Teachers’ Day or Gift-giving Day? Nowadays‚ when it comes to Teachers’ Day‚ people differ greatly in their attitudes towards the problem of giving gifts to teachers. Some maintain that giving presents to teachers is a sound way to express gratitude and respect of students and parents. Others‚ on the contrary‚ hold the point that presents make the significance of Teachers’ Day distorted. Someone even claims that Teachers’ Day has totally become Gift-giving Day. Although it seems a little extravagant
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3. Controversy of Kartini Day and Malala Day on Media 3.1 Considering the Heroism of Kartini Instead of the followers of the blind conspiracy theory‚ there is nobody else arguing that the moral message carried by Kartini and Malala in raising the issues of education and emancipation of women is right. The groups acknowledging that the struggle of Kartini and Malala is true have two tendencies‚ namely (1) not questioning the Western influence and (2) questioning Western influence. The group that
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Rawls Criticism of Plato’s Ideal City Plato and Rawls both developed a framework for creating ideal and just societies. This paper will argue that Rawls would disagree with aspects of Plato’s society and Rawls’ criticism of Plato’s vision of a just society is persuasive. First‚ it will summarize Plato’s vision of a just society‚ the ideal city. Then‚ it will outline Rawls’ idea of a just society and show that Rawls criticizes Plato’s idea of rule by the guardians by arguing that man will always
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live in accordance with the values she regarded them as having a responsibility to follow. As was mentioned‚ a perfectibilist mentality can involve a high standard for oneself and others. When people fail to live up to these standards it can incur criticism. And if such standards are rejected‚ it brings the potential of offending the thinker and the lowering of regard for the transgressor. Angelina’s reaction to and defection from the Presbyterian Church is something befitting a person with a perfectibilist
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The Day Just Like Any Other Day It was a beautiful afternoon. The spring breeze was crisp and the bright green leaves swayed gently in the treetops. The sun hung high in the sky warming my face as I waited for the bus to take my brother and me home from school. Every blade of grass and newly bloomed flower was indicative of new life; the changing of seasons. We boarded the bus with all of the other kids just like we had so many times before. Everything about this day seemed so much like any other
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Frankenstein: A Romantic Criticism Beginning in the late eighteenth century‚ the Romantic movement began to infiltrate European intellectual society‚ rejecting the Enlightenment ideals of rationality‚ objectivity‚ and mortal superiority (Drake). Instead‚ Romanticism stressed that true knowledge came from emotion and placed an emphasis on nature‚ where God manifested himself. Reminiscence was also a core tenet of Romanticism‚ with central concepts like Rousseau’s noble savage and an opposition to
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to overcome whatever troubles their respective villain brings forward. In the novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ author Jane Austen portrays her view of heroes‚ heroines‚ and villains in a satirically love story. Andrew H. Wright has written a literary criticism essay‚ titled “Heroines‚ Heroes‚ and Villains in Pride and Prejudice”‚ in which he states his opinion of Austen’s purpose. Although critic Andrew H. Wright states that some people are simply destined to be heroes‚ Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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There are many important things to check with your vehicle in order to drive safely. Vehicle maintenance is extremely important with day-to-day driving. Some of the things that we should be checking regularly consist of the Air filter‚ battery life‚ engine belts‚ brake fluid‚ engine oil‚ exterior lights‚ oil filter‚ tire pressures‚ anti-freeze‚ washer fluid‚ wiper blades‚ exhaust‚ power steering fluid‚ shock absorbers and fuses. The air filter should be checked once a month. Replace it when it is
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the car for control. Sweat and blood poured down her beautiful face and she wiped the sleeves of her uniform to clear it. Just last night‚ she promised herself that she will keep the crispiness of her brand new police uniform at least on her first day in the job. All her plans‚ of course‚ went down the drain when World War 3 started that morning. The pickup truck following them stopped at the entrance of the alleyway‚ surprised by the young cop’s maneuver and is unable to follow. She smiled coldly
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Day to day life in the Elizabethan period was so unlike to how life is today in the 21st Century. Life for a person living in Elizabethan times was different for different people depending upon where they were ranked in the social hierarchy. Women who lived in the Elizabethan life had to obey the Elizabethan men‚ they had to take care of them and women were not as important as men and men knew better than women‚ according to Elizabethan Women‚ http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-women
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