likes to be criticized, and that includes movie people, too. I understand and accept what happened. But to me, movies and books are not like sports. There is no immediate consensus on whether a player had scored a home run or a touch down. So it was okay to speak my mind on the casting, and I don't have any regrets. But to continue... I saw no rough cuts of IWTV; I saw no clips. I went to no screenings. It wasn't until David Geffen, himself took the unusual risk of sending me a VHS tape of the movie
loss surround us in everyday life. Sometimes it’s darkness, sometimes its failure, heartbreak, setbacks and whatever else. So I would like to dedicate this essay to my deceased crutch. Yes, my crutch. It would support me every day and help me through school as well as the dark ominous smog that is life itself. My crutch would bail me out of countless trouble and trials. Eventually, I depended on that crutch in an unhealthy way. Even so, my crutch it’s still one of the most important things in my
The American Voice My paper is about my opinion and what I’m interested in my history . It’s about tragic stories that caught my eye and of course “Give me liberty or give me death” that we were all interested in as a class. What I did to complete my research was i read over and over of the articles that i picked i also analyzed my stories and highlighted interesting facts and added a piece of my mind of how i feel about the story which was pretty intense. Being an american defines a lot of things
that influences me the most in my interpersonal ethical decision-making is Intuition. I think that I rely most on this pointer because most of the time I use it, something good always comes out of it. My intuition comes from my values; is this the right or wrong thing to do? 2. What do you do when your own pointers disagree with each other (ex: what seems logical to you differs from your gut feeling about something)?
We The Students To truly understand the meaning of civil disobedience you’d have to say that it is the act of disobeying laws to bring about change in government legislation without the use of violence. Throughout history we the students have seen and studied examples of civil disobedience. For example, the colonies boycotted British goods during the American revolution. And with that British passed the Tea Act, reducing taxes on tea. The point is, you don’t always have to use violence to make change
pro-life are against it and the people who are for it are pro-choice. It all began in 1973, the Supreme court made abortion legal, according to the 14th amendment it’s a right to privacy to women. Some women, who are pro-choice, think it’s empowering, because they can do with their body as they please. Others, who are pro-life, think it’s morally and ethically wrong to kill an unborn child. When you choose to get an abortion, you’re choosing to kill an unborn child, medical complications, the man tends
human right that protects the conscience of all people. It’s the right to think, express and act upon what you sincerely believe, according to the dictates of conscience. Religious freedom protects the rights of all groups of individuals, including the most vulnerable, whether religious or not. Freedom of expression has limits when it involves religious matters. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people’s faith, one can’t make fun of faith. Religious freedoms mean you have the right to your
for me I think cheating isn’t right because cheating is an unfair advantage. I came up with three main reasons why cheating is wrong. Cheating is wrong because it brings an unfair advantage, you will never be able to truly say you worked for it, and it’s not just wrong for school cheating is wrong on every level no matter what you do. It’s wrong when you’re in a relationship or when you’re on a diet or whatever you are doing. People think when they cheat that it’s okay because they have been doing
you asked Nolwazi to marry you... and you agreed to an arranged marriage at the same time? It's such a mess. May I ask why you are rushing into marriage... with any woman, so soon after Simphiwe's passing? I've been groomed to take over as head of the family. That puts pressure on me to start a family. I love Nolwazi, so I asked her to marry me. Next thing, Great-Uncle brings a bride home. It's best to follow your heart. The family won't forgive
But she fortified herself with the fact that Navy SEALs never give up. Well, she thought, hardly ever anyway. “Can you at least set us up in the barrels again? It’s really awkward down here on the floor. It’s wet and smells fishy. Really, you shouldn’t have put us in plastic barrels with no weight in the bottom in the first place. They were a tipping hazard from the get-go.” Earl piped up saying, “And you may as well figure on reapplying the sunscreen everywhere. I clearly felt it get rubbed off
