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Counterfactual thinking and living in imagination is another aspect of life that distracts adults and children from their realities. These individuals get captured in their thoughts of how life should be or how things should go. By adults and children carefully planning out their future’s and how certain things should happen, it causes misery when their “blueprint” does not go as planned. In Jeanette Winterson’s essay “The World and Other Places”, she introduces characters who live their lives…

What is the Endangered Species Act? Why was the Endangered Species Act created? Why do we care for endangered species? The Endangered Species Act was made so that our native plants, animals, and fish would not go into extinction. This Act requires that Federal and State agencies provide suitable conditions for endangered and threatened species, not to jeopardize from federal activities but to protect and save our native species from extinction. Throughout history there have been many events to…

The Endangered Species Act has been in law for about four decades and people gave mixed opinions about this. The Act included the right to take away land to persevere for animals use and that an animal cannot be excitant anymore. Palm Spring, California about thirty-one thousand acres of Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians were taken away to save the big horn sheep. The Tribe sued the government claiming,”An economic impact of hundreds of millions of dollars”. The Tribe was paining to make a…

Landon Markwell Pauline Beatte Advanced English 11 16 April 2024 Research Analysis: Child Abuse Robin Roe, the author of A List of Cages, wrote a book that jumped into the troubled life of a group of teenagers struggling with social issues. Julian, one of the main characters, is troubled with child abuse throughout the book. The book describes his journey towards freeing himself. Roe uses the character Julian, to help readers understand the form and signs of abuse, explore its impact on Julian,…

According to scientists, around 150-200 species of plant and animal go extinct every 24 hours. This statistic doesn’t seem so shocking until the realization comes that this is almost 1,000 times the natural rate for extinction. Humans contribute a great amount to this pandemic. A prime example is that of the dodo bird, which was famously hunted into extinction. Around 20,000 species are currently listed as threatened by extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).…

The Artist and Sustainability in American Arts Organizations Multiple facets facilitate the success of arts organizations; two of those facets are the artist and sine qua non of sustainability. To grasp the importance of artists and the sustainability of arts organizations, the significant contribution of arts to society must first be established. Robert L. Lynch (2015) highlights the arts as a catalyst of bringing people together, whom might otherwise not interact, to build stronger communities…

All students battle boredom at times, and many are constantly searching for something to do. Fortunately, binge-watching can provide a glorious solution to boredom. Binge-watching is defined as the act of watching multiple episodes of a television program in rapid succession. According to many Thomas Jefferson students, the top ten binge-watching shows are: Modern Family: Leading the pack, Modern Family has been raved upon for being a hilarious family comedy. First airing in September of 2009,…

being on the waiting list for years. The individuals who sell their organs illegally do it for the simple fact of financial reasons. The American’s who sell their organs have not been educated of the dangers they are putting themselves in by selling their organs illegally. By these individuals doing this make it harder for others to even want to consider donating their organs to help others because they are terrified. Something needs to be done so the numbers on the waiting list can decrease…

parent(s) choose our spouse - er, at least the traits of an ideal significant other. These first lists that you’re going to see are what I predicted to be the lists of my mother and father would produce. On my mother’s list, I have written rich, patient, experienced, and attractive. On my father’s list, I put smart, good listener, therapeutic personality (if that makes sense), and experienced. These lists I made are important because this whole segment is to also teach us about bonding with…

Holocaust were bystanders. However, some decided to do something about it. One of these people was Oskar Schindler. Through his many efforts and investments, described in Schindler’s List, by Thomas Keneally, he was able to save more Jews than any other single person during the dark times of the Holocaust. By writing a list of Jews that he claimed were essential to his factories, and therefore couldn’t be killed by anyone but him, he was able to save hundreds from the gas chambers. Rather than…