...are freedom, equality, and justice. In a perfect world, freedom is a must-have. It allows people to express themselves and choose their own paths in life—like what job they want, how many children they want, who their spouse is, etc. For example, in The Giver, choices aren’t a part of their community. All of the important life events are chosen for you, like your occupation and your family—you don’t get a say in your own life. This is one of the reasons why I would value freedom in my utopian society. If people got a say in what their life was like, happiness and individuality would be promoted because each person will go down a different path and experience different things. Although there is a possibility of making a wrong decision, that is part of life and makes people...
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... Reagan is talking to Russian students and stressing on the fact that freedom is the key to everything. I'm assuming he wants students in Moscow, and all over Russia to understand that once you have freedom, you can acheive anything. He said, "We are seeing the power of economic freedom spreading around the world. Places such as the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan have vaulted into the technological era, barely pausing in the industrial age along the way." I believe he stresses on this because Russia has a different government policy then America. Russia was under the...
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...Anna Quindlen said,“Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.” Children should be free to be who they are but once you bend those rules you have to know how to make them follow your rules. In this essay, I will talk about the tip on how to be a good parent, and what not to do as a parent. Being a good parent has a lot of rules and tips,/ if you let your kid disobey the rules and walk all over you what does that make you in your place. You have to set boundaries and limits to what's okay and what’s not okay. One thing that you should definitely do with your child is, make warm memories (Gills 1). Also, mothers need to take charge and stay committed to what you say to your children (Gills...
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... the meaning of learning is important because to learn from struggles can make one become stronger in a way. According on the text...
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...Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility could be define as the reliability the human beings have for any specific situation, for example our children, our home, our family, our job, our school, our debts, among others. It is the responsibility we have to accept our mistakes without blaming other people or circumstances around. Personal responsibility is the willingness to both accepts the importance of standards that society establishes for individual behavior and to make strenuous personal efforts to live by those standards. (Haskins, 2009) Personal responsibility will follow me every day of my life. This is what keeps me going through every day pursuing my goals and tasks. One of my dreams is to have the flexibility of having the time to enjoy my life without the basics responsibilities. We all want and need that freedom, but even freedom comes with responsibility. Every action, every decision, every word that comes out of our mouth has a reaction, a result. Even when we think we are alone there is someone looking up to us to learn from us or to make sure we follow the rules. For example our kids are always watching us, we are accountable for every action we make, for every decision we make. They will learn from us. We are accountable if we speed up in the highway, if we do not eat good food, if we do not exercise and if we do not do...
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...In the United States of America voting is a part of the U.S.’s freedom. In the USA may states are making it so not all the US citizens can't vote. These who can not vote have committed a crime. Either if it was a big crime a small crime the can't vote in some states. Many people are very anger by this because they simply made a dumb mistake as a teenager. Now they are having part of their freedom taken away even tho they have moved on and have a better life now. Voting should have restrictions but not taken away altogether. Out of 50 states only 2 have given the right to vote to every us citizen in the state. Even if they have committed a crime or not. Only Maine and Vermont are the only states in the USA to have all us citizens. Fourteen...
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...A teacher has high education and qualification. Some argue that they can learn better by themselves then with a teacher because they have more freedom and independence in their self-study. In my opinion, it’s better to have a teacher who is able to guide people using the best approach to solve the problems. I feel that learning with a teacher is much better for several beneficial reasons. Some argue that they can learn better without a teacher because they have more freedom and independence in self-study. However, a teacher is a part of learning process. A teacher is there for guidance in a particular subject in order to help people approach the subject in a better way. Besides, a teacher can help with any problems that people have struggles about studying. A teacher also points out the mistakes and suggests ways to correct perfectly. Another argument in favor of learning better is with the help of computers. Technologies now are more advanced than the past. They think they can get information from the Internet and do everything online instead of writing down in paper. However, no matter how advance technologies may become, the need of a teacher cannot ever be exaggerated. In class, a teacher explains and goes over the reading assignments in the textbook. In contrast, the Internet information does not give students clear and accurate information like a teacher. It is impossible to get reading skills by just reading the textbook by themselves. The last argument that learning...
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...for America now. We need to understand the building blocks of our world today, so we don’t make the same mistakes that we did from the past. Everyone should learn from the early settlers mistakes and not also repeat them. In politics people learn from histories mistakes so they will not get overturned and there will not be any civil wars. The role of literature in understanding the origins of American ideology is how freedom of religion, economic struggle, and the government is the same from 200 years ago to the present day. The economy 200 years ago would fluctuate from high to low just how it fluctuates now; people traded and tried anything to make a profit and sometimes the Europeans would give the Indians an unfair trade, just like how people today are capitalists in America and the bosses will do anything to increase their profits even if that gives the workers a lower wage for the same job. When people discover new things they are likely to make money off their discovery. “While the ships stayed, our allowance was somewhat bettered by a daily proportion of biscuit, which the sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, sassafras, furs, or love” (Smith 67). Indians and Europeans are able to make profit off goods that the other group doesn’t make. Just like in our society today we buy China’s products that we don’t make and they buy ours that they don’t make. The foundation of our government elected officials is the government we had in America 200...
