Lisa Wilson Strick’s article “What’s So Bad about Being So-So?” states that‚ in today’s society‚ people are too serious to the point that no one does things just for fun‚ but only for competition. There are children who are acting like grown adults instead of children because they are so stressed out about being the best in everything that they do. Friendships are being ruined because no one is safe from today’s competitive edge. Strick’s article tries to instill the thought that we need to go back
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Have you ever tried to be so perfect at something and it ended up going all wrong? I have. In the essay “So What’s So Bad About Being So-So?” by Lisa Wilson Strick (205-207) she makes the point that being perfect doesn’t always turn out the way you hope. I completely concur with her. Perfection can often be a wonderful thing‚ but for me‚ perfection caused me to have a very low confidence and so it became a vice in my life. Rather then being myself‚ I was too concerned about trying to be like everyone
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way to many people getting bullied every single day‚ and everyday after that they become a full time bully to. I honestly think that being a bully is worse because you are doing the pain to others‚ and thats just not very nice. Being a bully means your sinning against god‚ and you are practically worshipping the devil and thats never a good thing. Also your doing bad things for society‚ and everybody you love and you won’t have as many friends if you bully people. Most of the time bullies are people
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What does being poor mean to you? A family or person is considered to be poor based on the standards by the country that he lives in. A man might think of himself as poor if he is without the things he feels he needs to survive. A person who continuously doesn’t have food to eat or is homeless would be someone others would view as being poor. Someone could be observed as a poor person if he smells bad or has bad hygiene. As far as I’m concerned‚ these all are material poverty. Material poverty is
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Expository Essay- There are Good and Bad Things About Being on a Team It’s the last game of the soccer season. The oval is filled with screaming fans. Cheerleaders are screaming to encourage you more! Just need that last point so the home team can win against the visitors. You’re severing‚ the pressure is just overwhelming‚ and sweat is dripping down from your head like someone has left the tap open. You get the ball and kick it… its perfect! You’re team wins the game. All the fans are shouting
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Myths: 1. People are poor because they are lazy. Of poor people‚ 16 years and older 12% work full time year round‚ and another 25% work part time. 2. Most poor people are minorities. Almost 43% of people living in poverty are white. In proportions however‚ African Americans and Latinos are much more likely to be poor than Asian Americans and whites. 3. Most poor people live in inner cities. 33% of the poor live in inner cities‚ but the rest live in urban areas‚ the suburbs‚ small towns
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What is so special about the Orchidaceae? According to Greek mythology‚ there once was a satyr named Orchis who was celebrating in the festival of the god of wine. Having had too much to drink‚ he attempted to rape a priestess and as a result was killed by angry villagers. Orchis’ father prayed to the gods to bring his son back but the gods‚ being not especially fond of rapists‚ only returned Orchis as flowers. Thus‚ according to the Ancient Greeks‚ was the origin of orchids. However‚ with modern
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What’s So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress? Introduction The phone rings and it is your friend letting you know she has had her baby and the baby’s name is Alex; immediately you congratulate her on the birth of her son. It never crosses your mind that the baby could be a girl. While grocery shopping you run into a co-worker and her children. One child is noticeably a little boy because of his short haircut‚ spider man shirt‚ athletic shorts‚ sports team hat and his shoes are covered
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What Being a teenager is all about Introduction Hi. Today I’m here to talk about something we can all relate to. I’ll be talking about how to go from a naive teenager to a grown responsible adult that is really to take on life. From getting new responsibilities‚ to getting an education and finding something to do with our live that we will enjoy. But in order to end up as a happy adult we must first go through some pretty difficult things such as finding our first jobs and keeping up in school
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“Happiness isn’t about getting what you want all the time. It’s about loving what you have and being grateful for it.” Being thankful means expressing gratitude. Love what you get‚ don’t be greedy‚ and don’t complain. An important law of life that I have learned to live by is to be thankful for what you have. Two years ago I was lucky to get many gift cards‚ money‚ and a new wallet from friends and family for Christmas. My siblings didn’t get as much so they were a little jealous and I made the
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