And All That Could Have Been Essays

  • Graduation Speech: Stand Tall, Set Your Goals High

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    crowd tonight, I see a diversity of people. I see grandparents who have raised their families, lived through many crises and have accomplished many goals. I see mothers and fathers who have fulfilled some of their dreams, but still may be struggling with challenges and goals to meet. Some families are here tonight to watch their oldest child graduate. For other parents, they’re here to celebrate with their youngest child. Yet all parents wish the best for their children and hope to see them succeed

  • Carol Oats' Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

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    The story "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been" written by Carol Oats is about a girl who flaunts her beauty which ultimately leads to her abduction. After the story is read the question is, was the author trying to show Connie's situation as fate or free will? The situation Connie got herself in was caused by free will. Connie's character played a big role in what ultimately happened to her. Connie's actions could give people bad ideas about her, and Connie does leave her house without physical

  • Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet Essay

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    suspect for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Well there could really be many suspects for the deaths of the two because the night of their murder there was multiple people that were around and could’ve been planning to kill the two love birds. If we looked back at all the people that were there that night we would find the nurse, Paris, Old Man Capulet, and possibly even Romeo. In the next few paragraphs we will explain how and who could’ve been the murderer of the two love birds. The first suspect

  • Could World War I Been Avoided Essay

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    Q8. Yes, I believe that World War I could have easily been avoided. There were several key factors that would lead to the war, however, many of these issues could have been avoided. World War I was a horrific event that should have been avoided. Unfortunately, the European countries had not properly thought through everything, instead they all made the awful fateful decisions to launch themselves into war. If each European power had taken the time to think things over and possibly come up with easier

  • Emergency Brake

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    Although Samuels death could have been anyone’s fault, there are more reasons why the man that pulled the emergency brake cord should be held responsible. There was not a real emergency going on at the time for the emergency brake to be pulled. Bullying could be a reason for Samuels death, even though there are different points of view on the subject. as well as bullying, race could have had something to do with the fact that the man randomly pulled that emergency cord. Although most trains are

  • the afflicted girls

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    Witchcraft and witches have been spoken of for centuries. The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word 'which' could be fictional stories of black magic and ugly creatures riding around on broomsticks, however, to the people of Salem, Massachusetts in 1690 witches were no more fictional than you and I. In the 1690's in Salem, MA a group of young girls accused a young indian slave by the name of Tituba of being a witch and using witchcraft to pinch the girls. Tituba was one of the first

  • Could The Civil War Been Avoided Essay

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    The Civil War could have been avoided because of the Compromises, the Dred Scott decision, and Bleeding Kansas. First, the Civil War could have been avoided because of the compromises. To start, the Missouri Compromise, the first one, allowed 30 years for other issues to be solved, but

  • Cause And Effects Of Climate Change

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    Climate change has always been a problem in past and now during our days. Over the years we as a globe has been able to evolve from all the changes with temperature to changes in scenery. Climate change has always been a big factor to changes on earth. Scientist have been studying for years and years with ways to prevent or help slow down the effects of climate change. Climate change has been evolving for so long that it has a long term effect on earth with many ways to help prevent it from getting

  • Significance Of The Continental Drift Theory

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    However Wegener had always been fascinated in climatology and meteorology. (According to ucmp.berkeley.edu) In the autumn of 1911, Wegener was browsing in Marburg university’s library and found a scientific paper that listed fossils of identical animals and plants found on opposite sides of the Atlantic ocean. With further searching he was able to prove that his theory of “Continental Drift” could have been true. The continental drift explained how parts of Earths crust could slowly drift atop a liquid

  • UFO Sightings

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    perception (ESP), telekinesis, ghosts, poltergeists, life after death, reincarnation, faith healing, human auras, and so forth” (pg.20). The term UFOs, unidentified flying objects, is the reported sighting of any object or arrangement of lights that do not have a logical or natural explanation. The first reported incident in America occurred in 1947, when an amateur pilot, Kenneth Arnold, made claims of a sighting while flying his small plane near Mount Rainier in Washington which caused the U.S. government

