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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
Letter To The Sarasota County School Board: Opposition To The New Attendance Policy
Number of words: 215 - Number of pages: 1.... in this policy it states that if you miss more than ten days of
class a semester you eill lose credit for that course.
Because you can't be sick for long periods of time. So if you caught the
flu and missed ten days of school you lost the credit for that class. or
say there is a death in the family out of state you would probably miss
more than ten days of school.
I have a friend that had his grandfather die in New York. he left on a
Monday and then he didnt come back for twelve days. if this policy was in
effect he would have lost credit for that classes and would have to take
them all over again.
In .....
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Why Our Grading System Is Impo
Number of words: 390 - Number of pages: 2.... could mean nothing, save the written reports of “descriptive comments… dependability, intelligence, and honesty.”
Arthur Lean claims that it would be more beneficial to an employer to have written reports regarding certain character traits of job seekers. This, he states, is more helpful to the employer than say, “a B-plus in college algebra.” This idea is altogether untrue. Working as a computer technician, I was informed by my employer that the most advantageous part of my application was my advanced level of high school classes .....
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Grapes Of Wrath Stereo Typing
Number of words: 585 - Number of pages: 3.... of their proposed lack of intelligence. But migrants do not necessarily choose not to educate themselves. Ma Joad announces to her family that she will send her two youngest children to school once they are settled. Connie, Rose of Sharon’s husband, also plans out his goals with Rose of Sharon saying, “An’ he’s [Connie] gonna study at home, maybe radio, so he can git to be an expert . . . ” The migrants have their mind already set on education and chose not to be ignorant all of their lives.
Often in Grapes of Wrath, the affluent people stereotype the mig .....
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Oran: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Number of words: 1467 - Number of pages: 6.... in the road, and proceed straight ahead with their lives with very little
change in habit. These persons lift themselves above the desperation and focus
their actions on the grueling responsibility of making life better for
themselves and others.
The greatest affliction the citizens of Oran suffer when visited by the
plague is not fear but the sense of separation, the loneliness of exile, the
pain of imprisonment. The plague has an affect on most everyone in Oran. Some
become better people, some worse. Grand, Rambert and Paneloux are all markedly
changed .....
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The Three Paradigms In Society
Number of words: 824 - Number of pages: 3.... believe that society is maintained through the thought of trust and consensus on moral values for ideal behavior. Working together will result in a stable social environment that will create equality. Conflicts or dysfunctions will be view as a disease in the social system. Social conflict paradigm believes that society is divided into many groups that have their own goals, and that certain parts of the world have the luck of benefiting economic dominance. Societies are maintained and controlled through order and dictations by authority. Social conflict paradi .....
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Dreams Life
Number of words: 2381 - Number of pages: 9.... all processed as a dream (Central 104). One study of dreaming strongly suggests that it is a primary means by which we form and evaluate our survival strategies. Other sleep studies have shown that dreams and dreaming are essential to our mental health ( Howell 105). Together these sudies emphasize the psychological importance of dreams and dreaming. They show how our consciousness maintains its delicate balance. Ken Howell suggests why consciousness is like a scale balancing one side against another and how dreaming is related : On one side of this mental scale .....
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Self Reliance
Number of words: 522 - Number of pages: 2.... misunderstood and they are also afraid to show their own colors therefore lose their individuality by poor .
can destroy as well as create. In "Dead Men's Path" by Chinna Achebe the character Michael Obi decided to go against the community by trying to destroy their old traditions and by using his judgments and his believes but that destroyed him. Proving your points can destroy you if the sense of justice and reason is misled. Similarily Antigone Creon listened only to himself and by that he destroyed people who were close to him. Personally, I stand behin .....
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Hume's Mind Game
Number of words: 567 - Number of pages: 3.... life can change tomorrow. The sun may
not come up in the morning, a pool ball, being hit by another, may not move. I
still believe the sun will come up tomorrow, but I see what Hume is trying to
get at. Everything that is thought to be definite can change. There is no
proven facts that say the sun will come up tomorrow, we just assume it will. In
Hume's writing, assumption is a dangerous word. Assumption is made up of what
you believe and what you don't. I can believe light will turn on when I hit the
switch, but I can not rule out the fact that it .....
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