The Prompt: A well-known football coach once said‚ “Winning isn’t everything‚ it’s the only thing.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay in which you state your position and support it with convincing reasons. The Model Essay: The Sport in Losing The buzzer sounded‚ and the opposing team began to cheer. A young girl stood behind the serving line‚ volleyball still in hand‚ and allowed her anger to swell. Her team had just lost—and by almost ten points. She had tried to save
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A well-known football coach once said‚ “Winning isn’t everything‚ it’s the only thing.” This is the motto that many of the sport athletes we see on television and on the field live by. This motto can be a good motto or a bad motto to live by. I disagree with the statement “Winning isn’t everything‚ it’s the only thing. There are many reasons that I could agree that the quotation is incorrect‚ but today I am going to argue three of my major points why this is incorrect. First‚ I believe that as long
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anything from a simple meal to a comfortable jail cell tells you how much the world has changed over the years. And if they have the right amount of money‚ all they have to do is pick up their phone. As Sandel puts it “We live in a time when almost everything can be bought and sold” (Sandel 442 – 447). Living in a world where things are so easily acquired also means living in a world where things are easily forgotten. In his essay “What Isn’t For Sale?” Sandel gives a few way people can make money
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some things money cant buy – But these days‚ not many. Almost everything is up for sale.” Some of the examples he gives is: paying $90 a night extra for a prison cell upgrade in California‚ Concierge doctors that charge patients access to their personal cell phone numbers‚ and the sale of your forehead as an advertising space. What Micheal J. Sandel is questioning is the fact whether markets have crossed the line when he says‚ “everything is up for sale” meaning that buying and selling doesn’t apply
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Learning Objective(s): Totalitarians make truth subjective Key Concept: Language and Thought: Isn’t it Ironic? Rationale (why?): Chapter 8 and the beginning of chapter 9 cover a large details about language and thoughts because it’s the part where Winston takes a decisive step in trusting someone other than Julia by going to O’Brien and say that he and Julia are against the government.This is where he starts to have larger thoughts about ways that he can conflict with the government. Not only that
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Isn’t laughing a humans natural instinct to do? We as humans laugh all the time. Sometimes through texting or Internet messaging it’s hard to convey a message in a joking manner. The invention of the laughing emoji with tears has greatly impacted the society and teenage population. The obvious one to point out is the fact that it is quicker to type in then typing out "that was really funny" or "oh my god that was hilarious". The number of characters this one little yellow faced icon an replace
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David Goldberg Mr. Bailin English 4/13/14 Seeing Isn’t Always Believing Seeing is believing. Or so they say. When you see a woman crossing the street with her recently groomed poodle‚ do you question if she is actually there? When you hear your mom calling your name from across the apartment‚ do you question if she is actually calling you? Well‚ 61% of the Western Hemisphere has the luxury of not questioning reality. However‚ the other 39% experience hallucinations monthly‚ weekly‚ or even
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“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing‚” this statement is incorrect. “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose‚ its how you play the game‚" is the motto athletes should live by. I personally think winning isn’t everything because without sportsmanship‚ having a great time‚ and trying your hardest you wouldn’t be winning. Saying‚ “winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing‚” is like saying Lebron James is the only valuable player on the Miami Heats; there are better things that winning. Personally
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1.} The items on the left side of my ISN that I think is my best work is on pages 9‚ and 21. The reason why I chose page 9 is because it was the steps of meiosis‚ and tis chart of the phases really helped me understand what undergoes in a cell during all of the phases. This reflected in me knowing and understanding the steps much better. Page 21 is titled Getting variation into a population. The main reasons I chose this is because it reflected the knowledge of how mutations change in genetic code
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