...I think about how prevelent cheating has become now these days. It is actually so disheartening to know and hear about how people are able to look into his or her significant other eyes, say, “I love you” and not be faithful. It actually hurt my heart to read that Myrna Ten Bensel thought people were supposed to be married forever and have a happy ending, but then came to the realization that was not what God had in store for her. “‘He came home one evening, the evening of my son’s swimming banquet, and got all of us together and said, ‘i’m moving out. I’m divorcing your mother.’I did not know anything about it. He didn’t say the reason,”’ (Collins 275). I could not possibly imagine ever having to go through that. What an awful person her husband is. I cannot fathom how people could even remotely feel that to cheat on his or her significant other to be okay....
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...Cheating are the immoral ways that are adopted to achieve any goal'. There are different individual approaches regarding the ways to achieve set goals. The ethical and right way is to perspire and to maintain perseverance in the competitive race. The other way is by adopting a short cut and following the immoral ways to reach a conclusive stage. The later one seems to be fruitful in short term gains. But the long terms effects of such cheating methods are extremely disastrous. All of us feel the temptation to cheat at some point in life. And sometimes we even do. But then overcoming this temptation is the main idea and the lesson to learn. However, in some individuals the process seems amicable and the threshold for moral ways keeps falling down with every act of cheating. This leads to serious vicious cycle which ends nowhere. Once fell in the trap of unethical performance, individuals find it extremely hard to break the cycle. There are different levels and types of cheating. It may range from small school going children to adults in performance years of their lives. Similarly, the domains of cheating are also diverse, viz. academic cheating, cheating in sports and gambling, marital infidelity etc. Cheating can and does occur in all spheres of life. But here we would mainly consider the first option, the academic cheating. Academic cheating is adoption of immoral and unfair means to get higher marks or grades in the examinations. This sort of cheating is highly prevalent...
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...Chet Lempitsky Mrs. Figs English 3 10 February 2013 Steroids In many parts of the world today, sports competitions are the vehicle for the fierce quest to win, to be “the best.” Athletes will do anything to win whether that be cheating in golf or taking steroids in order to excel in baseball. It is said that over three million athletes and bodybuilders have used illegal steroids in this country alone (Solberg 92). If many people already use steroids why not make them legal and let people take them at their own risk? Or perhaps do you think steroids should stay illegal because they have harmful side effects and promote an unfair advantage in sports? With the growing concern over steroid use in our country, we must look at what is really best for the future of our athletes and the spirit of competition. Steroids are extra hormones that are either taken orally or injected into the body. Theses hormones set off a reaction that sends an individual’s testosterone level soaring, which in turn allows that person to increase muscle size and strength. But with this new-found strength comes some harmful side effects. Steroids can cause heart attacks or liver cancer, not to mention all the newly acquired acne that often develops. These are only a few of the hundreds of unhealthy things that can happen to you when you are on steroid (Harris129). Many people, medical experts and athletes alike, feel steroids should be legalized. They feel that the use of steroids a few times and in moderation...
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...Nature’s Role in Chris McCandless’ Life Nature’s role in the book “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer plays a significant part in Chris McCandless’ life. My argument or topic sentence would be that “Nature gives freedom, and man’s ultimate joy can only be found in man’s communion or relationship with nature”. “...there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun” ( p. 79). “You think that I am stubborn, but you are even more stubborn than me. You had a wonderful chance on your drive back to see one of the greatest sights on earth, the Grand Canyon, something every American should see at least once in his life” ( Chapter 6, p. 57). “But in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure” (Chapter 6, p. 57). “...they present to Alex a route which apparently will take him to the ocean. He is overjoyed and hope bursts back into his heart” (Chapter 4, p. 34). “Flying would be cheating . It would wreck the whole trip”( Chapter 7, p. 67). “Hey Guys! This is the last communication you shall receive from me. I now walk out to live amongst the wild. Take care, it was great knowing you” (Chapter , p. 69). ‘This is the last time you shall hear from me Wayne….I want you to know that you’re a great man. I now walk into the wild” (p. 69). Analysis Paragraph In the book “ Into the Wild” by...
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...Would you agree with me when I make this statement, everyone, man, woman or child has the desire to live a happy life. The question seems to me to be how far are you willing to go to achieve a lifestyle that would be filled with joy and happiness? I don’t think anyone would disagree with me that happiness requires a certain amount of effort on our part to be achieved. The majority of us are willing to work hard every day to obtain some measure of happiness in our daily lives. Even in recreational pursuits, whatever they are are goal is to produce joy in our lives. Even in our recreational actives we are required to exert a certain amount of physical and mental effort. Our grandson, Austin is willing to stay after school every day practicing...
