...Society is based upon a set of rules created for all men and woman. It represents that all people of all race, religion, and ethnicity should be treated equal. The unfortuante part about society is that not all people do accept the fact that everybody is the same. You wouldn't think that this has been going on for a very long time, but really, it has. It started in the past, it still occured in the century I know best, the twentith century, and it is still occuring to this very present day. The nature of mankind is corrupt, it always has been and it always will be. I believe that this is what will happen because based on the evidence I have read, heard, and watched on television, the nature of mankind is bad. Mankind led a hard life, men and women worked long, hard hours out in the fields, just so that they would be able to survive. People knew one way of doing things, and the thought of a different and easier way to do things was out of the question. So when it came to the discoveries of certain things, people were outraged. This goes back to the early 1600's when Galileo Galilei was inventing and discovering. He came up with an invention, the telescope, to see into the outer limits of the earth. He spent endless nights, and came up with the conclusion that the moon was actually made up of craters, mountains, and jagged surfaces. He announced to the public his discovery, and many people, including scientists, were...
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...Corrinn Berge “Crazy Laws” Outline I. “Crazy laws” that exist in the United States and why they were created. Introduction: Stupid laws are created because of stupid people. 1. Show a well-known picture of Casey Anthony. 2. Bringing up Casey and Caylee Anthony because it is such a well-known case and is so recent. This case really touched the hearts of people in the US. 3. Point out how this story really hurt my heart, and how hard it is to accept that we have to make laws to monitor parenting. 4. Explain how because of “stupid” people there must be “stupid” or “crazy” laws to govern these people and how they are generally directly responsible for these laws. A. States create their own laws based on the Constitution. 1. All laws must coincide with the US Constitution. 2. Almost all states in the US have their laws based off the common law of England, but have all modified them greatly since established. a. The amount of time passed has lead to many changes, which is why states generally do not have the same laws. b. Example: Drinking and driving laws throughout the US. (1) Colorado – First offense misdemeanor, 3 months suspension of license, fined from $300 - $1500, jail from 3-365 days, and generally required to get ignition interlock system. (2) Mississippi – Driver’s license suspension for 90 days, fines from $250 - $1000, up to 48 hours in jail, counseling may be ordered. B. Some...
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...Is Google Making Us Stupid? This article has a very strong grasp on effective writing, in order to explain, you have to understand what effective writing is. What is effective writing? In simple words, effective writing is a piece or writing that immediately involves the reader’s interest and carries the reader through to the final paragraph with no loss of concentration. Some may call it a narrative hook, designed to catch a reader’s attention with a great title but, as the reader reads on they come to find themselves lost having no understanding of what they have just read. As I sat down to write this review I had to make sure the document followed certain guidelines. Is the document able to achieve the purpose it’s intended for and, is the document able to get it across effectively? Is Google Making Us Stupid? At the beginning of the article, the writer uses a very catchy hook to draw the reader. When you ask a question with such great magnitude the reader has a hard time not to investigate. The article then goes on to talk about how technology has changed how we process information and, how we stop using our brains and traded it in for a computer. Technology today is far more advanced than it has been in the last 20 years and it will continue to advance further more in the following years. When reading this I began to question myself, is technology making me stupid? Looking over the past years at how much things have changed, I am inclined to agree that technology...
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...cigarettes for the millionth time, its been about 4 days now so we’ll see how long this lasts. I’m irritated it seems like more than ever but then again I’m always irritated so I’m not sure if I’m just acting normal.. Lately it seems like I just cannot control my anger for whatever reason and it seems to be getting worse. I take it out on everyone and everything. Am I depressed or what I don’t know.. But I do know that lately I’m getting more and more aggravated with Chris and the way he treats me. Yes he does a lot for me like keeping a roof over my head and he buys things for me and Tristan but I guess in my selfish mind that’s not enough. Chris never listens to me the way I feel he should for instance when hes gone to work in the Bay Area he calls me when he gets in the hotel he stays at and all he seems to care about is the stupid T.V. show or movie that him and the guys are watching. You’d think after a long hard day at work all a man truly wants is to hear his “loves” voice on the phone especially since hes not gonna be coming home to her in a few days… whats more comforting, his womans voice or the damned TV?!! But I already figured that one out and he sits and “trys” to conversate with me on the phone by repeatedly asking the same things over and over again so it sounds like hes making an attempt but hes so distracted by whats on the TV he doesn’t realize I see what he’s doing and how stupid its making him sound. He also doesn’t realize how upset hes making me by not taking...
