...obstacles we can in order to help with that success. Whether it is helping them to tie shoes into the teenage years, doing chores that as a parent, have been assigned to the child or even allowing the child to move back home after college, or even not leave after high school without any obligations such as having a job to pay for rent, buy food or pay utility bills without the prospect of going to college, we as parents are not necessarily making lives easier in the long run. In the essay “Spoiled Rotten: Why do kids rule the roost?” by Elizabeth Kolbert, she examines some different cultures and the habits of raising kids. One such culture is Matsigenka tribe in Peru. Members of the tribe go out to get new palm fronds for roofs of the huts they live in and bring along a 6 year old girl. This girl goes and does camp chores such as brushing off sleeping mats, stack leaves to bring back and even fished for crustaceans that she would clean, cook and serve to the adults in the group. According to the essay, this is quite a change from the families studied in Los Angeles, where the parents that were studied seemed to be searching for the approval of their children, rather than the other way around as in some other cultures. In the article “The Benefits of Spoiling Kids in America” by Lisa Belkin, suggests that we are only doing what is expected of us, unlike other animals such as Rhinos that rarely leave the side of their offspring until they are weaned, or panda bears that will...
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...Reflection of Field Notes from a Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert’s Field Notes from a Catastrophe was my first in-depth look into climate change, global warming, and the contribution of humans to these things. Global warming was something I vaguely knew about before reading this book, but it never really caught my attention or seemed like a major issue in the world. After reading Field Notes from a Catastrophe, I realized that it is in fact a major issue that must be addressed by every community. In this essay I will argue that it is our job as the human race to do all that we can to take care of our planet and reduce the amount of global warming that humans are responsible for. This essay is significant because this is our world. Global warming may not be something that has a significant impact on our lives, but whether it is our grandchildren or great grandchildren, there will be consequences eventually for the human race and the other species that we share this planet with. While reading Kolbert’s book, there were a few chapters that stood out to me and got me thinking more in-depth about global warming in general. In chapter 4, Kolbert goes into details with a couple of scientists on the affects of global warming on a species of toad, several species of butterflies, and a species of mosquitoes. The golden toad was a bright, tangerine colored toad that could be found in the Monteverde Cloud Forest in north-central Costa Rica. This species of toad spends a majority...
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...Essay on Pro Global Warming I believe that Global Warming has been here since we first started using machines, which used steam engines or combustion engines. The first type of wheeling automobile was made in 1769 that is about 250 years ago. So since the first type of ‘car’ was invented so much time ago, then we can assume that there has been carbon dioxide, smoke and steam in the atmosphere. When this happens the atmosphere breaks into little holes, through those holes the rays of the sun pass through the atmosphere, and therefore global warming is created. This is how global warming is produced, it has been present since a long time ago, and what I just went through is the process of it. “People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes.” Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, Apr 25, 2005. Kolbert, is a very successful writer, and she might not be known world wide, but she is very wise, because she wrote something seven years ago, which by now is becoming true. I feel that Global Warming is getting to a point that the whole world is about to meet him, because now only educated people know about it, and we must all know that global warming is real. As a matter of a fact one can see many reasons or facts to why Global Warming is real, and it is not only real, but also it is starting to get...
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...Max Bringhurst Explanatory Synthesis Essay # 2 Everybody in America is outraged about the book by Amy Chua called “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. This book talks about Amy Chua’s parenting techniques that comes from the Chinese people and how she thinks that American parents are lazy and raise unsuccessful children. Amy Chua’s book talks about how she raised her children and some stories of her techniques that she used on her own children. There was a lot of controversy about her methods American people found her ways very disturbing, but for the Chinese people this is normal and they see nothing wrong with it. The Chinese people see American parenting techniques disturbing and lazy. Amy Chua believes that mothers need to prepare their children for adulthood and everything is all about business when it comes to learning. She believes that drilling your kid for hours and hours or even all day is the most effective way for a child to learn. Chinese mothers also believe in calling the kids bad names like garbage is ok and self-esteem only comes from success. Amy Chua also would not let her kids go to the bathroom or even eat until they did whatever she wanted them to do perfect. Amy Chua says “children on their own will never want to work” (149) and need to be pushed. If a Chinese kid gets a B the mothers will get very upset and drill their child until the kid gets it perfect. Amy Chua says that Chinese parents believe that their children owe them everything (144). For all...
