If I were given money as a gift and had a choice between buying a piece of jewelry that I like or tickets to a concert that I want to attend‚ I would most likely choose the concert tickets. It actually depends on what kind of concert it is but if it was about music‚ for example a live performance of a famous musician‚ I would probably choose the concert tickets. This is because the jewelry can be bought any time when you can afford it but attending a concert has a much more rare chance. Eventually
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Christina McGrath Redgum – I was only 19‚ Notes This is a very powerful song about what all Vietnam veterans went through in the Vietnam war and all the emotions and experiences they have gone through This song has so many language techniques and powerful lines It emphasizes the fact that composer of this song was only 19 and he was so young and frightened to go to war The power illustrated in this song is War The use of repetition is used almost after ever verse‚ “God help me‚ I was only nineteen” the
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For instance‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote in “Emile‚” that women shouldn’t participate in outside events just be a housewife. Women were more important to society as a mother and wives not as a political role. He made it very clear that women weren’t to know and learn the same things that men did. Unlike others who believed that the tradition walls of no involvement by women needed to be torn down. The Enlightenment writers made is so that women didn’t have any property and education but many people
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educational goals? If I am awarded this scholarship‚ my educational goals will be impacted in many ways. Most importantly‚ I will have the confidence of those that awarded this scholarship. I will also have more confidence in myself to reach my goals. Finally‚ I will have the means to pursue my dream of obtaining a degree. Knowing that someone believes in my abilities enough to select me over all the other worthy candidates will help empower me to do the best I can. Support systems come
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How great a role did the abolitionists play in ending slavery in the British West Indies in 1834? The abolitionists played a very vital role in the abolition of the slave trade and the abolition of slavery itself. The movement to end slavery began in 1823 with the formation of the Society for Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery and the efforts continued with the Agency Committee formed in 1831.There were other mitigating circumstances which also favored the abolitionists such as the Reform
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Did you know that world leaders do not exactly agree on what a democracy means. A democracy’s most salient and universally agreed upon component is a voting system. Athens was not truly democratic because they had slaves‚ no woman rights‚ and no equal rights. The first reason Athens wasn’t truly democratic is that they had slaves. Slaves were viewed as insignificant‚ vapid people‚ for this reason they did not get to vote. Since they were classified as slaves‚ they didn’t have the privilege
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Democracy In Athens The city state of Athens was thought to be one of the first democracies ever. Cleisthenes made final reforms to the Athenian constitution and united four separate tribes in 507 B.C.E.. This became the seed of Athenian democracy. To this day‚ about 60% of all governments are democracies‚ which makes Athens the father of modern governing. However‚ by today’s standards‚ Athens was far from what one would call “democratic”. Athens had several democratic aspects to its society‚ but
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a federation and not a confederation. However‚ at the time of the Constitution Act‚ 1867(This description of the constitution is important in its interpretation. As Peter W. Hogg wrote in Constitutional Law in Canada‚ it is argued that since there was some freedom of speech in the United Kingdom in 1867‚ the introductory part of this act extends this right to Canada even before the signing of the Canadian Charter of Rights and freedoms in 1982; this is one of the foundations of the
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people‚ and power or rule‚ so democracy basically means the rule of the people. Democracy originates from Ancient Athens‚ that’s where people would get together to discuss their opinions and concerns with each other and the rulers. Before a new law was passed out they would vote on it‚ but not all the people were allowed to vote. If you’re a women‚ child‚ slave or didn’t own land you were not allowed to vote‚ we call that a flood
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The 20th century of Tyne and Wear region was the time period of gold. It was famous because of the coal making‚ shipbuilding‚ and iron industry. Those heavy industries brought a fast economic growth and urbanization. The boom period of the 1950s saw unemployment levels as low as three percent (Robinson‚ 1988). However‚ this golden period came to an end due to the globalization‚ cheaper imports of oil and competition from foreign companies. Between 1950 and 1970 over one hundred coal mines were closed
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