused. Such advanced technology that is now available could conceivably give the government increased power over citizens‚ power that could be used not just to monitor‚ but in some cases‚ to discriminate. (Give examples of how govt. abuse their power) A 2012 Pew Research survey found that 32 percent of people believed that the government’s anti-terrorism policies
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