The average American student beginning their education in Kindergarten and ending with a high school diploma spends 1, 170 hours in school, this calculates to over 15 thousand hours over the span of their education. Considering this information, it is highly plausible that teachers are some of the most significant people in a person’s life, shaping how they see and relate to the world. Yet, many teachers do not receive the recognition one would expect from such a crucial system. Feelings of being
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Justin Alcatraz Essay 1 WR 222 Bushnell April 26, 2013 Safety First On Thursday, April 25th, there appeared on the Editorial page of The Oregonian newspaper an unsigned article entitled “Avoiding the next big-tow wreck.” This piece addresses an accident that occurred in Portland involving an oversized load truck carrying a 75,000 pound concrete girder and the personal car of a woman traveling over the Marquam Bridge on Interstate 5 Northbound. The accident occurred around 3 p.m., just before
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To have human nature on earth, one needs to have human body and human soul regardless of how minimal it is. 5 MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF ABORTION… Abortion is when a pregnancy is ended so that it doesn't result in the birth of a child. Sometimes it is called 'termination of pregnancy'. There are two types of abortion treatment, 'Medical' and 'Surgical' abortion. Medical abortion makes use of the abortion pills. Some women feel that a medical abortion is a more natural process
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Guns or No Guns Three hundred and twenty-three students have died in documented school shootings over the past 15 years, making it the by far the largest cause of violent deaths in school. A very highly debated topic corresponding with this issue is how to stop it, any many people believe that arming teachers is the way to do it. Many also believe that arming teachers will only make things worse, and that’s what Allen Rostron tries to get across, to parents of teens, in his article Arming Teachers
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“Confederate flag was the flag of traitors” by Dean Obeidallah appeared in the CNN opinion section on October 25, 2013 as a special to CNN. CNN is one of the very few cable networks that do news coverage 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. It has won several awards such as the TCA award for outstanding achievement in news and information, several EPPY award presented by Editor and Publisher, and three Emmy awards. CNN was started in 1980 by Ted Turner and gets around fifth teen million hits per month
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Since Apple’s release of the iPad in 2010, the device has been widely implemented in fields ranging from medicine to online video gaming. However, with the introduction of the application store, a plethora of apps which assist parents manage children have become available. These apps capture the attention of young children for extended periods of time, don’t have scientifically proven benefits to learning, and inhibit the development of a strong imagination. With the ever increasing presence of technology
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California’s drought has brought disappointment to many special water landmarks, one including the San Joaquin River. In the article, “ River Restoration Projects Offers a Sprinkling of Hope”, the author Daniel Weintraub explains why bringing back the San Joaquin River would be a good idea. On the other hand, author Bill McEwen wrote an article called the Fresno Bee claiming the project was a waste of time and money, all in all, declared it was not a good idea. I chose this article because i believe
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The speeches of Bill Gates, Randy Pausch, and Steve Job have been (collectively) viewed over 100 million times on video and audio streaming platforms. The popularity of their speeches is not because who they are, but rather what they said, how they said it, and how they made the audience feels. The reason such speeches resonate with millions of people, is the manner in which they are communicated. Paul J Meyer truly captures the importance of effective communication when he said, “Communication –
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Ultimately, this photograph gains its power because it produces a myth of fascism through it’s use of signs. A myth as Roland Barthes describes in Mythologies, is a kind of speech, in which the history of an object is distorted to signify a new contemporary signification that feels completely natural to modern society. In the case of Craighead’s photograph, the soldier in a uniform is a significant sign in contemporary society, one that signifies patriotism and power. Sontag also states that “Uniforms
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There are three simple rhetorical appeals that the author might rely on when advertising life or health insurance to connect to his audience. Firstly, the author could use data, facts, and statistics, to make his purpose clear for the audience. The author might state: “Over 30% percent of Americans find themselves in need of health insurance but cannot afford it.” By doing so, the audience is attracted to the commercial, because by citing factual evidence, the author made himself more reliable. Next
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