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trees and just kept cutting them down. He was not aware about the finite number of them until it was too late and there were no more Truffula trees. And often taking advantage of a finite source comes from the freedom to do so. In the words of Garrett Hardin “Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.” Because people can do it, they will do it. This can be fixed if people learn to limit themselves. Instead of having as much as they can, just take one or as much as they need instead of how much…

I met Washington Perry on the day he died; that is to say that I began coming to know him that day, though I had first made his acquaintance 3 weeks prior. Truth be told, I did not have many interactions with him – far fewer than one might expect as soldiers of the same company. Our Union troop was battle worn by the time Washington joined our ranks (with special permission from the General) in Mid-March of 1862. We had taken heavy casualties in the Battle of XXXXXX and the entire company had…

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 to a low class family in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was self-educated man who taught himself law. He became the 16th president of the United States in 1861, but before that he was a lawyer, politician, and a congressman. Lincoln worked in the state legislature for 4 years and was a successful lawyer in Illinois. He was a member of the Whig party in Illinois. After he served one term in the House of Representatives, he lost interest in politics and…

Numerous studies have been completed and manuals are written to support teaching students prosocial skills. This includes providing training for teachers and staff to promote positive behavior support, active engagement in conflict resolution and peer mediation, and judicious discipline. A crucial element to implementing effective classroom management is teaching positive behavior and serving as a mentor to children regardless of socioeconomic status. Therefore, as school-aged children learn…

president to gain official recognition as an inventor by being granted a patent. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky, to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in thier one room log cabin on their farm known as Sinking Spring. Warren wrote: “A most disturbing and bitter controversy over the rights and wrongs of slavery was being waged in that part of Kentucky…

Louis Armstrong was an influential African American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer. He is known for songs like, Star Dust, La Via En Rose and What a Wonderful World. He is also known for his influence over jazz culture and music. He had many nicknames such as, Satchmo, Pops and, Ambassador Satch. He was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans Louisiana. He was born into a very poor neighbourhood known as “The Battlefield” and his life was very difficult growing up. Soon after his birth his…

Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong once said, “Music’s my language. One of those trips over the world, maybe the musicians can’t speak with you, but play ‘Struttin’ with Some Barbecue’ and they’ll know their parts and chime right in.” (UXL Biographies) What Louis Armstrong means is that no matter what language a person speaks, music is universal. For a young man who grew up with, at the very least, a spotty education—this fact is important for Louis Armstrong. What he may have lacked in formal…

A society that is based on the pursuit of profit and capitalism makes cooperation extremely difficult in this situation. If everyone’s only motive is to make a profit then each person will be out for themselves. Capitalism is based off of “winners” and “losers”. In order for there to be people with lots of money and are thriving then there must also be people who do not have much money and are struggling. People desire to be rich and success no matter the cost. Cooperation can be extremely…

Crimes against Humanity “Crimes against Humanity” by Ward Churchill is a perfect work on crimes relating with all types of inhumanity or activities occurring in the world. Ethos are related with ethics means that the things we need to perform due to ethical concern or fear of isolation from society because something which we are doing is against the society ethical norms. The word “Pathos” belong to emotional family which pathos deals with all matters of emotional appeal. It means that…

Women athletes have been present in the media for many years and photos of sports-women in publications in the years 1928, 1956 and 1972 were examined by Poe (1976) who claimed that women appeared only in leisure activities rather than playing competitive sports such as basketball. This supports what Levin (1990) statement, that when women are represented in a competitive way, it is done in a way that is “publicly acceptable”, playing an individual sport such as tennis, rather than team sports.…