The study recruited a group of students to discern between real and fictitious suicide notes. The group was presented with 25 pairs of suicide notes and they were required to tell which ones were fake and which ones were real. Instead of revealing the true results of the study‚ the researchers deceived the participants by telling some of them that they did well and others did poorly‚ despite the actual results of their performance. In light of revealing the deception‚ and prior to revealing the actual
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Is Odysseus‚ the man that survived 20 years away from home and at sea‚ battling many monsters along the way‚ a hero? Is the man that displeased some gods‚ and killed others‚ a hero? According to the Greeks‚ he certainly is. According to the Highly Gifted Magnet‚ probably not. While to the Greeks he possessed all of the heroic qualities‚ such as cunningness‚ loyalty‚ hospitality and physical strength‚ to the Highly Gifted Magnet community‚ he meets all most all of our standards‚ which include intelligence
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For many years scientists have doubted and tried proving if Atlantis was real or not‚ and Atlantis is real. Atlantis is real because of the evidence that cutting-edge technology has found such as satellite photographs and new discoveries‚ Plato’s writings‚ and the fact that Atlantis is a logical myth. Atlantis is real due to the new evidence just found. This evidence was found due to the advanced technology of today. Satellite photographs found by Richard Freund recently identified what looked to
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Hero A hero is defined as many things. While many people consider heroes to be larger than life figured‚ Christopher Reeves says that‚ "A hero is an ordinary person‚ who preserves‚ and endures despite overwhelming challenges". This quote analyzes an unconventional definition of a hero from Christopher Reeve’s point of view. What truly makes a hero is the courage to say that‚ it is not one‚ which is the hero it is someone else. Someone else that fought
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A hero is a person that saves people from dangerous times. A hero is a person that saves lives. One day I would like to be called a hero. Heroes are created by events around them. Most people have a person that they call their hero. I sure do have one. Most people say their heroes are they moms or dads. Most kids call their favorite super hero their hero. If all you want is fame it doesn’t matter what you do‚ you shouldn’t be called a hero. Heroic things happens around us all day‚ every day
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saved. The word hero is passed around too much these days. A hero is not a football player that scores the game-winning touchdown or the goaltender who saves his team from a loss. A hero is usually an ordinary person that did extraordinary things. A true hero is really never a hero at all; at least not in their own mind. However‚ there are various cases today in which we see the exact opposites of these characters‚ the anti-heroes. The anti-hero is one who cannot be classified as a hero‚ for that said
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Mr. Linderman ACT Prep 21 May 2014 Everyday Hero When I think of the word hero‚ I think of the countless Spiderman figures lying at the bottom of my brother’s toy chest‚ or even Prince Charming rescuing Sleeping Beauty from her seemingly endless slumber. However‚ what usually does not come to mind‚ are the true real life heroes that I believe posses higher superpowers than the Incredibles ever could. Though they do not have the ability to fly or read minds‚ one way or another‚ these people have
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Reducing the Number of Firefighter Fatalities One Heart at A Time I doubt that anyone would argue with the statement that firefighting is a dangerous occupation. The natural reaction of most is to flee from a burning building‚ but firefighters are not most people. Firefighters risk their lives on a day-to-day basis rushing to the scene of an emergency‚ fighting blazing fires‚ and entering burning buildings; it is hard to believe that the number one cause of line-of-duty deaths is cardiac events
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dedicated in this world all their own‚ these real heroes are worthy of praise by people’s. Hero stands for different things to different kinds people. People always understand hero as a film or sports star. In article “Is a Hero Really Nothing but a Sandwich” the author Tollefson talks about what is a hero. The question “What is a hero?” is the main topic of this essay. “Eve’s daughters” from Polster‚ which is a article I want to compare with “Is a Hero Really Nothing but a Sandwich”. She talks the
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HERO 1 HERO 2 Is the true meaning of the word hero being diluted in today’s media? In today’s world anyone who does anything good no matter how small is recognized as a hero‚ when in fact it should be chalked up to just doing the morally right thing. While the word “hero” should be reserved for the people who have truly made a difference and inspired greatness for others. The media is always looking for tomorrow’s hero‚ it brings in viewers and
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