Aj McGhie 1 Professor Handley English 101 October 17, 2012 In the article “Faculty Salaries Affect Higher College Costs, The Rising Cost of College. John O. Edwards discusses the issue of teachers’ salaries being one of the main reasons for the rise of college tuition. And I totally agree with his assumption because all colleges try to do is find more ways to increase their enrollment and access to extra cash. After reading this article I now think I have
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Four ways that an earthquake can cause a lot of destruction is landslides, fires, mudslides, and Tsunamis. These are four examples of some of the most destructive natural disasters but believe it or not it is not all of the work done by earthquakes. Earth quakes cause some of the most extreme damage due by natural disasters. The damage and death of life that happens during an earthquake comes also from falling structures, falling glass and other dangerous objects. The flexible structures built on
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LIVING IN GOOD HANDS by Roxanne Y. Rivera Philippines has been popular with its fine-looking sceneries and entertaining festivities. The Department of Tourism recently presented its new slogan “It’s more fun in the Philippines” which has been a catchphrase for a lot of people in the different parts of the world. Aside from the tourists’ spots and festivals here in the country, have you ever ponder of the other reasons why it is more fun in the Philippines? Nowhere in the world can you find
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I. Introduction a. Picture your friend just got into a car accident and lost a ton of blood. b. Now imagine someone robbing your house. As your older brother is trying to stop the robber, the robber takes out his gun and shoots him in the chest. c. Imagine your aunt was diagnosed with leukemia, a disease requiring regular transfusion of platelets. d. Not very nice things are they? But unfortunately these things do happen. e. Needless to say you would hope and think
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Spain Without Bullfighting, is Not Spain Topic: Bullfighting as a tradition General Purpose: to Persuade Specific Purpose: To convince my audience that they should view bullfighting as a tradition (cultural). Thesis: Bullfighting should be viewed as a cultural tradition and not as an animal cruelty. Introduction Attention Getter: How would you feel if you went to Macdonald’s and you can only order fish, chicken or vegetarian hamburgers? That didn’t matter were you go you couldn’t get
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We would be nothing without the experiences that form us. Both the good and the bad etch themselves into how we see and feel the world. If we are lucky, work hard and learn our lessons then, hopefully, the good outweigh the bad. We learn that the world is an exciting but also a dangerous place. Certainly most of us have had our fingers burnt at some time or another. That is, bad things have happened to us during our lives. They range from the physical scars we bear from cuts, breaks, illnesses and
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to speak with somebody because it was just recording. Soooo computers are taking over our lives today. In this way not technology is taking over our jobs and our ability to do work , but its been a big *distraction to us , when I was doing my speech, I got distracted multiple times, for example I got three phone calls, loged on facebook at least three times and send received messages I can't even count them, So in this aspect technology is also bad, because it's distracting us from things that
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Speech Every night when I go back to my house, I see little kids sleeping on the street. These kids work every day and night for a few coins. They have dreams like us, but their reality is something different. They don’t have a family to support them. In fact, many don’t even know the meaning of “family”. I know all of you in this room have seen these children on the street. Do you ever think about what they go through on a daily basis? Today, I want to convince you to help street children who
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I’d like to show you how outdoor tanning is detrimental to health. Tanning began with the legendary designer, Coco Chanel. (Brief explanation) Tanning is now a very common practice. The process of tanning might give you a lovely golden-brown color to your skin for a short period but in the long run it affects your skin in ways you couldn’t imagine. I. Tanning causes various skin diseases. A. Causes cancerous and non-cancerous diseases 1. Basal cell carcinoma (brief explanation) 2. Squamous
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(Show video)- who would like to help these animals? So would I. My name is Lindsay, and I am going to talk to you about pet overpopulation. According to dogbreedinfo.com, only one out of ten dogs and one out of 12 cats will find a home. Meaning 800 dogs & cats are KILLED every HOUR. I have four dogs and two cats, all of which were adopted from a shelter or rescue. I want you, as my audience, to realize that by buying an animal from a breeder or pet store you are contributing to the pet
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