THEME or QUESTION Engineering: In order to build a better bridge or

a better machine, you need to know about the

success and failure of past bridges and
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machines. This is actually 1
an important part of
To be successful in a field, you have to entering the field of engineering, so that
know the history of that field. students don't commit past failures.
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 Art: Sometimes to write a really great novel or to
create a really innovative movie, the artist will
stop reading and watching movies in order to
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free his mind of other people's5ideas. The artist
aims for originality. And in art originality is
tantamount to success.
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Employees should be given the freedom
to work ours when they will be most EXAMPLE 1
productive, choosing their schedule for
the day.
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THEME or QUESTION
Formal education limits creativity.
Ken Robinson: School tends to make kids less
creative by forcing them into an educational
system that was built for during the rise of
factories. School tells kids the answers and
doesn't cultivate creative thinking. Sit in rows,
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fall instructions, be 1
on time, group kids based
on age, and test them on their knowledge of
facts all leads to less creative kids.
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 Formal education can be necessary to foster
creativity. It is the limits and structure of
classes, the deadlines, and peer pressure that
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be more creative, especially in
higher studies. The competition can lead to
very creative ideas.
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 Some problems need to be solved
THEME or QUESTION immediately. The housing crisis created a
recession worldwide that required the
Federal Reserve, Congress, and the
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swiftly to bolster the
problems and not try to predicate what economy, create jobs, and prevent further
problems will exist in the future. disaster.
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 Governments need to look ahead to predict
problems because sometimes society will
be worse off if they don't. Taking action to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions is a
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Take action5 now in order
to avoid a worldwide disaster in the future,
which will be much more costly.
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Science should only focus on research
that will benefit society.
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Technology does not deliver on its
promise of making our lives easier.
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Parents should be teaching their kids
right and wrong, not schools.
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Government should not waste money on EXAMPLE 1

funding art, whether it be music,
theater, or dance.
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Societies as a whole are becoming less
violent.
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