Why Teaching? by Perry Sunderland It started when I was in middle school‚ the dream to be an Architect. It was with me all through High School and into college. The whole time I always said I would either be an Architect or I would teach it. After failing my engineering course for the fifth time‚ I dropped out of college. Then After about 2 years of searching for something‚ I joined the Air Force. All the while realizing that I was not happy with what I was doing. After nine years traveling
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getting my dream job; also to give my family a better life. It will help me to improve myself and become a more prepared person when stepping out into the “real” world. My college education is my key to a successful and brighter future which is exactly why I choose Stephen F. Austin State University. Initially‚ I choose Stephen F. Austin State University because of its location‚ it was three hours away from home. I would finally have the independence I had been craving for seventeen long years .More importantly
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February 20‚ 2012 Was the Death of Socrates Justified? The life and death of Socrates is a topic that can spark great debates. Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who was put on trial for two specific reasons. In the Apology‚ we learn that the people of Athens claimed that Socrates did not believe in the gods of their city‚ but in other spiritual things. This was thought to be impious. They also believed that Socrates was corrupting the youth. Socrates did his best at trial to prove his
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In Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates is on trial for his life because of the alleged accusations of him believing in false gods and teaching such doctrine and corrupting the youth through his teachings. Socrates addresses his accusers faulty allegations while addressing the Athenian people’s destructive gullibility in siding with his accusers opinions without searching out the evidence for themselves. Using this opportunity to not just defend himself but rather expose the underlining and core issues‚ Socrates
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Never forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do
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Socrates – An Ethics Philosopher In the world of business accounting‚ ethics plays a major role in the daily operations of a business. Not only are businesses responsible for incorporating ethical standards into their operations‚ but accountants are also responsible for ensuring they perform in an ethical manner. So often‚ there is a thin line between what is considered ethical and what is considered unethical‚ especially when a company is considering profit over ethics. However‚ top level professionals
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heroic warrior to a murderer‚ a conscious villain who felt extreme guilt after killing his King out of pure greed and ambition. His servant‚ as testified‚ overheard Macbeth express his guilt to his wife on the night of the murder: "I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on t again I dare not." Following his crowning at Scone‚ King Macbeth hired three assassins to murder his long-time friend Banquo‚ in order to protect his crown. It was after the murder of Banquo that Macbeth then turned into an
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Ignorance Socrates Café‚ a book written by Christopher Phillips that unfolds his story on facilitating lots of free discussion forum in a lot of different places. But what is Socrates Café itself? It is a place; a place for people who wonder‚ a place for people with different backgrounds to immerse their own self into questions and ideas and dogmas through Socratic Method. Phillips made an effort to revive the condition of what Socrates more than two millennia ago did in Athens. He went through
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Why be the Catcher in the Rye if He Can’t Catch Himself? People who grasps important moments in their lives‚ and remember them‚ would want those moments to last forever. However‚ things would gradually change‚ so those moments would not last forever‚ similarly‚ to the character Holden in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Holden’s dilemma is that he wants things to stay the way they are forever and also save the innocent people around him; he realized that it’s not possible. Near the end
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What are the main origins of the Cold War and why? (500 words) Nancy The Origins of the Cold War are widely regarded to the relationships between the Soviet Union and the allies (the United States‚ Great Britain and France) during the period of 1945–1947. Those events led to the Cold War which lasted for over half century. The first origin must be the beginning of Russian Revolution. In WWI‚ the US‚ Britain‚ and Russia had been allies until the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia
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