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Since we are embarking on the holiday season, I figured I would write about a little something I found on cnn.com.  The article is entitled ''Handling the 'Gimme' Season.''  I found the article very appealing and interesting, especially since in the future, I plan on having a family of my own.  Most kids really see this season as a ...

All of my classes this semester are pretty interesting.  My most favorite one is probably Culture and Society in Africa.  I really would like to travel there one day, so learning about  different things about their way of life is really neat.  They have this jewelry called ''Trade Beads'' and it is pretty much considered ...

It's flu shot season and America is scared to death!  Due to the yearly rates of deaths and hospital bound people soaring, America is trying to prepare for doctor's prediction of a pandemic flu outbreak.  The problem is, there is no way to prepare.  Flu viruses often mutate and can take on different forms.  If a new one is ...

Since project #2, Ethical Perspectives was just turned in, I figured I'd write about what I did my paper on.  I did my paper on same sex marriages.  Spain is now the fourth country to legalize the union of marriage between two people of the same sex.  Recently, in Madrid, Spain, one of the first gay marriages was performed.  ...

In this week's reading assignment, we were assigned pages 319-332 in the Writing Arguments text book.  The heading for this chapter is Proposal Arguments: We Should (Should Not) Do X.  There are 3 stages the arguer must consider when doing a proposal argument.  The first is showing that the problem actually exists.  The second ...

On Monday, America lost one of its most influencial civil rights activists, Ms. Rosa Parks.  At 92 years of age, Parks had lived a fulfilling and meaningful life.  For those who aren't aware, Rosa Parks was on a bus in Montgomery, AL and when asked to move to the back so a white male could sit down, she refused.  And like so many ...

In the Penguin Handbook, we were assigned pages 177-186.  Throughout these pages, persuasive writing is discussed.  There are 3 main steps in writing a persuasive argument.  The first is to find an arguable topic.  A few kinds of arguments that are not easy to deal with are statements of fact, personal taste, and claims of ...