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It's not fair that River has innate qualities that make her better than me. These qualities should be capped somehow.

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i think that everyone is equal at the start of there life but over time people excel more than others.

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It shows that the people are very selfish and need to be in control (they have a hard time excepting that people are better than them)

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They're extremely controlling, hated diversity, hated uniqueness and wanted to cripple diversity. They showed that they feared people rising above by causing physical pain to keep passive thoughts and people.

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it shows that they are very controlling and unable to keep people in line if they do not have them rules as amendments

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It shows that people are very selfish, and purposely cripple people to avoid diversity

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The more rules the Government places, the more contro they have, they make sure that everyone is the same and they will never break the rules to avoid extreme punishment.

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What they show about the government is that there extremely controlling and that they don't respect the people

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I don't think people should be handicapped, cause their thoughts could help make things simpler and help express their own opinions

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The many amendments to the Constitution show that the government and the people are changing and evolving. The values of the country are changing, and with the evolving of the country comes the adaptation of the Constitution.

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People do not deserve handicaps. Everyone should be able to think on their own. Even if thats breaking the law. Order should be established so people don't do illegal thinking but people have consequences for their actions. This will make people think about doing something twice. Two. Plus people will be able to communicate and have more of a community like gov.

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we need to be free

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the government was controlling and believed that if they had everyone under control they can make everyone the same

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i believe handicapping the gifted is discriminatory against the people as it is how they where born and they may have worked more than others for that and they shouldn't get all that work taken away

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They are indecisive because they are constantly changing and adding more.

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the amount of amendments show that people are kind of evolving, and it shows that people can be selfish when they dont get what they want

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They are very controlling and it's kinda not fair because they think that since they have power they can rule who every they want

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When George was with his wife on the couch. While he got crippled and handicapped, Hazel, his wife was not because she didn't have any unique gifts or qualities like George did.

They made an effort to handicap and cripple Harrison with all the added things he had but that only made him rebel more and more unique to the story line.

If they wanted equality they should have handicapped EVERYONE to show no one is more or less than another

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there's still people in power so how can we all be equal if someone is above us in status

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people with the handicap can no longer do things like the guy who was trying to give the speech couldn't because his handicap was bothering him. while the girl who took over for him was able to speak just fine

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The government put themselves in a loophole with them being the only ones who can use their talents to put the other people down to nothing

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No handicaps can be equal, if they where things would be unequal, but the handicaps are unequal if everyone is equal, causing paradox

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Equality will never be possible because there will always be someone higher than someone like the president. The government trys to act like they care when all they want is money from the citizens of america to say "we need this money to make us all equal.

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When George has the buzzer in his ear he actually is not equal because not everyone else is brainwashed the same way. So in their efforts to brainwash the "smarter people" they actually are just creating another inequality.

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No, equality is not possible because then people wouldn't need to be handicap

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People with handicaps and without handicaps are unequal because one of them has a handicap and one of them does not.

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I belive that george Harrison is equal to society i feel that everone is because we all do normal things like wake up and brush our teeth and go to bed and work. In their soceity most people read news and watch TV. But they forget. This is just making the people stupid and unfit for society especailly disasters, mistakes, WHAT IF SOMEONE HAS AN EMERGENCY AND THEY DIE BC THEY FORGOT?

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The government can't truly achieve equality because there others who are going to be mentally or physically gifted. This is because of genetics and without them we all would have nothing special. There is also something about the government that shows hierarchy. Supposedly in this world all people are equal, but it seams people in the military like the handicap general have certain perks that allow them to be superior than others.

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equality will never happen because people are different, different people will act differently in different situations. and sometimes that can be good or bad.

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Equality would be accepting the fact that others are different from us and we should strive to be the best we can be.
Having a government that obsesses over everyone, that is not fair and making everyone be the exact same.

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even if they all had handicaps they would all be different so it doesn't really matter either way

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If they are actually trying their hardest then they should get credit.

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If you at least try, it shows that there is room to improve so trying at least is better than not attempting at all

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yes they should be given credit cause not all of us can do the same thing as others so some people should get the credit especially if they did their best

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The people that have handicaps should be given credit if they try 

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The people that have handicaps should be given credit if they try 

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I think that you should have to try your best therefore to get credit, because if your doing your best but doing it wrong at least your trying.

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you need to actually get things done to get credit or if its your first time and you are improving to a point of being worth it then you should be rewarded but you need to give something showing that you are worthy of praise

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It really depends on what the job is, and what they achieve. Like someone who gives brain surgery shouldn't get credit if they just try, they need to actually prevail.

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I think their should be an appreciation for people trying their best, but if they didn't make an impact, did nothing remarkable, didn't do things well, they dont really need much credit

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If people tried really hard to be the best they can be then yes they should be given credit for trying, but not giving up. They should be praised for going past the limits and doing it!

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I say this because if they are putting in effort to do the task and give it their best shot they should get some credit or at least a "good job"

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Trying doesn't mean almost achieved. Any one could try a sport but it doesn't mean there any good at it. For example in the Harrison Bergeron book, we see a news caster with a speech impediment, and Hazel said at least he tried. Giving credit to others is okay, but sometimes we have to be tough to make the people around us better. In this case it's okay to try all the time, but if we provide feedback instead of credit we will be able to help them become better

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It's kinda like a relationship if you put in the full effort that's what most people look for and that's what i think bosses and maybe head coaches look for they don't look for the talent they look for the attitude and effort.

