article‚ Struggle for Smarts? How Eastern and Western Cultures Tackle Learning‚ was written by Alix Spiegel on November 12 of 2012. It goes over the cultural norms regarding education in the United States and compares it to the schooling systems in Eastern Asia‚ particularly Japan and Taiwan. The biggest differences he pointed out were the widely contrasting views on struggling in the learning process. In America‚ he points out‚ struggling is a sign of weakness. If a person struggles on a subject
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Everyone has dreams they want to achieve‚ and don’t want to give up‚ no matter how much of a struggle it is. This is what “Hidden Figures” of Theodore Melfi conveys in a warm‚ lively‚ and funny way. The story of a team of African American women mathematicians who served an important role in NASA during the early years of the US space program. It is a story of brilliance‚ and struggle. Set in 1960s‚ Hampton‚ Virginia‚ during the space race. Katherine Johnson (Taraji Henson)‚ Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia
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the role. One of the first of such women and the one that is said to have set the bar for all future first ladies was Eleanor Roosevelt. Praised for her charm‚ generosity and outstanding intellect she was an avid activist and a supporter of human rights. In the 90’s another first lady was casually compared with Eleanor Roosevelt‚ this started a worldwide
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Role of Mahatma Gandhi in Freedom Struggle One of the greatest men in the history of India is unarguably Mahatma Gandhi. The way he gave shape and character to India’s freedom struggle is worthy of a standing ovation. He sacrificed his own life for the sake of his country. The respect that he earned for himself despite leading a simple lifestyle is much appreciable. Mahatma Gandhi played a pivotal role in the freedom struggle of India. His non violent ways and peaceful methods were the foundation
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Key Landmarks in the Indian Freedom Struggle "Nadir Shah looted the country only once. But the British loot us every day. Every year wealth to the tune of 4.5 million dollar is being drained out‚ sucking our very blood. Britain should immediately quit India.’’ That’s what the Sindh Times wrote on May 20‚ 1884‚ a year before the Indian National Congress was born and 58 years before the ’’Quit India’’ movement of 1942 was launched. Contrary to the view that nationalist sentiments were awoken by the
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Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic‚ racial‚ religious or national group. It is a form of mass killing intended to entirely eliminate certain groups defined by the perpetrator. Discrimination‚ and the idea that one group is superior to another‚ leads (maybe not directly) to genocide. The real question is: why do we as humans discriminate against or hate particular sections of the population? In a 1921 article‚ author Francis Edward Clark‚ on the subject of prejudice
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The Positive and Negative Effects of Only-Child Policy Only-Child policy‚ aimed at addressing overpopulation‚ was promoted in 1970s. After 25 years‚ this policy does have lots of positive effects. At the same time‚ however‚ it also causes lots of problems. Since each family only has one child‚ parents spoil their child‚ which makes the child fell like the king of the world. In the family‚ the child doesn’t need to do anything and he can get everything he wants. However‚ meanwhile‚ the child
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Struggles of an Outsider Can two drastically different groups of kids face similar problems? In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton two classes of kids‚ greasers and socs‚ share many similar problems. Greasers come from rough neighborhoods and create gangs to have a sense of belonging‚ socs live in wealthy neighborhoods and gang up on greasers. Although‚ both groups are so different they have many similar problems such as fitting in‚ developing romantic relationships‚ and getting approval from
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Women in the nineteenth century were beginning to liberate themselves. Thus‚ when the Civil War came along‚ many women were not content to sit home and set up fund-raisers for the cause. According to the book “Century Of The Struggle” by Elenor Flexner “The influx of women into teaching and their entrance into government offices data from Civil War. Thousands more broke away from stove and laundry tub to look for work in the cities or to do the heavy manual labor required to keep the family homestead
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born with an intellectual disability can be devastating news for any parent. These parents are faced with the difficult decision to either carry their child to term or seek an abortion. This decision not only affects the child and the parents‚ but the society the child might potentially live in. These parents face many ethical and moral dilemmas and their decision will most likely affect them for the rest of their lives. The documentary entitled “The Struggle to be Normal” is a film that presents
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