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... Without having strict rules with harsh punishments, nobody will comply to any rules. If we choose to let people have more freedom than they need,...
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...Jonathan Sacks affirms that we are free to choose. That we have no choice, but to be free. For him, the most dangerous and powerful gift that God has given to humanity is the gift of freedom to make their own choices. If we weren't free, we could never rebel and sin. Teshuvah (repentance) is more than a meaning, it's a concept. If in a given situation, moved by temptation, you do something wrong and recognizes it, ask for forgiveness and sometime later you find yourself in that same situation of temptation, and this time you do not commit that same error, you prove that you have changed. You, therefore, are not a combination of the environment plus genetics, it's not simply a chemical animal moved by its instincts, but your actions are determined...
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...call "The Elders," eliminated everything that leads to something bad from their community like for example freedom. So is the world of The Giver really a Utopia or a Dystopia? In my opinion, I say the world of the giver is a Dystopia because They have no freedom, Everyone in the community don’t get to live properly, and They don't have emotions nor color in their lives. First off, I will like to state that one of the reason why Jonas’s community is a Dystopia is because no one in their community has freedom. To be specific, they don’t have the right to make choices. According to Document E, It states that “If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake...
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...My Responsibility To America Each citizen of the United States of America has many responsibilities and many ways to fulfill those responsibilities. However, there are many people within this country that never take those duties seriously. We as Americans need to remember those who gave their lives to form and solidify the foundations of this nation. In addition to that, our freedoms are constantly being threatened, and in order to continue with our freedoms and way of life we need to be willing to fulfill our obligations to our country. There is an abundance of people who want access to the freedoms but are never willing to fight for them or earn what they are...
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...Those who are successful are not those who avoid making mistakes, but those who learn from the mistakes they do make. Throughout the course of our lives, we must learn to have the wisdom and humility to recognize when we have made a mistake and the drive to act on that mistake by learning from it. I believe that one of the reasons that college is so important is that it gives us students an environment where we can make mistakes and learn from them. The mistake I made that weekend was a pretty serious one. I violated Georgia state law and the code of student conduct for Oglethorpe University. According to criminaldefenselawyer.com, “The State of Georgia has minor in possession (MIP) laws to prevent anyone under the age of 21 to consume or possess alcoholic beverages. These laws seek to discourage minors from drinking and...
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...receivers’ attention. Here are the illustrations and headlines very important. The most important elements in the story or message are presented first. Also form and content should correspond in a message. * Specific vocabulary like slang may disturb the focus on the message. * Using too complex words in a text may make it difficult for the receivers to understand it. A successful message does not make the receiver think about the form. If you are annoyed about the spelling mistakes or strange words you don’t know, the form has tripped up the content of the message. Illustrations and Headlines On the front page we see a coffee cup with a picture of Che Guevara. The Coffee cup is a symbol of something everybody has and use, it’s no big deal. But we see that this coffee cup is branded with a man who is a symbol of freedom, though he actually was a very violent man and dictator. The meaning of this simple cup, suddenly has a whole new meaning to it; * We don’t buy the cup because we need it, we buy because it’s branded. * Che Guevara is a symbol of freedom, freedom to buy whatever you want, but his actually not a very good example of freedom, he is a symbol of brainwash. There is only one headline for our excerpts; * September 2003 marked a turning point... Here, is the first part of the sentence used as headline. This is something we typical see in non-fiction books. Where you mark the first part as an introduction for the whole chapter. The headline...
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...drivers making poor driving mistakes. Clearly something has to be done; I believe that Senior citizens should have to retake a road test yearly after the age of sixty. According to Channel 2 News of Western New York, “The driver who smashed through the front of an Amherst restaurant, claiming the lives of a husband and wife and injuring their son and a waitress, is now facing a traffic charge.” The story goes on to say that a 74 year old, Beverly Kasmore-Torbert with her husband in the passenger seat, jumped a curb and went through the window of the restaurant.(As seen in Figure 1) The vehicle struck a mother and father, Joseph Bennett and Kathyrn Bennett who died from their injuries. Also injured in the crash was a waitress and Matthew Bennett, son of Joseph and Kathryn. Beverly and her passenger were unharmed in the accident. I find it unjust that someone who is unfit to drive and causes this much harm because of a rookie mistake, mistaking a gas petal or the brake can walk away with a simple traffic violation while a son goes home with no mother or father. I would like to propose a law that would have senior citizens in America retake their road test every year. At the age of 60, an elderly person’s license will expire and they will have to take a road test covering the basics in driving like new drivers do to earn their license. According to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, in a road test a driver should expect “You will have to make right and left turns, stop...
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