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Ukraine, a small country in Europe is undergoing frightening changes due to multiple invasions. The country pleads to world leaders, like Biden for support. Ukraine claims that the invasion isn't just of their cities, homes and churches, but their rights, freedoms, culture and values too.

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The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson was an explanation of the colonies separation from the British government due to their tyranny. In Britain the citizens faced tax without representation, limited trade ties, rejected grievances by the government etc. Abandonment of rights gave the dependent colony of America push towards making their colony independent as a democracy.

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The landmark case of the Supreme Court: Tinker v. Des Moines a case widely marks the turning point of free speech rights in schools. This landmark case settled the protection of free rights.

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The definition of democracy, also known as the most notable system of America throughout its early year, means the right for an individual to choose based on their own beliefs. This freedom is linked to a democratic society which includes the right to vote or not vote

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In many national elections, only a fraction of eligible voters actually cast ballots. For local elections, the voter turnout is often even smaller. To prevent this state of affairs, some countries such as Australia, make voting compulsory for all adults. In a well-written essay that draws upon your reading, experience, or observations for support, take a position on the issue of compulsory voting.

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Although the compulsory voting mandate increases voter turnout, so to enforce this is an abandonment of civil liberties and inappropriately assumes the illusion of guaranteed victory.

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The labor movement of 1800s introduced the Knights of Labor an organization working to gain public sympathy for Unions in the 1800s, this worked successfully and the environment of the workplace improved greatly. These unions revived American democracy from improving the condition of Worker's rights.

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Safety is seen as a common daily practice; from stop signs, traffic lights, labor unions, alarm systems, weapons and even COVID-19 precautions, these provide us situational awareness, a term I learned in my AP psychology class, which helps with our safety due to us being more alert of our surroundings.

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs express the comprising levels of human needs. Security is provided as safety needs, the 2nd level of basic needs, following our initial psychological needs of: water, food, sleep etc.

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Formerly, during the era of change after World War II, gender roles in the 1950s dictated that men were the head of the household, providing security for the family of said man.

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In my graduating class at Coral Reef Senior High, most of my classmates explain that they attending college purely for security for the future. This idea is implemented in multiple students from an early age also, as a result of the stigma that one should enroll in college to be financially stable for life.

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American essayist and social critic H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) wrote, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” In a well-written essay, examine the extent to which Mencken’s observation applies to contemporary society, supporting your position with appropriate evidence.

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Safety provides humankind a solid sense of security, due to it being observed in us and our lifestyles throughout time.

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Ronald Reagan's speech to Americans to comfort them after the incident of the Space Shuttler Challenger. In the speech, he expressed that despite the circumstances, space exploration/travel will still continue for the future success of America. This success Reagan speaks of is gained from exploring the unknown: space.

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The all time psychoanalytic scientist, Sigmund Freud proposed the well-known and taught explorations and theories about the unconscious human mind and its mental processes. This significant exploration led to the educational findings about the psychoanalysis; a method of treatment in mental illnesses.

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Alternating between store choice, ideally Target or Walmart allows me to find the same items and compare their pricing. And although, Target may be unfamiliar to my former/regular choice of shopping discovering products at both Target and Walmart help me to save money by comparing their prices at each store.

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Plato, in the Allegory of the Cave, introduces the concept of learning and/or the process of getting educated. Within these steps are the exploration of the unknown, that being the outside of the cave and getting educated; the enlightenment of reflections the former (uneducated) prisoner of the cave gains after exploring a world beyond what he/she already knew.

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In her book Gift from the Sea, author and aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) writes, “We tend not to choose the unknown which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope with. And yet it is the unknown with all its disappointments and surprises that is the most enriching.”

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Exploration of the undiscovered builds on the connection between growth and knowledge because it leads to personal development and scientific developments in the modern world.