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...Part 1 : “That’s it! That’s the sixth time you defended your girlfriend in public. You can’t continue to do that. Your fans will get disappointed in you. I can’t tolerate this behavior you have. I’m letting you date but you are leaving such a big mess for me to fix? Is that how you thank me?” Yang Hyun Suk shouted at Seungri as he threw the magazine on the desk. You’ve been dating Seungri for two years now, during these two years many fan girls got jealous and attacked you, Seungri was present when it happened and he defended you. Even went to taunt them to stop in order to protect you. He was always acting cute when you were dating and all but when you were hurt, he saved you immediately and showed a rather scary side of him. This time, a few fan girls tried to push you off a river whilst Seungri went to buy you two something to drink. Luckily Seungri came back in time to grab your hand but instead, both of you fell into the river. The river was deep and you weren’t a confident swimmer, he managed to get you back onto land. The fan girls that pushed you were still there and now they were accusing you for getting their dear idol all wet. “SHUT UP! What are you guys thinking? HOW CAN YOU PUSH A WEAK GIRL INTO THE RIVER? AND ACCUSING HER FOR GETTING ME ALL WET? IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT! I DON’T NEED FANS LIKE YOU! GET OUT OF MY LIFE” Seungri yelled at the fan girls. Snap Snap! People around took photos and videos of the whole process and now it’s all on the headlines: Seungri shouts...
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...believe they left me. My family left me," He sobs. "After all I've done for them too. Why did they have to abandon me like this, why? Don't they love me anymore? Don't they want me to be a part of the family? Are they ashamed of me because I went to prison? Maybe I embarrass them because I'm not normal, like them. I thought they loved me. I thought they really loved me," he blubbers. "Maybe it was all a game to them, making me believe they loved me so I'd keep on supporting them. What about all the fun times we had, all the laughter, the hugs, I love you's we shared? Was that all lies too? No, it couldn't have been, it just couldn't. They do love me. I know they do. I...
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...You Americans are fucked up! You come here today telling us not to eat dog... Last week some American was here trying to buy dog meat. make up your minds, now fuck off I am very busy. Activist: Wait? I'm sorry? did you say an American was here BUYING dog meat? You deaf? Yes, Rich boy throwing around money he's lucky he didn't get arrested or killed. Activist: That's impossible. We don't eat dog. It could have been an American pretending to buy dog just to get some info out of you Do I look stupid to you? You fucking people have been coming here for 10 years, now you don't think I wouldn't see one of you coming? Activist: Well can you prove it? Of course here look, he gave us plenty of money and you see those guys over there, he gave them money also, so they brought him to me. Activist: While most of us don't like using money to buy information or dogs. He was probably just a new activist trying to make a name for himself and wanted to talk to you and get some...
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...Afraid of women gaining power in any form, they were labeled sub par literature by a male dominated social and literary culture. This anthology will attempt to answer the question of why women who read romance novels are ashamed of their choice or reading material and why these books are vilified in the literary world. Previous generations established a woman’s place as a mother and homemaker no matter her social status. This fear of women wielding more knowledge and power through reading was born because the women depicted in romance novels were independent and free of the sexual, social, and financial constraints that a patriarchal society placed on them. Although romance novels do not come to mind when literature is discussed, if you listen carefully you will realize they are actually the subtle battle cry of the feminist movement. Romance novels fly high the flag of feminism; they are the drumbeat swelling the dynamic purposefulness of women who read them. Nevertheless, the genre is covered in a layer of disdain and scorn and women are made to feel ashamed of reading such literature. The stigma attached to these books suggest that anyone who reads them is not very smart nor do they have aspirations. Most romance readers try to avoid the experience of shame and embarrassment at being connected to that stereotypical image of patrons of this genre. The covers of the books are hidden so no one will see what is being read and connect the reader to the reputation the genre...
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...life very easy. It is now easier to access information of different times within a short period. However, the effect of Google has led to a lot of controversies. Is Google really making us stupid or clever. This question requires a lot of insight and analysis in order to answer it. Some people say that Google makes us to be stupid while others are of the contrasting idea. Each side has given substantial evidence supporting their idea. Nevertheless, Google is of much benefit rather than making us stupid. Some professions argue that it has its own disadvantages and hence makes us stupid. One of this is that Google makes people lazy and hence stupid. Google provides all the required information to people and thus an individual is only required to press and find the answer (Sparrow et al, 2011). This is seen to...
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...to have a health body, individuals need to take the correct amount of sugars in their diets. Recently, there were experiments undertaken which provide proof about the ability of sugar to make an individual stupid. According to research, the claim that sugar makes an individual stupid is correct because of the outcome of the results found where the researchers used rats. The results indicated that the rats constantly feed with fructose had reduced levels of IQ as well as numerous other complications. What is vital is the fact that sugar does not directly affect the individual’s mental capacity but other disease caused by excessive intake of sugar is predisposing factors. A clear example is that the intake of sugar may cause diseases such as obesity, heart attack and mental conditions. Common mental conditions include depression and bipolar. When an individual suffers from obesity, for example, they may become depressed and have a low self-esteem. This will reduce the individual’s ability to interact with others and perform simple tasks or even to participate in routine tasks. When an individual used to perform different tasks but fails because of obesity, stress or other sugar related complications, other people may term that person as stupid. This is the reason as to why individuals believe that sugar can make someone...