  • Embarrassing Memories Essay

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    there have been some distant but fairly new memories that could be embarrassing or exciting. In your past memories there have been some embarrassing thoughts. These thoughts could have been you or someone else. For example, you could have said the wrong answer in class or sent and embarrassing text to someone else, but all those are little things. You could have tripped over the cord at a dance and ruined it or said and embarrassing speech in front of the school. These thoughts would have been painful

  • UFO Sightings

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    According to Kenneth Arnold, “the speed was several thousand miles per hour, like saucers skipping on water” (Arnold, 1947). There are 70,000 UFO sightings every year (New Realities, 2011). There has not been any UFO tracked on Earth. There are nocturnal lights seen and it is reported to have been an UFO. According to Major Cooper, he states that "I was furthermore a witness to an extraordinary phenomenon, here on this planet Earth. It happened a few months ago in Florida. There I saw with my own

  • The French Revolution: Avoidable Or Inevitable?

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    history that could have been avoided under the right circumstances, but was the French Revolution one of them? The French Revolution lasted from 1789 all the way through 1799. It captured the decline of the monarchy and the rise of the republic by the people. It abolished strict class systems and gave the society of France hope. There was a lot of chaos occurring in France during the time of the revolution, yet it could have been avoided if the government spread the taxes equally between all three estates

  • The Romanov Family

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    Sergeyev was fired and replaced but Judge Sokolov but his investigations could not be completed as the Bolsheviks once again captured Ekaterinburg. Q1) Source A is from an American newspaper report written in 1918 and is a third hand piece of information, "Sergeyev's findings are known only from comments of people who spoke to him or read his report" therefore this is not a very reliable source as it could have been tampered with. Source A states that Sergeyev, a supporter of the Provisional

  • Marketing Plan Analysis Project

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    weekly helped tremendously in the process of the final project. I had a very creative group. We all came up with a lot of ideas, and worked out the pros and cons of each which allowed us to eventually come to one great main idea. We separated our paper out into different sections and each picked a section to complete. This helped piece the paper together well. After the paper was pieced together, we all went through and edited the paper to make sure everything was well written. Our group really did

  • If Only Humans Didn't Make Errors

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    Humans Didn’t Make Errors William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet about two “star-crossed lovers” who take their own lives in order to be together. What could have possibly cause this other than the fact that they were in love? Human errors, that’s what. Firstly, Romeo and Juliet were from two separate households, and all they did was cause trouble between them. The families’ discrepancies were a major human error which led to the deaths. The second reason is that the two characters were

  • Crop Circles Essay

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    Crop circles are have been a mystery for a very long time and multiple movies and documentaries have been made by famous directors about this phenomenon. The most famous movie about this unique phenomenon starred Mel Gibson and was called Signs. Crop circles are designs that have been found in fields. A crop circle could be anything from a regular circle to a very challenging design called a pictogram. People believe that it could be anything from just pranks to aliens to a natural disaster. The

  • Dangers Of The Zika Virus In Brazil

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    The athletes and spectators are all ready to head to Brazil. The only thing that seems to be in the way is the recent outbreak of the zika virus. This virus seems to being running rampant throughout many of the South American countries including Brazil. The effects and spread of the virus is a concern for the athletes, spectators, and many others. The question raised by many is how to handle this situation with the Olympics only a few months away. The athletes have been training so hard over the last

  • How To Wear Helmets Persuasive Essay

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    Lifesaving Helmets “Horses have their own thoughts, feelings and fears,” said Katelyn Keelen a riding lesson instructor and trainer at All Starr Stables as well as Scooter’s Place, a nonprofit therapeutic riding program for children with special needs. As the sport of riding horses became more popular, the less people started to wear helmets and the more riding accidents started to occur, resulting in more people being left with lifelong injuries or even fatal incidents. Not wearing a helmet while

  • Stereotypes: A Personal Analysis

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    In all honesty, I believe that everyone has some prejudices. This also includes me, I believe that I have some prejudices that originated from the media and the culture that I have encountered. They could of also have originated from my parents since they are a bit old school in their beliefs. I believe that I could attempt to get rid of some of these prejudices by meeting various types of people from different backgrounds and cultures. I could also study the different types of cultures and learn