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Agree/Disagree

The key to all emotional healing can be found in nature.
AGREE

Nature is filled with harsh cruelties.
DISAGREE

A person’s priorities should place family before work.
AGREE

Enjoying life is more important than pursuing fame, glory, and knowledge.
AGREE

Those born with social and financial advantages have a responsibility for those who are not.
DISAGREE

Ignorance is bliss.
AGREE

The pursuit of knowledge is a volatile quest.
DISAGREE

Someone’s ego (over-inflated sense of self-worth or superiority) will cause a tragic fall.
DISAGREE

Children learn their behaviors by watching and mimicking adults.
AGREE - Yes, kids learn their behaviors by watching and mimicking adults in their everyday life. For example if an adult burps while they're eating, the kid will slowly start to do the same thing, thinking that its okay to burp out loud because his father does it. And when his mother tells him "Why did you do that?! Thats so rude, go up to your room" he'll most probably respond like "You never tell dad not to do it, so I guessed its okay to do it." and then all the blame goes to the father. Not only children do that, but teenagers also. If their father told them that they started smoking from a young age and started driving when they were 16, teenagers will think that if they do this things they won't tell them anything because they did that in the first place.

Most people are basically cruel.
AGREE

Society makes a person whatever he becomes.
DISAGREE

The “disenfranchised man,” who finds himself unable to live within society for whatever reason, is someone for whom we should feel sympathy or reverence.
AGREE

Rejection and mistreatment can manifest themselves in a person becoming rage-filled.
DISAGREE

If a person or an animal is treated with cruelty, he will respond to others in the same way.
AGREE - Some people might thing that treating animals with cruelty is a fun thing to do! But no, animals in general have feelings and by hurting those feelings they might turn into evil and harmful creatures. For example if a dog owner treats his dog badly then the dog will start treating the owner the same way. Dogs though, unleash their anger to strangers. If they see a friend of the owner they'll start to bark and try to bite the stranger.

Those people we deem “monsters” in today’s society are merely misunderstood.
AGREE

Thinking Maps

Agree/Disagree

All individuals standing trial in a court of law deserve to be defended.

-Agree because even though they did something bad they should be defended by someone. If they did something small they shouldn't go to jail. They should be defended by their lawyer. But if the individual robed a bank or killed someone then again they should be defended but his lawyer won't do anything to help him get out of jail because the things he did were major.

It's never justified to hate another person.

-Disagree because you have to have a reason to hate someone otherwise you cant hate someone for no reason. If they did something bad to you like hurt you then you should probably hate them, but if they didn't hurt you then you shouldn't hate them. For example if another country captured a piece of your country then its most reasonable to hate them. This happens by nature because the minute you were born they told you to hate them because of that and that. Then you would most probably hate them for the rest of your life's.

Agree/Disagree

Money equates happiness

Agree and disagree because money doesn't bring happiness every time. I agree because when you have money you can do whatever you want like go on an expensive trip, buy anything you want without having any fear that someday you might not have money but in the other hand I disagree because money doesn't bring happiness to you all the times. Having a lot of money its okay but you have to respect that, you don't have to go and buy whatever you find because thats not respect. You should spend your money wisely.

In romance good looks and personality will outweigh social class and background

Agree and disagree because if someone is good looking you might just love him for that. Agree because if the other person attracts you, you shouldn't think of anything else. You wouldn't care if they didn't had any money, you would just love them for their personality. Disagree because maybe one person might be ugly but had a lot of money! Of course you wouldn't want to marry an ugly person, but you would like to marry them for their money! Thats the only thing that matters.

"Work Of Art" Gist Statement

In Moscow people lived in peace. Uhov though doesn't like that. He thinks that all the immigrants should leave from his country. Sasha his friend tells him that these things are over now, people live in peace, thats why the hired a doctor to see the condition Uhov was in. The doctor said he was getting better with a bit of irony. Sasha was concerned. Uhov said to Sasha the he could handle that and that he was very gratitude that he helped him. The doctor said that he felt a little embarrassed because he didn't know what to do with Uhov, he was a special occasion. He found a candelabra that looked just like his father. From that moment he changed

J.R.R Tolkien Recording

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

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I Really Need A Date!

