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    be a better environment for children to learn in. This is untrue because same sex classrooms do not prepare children for their future life. Also, they lead to increased stereotyping, prejudice, and sexism. Not all people will be distracted by the opposite gender in a classroom. In fact, boys’ and girls’ brains may develop differently, but all children are different in their thinking. Same sex classrooms are not a good idea because they cannot preparatory, lead to bad ways of thinking and because…

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    Scout Finch is the opposite of the stereotypical person in her time. First off, she is the exact opposite of a so called “Lady”, choosing to wear overalls and play with Jem all day over mid day brunches and fancy dresses. More importantly are Scout’s beliefs on society. Scout is in constant confusion as to why people are treated the way they are. Like why she can’t spend the night with Calpurnia, or why she can’t have dinner with a Cunningham. This troubles Scout the most, who just can’t wrap…

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    Poe often uses words and actions to imply the opposite of their literal meanings. Explain how Poe uses this technique to develop the story. Use examples from the story to explain your answer. I’m and going to write about how Author Poe uses words and actions to imply the opposite of their literal meanings. Poe does this in the story The Cask of Amontillado. Author Edgar Allen Poe goes out of his way to write stories that imply the opposite of their literal meanings to make the story…

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    Illinois Governor, Adlai Stevenson, in his explanation of vetoing a Cat Bill for the State of Illinois argues the unprofessionalism of the Cat Bill. Throughout this essay the governor uses ethos, parallelism, and the opposite of an understatement to show his clear position on the cat bill. Stevenson supports his claim by first using ethos to show his credentials as a governor. With the use of “We” and “In my opinion” throughout the essay, it shows the respect the governor have to protect “We…

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    existing. They can do this by seeking enlightenment. Once people reach enlightenment, they go to nirvana. Once they are there, they stop existing, achieving Buddhism final goal (urbandharma.org). Even the number of times you have to achieve this is opposite. Christians believe that you only have one life and one chance to achieve eternal life; Buddhists believe in reincarnation so they have many lives to achieve…

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    (Stefan Sagmeister 2017). He uses his art to confront many controversial topics and allows his audiences to take part in his art. We will be able to see Sagmeister's causes and design strategies by looking at a few key Marxist theories such as how two opposites cannot exist without one another and how we place ourselves in our social structure relative to others. We will do this by using his artworks Everybody always thinks that they are right, Obsessions make my life worse but my work better,…

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    creatures to appreciate the river. All the examples given represent a kind of survival to one another. Although there seems to be a kind of longing between the object's ideas and organisms mentioned that would suggest a sense of wanting to become its opposite and eventually becoming…

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    Cross Fostering Study

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    presented in the introduction of this article which contained 19 citations. A cross-fostering study was performed on animals and mammals, and results showed that adults prefer their mates to resemble their opposite sex parents, also called homogamy. As per the study, children observed their opposite-sex parent and prepare a mental template phenotypically, that fits their potential mate (Bereczkei, Gyuris, & Weisfeld, 2004, p. 1130). III. Methodology Four experiments were performed in the…

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    Nursing Theory Paper

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    the equilibrium to cause change. On the other hand, restraining forces counters the driving forces to hinder the change hence forcing the patient to reciprocate to an opposite direction. Restraining forces like driving forces, causes a shift in the equilibrium although this type of force causes the patient to change in the opposite direction (Shirey, 2013). Equilibrium on the other hand, is a state where restraining forces balances the driving forces leading to no change on the patient. The…

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    Society has social constraints, or social “rules” when it comes to hugging, such as relationship with the person and years known. If people were able to move past their social constraints of hugging a stranger, we thought they would probably be opposite genders and those walking in groups. Furthermore, we hypothesized that the female confederate would receive more hugs from males, than the male confederate from women. To test if the woman or male…

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