is the use of animals in medical or biological studies. (Although some just use them for observation). It’s a big controversial topic because many believe that it’s not right and degrading, while many others believe that it’s necessary and is good that it’s tried on them before us. b. Thesis i. I believe that we should not use it and that animal testing is unquestionably wrong! It is not okay and it is wrong and just mean. Animals are one of the main reasons that humans were able to survive so testing
rules the right way is always a good idea. Many people see breaking the rules as getting in trouble and looking like a bully but there are different ways to break the rules and still look cool. The article "Cool People Only Break The Rules -- But Only The Right Rules" explains in many ways that breaking the rules aren’t always a horrible thing. The journalist Elizabeth Winkler has a saying which is being cool isn’t just about breaking rules. It’s about breaking the right rules in the right context
Lying: Is it ever okay? One question that most of us ask ourselves or other is, “Is it ever okay to lie?”, and some people think about it. There are many different lies and many types, but most of them fall into three general categories. The three groups are, “Lies to protect others” ; “Lies in the interest of the liar” ; and “Lies to cause harm”. A particular number of people consider some of the categories bad or good, most people say that most categories are bad. It is not okay to lie even on certain
I just smile and she finished my order. I get outside and it's raining harder. I hurry to my car (while trying not to slip) and just my luck, the trunk won't open. No matter how many times or how hard I press the button on the little remote, it won't open. I sigh and try the key, the key hole is frozen. I can't open the door to my car. I try chipping at it with the key but it's no use. I don't wanna break the key either. "Great!" I exclaim in frustration. I hurry back into the store and walk
it is okay. but to the real deal stuff today i am going to take a few minutes to look back at songs that i either loved, or hated this summer. So let's start with my hates, because I hate lots of things! My number one hate would have to be "Shut up and Dance" by Walk the Moon. Don't hate me I love Walk the Moon like i know most of their songs, but this one just gets on my last nerve. It never stops playing on the radio. Another song I hate is "I Can't Feel My Face" by the Weekend. It's just really
shouldn’t have to adjust ourselves in order to not be “asking for it”. We also shouldn’t have the responsibility to prevent ourselves from being raped. Why should we have to make sure we don’t get raped while walking down the street? It’s because rape culture has made it okay for us to
Spanking: Toxic to children Spanking children has been on the back burner of our nation for a long time. “Sixty-five percent of Americans approve of spanking, that has been consistent since the 1990s.” Most people, don’t address it because it’s a “known secret;” We are expected to sit idly by and let parents do whatever they want behind closed doors. Shouldn’t there be a stopping point? A place where we as a nation can stand and say, that there needs to be a law about a certain type of parenting;
Everyone lies, from young kids to adults. It’s everywhere. Immanuel Kant described a lie as “An intentional untruthful declaration to another person.” In my opinion, everyone lies, usually because they have to, or just to do it. For example, in the article Brad Blanton, by Barbara Ballinger, Blanton states, “All our lives we've been taught to lie, we live our lives by what we think we should do.” We all have grown up listening to others lie thinking it's okay, since others do it, it automatically
So, feel free to speak to me whenever you want to.” Xander says- his voice is calm and pleasant, like a warm summer breeze. “Thanks. I really appreciate it, Xander.” I non-chalantly reply; I am good at concealing certain emotions. Right now, I only show a hint of ‘the smile’. The smile that apparently ‘shows off my dimples and makes my eyes twinkle’ according to my father. I always gave him ‘the smile’. “Sorry, I need to go and study” I lie and I get out of the kitchen
People of today think that self-reliance has gone too far, that maybe we ask too much. Yet some people can’t live up to that expectation, leaving them asking for help, and that's okay. Being self-reliant isn’t about just being able to speak your mind, being able to voice your opinion, it’s about being able to do things all on your own. Ralph Waldo Emerson, when first writing about self-reliance was all about believing in yourself and that your thoughts were worth being told and to be heard by others