We often lament that we can’t change the world; that we just have to accept things for what they are. More often than not we are right‚ we can’t change the world. Or can we? I was in WALMART the other day (how many world-changing stories begin in WALMART?) and there was a young woman in the check-out line in front of me buying a car battery. After she paid‚ she picked up the battery and walked it out of the store; I wanted to help her‚ it looked heavy‚ but I still had to check out my purchases
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“Listen” to Our Silent Languages A 2009 study of 480 companies found that employers ranked communication abilities first among the desirable personal qualities of future employees. In addition‚ in a survey of recruiters from companies with more than 50‚000 employees‚ communication skills was cited as the single more important decisive factor in choosing managers. Likewise‚ it has been estimated that 75% of a person ’s day is spent communicating in some ways. These show that communication
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Why do we Dream? It has been said by researchers that everyone dreams during sleep and it is thought to be a universal psychical feature of our human lives. However‚ many of us are unable to recall vividly what happens throughout our dreams‚ if anything at all. Due to this clouded unique nature that is dreaming‚ most of the knowledge why we dream is largely inconclusive. Nonetheless‚ after many years of theoretical debate on the subject‚ three arguments have remained prominent of which I will
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States to make a better life for their families and even themselves. So why should they be living in constant fear of being deported if they haven’t committed a crime or even possess a criminal record. Immigrants with no criminal record or serious offenses should be allowed to work
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the poems “Dogs Don’t Have Souls‚ Do They?” Written by Chuck Wells and “Names of Horses”‚ by Donald Hall have provoked the question; which is the better Poem? There are many similarities and several contradictions between the two pieces. Both poems address the love and loss of long time‚ befriended animal. In Wells’ “Dogs Don’t Have Souls‚ Do They?” we are greeted by the inception of a new puppy into the family. The puppy is cuddly‚ soft and innocent according to the writer. In Halls’ “Names of
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Books have been around since the 15th century‚ the Gutenberg Bible being one of the first. They are a way for people to express their imagination. All people should have access to books. When students want to read‚ most have a full library of books. Some schools limit what their students read and ban them from reading certain books. The policy of banning books is ineffective because it gives students reason to read the banned book and individual parents can decide what their child reads. By banning
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Triumph of the Will and Why We Fight : Prelude to War These films were arts of propaganda‚ which is the attempt to control the beliefs and behaviors of people in times of crisis. This was the goal of each film‚ to try to persuade the world by the use of powerful film propaganda of different points of view. The film Triumph of the Will expressed how Hitler and his people wanted the world to see them. The main goal here was to encourage membership in the nazi party by emphasizing mass accommodation
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education Why do religions have rules? Why do we have rules? We have rules to stop us from doing the wrong things. They are there to guide us. If we did not have rules we would have a world of cruelty and thievery. And no one would like to live in a world full of cruelty and hatred. Religions also have rules but for different things. Religious rules tell you how to behave and respect God. Most religious rules come from priest or monks (very religious people). Others were written by people we don’t
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for some reasons. We have seen a lot of cases of “computer irritations‚” a situation where slow‚ inefficient computer systems have tested people’s patience and ended up in people slamming on the keyboard and banging the CPU. Moreover‚ the unreasonable expectations posed on people‚ added with the existing tension caused by technology and time eventually tensed up people’s minds and made them want to vent their accumulated anger to anyone‚ or anything‚ around them. The fact that we have lost our sense
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In every living being we are given the ability to lie when something happens to us or other actions that fall upon. This ability can be useful when something unexpected happen and there is no choice but to lie. However‚ lying to cover up something that is harmful or important can have it’s own consequences for that action alone. There have been many debates over whether or not lying is a justifiable action to take when something comes up. Some argue that lying is not the right action to take because
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