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    It was a normal Tuesday at good ol’ Freeburg Community High School. Our rambunctious lunch group sat around the table to enjoy the lunch of the day, chili. Now you see, I had brought my lunch, but I wasn’t allowing that stop me from enjoying a steaming bowl of chili. My bowl of chili warmed my hands, heart, stomach, my esophagus when it was occasionally too hot, and eventually my lap. Between all of the jokes and laughter I hadn’t noticed that my hands were shaking a tad more than normal; if I…

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    The reason is that despite the argument that both parties were based on mutual mistake of fact, one party has the mandate to act and inform before the agreement. The phrase should not be used as an advantage by other parties to capitalize on the other ignorant parties. A person who is fully aware of the condition of the agreement can take an assumption of not knowing and still be categorized on the basis of mutual mistake of fact. The party which puts up a strong argument in the court of law…

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    Almost everybody makes mistakes, and often these mistakes can be used to grow and to prevent future complications. In “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the doctor creates a serum that allows one to temporarily regain his or her youth. The subjects of his experiment are given a unique opportunity to reflect on prior choices that have led them to their miserable lives. They get caught continually repeating old mistakes, and fail to use their second chance to learn and improve…

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    I am not a new airman to the military life,and am fully aware of what morale fibers of the military i have broken. I am attempting to recover from this mistake in my life I have chosen. I am going to take this as a learning experience, not repeat the mistake. I know that my job as a Crew Chief is extremely important, and that people can die if I fail to do my job when I am needed or not. I have a constant reminder of the action i must take to ensure personnel…

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    English 28 Reflection

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    quite unpolished. My writing was not as much effective as needed in the daily and professional life. When I started taking the course English 28 I was a bit unorganized in my writings and my writings usually had a number of grammatical and spelling mistakes which often resulted in embracement. My sentences were not effective as they were not properly constructed and were in immediate need of improvement. My writings once consisted only of sentences and no speech. Communication through my…

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    from each state cast their votes for the whole state based on popular majority. Some people want the electoral college abolished, but it should not be. The electoral college it is an efficient way to pick the president, it allows there to be less mistakes, and it’s a fair way to do it. Electing the President is a very time consuming process, but it can consume a larger amount of time if every vote needs to be counted. That's where the electoral college improves the efficiency of the process.…

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    Re: Rene Spierings – Formal Written Warning Attached is a draft written warning letter to Rene regarding his: Attitude and conduct towards others, Delivery of Technical Paperwork (Job Card’s) to Expected Standards. This letter came about after the follow-up meeting with Rene explaining that Kerrie had made allegations of bullying and intimidation against him. Since those meetings he has also failed to deliver on improving his job cards, hence partly causing the argument with Kerrie in the…

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    Alfie Kohn

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    directions is always the best decision. But what if it’s okay to be inaccurate? As children, we always make mistakes. That’s why there’s something called a lesson to guide us along the way. To teach us right from wrong. As parents, the words “because I am your parent” are used about an extreme amount to prove a point. And it usually works.. But children are better learning from mistakes versus never making them. In addition, to find a way to survive in this world is difficult. To…

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    Becoming an Adult Adulthood is the time in which a person becomes intellectually, emotionally, and physically capable of living life. It takes a lot of practice to grow up, and one may make many mistakes and face many consequences before he or she becomes an adult. “To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age”, by Samuel Johnson and “When I Was One-and-Twenty”, by A.E. Housman are both poems about a twenty one year old coming of age. Johnson describes the coming of age by using a twenty year old man…

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    Creon Tragic Hero Essay

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    not too bad, is lifelike, is appropriate, is consistent, and who “does not fall into misfortune through vice or depravity, but falls because of some mistake” (On Tragic Character, 1145). Creon, the new king of Thebes, is the tragic hero in Antigone because he fulfills the four main characteristics of a tragic character, and he makes a fatal mistake that directly leads to his downfall. Creon fits Aristotle’s mold for what a tragic hero should be in a Greek tragedy because he fulfills the four…

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