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...out in a crowd. Some individuals try to blame the crimes that they will commit on society and other social factors to justify the reason why they do the things that they do. Some of those social factors are lack of employment, education, father and even the environment that they were raised in. However at the end of the day it is not society that made that indivual go and rob the bank or rape the 12-year-old girl or even go and kill someone. I believe that crime starts from when a person is a child and how they are thought to respect others and know the difference from rite and wrong. I will like to explain my own personal opinion on why I feel crime is a result of an indivuals choice. How can someone say that I killed this person because my mom was a drug addict and my father was in and out of jail all of my life? It just does not make sense too me because the same living environment that that individual grew up in so did another individual that turned out to be a very respectful social work in the community. From my own personal experience I have seen allot of individuals make stupid choices to commit crime and at the end of the day they received nothing out of it. I can remember when one of my old school mates had decided to go and shoot someone because he thought that person had told the principle on him that he had a knife in school this was his choice to and get a gun and pull the trigger. Crime is not only an individual’s choice but it is also there choice to make a...
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...Ilona Apelsinov September 13th, 2015 Weekly essay #1 What is the point of music? Why do people listen to music and often tend to not understand what the lyrics are? Why do we like to listen to something we don't understand or is not inspirational? There are people in this world that like some songs for no apparent reason either because the beat is catchy or just because everyone likes it. Philosophically it is not possible to like a song for no reason because there is always a reason for our actions. For something not to have a reason, it is an action without thought. But since liking something has an idea behind it, it is impossible to like something without reasons. When you like something, it is like an emotion because emotions are caused by reasons. Everyone has reasons for liking songs, some are fond of their likings and some are not. That is why some people admit to liking the songs they listen to and some just keep it to themselves. Therefore, liking something for no reason is impossible. From my experience, I tend to listen to the songs that sound catchy. I have many reasons why I like the songs that I listen to because they are either catchy, have significant lyrics that have meanings behind them or because the words that are being sung in the song connects with the situations that I might be dealing with. People use some songs to express their emotions when they can't explain it by using their own words. For example, the song "Trap Queen"...
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...Chamorro and Nicholas Carr, they talk about how the internet is making people stupid. However, in article C, written by Peter Norvig, it talks about how the internet is actually making us smarter. In my opinion, the internet is making us stupid because we get distracted very easily and people aren’t actually using their full ability to think deeply. First of all, we are going to talk about how the internet is distracting us from doing other things. For instance, in the text it states, “If we’re distracted, we understand less, remember less, and learn less.” This quote is showing us that we retain less information if we are getting distracted. Also, article B states that, “The Net bombards us with messages and other bits of data, and every one of those interruptions breaks our train of thought.” The quote is showing us that with the net sending us bits of data everyday it’s causing a distraction. As you can see the internet can be a very big distraction for a great deal of people....
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...and other social factors to justify the reason why they do the things that they do. Some of those social factors are lack of employment, education, father and even the environment that they were raised in. However at the end of the day it is not society that made that individual go and rob the bank or rape the 12-year-old girl or even go and kill someone. I believe that crime starts from when a person is a child and how they are thought to respect others and know the difference from right and wrong. I will like to explain my own personal opinion on why I feel crime is a result of an individuals choice. How can someone say that I killed this person because my mom was a drug addict and my father was in and out of jail all of my life? It just does not make sense to me because the same living environment that that individual grew up in so did another individual that turned out to be a very respectful social worker in the community. From my own personal experience I have seen a lot of individuals make stupid choices to commit crime and at the end of the day they received nothing out of it but jail time. I can remember when one of my old school mates had decided to go and rob our old principle because he found out where he resided, that was his excuse to commit a crime. Crime is not only an individual’s choice but it is also their choice to make a stupid decision. I feel that any one that makes a stupid choice to commit a crime should be punished also...
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...the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery. Stupidity is defined as a stupid act, remark, or idea. But where is the line drawn between the two? Many acts that are considered courageous are simply stupid acts that do not end badly. If someone attempts something stupid but is successful is it still stupid? The threshold between courage and stupidity is crossed many times throughout life and almost everyone has their own opinion on the topic. Some people would tell you that the difference between them is ignorance while others would say it is the amount of thought given to the act before you attempt it. Some good examples of this would be charging into a battle. Charging into a battle could be many things but two of them are courage and stupidity. While some may charge into a battle for glory and fame others will take the risk and consider it to be worth it for the sake of others. It really is your own opinion whether either of those circumstances is one or the other. Going into the battle for glory and fame is usually seen as a stupid act as you will only be remembered if you are successful in battle. Even then after you die who will really remember who you were, what you did, and why you gave up your life. The people who are remembered are those who win and get to write the history of what happened. Something else to take into account when deciding if something...
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