Your Friend Ted Tends to View the World with a Pessimistic

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Essay

Your friend Ted tends to view the world with a pessimistic attitude. He just failed a test and is now thinking he should drop out of college. What advice would you give him?

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Definitions:

Bankruptcy

A legal process through which individuals or businesses unable to meet their financial obligations can seek relief from some or all of their debts under the protection of the federal bankruptcy court.

Scienter

The knowledge of wrongdoing or fraudulent intent in the commission of a fraudulent act.

Negligent Performance

The failure to act with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances, resulting in harm or damage.

Actual Knowledge

Awareness of a fact or circumstance based on firsthand experience or explicit information; not based on hearsay.