teachers included‚ said that he lacked “book smarts‚” and encouraged him to attend technical school for a mechanics certification rather than a university for a degree. This is very common and probably sounds sensible to you. Gerald Graff‚ author of‚ “Hidden Intellectualism‚” an article published in the writing guidebook They Say‚ I Say would disagree. Graff would probably fault my friend’s teachers for not using his interest in cars as a way to encourage academic thinking. Graff believes that street
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As I walked through the O’Hare International airport check-in queue‚ on a busy festive week‚ I noticed the queue was moving a lot faster than usual. I felt relieved and thought myself to be lucky. A group of Chicago college graduates ahead of me breezed through the initial security check‚ then I got through but just then‚ I saw a little stir in the queue and turned back to see a middle age Muslim gentleman was being cross-questioned. The man was allowed to pass after a brief questioning about his
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30. According to Credit Counselling and Management Agency in New Straits Times (2011)‚ an average of 41 Malaysians are declared bankrupt daily‚ with the majority failing to make repayment for car purchase loan. In short‚ the problem of bankruptcy among youth has to be taken seriously. 2.0 Problem Statement Statistics by the AKPK indicated that the number of individual bankruptcy cases had raised by 11.2% to 18‚053 cases in 2010 and increased by a further 6.2% to 19‚167 cases in 2011 (Curbing Credit
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PORNOGRAPHY AMONG CHILDREN What is pornography? Pornography is known as “porn” or “porno” which means the depiction of erotic behavior. It intended to cause sexual excitement. Some people believe that online pornography is just a form of personal free speech‚ Somehow we have to care to the under age children also. There is too many resources that can make children expose to pornography such as book‚ magazine‚ mass media‚ and gadget and so on. One of the easiest and most popular ways is over
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Indiscipline among students has become so rampart that people freely criticize them. Teachers accuse them for want of respect. Parents are dissatisfied with them because they do not get good marks -in the examination and waste time in this and that. And if we talk about the students we see that they are angry with the authorities‚ they are displeased with their teachers‚ their parents. Every day we read in newspaper about strikes‚ incidents of free fighting in educational institutions. Sometimes
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Stereotypes in Poems using hidden metaphors Metaphors are present in our everyday language. They are a cornerstone of communication in everyday language. They exist in all cultures whether to creatively describe an event‚ teach a lesson or exaggerate the importance of an experience. Metaphors can have hidden meanings while others offer vivid images and eloquent phrases to convey their point. Some metaphors are called sleeping metaphors because the reader takes the meaning for granted. As
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Abd al Rahman Ibrahima was a muslim slave who was captured when defeated in a war. It all took place in small Southern American town‚ whom Ibrahim’s father befriended a white man (Prince Among Slaves‚ by Terry Alford). Ibrahim is translated as Abraham. Abraham was known as a prince. His father was a king of the cattle raising people. Abraham was enslaved by family in Natchez‚ Mississippi. On August 18‚ 1789‚ Abraham was purchased by Thomas Foster. While Abraham was captured‚ leaving his wife and
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In BBC’s film The Cell: The Hidden Kingdom Dr. Rutherford takes the viewer on a scientific quest to find the secrets of the cell‚ a story that is often left untold. For this reason (because it contains important information that is generally unknown) it is absolutely necessary and I highly recommend for everyone to watch it. At first the film may sound unappealing to some who don’t enjoy these sorts of films but that is probably because the film’s title is rather generic and as a result it may deter
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A summary of “hidden intellectualism” by Gerald Graff: In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff offers a critique of the education system for overlooking the intellectual potential of those who possess unconventional “street smarts”. We as a society assume that only the inherently weighty academic subjects grant us “true” knowledge‚ and that knowledge in subjects such as fashion‚ sports or even dating holds no intellectual tenor. The problem with this assumption‚ Graff insists‚ is that
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Nowadays most children believe in having things in one way and one way only - their own. And god forbid‚ if they do not get things the way they like‚ there is hell to pay. Indiscipline is rampant in society today‚ where it is the parents who seem more afraid of their children rather than the other way around. Parents do not seem to realize that by giving in to the child’s demands‚ they are only making him or her more uncontrollable and a menace to society. Yes‚ indiscipline is a behavioral disorder
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