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Physician and assistant vice president for the student health and counseling services at the University of Chicago, Alex Lickerman in his article, “What Justice is: Is Our Current Concept Only a Rationalization,” argues that “our concept of justice is nothing more than a way to legitimize our desire for revenge.” He develops his claim by first explaining a study from Yale professor Paul Bloom who showed through experimentation that humans have an innate sense of right and wrong, then he supports

Only The Heart is a novel written by Brian Caswell and David Chiem that tells a story familiar to many Australians. A Vietnamese family is threatened, pulled apart by the war in that country. Some of its members disappear; hard-earned wealth is lost. The novel leads the reader to a new understanding of refugees with the demonstrated views of pain, determination, survival and freedom, which are brought to life throughout the novel. The fall of Saigon in 1975 provides the momentum for Mai and her daughters

A young man was walking down the street, having no clue who he was or what had happened. He didn’t even remember if he had any family. He could only remember that he had been wandering the streets aimlessly. “Hey kid, are you lost?” asked a Neimoidian. ”Do you want a job? I could use a servant.” “No. I am just exploring.” Said the young man.”Now get out of my way.” The Neimoidian just stared at him. Trying to think of a way to trick him. Realizing that it was hopeless he went into a weapons

Apple is not only successful, not only the most successful company in technology, not only the most successful company in the world but the most successful company in the history of companies (Elgan, 2015). The revolutionary multinational corporation Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 in Cupertino, California. The creators of apple were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who wanted to revolutionize the computer industry. But soon they branched out from just computer systems to introducing the iPod in about

Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education follow vary different outlines in methods of teaching and the goals they hope to achieve. Controversy surrounding this topic focuses on what is being taught and how this relates to values favoring abstinence, with the belief that education on birth control encourages sexual activity (Abstinence Only Education, 2005). Planned Parenthood states the following: “Abstinence-only programs (also called abstinence-only until marriage programs) promote abstinence

English Only Laws To start with, we may not live in England, but the language we speak is supposed to be English. So, one would think that a person would have no problem speaking this language at the workplace unless the job calls for a different language, This is not so. Countless people have challenged this policy of several different companies and this is what I will be discussing, in English. First, most of the workers speak English, maybe not as a primary language, but speak it to the best

Freedom Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to give a speech at this year’s Youth Speaks for Australia conference. I am honored to be here to introduce the novel Only the Heart by Brian Caswell and David Chiem which is relevant to the hot topic of refugee families’ life here in Australia. Freedom is the seminal theme developed in the novel to highlight the experiences of the Vo family in post-war Vietnam. I will talk about water, Minh’s decision to meet the ambassador and Toan in relation

Is Jesus the only Savior? This question does not seem to come up in daily conversation with true believers. John 14:6, “Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Ronald H. Nash was a professor and writer for over 40 years. Nash wrote “this book to examine three competing views, identifies some of their major proponents, and explains why they believe as they do, with a view to determining which is true.” (Nash, 1994, p. 9). Analysis

learning has become more and more prevalent. Most colleges and university have an online learning presence in order to extend the university reach and to help better serve the students who can’t make it into a physical classroom. In this article, Read Only Participants: Communication in online classes, authors Nagel, Blignaut, and Cronj (2009) takes on the argument that participation is a key reason for a student to be successful in the class. Nagel believes that in order for students to be successful

Blinding Anger - Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth In the play, “Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth” by Drew Hayden Taylor, the story of two sisters, Barb and Janice is told. They had not met each other for the first time until Janice had turned 35 and had returned for her first visit. The two are basically strangers and their relationship consists of nothing but anger. The development in their relationship seems to be impossible with the two who are unable to understand each other