stand? In the Philippine’s state today‚ what can you say? In the growth of the country’s problems in every aspect‚ what can you do? In this essay‚ I will make my stand. It is said that man cannot live in bread alone. Man is social person‚ able to act and socialize with other people. We are able to do good and even bad actions. When you look around Manila’s streets‚ what do you see? For me I see the problems of our country in every aspect. I see poverty‚ I see pollution‚ I see corruption and I see
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Higher Standards: Problems with Standardized Testing "Where is the standardized test that can measure passion for learning‚ respect for others‚ and human empathy?" These are the words of Tom McKenna‚ a disgruntled high school teacher from Portland‚ Oregon. Like many other educators and students across the nation‚ Tom is tired of the system. The educational system today is composed of a series of standardized tests. Standardized tests are bad for many reasons. They cause teachers to limit
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Personal Problems George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” is a simple essay with a strong message. Throughout the piece‚ the narrator faces the same conflict day after day and was “hated by large numbers of people” (Orwell 377). This level of hatred causes the narrator to make a decision against his beliefs and in favor of the imperialistic society. This decision is not based on the right thing to do‚ but to simply fit in. Orwell uses his perplexed narrator‚ a simple plot‚ and detailed setting
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institution and its neighborhood. In many nearby communities‚ a college can be the largest traffic generator. What’s more‚ some institutions have bought up land in surrounding areas and torn down houses to create surface parking. Such barren parking lots can destroy the character of neighborhoods and perhaps even cause them to decline. Ultimately‚ that hurts the college itself: Being surrounded by traffic and parking lots‚ perhaps in a declining neighborhood‚ does little to enhance its image. Higher
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Stoichiometry Practice Problems Be sure to balance all equations before you start calculating! Answer key is at the end. 1) Lithium hydroxide reacts with hydrobromic acid to produce lithium bromide and water. If you start with ten grams of lithium hydroxide‚ how many grams of lithium bromide will be produced? 2) Ethylene (C2H4 ) reacts with oxygen gas to produce carbon dioxide and water. If you start with 45 grams of ethylene‚ how many grams of carbon dioxide will be produced?
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Quindlen’s problem The problem Quindlen has is Child Hunger. The entire essay is about child hunger in america. In the first paragraph she was talking about public service announcements on child hunger‚ and that there were a fairly unanimous response from the participants. With what seems like a sarcastic tone she says “Not here. Not in America‚ if there was we would hear about it by reading it in papers or seeing it on the news and we would fix it.” Anna questions the slogan The Sooner You Believe
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unable to promise that there is no hole that people might write something wrong. Since we cannot make sure the reliability of the content‚ even though it is indeed a nice tool to search for information‚ we should not rely on it. The credential is the problem‚ and it is also the reason why many teachers or professors do not allow their students to use Wikipedia as a reference. However‚ there is some modification we can do to use the information wisely. Although students need to keep doubts in mind when
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A neighborhood generally is characterized based on the layout‚ planning‚ amenities and most importantly the people that reside therein. The neighborhood I live is a newly developed community located in Laurel‚ Maryland‚ the houses in the neighborhood varies in design‚ style and is a residential community with mostly single-family homes. The neighborhood looks like a transition from farmland to residential communities; the area attracts young and working class people because of the outstanding school
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to the drivers‚ but to the passengers and pedestrians as well. When people consume alcohol‚ their normal functioning of the brain impairs‚ thus increasing the chances of having a fatal accident when chosen to drive. According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ 40% of the car accidents in the year 2002 were alcohol related in US. That is about 17‚419 deaths. This meant that in average‚ every 30 minutes someone was killed in a car accident that was relating alcohol. The legal limit
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In this essay will be discussing the trolley problem devised by Philippa Foot‚ and exploring different aspects of utilitarianism in relation the situation. The trolley problem is as follows ‘A train is hurtling down a track and you see that it is going to hit a group of 5 people and will certainly kill them all. However you are standing on a bridge over the line next to a fat man and you are sure that if you pushed him onto the line his bulk would be sufficient to stop the train before it hit the
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