Have you ever taken a risk? Is it a positive or negative risk? My idea of when people take risks, they either succeed or fail, there is no in-between. It can be both positive and negative. For example, you can run across a busy highway to save a dog, which is a positive risk. An example of a negative risk is throwing something at someone, or talking out of line on purpose during class, knowing you should not do it. It is the choice you are making that you can make whether it is positive or negative. The speech “Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger,” by President Ronald Reagan. “The Vanishing Island,” an article by Anya Groner. “The Day I Saved A Life,” an essay by Thomas Ponce. All three learn something positive, like …show more content…
The result of that risk was the death of the astronauts and the teacher. It was so devastating that President Reagan changed his speech just to announce their bravery and show sympathy for this tragedy. President Reagan’s opinion about taking risks is that the results will take time. You will never know until you take that risk. “There will be risks, and results take time.” Reagan meant that if you take a risk, the result may not be right away. The risk of this article is that the people who live on their island are going to have to relocate and leave everything they know, what they have built, and the memories they made there. The outcome of the risk was that they relocated and made new with the sum of money they received to rebuild. “With no place to move, tribe members wondered if their culture was fated to vanish along with the island.” They have nowhere to go, and the island is fading. The risk is to either find a way to leave or hope the island does not vanish. Thomas Ponce is putting himself in danger of saving someone else’s life. It has a positive outcome because it protects sharks and other
will forever be a day that marks a special moment in time in which President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered one of the most memorable speeches in American History. His Inaugural address is one in which many famous quotes come from and one that is emulated in present speeches. In order to understand the importance of this inoculation one must understand the atmosphere of our nation at that time and what President Kennedy was trying to get across to his constituents. In this essay I will give you background
Abortion: GOD is Pro-life The reason I am pro-life, and oppose abortion, is because GOD is pro-life, and opposes abortion. Scriptural evidence of this is abundant; consider the words of Ps. 139:13-14: "For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well." God then forbids the taking of innocent life [viz. a life not guilty of a capital crime, according to
inspiring speeches which shaped the course of history. Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural address celebrated the closest election ever. It marked the first time in modern history that a government surrendered its power by popular election. He said “Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have (been) called by different names brethren of the same principle.” (Jefferson’s first inaugural address, 1801.) Jefferson meant by this that regardless of their differences, both political
America so often aligns itself with that of a Godly nation; hence the nations’ founding fathers were ‘Christian’. Broadly speaking, this ‘Christianity’ America ties itself to is nothing more than a man-made religious activity that has lost its foundation. According to statistics from the Federal Government, 78% of Americans have a belief in God and claim to be “Christians”; yet Christians currently have less influence than any other time in this nations’ history. Since the majority of Americans profess
It is important that all people have the human right to health and not fear if something or someone is going to keep them from living a healthy life. It is a sad reality that most people in developing and developed countries are denied the human right to health and face socially determined barriers that keep them from achieving their best health. To gain perspective on global health inequities it is important to understand that inequality and inequity are concepts that are used interchangeably. Inequality
more peaceful way of life is dreamed about by everyone, but it seems almost impossible to achieve. In his essay, Gandhi says that to reach this level, which he considered bringing offense to no other person, keeping pure thoughts especially with your enemies, and not resenting your friends or enemies' actions, you must continue this practice throughout your life. You cannot simply achieve it in one day. Gandhi believed in not only spreading this as a practice but living his life based on this doctrine
Since Perkins’s wrote the homiletic handbook of his day, it is safe to assume that he followed the method he proposed therein. The purpose of this section is to determine if Perkin’s practiced his own homiletic laid out in The Art. As a result, those interested in the study of Perkins’s preaching will have a model of his method, a minor deficiency of The Art. Though Perkins’s definitely practiced the art of prophesying, few of his sermons exist. The main reason may be attributed to his belief and
not always. Seybolt notes that one of the most dangerous aspects of humanitarian intervention is when international governments manipulate the numbers of deaths and refugees to suit their agenda. It is important to report the real amount of people saved because overestimating can be used as an excuse to show effectiveness through radical actions. Additionally, empirical evidence shows in past conflicts, lack of resources and slow response prevented saving more lives. To prevent the same failures from
fascinating question, one still with us today.” ~ Professor Bruce Thornton, Cal State Fresno I seldom watch TV anymore, other than sporting events; I have no use for a woeful medium that so willfully damaged our beloved America and continues to do so with amoral programming and station to station disinformation called the network news. The other night, while channel surfing during a "Monday Night Football" time out, I happened upon “Boston Legal” just in time to hear one of the characters call those Americans
Psalm 103, while verse eleven is not specifically address worship, I believe it could serve as a foundation for what the topic of worship covers. Psalm 103:11 says: “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is love for those who fear him.” Now of course this is not talking about worship in any way, I would suggest that worship is as high as the heavens are above the earth. Worship just is. With that having been said, worship should never try to be contained into one person’s own view
it stupendously. Three major pieces that show what a strong rhetorical backbone are Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy, Ahmedabad (Noncooperation) by Mohandas Gandhi, I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. These pieces are one of the most famous in history due to their influential elements formed through their usage of rhetoric. One of the best known presidential speeches is Kennedy's Inaugural Address. In his five minute speech, Kennedy opens his presidency on a positive note, influencing both
during the first "100 days" to pass recovery legislation which set up alphabet agencies such as the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) to support farm prices and the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) to employ young men. Other agencies assisted business and labor, insured bank deposits, regulated the stock market, subsidized home and farm mortgage payments, and aided the unemployed. These measures revived confidence in the economy. Banks reopened and direct relief saved millions from starvation
Roosevelt used rhetorical devices to persuade desperate Americans, wounded from the Great Depression, by introducing a plan which it will be the best way to recover from the severe crisis that affected Americans. In Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, he used personification, diction, and antimetabole to convey his conflicting feelings about the New Deal, in order to face the economic issues
technology could help make work life better? Telecommuting is defined as “working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment” (Dictionary.com). Telecommuting combines technology and work without technology running the worker out of business. Working from home is a way to use technology to one's advantage before having it run them out of business. Working long hours in an office is shown to have a huge dent on an individual's life financially, environmentally
divided two nations, yet knit one closer like the attacks on Pearl Harbor. There were many events that lead up to 9/11 that were only the beginning. The attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 was the finale. George Bush wrote in his diary, “The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century happened today…” (George Bush). This attack was a surprise, just like Pearl Harbor, but the U.S. reacted swiftly and effectively. The appalling events Now, more than a decade later, the 9/11 attacks still affect our life today