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    After reading the article Two Years Are Better Than Four‚ I believe the author is reaching out to all people interested in pursuing a higher education.  A person doesn’t have to be rich or super intelligent to go to college.  Addison explains how community colleges are useful to society and allow every student the opportunity to begin. She reminds us that no matter what path we take after high school‚ community college is always an option‚ and for some students‚ an option greatly appreciated.            

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    English1010 Community Colleges VS. Universities In her article “two years are better than four‚” Liz Addison speaks about community colleges and their importance. Many people are scared to start college and move away to have the experience‚ which is why Addison explains community colleges are a great stepping stone. It’s a great way for students to begin quickly in their education and understand that they can do what they

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    In the short essay “Two Years are Better than Four” Liz Addison responds to Rick Perlstein’s essay titled “What’s the Matter With College?” She believes that American community college is where anyone can begin an education‚ where anything and everything is possible. On the other hand‚ Perlstein says that college no longer holds importance‚ and “College as America used to understand it is college coming to an end.” Liz Addison grew up in London‚ according to their education system an average student

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    100 Years of Solitude Journals #1 Important Events: 1) Colonel Aureliano Buendia is remembering the foundation of Macondo (Marquez 1) 2) Melquiades dies (16) 3) The book goes back further in time and talks about the story of Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula (19) 4) Jose kills Aguilar (21) 5) When Ursula discovers the path to civilization the village grows (37) 6) The whole town becomes insomniacs (45) 7) Aureliano sleeps with Pilar Ternera (67) 8) Melquiades dies AGAIN but

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    these years. Each year they do a lot of damage to they do more damage than people killed each year. First of all‚ tornadoes and hurricanes destroy homes‚ cars‚ and building. All tornadoes are cone-shaped they all are fast and are very fast‚ strong‚ and have very heavy winds‚ but not only tornadoes have very strong winds and very strong and powerful. Tornadoes

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    the essay‚ “Two Years Are Better Than Four”‚ the author Liz Addison‚ who attended Piedmont Virginia Community College and Southern Maine Community College‚ shares her opinion on the importance of community colleges. She responses to Rick Perlstein who wrote “What’s the Matter with College”. Perlstein believes that community college doesn’t matter anymore and in response to that‚ Addison argues that community college still matters. Addison mentions that community college is better than university by

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    Introduction Education is the key to success it is the time by which a man studies and train for his readiness to pursue his dreams. It is the time to develop principles of life and making career decisions and finish his goal. It incorporates writing‚ reading‚ solving‚ memorizing‚ and so on as he/she is advancing to the next level to enhance his thinking skills. Studying feeds the mind and it also teach a man to have his

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    themselves of punishment. If someone kills another person‚ the only equal thing is for them to be killed. The use of Capital Punishment is very needed for many reasons‚ it’s fair‚ lower cost than prison‚ and can most likely teach the killer and society a lesson. The costs of the death penalty are dramatically different than the costs of housing a prisoner. The annual costs for a single prisoner are very high. A study released by NBC Right Now claims that Washington taxpayers pay $35‚897 for each prisoner

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    “Death is better than slavery”. This is a quote from Harriet Ann Jacobs where she believed that people who were experiencing slavery will be much more painful than their death. There’re examples from different countries in which they

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    Why EVA is better than ROI (ROCE‚ ROIC‚ RONA‚ ROA) and earnings‚ operating profit etc. Equity investors should earn on their capital a return far over risk-free interest rate in order to induce and maintain capital in the company Therefore earnings should always be judged against the capital used to produce these earnings Earnings can be easily increased simultaneously worsening the position of shareholders e.g. if more capital is poured into a company although the return on capital is 5% or less

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