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    How I Got Smart

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    Due: April 20‚ 2012 How I Got Smart The essay “How I Got Smart” by Steve Brody explains how as a young boy he hated school until his sophomore year. Brody’s grades until then were horrible and upsetting to his father to see (152-153). Then he found a passion for knowledge and education through a girl named Debbie whom he fell in love with‚ was much smarter. Brody gets an idea and purchases an encyclopedia (first volume) to win her love by being smart (153). On several occasions Brody

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    Wise Blood

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    "Hazel Motes’ Pursuit of Truth (Truth’s Opposite)…" In an unusual way‚ many of Flannery O’Connor’s characters in Wise Blood reveal many important truths about themselves and others‚ demonstrating their capacity for vision‚ despite their tendency to embark on perilous journeys in pursuit of truth’s opposite. For Hazel Motes‚ Wise Blood’s protagonist‚ the phallus becomes the vehicle that drives him on his journey into falsehood‚ and paradoxically‚ toward truth. Early in his life‚ O’Connor’s

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    Is Outsourcing Wise

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    Is Outsourcing a Wise Corporate Strategy? YES: BusinessWeek‚ from “The Future of Outsourcing‚” Business- Week Special Report: Outsourcing ( January 30‚ 2006)‚ http://www .businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_05/b3969401.htm NO: Ephraim Schwartz‚ from “Painful Lessons from IT Outsourcing Gone Bad‚” InfoWorld.com (August 25‚ 2008)‚ http://www.infoworld .com/d/adventures-in-it/painful-lessons-it-outsourcing-gone-bad-032 ISSUE SUMMARY YES: BusinessWeek writers argue that outsourcing is likely

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    Wise Blood

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    Wise Blood Hazel Motes Hazel Motes is a young man from Flannery O’ Connor‚ in Wise Blood‚ who I considerably believe him to be naïve‚ because of his innocent‚ ignorant‚ and impulsive behavior as seen throughout the book. His innocence is shown through the way he talks to Mrs. Watts and Sabbath‚ as both of them approach him in a sexual manner‚ and Hazel and his innocent mind doesn’t know how to continue with their devious ways. Hazels ignorant against Jesus‚ that even if he existed and had him

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    How to Be a Good Person

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    How to Be a Good Person We live in a world in which basic values such as kindness and compassion are not often given the importance they are due. In the media‚ selfish and arrogant behavior patterns are often glorified. It is also common for people to get so caught up in day-to-day responsibilities and personal insecurities‚ that they lose sight of their goals for personal development. Recovering your sense of integrity‚ or goodness‚ begins with identifying your personal values. Goodness is the

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    Courtney Thomas Professor Sisson English 1101 10/14/2013 Wise Blood Haze Motes was a very confused man when it came to religion. He went through several phases throughout his spiritual journey. Haze encountered events that challenged his beliefs and made him reconsider where he actually stood. Over time Haze comes to realize he is not as clean as he thought he was. In the beginning Haze thought he was going to be a preacher‚ “He was going to be a preacher like his grandfather.” (Pg. 15) When

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    The Wise Judge

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    The Wise Judge Narrator 1 : The widow Yemswitch was a good old woman. But she had long since grown hard of hearing. She had a small flock of sheep that she tended. One day‚ the sheep wandered. Setting out to look for them‚ she met farmer Mulugueta who had just finished his plowing. Widow : “Ato Mulugueta‚” said the widow‚ “have you seen my sheep today?” Narrator 2 :

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    Smart Too Smart

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    “The problem with educating stupid people was that they didn’t know they were stupid.” Lucky for me‚ I knew I wasn’t too smart in my early years. For starters‚ I couldn’t read at the beginning of first grade‚ and I understood that I’d need to work hard to get to where I needed to be. In second grade‚ I was at the bottom of my class in the number of math facts we could do in five minutes. After that I started to excel in my grades. Then in third grade I was one of seven fourth grade students to be

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    How to Be Alluring Person

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    The Mystique of Not Seeing Everything Don’t do anything in front of your husband that you wouldn’t do in front of a guest (pick your nose‚ pass gas‚ adjust your nylons‚ pick a wedgie‚ adjust your bra‚ use the restroom‚ etc.). Yes‚ he will see you get dressed in the morning‚ which a guest would not see‚ but be careful to never get so “comfortable” with him‚ that you show him your grosser actions. If you managed to behave well before you married him‚ you can keep it up. To violate this‚ diminishes

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    How to be successful person? Nowadays‚ there are many successful athletes‚ who dedicated their lives to be healthy‚ because in“A Healthy Mind In a Healthy Body“. We all know that sports play an important role in our life‚ but to become a true sportsman one should possess the quality of head an heart We should take athletes as example for us‚ because of their courage and ambitions.. One of the most important quality of a sportsman is sportsman ship. Sportsman ship means the true spirit of taking

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