“We are a bunch of pussies‚” replied Justin Singh-Courtney‚ a freshman at University California‚ Davis‚ to a very simple question: Is our (current college students) generation more sensitive than our parents’ generation? As high schools and college have begun incorporating more trigger warnings‚ diversity trainings‚ and awareness days it has become a pressing issue as to the line where sensitivity ends and coddling begins. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt wrote a piece for The Atlantic claiming
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Why girls are better than boys? It seems like girls have always been smarter than boys. Throughout the years girls have proven to excel with their brains. For example‚ a woman was the one to discover DNA instead of a boy. Girls are hard workers‚ mature individuals‚ and more aware than any boy has dreamed of being. Being hard working is just something most females are. They work hard to keep themselves organized. For example‚ my mom has always been the one to scold me for having an unorganized
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EQ IS BETTER THAN IQ! Government points | Opposition’s rebuttals | Necessary social skills that a student needs are associated with high levels of EQ or emotional intelligence. If a student does not develop the EQ skills needed to successfully transverse the maturation process he or she will be left in a situation of having the intelligence to functionally work or play but not have the emotional skills to successfully work or play‚ thus limiting their potential future. They may have received
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In Socialism Lies the Future We have been placed on the Earth in troubled times. We live in a complex world with currents of conflict to be found everywhere. Political machinations ruin the stability of nations. The message I bring to you is not a happy one‚ but it is the truth‚ and time is always on the side of truth. I believe that one of the most pressing duties of our time‚ for us as a community and for us as individuals‚ is to strengthen our conscience; to clarify further‚ each day‚ our vision
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Bikes Are Better Modes of Transportation Than Cars for College Students As I was getting ready to leave for college‚ my dad asked me if I wanted a bike. I thought he was joking‚ so I just looked at him and laughed. Where I am from‚ riding bikes to school is not really cool‚ and what I really wanted was a car. When I told him that‚ he just laughed at me. He tried to tell me that a bike would be better than a car‚ but I was not trying to hear that. I told him I would rather walk than ride a bike
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Good afternoon everyone‚ im here today to persuade you that tablets are better than textbooks especially in our generation today. But first I must define shortly what is a tablet. A tablet is ... So how tablets surpass the importance and usefulness of textbooks? 1. Tablets help students learn more material faster. Technology-based instruction can reduce the time students take to reach a learning objective by 30-80%. 2. Tablets can hold hundreds of textbooks on one device‚ plus homework‚ quizzes
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Three Heads are Better Than One: Response Robert J. Trotter‚ in this article on intelligence tests‚ focuses on the recent work of Sternberg (an IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University). Sternberg recalls at the beginning how his test scores on standardized tests were terrible as a child in the fifth grade because he was always nervous and ended up freaking out mid test. This continued until one year he had to retake a test with the grade below him where he noticed he was
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Are women better leaders than men? That was the question posed at Friday’s Utah Valley Women’s Business Conference and according to research presented at that same conference‚ the answer is yes. Keynote speaker Bob Sherwin‚ CEO of Zenger Folkman‚ presented research his company published in the March edition of the Harvard Business Review. The data comes from thousands of surveys that rate leaders in 16 different traits thought to be important to leadership‚ including taking initiative‚ driving
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My goal is to graduate college on top of my class‚ debt free and at least a 3.0 GPA. My dream is to graduate with a bachelor in Health science on top of my class‚ I will be the first to graduated high school‚ and went and graduate college. I don’t just want to graduate; I want to graduate with flying colors. My obstacles are the same as any college student such as time‚ needs and wants‚ excuses‚ not focusing enough (distraction). I find myself sometimes having a hard time deciding my needs and wants
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Throughout Greek history‚ there have been many interesting city-states. Two very important poleis are Athens and Sparta. After studying these poleis it is clear that Athens is the better polis because of its government‚ education‚ and society. The government in Athens was better then Sparta’s government. After laws were written down and enforced‚ power was divided equally in Athens government. In Sparta "the ephors had unlimited power to act as guardians of the state‚ and they used that power freely
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