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...They contain valuable messages that are commonly ignored. In Maria Tatar’s piece, “An Introduction to Fairy Tales,” she explains how much we need fairy tales in our lifes. Fairy tales give us a special feeling of excitement, happiness, joy and safety. These things are a really big part of why people read fairy tales and why they love them so much. Maria Tatar explains how Fairy tales affect us, and how the change our personalities, actions and our character. Although Fairy tales is something almost all kids read when they were children, they seem to fade away, be forgotten and get treated as childish things. Maria Tatar mentions that when people grow, they forget about how strong fairy tales can be and the messages they hold. Fairy tales can bring more than just messages, they can bring back happy memories, it could be a flash back of the time when your mother read you the story of “Sindbad”, sad memories, of the time you read a fairy tale with someone that passed away that you cared about. These stories help people feel peaceful, calm, happiness and joy. But fairy tales don’t always seem to be perfect. They tend to send wrong messages to children and Maria Tatar points out that,” fairy-tale characters always seem to be lying, cheating, or stealing their way to good fortune.” (Paragraph-10, Pg. 309) These things most parents don’t want their kids growing up down, but we seem not to notice them because how they get covered up with different things in the fairy tale. Kids...
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...Sport regulations ban performance-drug use and ensure that athletes are tested to determine that they are not using them. Many religious believers value sport only if it does not involve cheating. All religions...
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...Yahaira Rosario Comp. II Othello Essay November 2, 2012 Old Black Ram Othello one of many of the great works of William Shakespeare and a very interesting piece of English literature considering it was written in the sixteenth century. It is the epic tale of a moor that is brought to Venice and serves as a general for the Italian army, though it is his private life away from worldly affairs which is much more interesting. Othello marries the daughter of a wealthy lord by the name of Brabantio a Venetian senator, and is living in a serene world of joy with his newly wed wife Desdemona. As far as he knows it is perfect until one of his officers by the name of Iago seeks to destroy him by placing false idea's about his wife and a fellow officer in his head slowly driving Othello insane and into a murderous and passionate rage. Othello is a very narrow minded and simple character. It is as a direct consequence of his inability to change that he is able to be so easily manipulated by Iago. At the beginning of the play Othello states, For since these arms of mine had seven years’ pith Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak More than pertains to feats of broil and battle. (1, 3, 83-87) Othello acknowledges his naivety and lack of knowledge of life. “My parts, my title, my perfect soul” (1, 2, 30). Othello states when Iago informs him that Brabantio is coming to confront him. Alongside...
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...called Steph to tell her. The play also portrays that when Greg and Kent were in high school, Kent was a bully. During the course of this play, the characters attitudes change from beginning to end. For Greg, he starts off very frustrated and angry because he and his girlfriend Steph are fighting. Throughout the play, Greg’s attitude changes to concerned and worried because he doesn’t know what is going to happen between him and Steph. He also gets embarrassed when he and Steph are in the mall and she goes off on a loud rant about how terrible he is. When Greg and Kent are arguing at the baseball field, Greg’s attitude is more of an annoyed type. Guilty, is another one of Greg’s attitudes in the play, especially when he knows that Kent is cheating on Carly but he does not want to tell her. However, near the end, he seems more content because he knows that he and Steph are not good for each other and he just wants her to be happy. When reading, “Reasons To Be Pretty”, it is very clear that it is written in pros. The play is also written in connotative form, the characters speak as people do in everyday life as well as the use of curse words and vulgar language most of the time. The grammar in the play is decent, but like I said before, the characters do talk as everyday people and there is some dialect as well. There are a few speeches made during the play, one major one is when Steph goes off on Greg while they are at the mall. LaBute’s structure of lines are somewhat odd and...
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...safari – mermaids empire of the sun – dna andy bull – baby I am nobody now architecture in Helsinki – in the future massive attack – teardrops spiderbait – buy me a pony blur – song 2 silverchair – tomorrow the wombats – lets dance to joy division muse – knights of cydonia queens of the stone age – no one knows grinspoon – chemical heart modest mouse – float on augie march – one crowded hour radiohead – paranoid android pixies – where is my mind pixies – here comes your man pixies – debaser the smiths – this charming man the smiths – there is a light that never goes out the smiths – asleep glasvegas – the world is yours glasvegas – euphoria, take my hand the big pink – hit the ground the big pink – crystal visions Bombay bicycle club – shuffle Bombay bicycle club – always like this Bombay bicycle club – lights out, words gone The wombats – Tokyo The wombats – jump into the fog The wombats – techno fan The wombats – 1996 Karise eden – threads of silence The kinks – waterloo sunset The kinks – you really got me The kinks – all day and all of the night The kooks – naïve The kooks – seaside Ray lamontagne – let it be me Ray lamontagne – trouble Kings of leon – supersoaker Vance joy – riptide Vance joy – play with fire San cisco – beach San cisco – rocket ship Big scary – luck now Big scary – leaving home Last dinosaurs – zoom Gabrielle aplin – start again Adele – rolling in the deep Kings of leon – use somebody Coldplay – the scientist ...