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... These five major mass extinctions caused at least twenty to forty percent of species on Earth to go to extinct (Endangered Species). Signs now show a sixth extinction, mass extinction of animals, is happening. There are some important factors that contribute to mass extinction; they are habitat destruction, pollution, and population. The world is losing about 975 animal species that include reptiles, invertebrates, mammals, birds, and fishes (Animal Time). Habitat destruction as a result of profiteering, pesticides, and overpopulation are key factors leading to the sixth mass extinction. People destroy animals’ habitat to fulfill human profits, which forces the animals to leave their habitats. Leopold describes humans’ values in his essay when he talks about, “[People] did not include soil, plants, or birds in their ideas of mutuality. The dividends of such a balanced economy were too modest. They envisaged farms not only around, but in the marsh. An epidemic of ditch-digging and land-booming set in.” (Leopold 269). From Leopold’s study, it shows that humans are selfish that they only see the economic values of land. People tend to think the possibilities of how much money they will be able to make and ignore other animals that are sharing the same piece of land. Leopold uses “epidemic” in his study to show that this is now an era where people want to make profits from the land and it is spreading like an epidemic. This leads animals to go to extinction since they don't have...
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...Oren Williams Professor Parker PHI 123 May 01, 2016 Alexander von Humboldt Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian explorer, who was born in Berlin on the 14th of September, 1769. He was also a naturalist and a Prussian geographer. He had an influential impact on romantic philosophy and science. Humboldt traveled all throughout Latin America exploring and describing what he saw in journals he recorded his notes on. This was also the first time he described his experiences in a scientific point of view. The journals he wrote are now published and cover 21 years of his exploring. Humboldt’s father, Alexander Georg von Humboldt, was a major in the Prussian Army. He married Maria Elisabeth Colomb in 1776. She was a very well educated woman and was also a widow. They had three children, Alexander being the youngest. The father had died in 1799. After his death, their mother was expected to become a civil servant of the Prussian state. Money was involved and left after her death. Alexander took accept ion and it helped him along the way to start his exploration. His passion for travel and exploring was a big thing. He devoted himself to preparation into becoming a scientific explorer. At the University of Hamburg, he studied commerce and foreign languages and also geology at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. He then graduated from Friedberg and was offered a job as an inspector in Bayreuth. During his period as a mine inspector, Humboldt demonstrated his deep concern...
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...CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA An Interpretive History TENTH EDITION James J. Rawls Instructor of History Diablo Valley College Walton Bean Late Professor of History University of California, Berkeley TM TM CALIFORNIA: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY, TENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2008, 2003, and 1998. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1234567890 QFR/QFR 10987654321 ISBN: 978-0-07-340696-1 MHID: 0-07-340696-1 Vice President & Editor-in-Chief: Michael Ryan Vice President EDP/Central Publishing Services: Kimberly Meriwether David Publisher: Christopher Freitag Sponsoring Editor: Matthew Busbridge Executive Marketing Manager: Pamela S. Cooper Editorial Coordinator: Nikki Weissman Project Manager: Erin Melloy Design Coordinator: Margarite Reynolds Cover Designer: Carole Lawson Cover Image: Albert Bierstadt, American (born...
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...Michael Adas, ed., Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History Jack Metzgar, Striking Steel: Solidarity Remembered Janis Appier, Policing Women: The Sexual Politics of Law Enforcement and the LAPD Allen Hunter, ed., Rethinking the Cold War Eric Foner, ed., The New American History. Revised and Expanded Edition E SSAYS ON _ T WENTIETH- C ENTURY H ISTORY Edited by Michael Adas for the American Historical Association TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS PHILADELPHIA Temple University Press 1601 North Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright © 2010 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Essays on twentieth century history / edited by Michael...
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...***AFF*** ***1AC*** Inherency – 1AC Contention one: Inherency The new FAA bill cut funding for the AIP, which will cripple our airport infrastructure – rapid investment is critical PRINCIPATO ‘12 - president, Airports Council International-North America; M.A. in International Relations from University of Chicago; International Trade and Transportation specialist, Hunton & Williams (Greg, “Why we should invest today in 'Airports Inc.'”. March. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/218525-faa-why-we-should-invest-today-in-airports-inc) With the latest Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) forecast predicting a doubling of passengers and cargo by 2030, the current funding system is not up to the job of ensuring airports will have the infrastructure they need to handle such dramatic increases in traffic. This will have far-reaching consequences. Commercial airports are powerful economic engines, generating 10.5 million jobs and $1.2 trillion for the U.S. economy, according to a new Airports Council International-North America study. Across the country, workers and businesses count on local airports to attract investment and move people and goods around the world. Since 2001, the total number of jobs associated with airports has increased by more than 50 percent. Despite unprecedented growth and clear evidence of the economic benefits of infrastructure investments, airports expect to have $80 billion in unmet needs through 2015 because of the flawed system...
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