Geoffrey Eppler 1301-22 Dr. Ann Guess 10 November 2011 Why Can’t We Be Friends? In the past decade‚ social media and technological advances have expanded our abilities to communicate with each other and the world. These recent liberations have allowed users to stay connected and reconnect with friends and family with great efficiency‚ but they have also created a possibility for anonymous harassment‚ public ridicule‚ and bullying. Under the cloak of “perceived” anonymity‚ users and abusers
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Why We Should Go to Mars Humans seem to have never stopped exploring the outer space since their inception. In 1969‚ astronauts landed on the moon‚ which represented a landmark in humans’ history. In similar fashion‚ humans intend to send a manned spacecraft to Mars. The mystery of Mars is always fascinating to humans on earth throughout the history. Some powerful nations are competing for space exploration‚ especially for a Mars mission. However‚ some people argue that a Mars mission is a considerable
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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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CHANGE AND WHY WE NEED IT Pastor Bill Purvis Of Cascade Hills Church has a favorite saying: Change is Inevitable; but Growth is Optional Growth is the result of a Positive Outlook to CHANGE If you are not changing‚ you are not growing. Charles Darwin said: It is not the strongest of the species that survive‚ nor the most intelligent‚ BUT the one most responsive to change: When something is inevitable your best bet is to: 1. Prepare for it 2. Adapt to it 3. Don’t be surprised
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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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The Cops are not role models because they abuse their authority. Each and everyday authority is abused by those in higher power. Even though we all do it sometimes‚ it seems as though it is done by police officers the most. Police officers are supposed to protect us and make sure that our community is safe. We should be able to trust all police but we cannot do that. Even though there are some officers out there that follow the rules and believe in justice‚ there are more out there that do not
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Author Mrs. professor English # # March‚ # Why are we so angry? A) Identifying myself to an article is something that I look forward to when reading and that is exactly what happened with “Why are we so angry?”. I enjoyed this article because I could relate to several of the stories they listed. Anger is definitely a big problem in today’s society and although there are many ways to be happy‚ anger is always present and easier to come
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Why Do We Dream? No one knows the true answer as to why we humans dream. Probably no one ever will truly know but there are many theories concerning this topic. One theory brought about by famed psychologist Sigmund Freud is that dreams are secret wish fulfillments of the dreamer. Another is the information-processing theory. A third theory is called the activation-synthesis theory. All three are valid theories that deserved to be looked at and discussed with a little more detail. Sigmund Freud
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Why We Can’t Wait In Martin Luther King’s Why We Can’t Wait‚ he is depicting the many oppressions that the African-American people faced throughout the 1960’s. He allows us to journey along with the young boy from Harlem and the young girl from Birmingham as they overcome the many obstacles they are faced with daily. One of King’s primary purposes for writing this book was to have its reader empathize with the boy and girl. He wanted you to take a walk in the little boy and girl’s shoes. He
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Why Do We Pretend? Alison Gopnik reveals the core of human nature- our unique ability to use our brain for imagination‚ something she refers to as counterfactuals. In her essay‚ “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik discusses “the woulda-coulda-shouldas of life”(163) in great detail expanding on her point “ human beings don’t live in the real world”(163). Her argument is that our lives are consumed by the alternate realities that run simultaneously with the real world events. Gregory
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