Ivy League colleges have as many disadvantages as they do advantages because having an elite education gives you the preconceived notion that you are superior to everyone else and also an elite education indoctrinates a false sense of self-worth. While having this superior image of yourself in mind you start to alienate yourself from the human you’re supposed to be and others around you. Having a false sense of self-worth also makes you believe that you are actually more smart and invincible than
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Education plays an important role in our life. However‚ some people consider it only a necessary step in getting a job so they do not want to go to university after leaving school. "Knowledge is power" as the famous proverb says. It is transferred from generation to generation and comprises different facts‚ skills and information. Through learning people get knowledge and experience accumulated by their ancestors. Of course‚ higher education is not compulsory‚ but I strongly feel that going to
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physical fitness‚ classification in many other topics”. (para 3) Young’s and adults can have exams; there is not a particular age to have exams. However‚ some don’t agree that exams are important. This article will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having exams. Firstly‚ a person will be able to know his performance. Exams encourage the performance of student. For instance if a person score low grade‚ it encourage him to work hard in order to score high grade. And also it encourages people
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DISADVANATGES: 1. Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard. 2. The high cost of dam construction means that they must operate for many decades to become profitable. 3. The flooding of large areas of land means that the natural environment is destroyed. 4. People living in villages and towns that are in the valley to be flooded‚ must move out. This means that they lose their farms and businesses. In some countries‚ people are forcibly removed so that
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First‚ believe in the world—that there is meaning behind everything. Don’t look back—forward‚ infinite energy‚ infinite enthusiasm‚ infinite daring‚ and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished. This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside‚ not to lay the blame upon anyone outside‚ but stand up‚ lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself. Tell the truth boldly‚ whether it hurts or not. Never
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TV viewing takes away the time that your child needs to develop important skills like language‚ creativity‚ motor‚ and social skills. These skills are developed in the kids’ first two years (a critical time for brain development) through play‚ exploration‚ and conversation. A kid’s language skills‚ for example‚ do not improve by passively listening to the TV. It is developed by interacting with people‚ when talking and listening is used in the context of real life. TV viewing numbs your kid’s
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Marisa O’Steen March‚ 25 2012 Justice – 355 Professor Surrendrahath In today’s economy keeping people in prison is becoming an ugly‚ expensive mess. There are now so many alternatives to incarceration that we need to explore and start using. Johnny Cash wrote a song called “Folsom Prison Blues” describing the angst of inmates‚ permanently immortalizing them in the publics minds. However‚ now that prisons across the country are running out of resources and space
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A new study shows that children who spend more time watching television spend less time interacting with their family and playing creatively. Children watch television more than any other activity. Researchers from University of Texas at Austin and Harvard Children’s Hospital wanted to understand whether and how this affects children’s health and behavior. Dr. Elizabeth Vandewater and her colleagues surveyed 2‚900 children ages 12 and under around the United States and analyzed all of the children’s
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Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) belongs the genus Cicer‚ tribe Cicereae‚ sub-family Papilionaceae and family Leguminoseae. The genus Cicer encompasses 43 species. Among them nine are annuals‚ 33 are perennial and one with unspecified life cycle. Of the 9 annual species‚ Cicer arietinum L. is the only cultivated species. Based on the morphological characteristics‚ life cycle and geographical distribution‚ Van der Maesen (1987) classified the Cicer genus into four sections. Eight annual species‚ namely
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Education is the most important thing in life for everyone. Nowadays‚ lots of young people are concern about studying abroad. This is because the thought of the certificate they’d be getting after they have graduated overseas are much more valuable than the one from their own country. They believe that if they can get a bachelor or higher degree certification of foreign universities‚ it will be more convenient for them to find a good job. Considering the advantages‚ it’s easy to see why many people
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