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Baseball's New Rules
<view this essay>.... of the Baltimore Orioles he tried the new
rule out and was successful.
Another new rule of the game of baseball that was not there last year is
that if you are sitting in the stands you can reach over the wall and catch the
ball before the players can. This new rule was first tried out at a New York
versus Baltimore Orioles game, when New York was at bat and they needed a home
run to win. The batter hit the ball not far enough to the wall and when the out
fielder was going to catch it a kid reached over the wall and caught the ball.
This would be usually ruled no home run but the umpire said it was OK. New York
went on to win the next game to advance to the .....
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Education: Past, Present, And Future
<view this essay>.... schools were combonation classes with a variety of age groups as students.
Almost each individual was given an equal amount of personal help from the
teacher. Also, life wasn't as complecated as they are now. One teacher would
teach the whole class a limeted variety of subjects such as arithmatic and
english. Education was just eaiser when it first became popular.
Nowadays, in the present, school not only is a place to learn, it's a
place to stress out. As I walk through the halls all students seem to have that
academic nervousness. If you listen to the conversations that go on in the hall
it's always, "Ohh my gosh, Becky! I'm going to have a fat cow! .....
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Antigone
<view this essay>.... through poor judgment and/or extreme arrogance. The tragic flaw also dooms the character to a ruinous end.
Creon, as king of Thebes, is at the top of the social ladder. He thus already meets one of Aristotle’s chief criteria. Yet, not only is he king, he is also human and possesses frailties which qualify him to make serious mistakes and he possesses talents which allow him also to excel. Hence, Creon is neither overly good nor bad.
It is also written that the tragic hero’s actions may determine the fates of one or more characters within the tragedy. Appropriately, Creon’s station as king place shim in a position of great power, influence and responsibil .....
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Lock Picking
<view this essay>.... tension. Each pin has two parts, a top pin and a bottom pin. Both of which are held in a groove by a spring. As a key is inserted, the two pin parts are aliened to what is called the shear line. When the key is fully inserted into the key way all of the pins aliened to the shear line. Thus this turns the key freely between the plug and the shell along the shear line. Before you begin to pick a lock you need some basic tools. I might suggest for a beginner to start out with simply a safety pin and a very tiny Philips head screwdriver or a paper clip. First open up your safety pin to about a 60 degree angle. Then bend the very tip of the safety pin to approxim .....
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Prejudice Child Of Ignorance
<view this essay>.... they come out looking stubborn, and ignorant.
The child's parents may have put him in an environment where everyone is considered acceptable. His parents may have been wealthy, and put him in a private school that only other rich kids can attend. This would be an environment where there may not be racial differences. Because of the way, he was taught and raised, the child has become prejudiced, and the beliefs that his parents once had are now his own. When this child leaves that school, he has not had any contact with anyone from a different lifestyle. He will not know how to react to someone like a homeless person on the street. Like the child, everyo .....
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Slangs In The English Language
<view this essay>.... nothing to fear from change.
Slang worries Conservatives the most because it affects the
vocabulary of English. American English, especially, is always adding new
words to its vocabulary for social, scientific, or artistic reasons. The
scientific and artistic words do not bother these people; only the social,
or slang, words do. Slang is usually created by children or teens who seek
social status (Morrow 137). Because kids are the source of new slang, some
adults look down on it with the assumption that kids are unintelligent and
simply rebelling against established English grammar and diction. However,
most of the adults did the same thing .....
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A Critical Look At The Foster
<view this essay>.... that there is little difference in the background and characteristics of children in care regardless of whether they have been labeled "dependent," "neglected," "status offender," "CHINS" (Children in Need of Supervision), or "emotionally disturbed." It was Wooden's impression that a "shell game" was being played with the labeling process, with dependent children, relabeled as "disturbed" or "hard to place" being shuttled off to private, often profit-making institutions in ever greater numbers. As a result:
Instead of orphanages, we now have so-called "treatment centers"--a "growth industry" which feeds on unwanted children just as the nursing home bu .....
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Intelligence
<view this essay>.... strong evidence that suggests a higher success rate for individuals of higher IQ. "A high IQ is an advantage in life because virtually all activities require some reasoning and decision-making. Conversely, a low IQ is often a disadvantage…there are many exceptions, but the odds for success in our society greatly favor individuals with higher IQs." (Gottfredson, page 14). Murray says, "It is better to be born smart and poor, than rich and stupid." With the constantly growing number of g-loaded tasks playing a more significant role in our daily routines, life may be increasingly difficult for low IQ people. "An individual's IQ, they found, is a better p .....
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