Congress exists to help society‚ not to make office-holder careers. But fortunately‚ the U.S. can learn from the council of Athenian Democracy and change its system for the benefit of all. The council of 500 represented the full-time government of Athens. It consisted of 500 citizens‚ 50 from each of the ten tribes‚ who served for one year. In Athenian democracy members were limited to serve two one-year terms in their lifetime‚ thus every person had a chance to serve. One benefit of this system
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The position of Athenian women in the classical period was that they were inferior to the male counterparts. Athens during the classical period was a predominantly patriarchal society‚ therefore‚ the division of labour was by gender; women were to tend to household duties while men worked outdoors. Athenian women were also expected to remain silent‚ they were a muted group which was expected to behave obediently‚ remain loyal and virtuous to their husbands. The idea of women being equal to their
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turns 30. He then could sleep at his own house‚ with his wife and children. The boys were trained hard‚ learning to speak wisely using only a few words learning to eat just enough to survive‚ Throughout their adolescent and teenage years‚ Spartan boys were required to become proficient in all manner of military activities. They were taught boxing‚ swimming‚ wrestling‚ javelin-throwing‚ and discus-throwing. They were trained to harden themselves to the elements. At the age of 18‚ Spartan boys had to
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obtain useful results. In the studies done by Milgram and Zimbardo‚ ethics were definitely breached but to what extent were these experiments useful‚ and which one offered the most insight into human behaviour? While both Milgram and Zimbardo’s methods were flawed and unethical towards the participants I believe that the ends of the Milgram experiment justified the means to a fuller extent. It seems that while both methods were quite brutal for the participants there was not as much long-term stress
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Throughout life we all experience things in our lives that shape us and identify who we are. It is believed that we learn more from making mistakes rather than from our successful actions because we’re only human. Learning from our mistakes lets us know what we did wrong so we can fix it. We need to learn from our mistakes so we do not repeat them and so that we learn a lesson from it. Learning from our mistakes is essential to our growth so that we do not run the risk of repeating them. We must
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EXTENDED ESSAY Draft 1 Was the German dictatorship government had it been successful‚ better off rather than the German democracy? Extended essay Draft 1 Was the German dictatorship government had it been successful‚ better off rather than the German democracy? Dictatorship is a government in which runs by unlimited power by the head of government or state‚ whereas a democracy is a government in which politicians contest for power as the people hold the highest
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Sparta and Athens were two of the most advanced‚ strongest‚ and popular polis’ of the 800-500 B.C.E. period. Although Sparta lasted longer and was stronger‚ Athens was more smarter. Both were great and known city states‚ but Sparta and Athens were mostly different with some notable similarities. One difference is education because Spartan education was more strict. Another difference is social classes as women were treated fairer in Sparta. Finally‚ A similarity is religion because religion was the
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Women in Athens and Sparta “Men are free to roam outside‚ but the women must stay inside.” (Unknown Athenian)‚ this was true for most of human history‚ and Ancient Athens was no different. However in Ancient Sparta it was much different from the rest of Greece‚ and for that matter a majority of civilizations. Usually when people think of Athens they think of the Golden Age of Athens (480-322 B.C.) and think that men and women are prospering throughout Attica and it was more like the Roaring 20s
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regarded as pessimism‚ but he considered to be realism. Generally people want to maintain a positive self-concept of themselves which causes them to agree with the overly idealistic views of human nature‚ such as that presented by Gandhi. The Athenians held the belief that the three motives for human nature are security‚ honor‚ and self-interest‚ and these cause people to be inherently violent. When there is a breakdown of law and order‚ a state of unprecedented lawlessness occurs and during the
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STUDENTS SPENDING MORE TIME PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES RATHER THAN STUDYING Leader: Ian B. Datinguinoo Members:Ivan Dominic Cordero Richmond Cortado Austin James De Borja Ian De Leon Dan Emil Dela Cruz Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English IV Arellano University Plaridel Campus February ‚ 2015 Acknowledgement “No one walks alone inthe journey of life.” We have taken efforts in this
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