Do We Learn from our Mistakes? Architecturally speaking‚ I think we learn very little from our mistakes‚ as there are so many thousands of mistakes to make in architecture without repeating a single one. A child may learn not to touch a hot stove‚ but that is because the child receives an immediate response for doing so. This is not true with the mistakes we make as architects. Sometimes years go by before we learn the results of our errors; mostly our ethical errors. Most of the time this
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Have you ever wondered how our government was created? Two philosophers named Thomas Hobbes and John Locke played significant roles in the shaping of what is now our government. Both philosophers lived during the period of Enlightenment. Thomas Hobbes had a negative view of mankind‚ while John Locke had a positive view of it. Both men wrote a book and\or an essay about social contract. Each philosopher had different views on government. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke had opposing views on rebellion
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One and a half acres of the rain forest-“the Lung of the Earth”‚ are lost every second. In fact‚ they now cover only a mere 6% of the earth’s land surface compared with 14% when humankind first settled. Experts estimate that the last remaining rain forests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Obviously‚ deforestation has been becoming an alarming phenomenon for the whole world. Writing about this issue‚ Laura Lopen‚ John Maier and Dick Thompson express some quite strong opinions. In “Playing
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****************** Ms. Daniel English 60 September‚ 11‚ 2012 Yours‚ Mine‚ Ours. Many people believe father’s surname should be passed on to their wives and children‚ just because that’s the right thing to do. A surname has an important role in people’s lives. It not only keeps a family legacy‚ but also keeps tradition‚ and shows family pride‚ with that been said children and wives should take the father’s or husbands last name. Views about marriage vary widely depending on what part of
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Militarization of Our Police I strongly feel that military tactics‚ training‚ and equipment do not have a place in American law enforcement because dozens of needless deaths and injuries have occurred because of it and it ’s extremely expensive to supply these things. First‚ the American law enforcement has become much too aggressive with its citizens. There are several reports of police going above and beyond‚ using extreme measures‚ to take down the general public. One perfect example would
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creating two poems relating to Korean culture. My ideas were creative even though it was similar to the poem about French Revolution. I connected the Korean culture to a major historical event in Korea. “Not Our Home” is a poem from a young Korean boy’s perspective in past tense. It describes how unfair the Japanese were to Koreans and also describes the negative emotions that existed as the Japanese went on ruling Korea. But if you read it on‚ you can see that all the Koreans have a burning patriotism
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History is what shapes our daily lives. All the past events such as fights for justice and freedom make it possible to survive in today’s day and age. In the past many people were discriminated against because of the color of their skin while others were forced and bullied to move off of their own premises just because others had that authority. A lot of history that is learned about and recognized is because of the works and writings available for us to read. Through literature we learn a lot of
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What are your basis values? Where did they come from? What facts back them up? Everyone has Values‚ some have much more‚ others don’t have as much but at least everyone has values even if they consist of doing something bad. Values usually come from how you were raised up. If you lived in a family that where nothing but racist‚ you would mostly likely also grow up to be racist. This is not always true but most of the time it is. This is not the only thing that also inserts values into you. Values can
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can prove how this innovation affects people’s lives. There are following my opinions. Firstly‚ thanks to the internet‚ it is normally available that we can send any message and information to anywhere in the world immediately. In addition‚ so easy and quick to upload the latest information and news that we can receive all of them right away even if we are extremely far away from the place where those news and incidents happened. Secondly‚ we can use internet to communicate with our friends‚
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The human body consists of a number of important cells for our health daily These cells are responsible for a lot of processes in our bodies‚ for example‚ is responsible for heart rate heart cells‚ is responsible for the thinking brain cells‚ kidney cells responsible for blood cleaning‚ skin cells are replacing skin cells when needed . Stem cells are characterized by their ability to divide itself to renew and also divide to form different types of cells‚ for example‚ the stem cells of the skin can
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