Hey how’s everybody doing? My name is Bilbo Baggins. I assume you all wander why I posted this add on the newspaper. Well to be honest now, I really need a date! I started thinking that I won’t be able to have a date until I died; I said a big NO to myself, that wont happened I assumed. My interests are mountaineering (I am very good at that) and well my list interest is fighting with Goblins and those entire living things. I want my future girl to be fair-haired (blond) with no plastic surgeries (anywhere in her body)!! The big thing I want from her is to make good foods, because FOOD is what I live for. Thank you for your attention. Please contact me.

Phone Number: (555)-7526

Address: Somewhere in the middle of the Earth

E-mail: bagginsloveyou@hobbit.com

Agree or Disagree

Censorship is always a bad thing: Agree because if people want to see a certain TV show at a certain country and that country doesn't allow that show to be played, or any scenes to be played its not fair for the people. Also if kids want to see a cartoon that has inappropriate language or any cartoons that make fun of other countries, their parents should tell them not to watch it because an old man could watch that cartoon and its not fair for the country not to play it.

Literature can be dangerous: Disagree because we need literature in our life. Its not something we chose not to learn or to learn. You get educated, you go to school to learn and after you go to good universities. If you chose not to learn and don't get educated then you'll probably end up in a construction company.

Its important for everyone to read books: Agree because people should get educated by reading them. Your vocabulary becomes rich, you learn new words and how to make a story. For example you get an idea of how to write your introduction, your conflict, your main theme and your conclusion.

The Daily Newspaper

Apoel finally got his 20th championship after a hard year. The championship was very close, it was open for Omonoia until they lost from us 1-2. Then the championship started to get the colors of Apoel (blue and yellow). We were heading by 8 points and there were 3 matches left. Omonoia mathematically had a chance to get the championship but we didn't let them cause we worked really hard to achieve this. Apoel's the only team in Cyprus that has 20 championships. Now our flags and T-shirts will have 2 stars on them.

Glog To Blog

Twister

Hi, my name is Knot Slip. My job is to study weather, particularly tornados. My dream is to run after a tornado and go in the middle of it, and if I die I’ll die for my job. They won’t cry for me, they’ll be proud of me. I’ve been working for this machine for 5 years. I hope it works. Recently my assistant told me that a tornado will take place in Iowa. I told him that this is the day I’ll run after a tornado.

I prepared my things: a machine I’ve made with some small balls inside it so it can record the tornados speed and stuff. As I was passing with my car I’ve heard a song from a live concert that was taking place in Iowa. The only thing I heard was “If you’re 555 then I’m 666”. And I said to me “People are getting weirder and weirder every year”. The tornado! I saw the forming of a tornado; I was running 170 km an hour to chase it. When I got closed to it I jumped into the tornado with my machine. The last thing I saw in my eyes was my wife turning around the tornado..That was the end of my life, my career..

Asian Religion

Mouslims are praying to Allah. They're praying in a mosque. They go praying five times a daily.

