The dwindling quality of education in Nigeria is a cause for great concern and also calls for a prompt action by all stakeholders to salvage the trend. The current situation is‚ to say the least‚ disheartening. A lot of computer science graduates of Nigeria’s tertiary institutions‚ for instance‚ fail recruitment tests for their inability to switch on a PC. Some of them are obviously getting to touch such machines for the first time. Mass Communication graduates struggle to make simple and correct
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Essay #1: Education REVISION When it comes to education‚ many people automatically have a negative reaction; especially when discussing the United States’ educational system. Whether it is grade school or a higher education‚ most people would agree that something needs to be changed. However‚ finding the specific “what” that should be changed in the education system is hard‚ because it’s failure is a combination of many things‚ rather than one direct problem. As citizens‚ we know that flaws are
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In Jonathan Swifts‚ “A Modest Proposal”‚ he suggests that a way to deal with the overpopulation of children in Ireland‚ we remove the child from their family after the age of one to decrease the burden on the parents. This proposal is specifically designed for those family’s that are low income and are often found on the streets begging for scraps. The children will be offered to other families in the kingdom that are well off and can provide for the children until they can provide for themselves
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trade each had profound impacts on America and shaping history in general. The movement that was the great awakening swept through Europe‚ and especially the American colonies. During the Great Awakening an influential revivalist teacher by the name Jonathan Edwards played a crucial role by shaping the first revivals. Edwards’s sermon sinners in the hands of an angry God taught that the horrors of hell await those who are lost to sin. For example‚ Edwards states “ He is not only able to cast wicked men
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Rot and Ruin‚ by Jonathan Maberry‚ features a variety of themes throughout the story. The first theme found in the story is that survival depends on trusting others. Another prominent theme found is the fight for survival forces a person to grow up quickly. The final theme in the story is that family is worth dying for. The theme survival depends on trusting others is relevant to Rot and Ruin because until Benny was older‚ he had to depend on his brother Tom for survival. This was because he was
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According to Jonathan Rauch in his essay “Now for tonight’s assignment”‚ the problem with the American educational system is that student aren’t assigned enough homework. The amount of homework a student gets dictates how well they will do in school especially for older kids‚ therefore‚ more homework equals better grades but the opposite is true for younger students. Rauch says American students don’t spent an adequate amount of time on homework He states “In 1999 according to the national assessment
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“The Righteous mind” by jonathan Haidt.This book about morality and ethical.what is the ethical and moral society‚ where it comes from and what is its scope? Although this is all very abstract problem‚ but we in real life too many large and small dispute involves understanding about what is "goodness". This book for understanding human thought and behavior are very helpful.The six moral matrices—Care/harm‚ Fairness/cheating‚ Loyalty/betrayal‚ Authority/subversion‚ Sanctity/degradation‚ and Liberty/oppression—are
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Chapter three “Divine Illumination:The Secret of Christian Progress” focus on one man‚ whose name is Jonathan Edwards. He was English Puritan. He preached sermon‚ which the title is “A Divine and Supernatural Light‚ Immediately Imparted to the Soul by the Spirit of God‚ Shown to Be Both a Scriptural and Rational Doctrine” in 1734. He made distinction between revelation immediately communicated by God which is “without any intermediate causes‚” and it comes directly from God to the receiver‚ and revelation
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Everyone talks about serious issues that are going on in the world but not everyone can state them in a way that makes the audience laugh. It may come off as being rude or sarcastic but people remember the points that the author is trying to bring more attention to. In the English language‚ this form of writing is called satire. Satire could be described as writing that exposes serious issues by using irony and over exaggeration to make a point. Jonathon Swift is considered to be one of the greatest
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quality education‚ access to healthcare‚ prospects of a reasonable job on merit and sound economy are the ingredients to be provided by the state to its citizens to run the state and the society smoothly. Growth of successful nations is denoted particularly to the education. There was a time when people believed that higher education should be available to people of all social classes and‚ obviously‚ it was freely available to all who wanted it. The fact that it is not‚ that public education was once
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