What Does It Mean To Be Educated Essay

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    Mostly all of the pressures that teenagers and young adults have is revolved around school. They are responsible for making friends, maintaining their academics, participating in extracurriculars, and staying out of trouble. These responsibilities are what consumes their life to the point where it can often be unhealthy. It is important that people, especially those who are enrolled in school, take care of their mental, physical, and social health before anything else. A multitude of students are suffering

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    were smarter than others. There was a running scientific theory that white people had larger brains than people of color and were therefore more intelligent. This “scientific” finding would reinforce the idea of biological superiority. Meritocracy does however offer the possibility (in theory) of social movement by effort for anyone-the so called “American Dream”. Scientific Racism and Eugenics assume that certain groups are meant to succeed genetically over others,

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    Reza Ameli The American Dream and Education What we call the American Dream, the founding fathers called the pursuit of happiness. The American Dream is built on the promise that individuals from all walks of life can find success and prosperity here. It shapes from our opinions, desires, interests, cultures, geographical locations, and religions. Some presume the dream of becoming an engineer, a medical doctor, an athlete, a politician, or even maybe following their father’s footsteps and

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    Aristotle on Justice as Equality Aristotle forwards the view that justice is equality. Crucial to his view of equality is that equality means treating what is similar similarly and what is dissimilar dissimilarly. This is as opposed to more modern understandings of equality which maintain overlooking relevant dissimilarities. However, there is an apparent emptiness to Aristotle’s idea of equality, for in any difference of treatment between individuals or groups there is always some difference between

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    work contributes to their overall happiness as well as life satisfaction. Ample data - including a recent Gallup-Purdue survey of college alumni - show the benefit college brings, like earnings potential and moreover access to quality jobs. Hgher educated students are more likely to picture themselves on a direct career path, rather than just working at a job to muddle through life and make ends meet. Ultimately, higher education leads to a greater mental well-being. Seminars along with extracurricular

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    The Republic, By Plato

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    definitions/opinions of what “justice” really means. Socrates truly examines what he thinks the true value behind the word actually is. However, he isn’t alone other characters such as Cephalus, Thrasymachus, and Polemarchus all have something to contribute to the conversation. Socrates is the man who checks the truth behind each one, while Plato shares his thoughts on what Socrates believes is true. Truth in all the arguments and what each person brings to the table help them figure out what justice means. Justice

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    Figuring out a population control policy for the United States is a very difficult task. If I were a part of the U.S. Government, I would have a hard time deciding what is morally right to implement as a population control policy. However, if I was creating a law to help control U.S. population, my ideal policy would include incentives from the government to wait to have children and intense family-planning education programs starting as early as in elementary school. The first part of my population

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    privilege from others who do not receive those same benefits. At its most extreme, experience of privilege, or equally significantly the lack of privilege, violently alienates groups of people, often in the form of cultural, political, social tensions. What are seen as social constructions such as race, ethnicity, gender, social class or status, religion, etc. can all be seen as mechanisms for becoming a recipient of or being denied social benefits. Social class or status achieved through financial and

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    allowing the country’s economy to flourish. It also justifies government actions and increases the public’s trust in the government. Furthermore, it is used to eliminate the threat of potential rivals of the absolute ruler. Propaganda is an effective means to influence the opinions of the public. To begin with, propaganda is used to spread misleading information in order to make the public more hopeful, thus creating an efficiently working country that accepts its government. In the book titled Animal

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    Philospher Mill, believes that the moral law or golden rule is utilitarianism. He uses the greatest happiness principle, and states that everyone wants to and ought to be happy. So, what is each person’s pleasure? If one has things that bring them pleasure, then there must be things that also bring them pain. Both elements must be considered when making a decision, otherwise those involved will not be able to achieve the greatest happiness. Furthermore, there will be consequences of these pleasures

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