I go to school. This happens every day. That is why they tell you I do not know the value of gold or silver." The father was confused. His son knew the value of gold and silver‚ and yet when asked to choose between a gold coin and silver coin always picked the silver coin. "Why don’t you pick up the gold coin?" he asked. In response‚ the son took the father to his room and showed him a box. In the box were at least a hundred silver coins. Turning to his father‚ the mathematician’ s son said‚
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Things Are Not Always As They Appear By Tammy Templeton I guess you could say that the mistakes that I make are my fault. And‚ I should take on the responsibility of the consequences of my actions. It seems that everyone wants to blame everyone else for their problems. They end up in trouble with the law‚ or with drugs‚ or financial debt‚ and then they want to blame everyone else but themselves. People don’t want to take a look at whom they are associated with and wonder how they got themselves
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Randy Roberts and James Olson in their book‚ Winning is the Only Thing: Sports in America since 1945‚ explored the world of sports since the end of World War II. Their book covers the many aspects of sports‚ from the athletes and management to the fans and the media. The authors first make clear differences in the way people viewed sports before the war and how they did after the war. The book talks a lot about the astounding transformation of sports in America during the post war era. The objective
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Change Is Not Always Progress Let’s start off with something simple. Progress is “advancement” or “improvement”. Change? Change is “substituting/replacing” or “transforming”. So while change may not result in progress‚ progress definitely requires change. Change is inevitable‚ but whether or not this change is in the right direction‚ moving forward‚ is what determines if there is progress. Hence‚ it isn’t change‚ but progress‚ that we should be aiming for. Scientific and technological invention
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into the class‚ everyone stared at me. I don’t know whats going on. So I just take a seat and keep calmed. A few months later‚ I had to move to class 1 cendekia. I have my old friends there. But she’s not my closest friend. Everyone does not care about me. Nobody want to ask me anything. Maybe I’m too shy to meet and greet them. The time has changed‚ when there was a girl‚ who has just moved back to school from boarding school seated infront of me. That girl was so pretty‚ skinny and gorgeous to
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In Macbeth‚ there is a common underlying theme of “things are not always as they seem” and this is especially noted in the subtext behind Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ where Banquo and Macbeth are talking as if nothing is wrong‚ but they are actually having an underlying conversation about Macbeth potentially murdering Duncan. In Act 1 Scene 3‚ the three witches prophesize to Macbeth and Banquo that not only would Macbeth‚ at that time thane of Glamis‚ become thane of Cawdor‚ but would also eventually become king
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Mark Twain said that he more things are forbidden‚ the more popular they become. And I think that it’s true. There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. Because people always want something and it’s very easy to get into the habit which can be extremely harmful to your health. Since the ancient past‚ the human race has experienced temptation and attraction towards forbidden things. It started with the story of Adam and Eve‚ the first man and woman in the history. They
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Is discovery always a good thing? Humanity’s interest in unknown world has been universal and enduring. Accompany with human development‚ discovery the unknown world has become more and more important to human life. Some people think discovery is a good thing. They will tell you how X-ray used by medical professionals to help diagnose and treat a wide range of medical problems. They will also tell you what a mass your life will be if Benjamin Franklin did not discovered electricity. But other argue
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"Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain. Twain’s quote represents an idealism that should be backwards‚ were doing right wont astonish people because it’s universal. Sadly‚ our world lives in the idealism of Twain’s quote. Yet‚ life is infused with change‚ consequently‚ enabling use to change Twains quote by trying to make right choices part of our lives. Doing the right thing means sacrifice. In my case‚ I sacrificed time‚ using it for Juniors
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believe that every action you do‚ every decision you make‚ adds to your future. Every action you do reflects on what will happen in the future. We have the ability to shape and draw the neat curve to our life but not everything will go our way. I think of it as “Karma” with a sense of it in one life. I learned through experiences that having an optimistic attitude towards the decisions you make will result in optimistic outcome in your future. On the other hand‚ having a negative attitude in the
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