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...Leadership Gone Astray Lord Acton quotes,“Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely.” In George Orwell’s, Animal Farm Joseph Stalin; portrayed by Napoleon, clearly shows evident signs of corruption that had taken place during the Russian revolution. This winding allegory shed depth towards the type of civilization that evolved during the revolution. Napoleon; a ruthless leader whose main goal evolved into a yearning for power, turned a civilization that had already been distraught, dazed, and confused into something much worse. Hence, depicting to readers how leadership can become corrupt as well as cheating citizens out of a fair and just government. The previously corrupted leadership shadowed the citizens viewpoints from what the new leadership was becoming. Within the first days that the pigs took leadership the animals “noticed that the milk had disappeared” (26). At that moment, the first wave of suspicion about the pigs...
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...Standardization attempts to make everything uniform, but of course there are many considerations that can cause administration of tests to be un-uniform (3). Cheating is a major concern in any type of testing, but when the stakes are set high, the pressure can cause many to result to cheating. Many teachers find it difficult to draw the line between cheating and helping students (6). An elementary school with high test scores was alleged to have coached the students and have given them extra time on the tests; the principle resigned after the allegations (6). In a poll around ten percent of teachers answered that they were aware of students and teachers cheating or violating the tests (8). This leads to inaccurate...
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...The culture of Americans have always been through television, computers, and entertainment. The values of our culture have been acknowledged though media, and influences of behaviors showed though media. Something that can make a person laugh will last a life time. It encages people to think that the time they may spend in life fill more pleasurable. The influence of entertainment give out a since of structure in the heart, to bring happy and enjoyable inspirations though entertainment. Media is here to help people move on in life. It gives directions to the dos and don’ts in the American culture. Entertainment media gives off laughter, joy and peace. Those are the influences of entertainment media. That is what entertainment media strive for to their audience. When consumers began to watch their favorite show on television, it gives them joy to see that famous actor that makes them laugh. The subscribers then feed into the advertisement, and then try to reclaim whatever that movie or book was trying to sell. This is all done to appeal the consumer into the buying state of mind, but at the same time satisfying their pleasure. That is a since of directing the behavior of the mind. This have been the true American culture for years. Look at the images on YouTube it makes people laugh to see that baby talk like a grown person, or that store robbery that the clerk got hit in the eye with the gun. Another way to look at entertainment media and the way it influences the mind....
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...Lifespan Development From infancy to late adulthood development on different levels take place. A lifespan can be long or short; children develop faster than others, this can come from heredity, some genetic deficiency or lack of parental involvement. A child development should be parallel with her chemical genetic balance, gifts and talents, proper eating habits from the mother, her environment, and under the watchful eyes of her parents. Cognitive happens when individuals knows, understand or believe what they are capable to know and understand, these cognitive development happens within stages of lifespan. People and nature goes through processes of development; there are factors which can affect physical development within middle age children. Middle Childhood Attention span is a condition known as A.D.D or Attention Deficit Disorder; children with this disorder have difficulties learning to perform physical tasks. The key factor to consider is whether the child abilities are affected by her paying attention to do what she is performing. Can she actually perform a task of building a pyramid block, or is she easily distracted by her peers on her other side playing with water colors? When a child does not have a relationship with their senses, this can affect their physical development. There can be a particular smell which causes a child to feel sick, but this smell may not bother another child, or certain noise that may make the hair on their backs stand straight up. This...
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...Personal Mission Statement My mission in life is to please God. This mission drives me through each milestone of life, onward to the lifetime goal of hearing my God say, “well done, you have been a good and faithful servant”. My focus, direction, purpose, motivation, decisions, and every breath I take is for His purpose. Many of my days are as I described above. Some are not, some days I struggle to hold on to joy and peace. To fulfill this mission, I live by many principles. Below are the top five. 1 I recognize that I cannot please a God I do not know; I must understand His nature and His ways in order to acknowledge Him in all my ways and receive His direction for my life. • I make it a point to rise up early and pray (talk) to God. Communication is essential for any relationship to be successful. Communication is two-way, after I talk to God; I listen to His voice by reading and meditating on His word to see in what way I am being instructed. Effective communication with God leads to better relationship with my husband, children and my neighbors (everyone else). • Right communication and right relationship leads to right counsel in all decision-making processes. Marriage, Money, children, religion, investments, giving respect and etc… 2 I love God, people and myself. I recognize that God loves everyone. It can be challenging sometimes but I strive to love people as God loves me. God deals with me and my issues every day and does not love me...
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