What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Service∗ Adam Davis There is this odd thing happening: a vogue for service. Look around and you can’t help but see it: more community service‚ more service learning‚ more compulsory volunteering. Elementary schools‚ high schools‚ and colleges across the country have adopted community service programs quickly‚ seamlessly‚ and with relatively little opposition or argument. Students are no longer simply concerned with their classes or even with their
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cause of the growing popularity of on-line learning. Prognosis as to where on-line learning maybe going in the current technology rich society. Opportunities of Accessibility The new wave of learning has begun. Today when we send our children to school‚ they already have a background in computers that have use artificial intelligence (AI). A good example for the very young would be Fisher-Price Fun-2-Learn Color Flash Laptop or their Cool School computers. These are basic
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Year 12 EAL SAC2: Oral Presentation -----------Do we need more CCTV cameras? Good morning Ms Elder and my classmates‚ today Chelsea and I are going to talk about the CCTV cameras in Australia. CCTV cameras are closed-circuit television cameras transmitting signals to places where filmed footage may be monitored by security staff. In 1981‚ the first CCTV camera was installed in a major road in Melbourne. Its purpose was to help with the traffic for a forthcoming Commonwealth
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Do we have a throw-away society? A Swedish proverb says “don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water”. The sad story is that most of us today are throwing away so much‚ it is very likely that there will be no resources in the future. Many of our practices today are putting a lot of stress on future resources and we might soon find many of our needs unsatisfied because of our throw away attitude and careless practices. There are many reasons as to why we are subject
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Do We Need All “Cultural Heritage”? As we know‚ the growth rate of whale is quite low. But there are still a few countries have whale hunting. For example: Japan and Norway. If you note the news about this‚ you must had seen that Japan and Norway hunted lots of whale every year. And the numbers of Japan’s whale hunting are almost thousand a year. On the other hand‚ bullfighting is a very popular activity in Spain. You can find that there have bullfighting in Spain everyday and every
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Why do we need fruits and vegetables? As we already know that metabolism is a chemical process that is necessary for the generation of new cells and for releasing energy by breaking down of the molecules. Metabolism is actually occurring in each and every cell of the body that involves large number of chemical reactions and needs enzymes and compounds including vitamins‚ minerals‚ phytonutrients. Fruits and vegetables contain most of these important nutrients which are necessary for growth and redevelopment
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The Holocaust was a horrific event in human history‚ but why do we need to learn about it when there have been so many other horrible events where people died because of their religion or race? Although there have been other atrocious events‚ the Holocaust is a modern day example of how hatred and discrimination can hurt so many. People will do things that they wouldn’t normally do when their society says that it is the right thing to do. Also‚ discrimination against someone because of their race
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Chapter one in the book “The Achievement Habit‚" by Bernard Roth‚ explains how nothing is what we think it is. Bernard Roth is a professor of engineering at Stanford University. He has been teaching there for over 50 years. He wrote this book to teach us how to get a better handle on our perceptions‚ emotions‚ and behavior. I agree with Roth’s statement of “nothing is what we think it is.” Bernard Roth is a very knowledgeable writer. He starts off chapter one by saying life has no meaning. This set
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this is what you do 007 Volvo XC90‚ 4-Door‚ Sport Utility‚ 3.2 liter‚ Black with Black leather Interior‚ only 60‚500 miles! Specs: VERY clean/well maintained‚ 2nd Owner‚ Carfax Report available (completely clean)‚ Kelly Blue Book priced (good-very good condition)‚ 4 NEW tires 3 months ago‚ power locks‚ sunroof‚ 6-CD player‚ ABS brakes‚ leather interior‚ power mirrors‚ alloy wheels‚ automatic transmission‚ side airbags‚ power windows‚ am/fm stereo‚ A/C‚ cruise control‚ garage-kept. NO 3rd row
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What exactly does religion do for us? Sure‚ it’s a nice concept that makes one believe in other worldly things. Spirits and angels flood the heads of many children whose parents partake in the average slice and dice of Catholic smorgasbords‚ but what does it do for their souls? Are they all just workaholics who need a reason to be the way they are‚ or are they monsters merely extending a strange and open façade in order to gain acceptance in the afterlife? All the same‚ religion does have its effect
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