After the capture of Patsy Daley and flushed with renewed vigour, Sir Frederick was soon back in the Wheogo area in search of Ben Hall, whom Pottinger once more came into close contact with at Sandy Creek station. It would appear that Ben Hall was either camped near or was staying at his former home and was being supplied with victuals and other comforts by Susan Prior and Ellen MaGuire. Whether Ben Hall understood or even contemplated at this early stage when he was crossing the lawful line to the unlawful line Ben Hall could have handed himself over to the law, no doubt for Ben Hall a custodial sentence would have been imposed, it was possible for Hall that a lenient sentence may have been brought down through Hall's good character references, as has been testified too by his esteemed friends from the district published in the many accounts of his fall from grace.…
In 1968 a philosopher named H.J. McCloskey wrote an article titled “On Being an Atheist,” which attacked the main arguments held by theists. The main arguments that he refers to as “proofs” are the cosmological argument, the teleological argument, and the ontological argument. McCloskey’s article debunks these arguments as being false and without proof. He states that theists should dismiss the idea of God entirely. He claims in his opening statements that he will show reasons why theists should be miserable just because they are theists (1).…
Hello Brian, I would just like to start by thanking you for your opinion it is always interesting to see how other people look at the same issue. When you stated that, “common decency has been replaced with a self-serving mentality and entitlement attitude” I knew you would have a well thought out discussion because this is very true. The point you made when quoting Ecclesiastes 3:7, “a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak” I however think this is a time for Frederick to be silent. I think that Frederick did nothing to protect his invention and there fore lost it to his professors. Even if Frederick has the slight possibility of proving this is his idea, the Bible says in (Proverbs 20:3 NIV) “It is to one’s…
As a consequence, when the gun control activists only look at a specific part of the amendment they can easily interpret it so that it supports their cause. David Clark is such an activist, and he believes that because the 2nd amendment says “well regulated militia,” then the amendment only protects the states rights in forming government ran militias, not individual rights in owning firearms (Young 70). As a result of his interpretation of the amendment, Clark is able to say that the Constitution reinforces his call for gun control. So to people who aren’t as educated in this specific topic, Clark’s view is taken as truth since he says the Constitution backs him up. Sadly a lot of people don’t do their own research and take other’s views…
In the mid-20th century, a renowned philosopher H.J. McCloskey wrote an attention-grabbing article called “On being and Atheist”. In McCloskey article, he argues on how the existences of God fails to be proven or sustained. The author argues that there is insufficient arguments to prove a theist belief while accrediting an atheistic point of view. The following essay is a response to McCloskey article from a different angle.…
Richards is about how literacy strengthens self-esteem. This example shows how she dealt with a little boy named CT. CT was a boy who spent two years in the first grade. At the time he didn’t realize the importance of literacy until Ms. Richards put it in the forefront for him. After she realized that he was good at building things.…
McCloskey believes evil is nothing more than imperfection inside the world and uses this notion to argue that there is no divine purpose of the world. In this case we must acknowledger the flaws in the teleological and the cosmological argument. In addition, he believes no perfect being would create a world with suffering and evil. To this I would say in order to distinguish that something is good you have to know something is bad. This comes along with feelings and emotions that brings us to the thought of how our feelings are created.…
The Annenberg video workshop that I chose to watch this week was "Connecting School and Home." In this video, Dr. Paratore described some of the ideas that should cause us to rethink student’s success in literacy at home and at school. Paratore, emphasized that students cultural backgrounds do not predict a parents ability in helping to shape a student's reading or writing ability. What I learned from this video is that it is crucial for parents to help their children and be involved in learning activities at home. Parents need to be a source of support and encouragement for their child in guiding them through their homework assignments.…
“Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow”, as once said by Lawrence Clark Powell, is something that I have grown to understand and believe in through my day- to- day experience in everything that I do. In today’s world, where technology is evolving, reading and writing are essential towards acquiring any job or skills, I begin to look back at my life and appreciate the time and effort my parents put into making my education a success, and it couldn’t have been so without reading, writing and grasping every little concept. The Journey wasn’t always easy, there were days when the road was smooth and the sky was clear but, there were also days when the road was rough and the storm was raging. I can remember vividly when I…
Descartes reasons for doubting his beliefs in meditations were because he wanted to prove a scientific method, he wanted to prove that true knowledge came from the mind and not in the sense. Descartes spent a lot of time separating the world into two substances using only the mind and body. He says science truth is made up of our body and religious truths deal with the soul and mind. His biggest question was can something be true if it can be doubted? He became a skeptic and started doubting everything to find the truth, everything had to be proven solid and could be broken down.…
Consider the following statement: “Death is a greater tragedy when it happens to a human than when it happens to a wolf. The mistake is to think that is follows from this that human lives are superior. That we lose more when we die is not an indication of our superiority; on the contrary, it is a clue to our damnation.” (203) In this passage, Rowlands is challenging the notion of superiority of humans to animals based on lose of the future.…
Griffiths argues for the paradigm of pluralism, viewed through the lens of the Christian faith. According to Griffiths, no religion has the “monopoly of the truth,” but instead, each faith has a part of the “divine revelation”. Both Hinduism and Christianity can learn a great deal from each other, and must combine their respective positive qualities in order to find the full truth and the greatest path to salvation and self-realization. For example, Griffiths points out how Christianity lost touch with its mystical tradition. On the other hand, Griffiths finds that Eastern faiths, like Hinduism, still maintain this aspect of their faiths.…
Once I understood what was expected in a literacy narrative, I began to gather my ideas. Many stories came to my mind that I could have wrote about. I thought about my mother reading to me when I was very young. I thought about me hating journals in the seventh grade. Then, my idea of the accelerated reading program came to me.…
Children raised in high-need schools and communities are faced daily with overwhelming challenges that can be extremely stressful and directly impact how they perform and behave in school. One way to begin defining academic success for students in high-need schools and communities is by evaluating literacy rate. Studies have shown that “fourth graders who are reading proficient are far more likely to graduate from high school and become economically successful,” (Casey Foundation 2014). Academic success starts in the home; unfortunately for students in high-needs communities, home life can be unstable and lack exposure. According to the Huffington Post, “in low-income neighborhoods there is one book per every 300 children.…
Is Technology Interfering with Reading? Literacy begins at different levels. Some learn to read and write from their parents at a very young age, and some learn from TV shows or from hearing other kids speak at school. We all have our own story when it comes to how we adapted literacy as children.…