Imagine finding out a loved one had been kidnapped‚ raped and then brutally murdered‚ then his or her body is found on the side of the road for some passerby to find. Months of worrying beyond belief. Getting the dreaded phone call... Heading to the morgue... Walking to the cold room filled with the scent of sterilized metal. Staring down at the cold‚ white body of someone you loved laying on a metal table. Nodding when they ask you if it is he or she while you try not to burst into tears in front
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Though it cannot be denied that modern society is profoundly materialistic‚ there is nothing inherently wrong with a society that values the production and consumption of material goods. Ample historical evidence suggests that societies that devalue capital wealth and material gain will be unstable and short-lived. Materialism – whatever value we place upon it – creates a stable societal structure. Just turn on the television‚ peruse the magazine covers in a supermarket‚ listen to any one of the
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Should NAPLAN testing be abolished? Good morning/afternoon students and teacher/s‚ Today I’m here to tell you why the national NAPLAN testing should be abolished. NAPLAN stands for the National Assessment Program- Literacy and Numeracy and it is a test designed to assess the academic performance of students. Many people that NAPLAN testing should be called off; I also agree with this. Firstly‚ NAPLAN interferes with the school curriculum. So much importance is being attacted to this test
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candidates’ dispositions and backgrounds that they can make good decisions. In contrast‚ the result of an election sometimes does not reflect the vote of the vast majority of the people in the nation. From my point of view‚ the Electoral College should be abolished and the result form the citizens popular vote should be used to elect a president and a vice president of the people. For all the times that the USA has used the Electoral College‚ it has been proved that this system is good enough to use. Moreover
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The anti-overthrow party made a strong case‚ saying that Hawaii was annexed without the consent of people with Hawaiian blood. Therefore‚ the annexation of Hawaii was illegal because Hawaii was not a part of America‚ so the joint congressional resolution was not legal. On January 17‚ 1893‚ the Hawaiian monarchy was first overthrown because a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. When Kalakaua became king in 1874‚ his goal was sought to reduce the power of
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William Gibbon History Final Essay 5/22/14 To be a slave to anyone would be a nightmare but some conditions were better than others. If a slave were lucky they may get a master would is somewhat kind and care little about them. If a slave were unlucky one may be beaten‚ raped and just broken by their master. To be a house slave would be the best circumstances while working in the field or plantation would be the worst for a slave. House slaves for the most part had it better than the others slaves
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Introduction: Affirmative action in higher education should be abolished. College admissions should be based on what the admissions board is looking for‚ not what the government says should be required. In this paper‚ I will present evidence to support that position. At one time‚ affirmative action was a needed and legitimate policy. Segregation has existed way too much in the past and has left people out of jobs‚ out of certain areas of town‚ and schooling. We needed to make a law that would
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“Everything you want is on the other side of fear” (Jack Canfield). Throughout the novel By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho‚ the theme of fear is illustrated through the main character‚ Pilar. The novel‚ which is narrated in first person‚ follows Pilar through her journey towards accepting love‚ letting go of fear/the Other‚ and not allowing it to control her life and keep her from doing the things she desires. Pilar is a cautious girl‚ she lets fear rule her live and in doing
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Buying a car is an important decision to make life. Some might choose to get the more expensive and extravagant car which would put them in a financial disability but they don’t care because they want to be known and seen as having this car. But some might use ther conscience and know that the better decision is to buy the more normal and less extravagant car in order to make sure their financial disability is stable even though they want that other crazy expensive car. Many people in this world
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The Trans-Atlantic slave trade which began in the early 16th century‚ gained ground in the following three centuries and was eventually abolished in the 1800s. By the late 18th century‚ the British population began to find the slave trade both morally and financially disagreeable. The four main factors which contributed to the abolition of the slave trade were the campaigns of the white middle class‚ the mass support from the white working class‚ the protestations by the black slaves and the economic
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