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When you are rewarded for trying, you get encouraged to try again and after many attempts, you'll learn how to do it right. But hen you are rewarded for trying, you are being taught that through hard work and grit you might not always get the right answer but trying over and over can get you their. Your being encouraged for effort and the more people want the praise, the harder they will work.

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their should be an amount of credit that is given to everyone, kind of like a participation but eventually you have to get over it and thats just how life works

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I think that if you get credit for trying then getting credit at some point won't matter because it will feel like a normal thing, you will grow to get use to the thing people are saying to you.

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Should people be given credit at their workspace or in school just for trying, regardless of result?

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Should people be given credit at their workspace or in school just for trying, regardless of result?

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In this society, people forget what they are doing so regardless of what they are doing they should be paid in their school just for trying. They basicly have a new idea, or line of work everytime they forget.

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I think people should be given credit for trying regardless of result. If you are working hard then people should acknowledge how hard you're trying.

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some people carry burdens that we may not see but we all have a burden no matter how big or small it is.

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the burden comes from the expectations that come from it. if you are really smart, your expected to do more work. doing more work is where the burden comes from

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Yes, in this instance when you use Elon Musk you are using a genius CELEBRITY. A lot of celebrities who genuinely work are geniuses. So im gonna use a music artist as a example. The said music artist is expected to make better music constantly, pose for paparazzi, be good to public eye, inspire others. The stress that is on them. That is insane. They're a normal human being.

For classmates teachers often expect you to help the struggling kids in class, they often expect a teacher's pet approach where you tattle when they're gone and use your work as an example. AT HOME the gifted child is often chastised for one low grade or if they dont achieve something in a sport they are beaten down emotionally
and verbally.

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Yes, Most definitely, People that are exceptional are held to higher standard than compared to people who are not as exceptional. For example, celebrities are constantly being criticized by anything they say or do that other people may not agree with.

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People that carry exceptional qualities carry a heavier burden than people might think. Some of the richest people have to keep constant pace with economy to make a great product, but some of the slightest errors can bring you crashing down. Athletes have to compete at a high level, but one bad game and all of a sudden people bring you down, then soon you bring your self down thinking that your no longer good. Like they say "The bigger they are, the harder they fall."

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Yes, If you are good at something (example: sports) people will push you to do and be better than other people and if you mess up they will make it worse than what it is and it becomes stressful to always do and be better.

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For people like Elon musk, there is a burden as other peoples lives are possibly affected. If someone like Shawn Kirkpatrick made a mistake, it would result in little affect of others.

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In today's world, is there a burden that exceptional people must carry? Think about both classmates and famous people (e.g Elon Musk)

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In today's world, is there a burden that exceptional people must carry? Think about both classmates and famous people (e.g Elon Musk)

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Yeah, i feel that there is an exceptional burden that most people must carry. One example is if you lose your job at a work place you must find a new one to fend and survive. And for a rich person losing a stock, item or thing is not as big of a deal because they can still survive off their money. But i feel that if you develop a bigger comany you have a bigger burden to juggle all the things together. But rich people have more luxury on their time off. An example of more higher up burden is having not/avoid paying heavy amount of taxes or not even being taxed at all! like tax write offs bruh. #im tired now but i am ok AUGGGH

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People expect you to continue being exceptional, which makes it hard to stop being exceptional because people are pressuring you. For example, if you've played baseball since you were a child and you're one of the best players in the world, but you don't love the sport like you used to and you would rather be doing something else, you can't stop playing baseball because everyone is expecting you to continue being exceptional.

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I think that people are carrying a burden that they shouldn't be carrying. people that are "exceptional " are held to a higher standard because they are not Elon Musk or celebrities in general. so friends or family can say that you need to get to a higher level or you won't be liked by anyone you meet in life

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If not very smart people were too copy off of a smart person but the samrt person was wornd all of the not very smart people would get mad at the smart person and its not very fair.

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In my experience i do feel kinda bad, i joined the same sport with a couple of my friends, its the first time for all of us, and im way ahead of them, and i feel kind of guilty, im going to big events when they arent, and i kinda worry about our friend ship

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Americans relate to Harrison by wanting CHANGE and they take it slowly but surely by doing peaceful protests etc. :)

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because people are constantly being monitored so people realy cant do what they want anymore

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How people disagree with the government and their actions and would rather have someone else take place.

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A perfect example of this is the raiding of the capital building as people i believe were upset of how the higher ups were running the country so i don't really have to explain more make the connections yourself

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people get mad when they have to wear or do something that other people had to do kinda like harrison bergeron

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The theme in the Harrison and Bergeron story is that equality is ironic, it can't ever be achieved with out everyone's agreement.

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The thing that most relates to the story now to me is religion. Its not meant to be in a bad or good way but i religion people are held to certain expectations and it reaches a large enoug group to normalize things

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Sometimes its easy to set our selfs back to be the same as others