Arranged Marriages

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Arranged marriages
In our western world, the start of the perfect marriage is quite simple; boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy and girl get married. This is a different case for people in countries such as India and Pakistan, where they rely on their parents to find the ‘perfect’ husband or wife. An arranged marriage (Also known as prearranged and pragmatic marriages) is a marriage in which neither the bride nor groom has any official say in the selection of their future spouse, but they give their full consent to it anyway. The match could be made by the parents, matchmaking agents, or matrimonial/dating websites, whilst priests/religious leaders, family friends and relatives play a major role in the matchmaking process. Religion, reputation, wealth, profession, height, language, medical conditions, horoscopes, and dietary preferences are some factors that are taken into account whilst matchmaking. For most Indian and Nepalese Hindus, arranged marriages between people in the same caste (social class) are extremely important. In some cultures the last duty of a parent is to marry off their child, and it’s considered to be a failure on the parent’s part if their child’s wedding isn’t arranged. The main purpose for the wedding is for a family to be made. In some modern arranged marriages the child has a reality show like trial where the son/daughter picks their favourite prospective spouse, and the parents will either approve, or disagree with their child’s choice.
There are different kinds of arranged marriages, such as; an introduction marriage, child marriage, forced marriage, and shotgun weddings.
It is still common in North America, South America, India, Iran, and Japan to have an “introduction” only arranged marriage. This is when the parents may only introduce their son/daughter to several prospective spouses, giving them some sort of option. A forced marriage is when no input is given from the child, and their thoughts or views aren’t taken into account. If the child refuses, or even just complains they are punished by having their inheritance cut off, or even death. Child marriages are when parents marry off their children and infants, but usually keep them until after puberty. This type of marriage usually takes place because of social and economic reasons. Parents have to provide dowries for their daughters when marrying them off. In East Africa absunas are common. This is when parents arrange marriages between cousins. If an unmarried woman gets pregnant a shotgun wedding usually occurs. This kind of wedding gets its name from the fact that if the man refused to marry the woman, her father would put a shotgun to his head until he agreed. If the woman doesn’t get married then she’ll be a big disgrace to her family, and bring them shame for numerous reasons. First of all, the baby would be a bastard. Second of all, it would be hard for the woman to find a man who’d marry her if she’s not a virgin. So marrying the man that got her pregnant would just put her out of her misery and shame, and save her families reputation. This is basically a forced marriage, seeing as neither of them intended to end up marrying each other. Jewish people use a form of arranged marriage called ‘The Shidduch’, when single Jewish people are openly introduced to one another in Orthodox Jewish communities, for the result of marriage. This kind of arranged marriage is really open, and there isn’t too much pressue. Many people go for it to get a partner without too much hassle. Pait Likkhi, meaning ‘written on stomach’, is a custom in the tribal regions of Pakistan where two families agree to marry off their children before they’re born or when they’re really young, but the marriage, arranged by village elders, takes place in their late teens. Most of the women marry at 18-16 years old, and the men at 18-25. The Urdo custom Addo Baddo is extremely similar to Pait Likkhi. A Shim-pua marriage was a traditional form of arranged marriages in China, but fell out of practice during the 70’s due to an increase of wealth. A Shim-pua marriage occurred when a poor family with way too many kids would sell their daughter to a rich family, where she would act as both slave and adopted daughter (until old enough to marry a male in the family) in return of the poorer family being married into the richer one. These marriages weren’t very successful, mostly because of the lack of sexual attraction between the husband and wife. The meaning of Shim-pua is "little daughter-in-law”.
There are many debates worldwide about arranged marriages, and I think they’re very interesting. My thoughts are probably biased, seeing as I’ve been raised in the western world, and girls in other countries probably have nothing against arranged marriages and think it’s normal because they’ve been raised to appreciate it. Some thoughts for arranged marriages are that ; parents can be involved in modern arranged marriages, arranged marriages are often more stable seeing as matchmaking finds someone more compatible (50% of marriages in the U.S end in divorce), people feel that marriages based on romance are doomed to failure because of unreasonable expectations in each other. Parents can be trusted for making choices in the ‘best interest’ of their child, and won’t be misguided by hormones and emotions. Going for an arranged marriage also makes marrying someone less hassle, and brings wealth. Some thoughts against arranged marriages are that they’re a violation to human rights, you can get with somebody you don’t particularly get on with or abuses you, love marriages are more effective for promoting wealth and social growth, and there could be identity fraud. Personally I think that people should find love in each other their own way, without having people pressurizing you into anything, and that once you’ve found love you should start thinking of getting married, but everything at a steady pace. I think the whole concept of an arranged marriage is interesting, but I’d hate to be stuck with a stranger for the rest of my life, especially if I wasn’t treated right.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Reality-of-Arranged-Marriages&id=606
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arranged_marriage#A_culture_of_arranged_marriage

Women in your society are free citizens.

Agree because back in the old days women weren’t aloud to do anything. They weren’t aloud to go out of the house; they were cleaning the house, cooking food and all the house work. Now day they are aloud to do as much things as they want. They can go shopping, they can find a job easily, and they are aloud to participate in political issues.