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19. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: Assignment: Is conflict helpful? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation. 20. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below: Assignment: Has the acquisition of money and possessions replaced more meaningful ways of measuring our achievements? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. 引文: What explains our increasing obsession with money and the things it can buy? It seems as though the acquisition of money is gradually replacing real measures of success, such as integrity, honesty, skill, and hard work. Adapted from Alan Durning, Limiting Consumption: Toward a Sustainable Culture 引文: Conflict is not necessarily bad, and it does not necessarily indicate a failed interaction. It is a signal, a message that says, Things arent working around here. Weve got to do something different. Thus, conflict can be a catalyst-a motivating force-encouraging people to interact and communicate in ways that are more satisfying. Conflict can actually benefit people by pushing them to make necessary changes. | 
