multilingual will mean in rejecting to be America. Immigrants do not need to shift their language to English as quickly as possible‚ yet their culture and language should be treated with respect and integrated rather than assimilated into American society. The personal view toward multilingualism and bilingualism was pessimistic when I first came to this country. When my family and I had immigrated to this country‚ eight years ago‚ none of the members of the family were fluent in English. We spent
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Barack Obama was an influential person because of his contributions to not only America‚ but the world; despite the harsh racism and criticism. One of the first accomplishments of Barack Obama was becoming a Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party and eventually becoming America’s first black president. This proves that Barack Obama succeeded with becoming the first black U.S. president‚ even though he struggled against bigotry and the doubt of other people. This is still affecting the world
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business concept and must never be confused with profit. The contribution of a product refers to how much it contributes to the fixed costs and profit of the business once variable costs have been covered. It can be calculated either per unit of output or in terms of total contribution of all units produced. Contribution ignores fixed costs and only considers any surplus left once variable costs have been subtracted from revenue. Hence‚ contribution is what a product contributes towards the fixed costs
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all made great contributions in the field of philosophy‚ especially about the matter “who should rule?” Socrates was born in Alopece‚ Athens in 40 BC and passed away in 399 BC. Socrates did not write any philosophical text. His‚ life and philosophical; ideas were by his students‚ notably Plato. Therefore‚ our discussion about Socrates life‚ ideas and phrases are purely base on the writings of Plato. Plato was said to have been born in 427 BC and died in 347 BC. He was a student of Socrates and
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income statement is set using a contribution format. The contribution format centers on the idea that each unit sold provides a certain amount of contribution margin that goes to covering fixed costs. In 2004 expenses like distribution and transport (29‚988) and the sales commissions (73‚573) have been reclassified (contribution format) as variable selling costs on page 33 ([104]). 2. Why do you think cost of sales is included in the computation of contribution margin on page 33? Benetton’s
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Ancient Greek Contributions Ancient Greece forged many of the contributions seen in western civilizations. One of the most influential contributions is literature. Those contributions where very important then and still are today. The importance of Greek literature is found when looking at the texts of western civilization. Greek writers created the form and foundation for later writings. By opening Greece to the idea of writing‚ literature introduced new forms of entertainment‚ record keeping
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Contributions and Drawbacks of Marxism Marxism is a theoretical system that created by Marx and Engels based on labor movements in the 19th century. Marxism was written upon a materialist interpretation of history. The Marxist theoretical system consists of three parts: Marxist philosophy‚ Marxist political economy and scientific socialism‚ which were created on the basis of the German classical philosophy‚ the British classical political economy and French utopian socialist influence respectively
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Assess the contribution of functionalist sociologists to our understanding of the role of the education system in society (20) Ferne bryan Functionalism is a structuralized theory which says the individual is less important compared to society. They say we’re a part of a complex system where various parts work together to benefit the whole. E.g. The human body; there are some organs more important than others but they all work together to help the human body function properly. Functionalists say
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O’Dell Holliday Humanities Vol. 1 Ancient Chinese Contributions Ancient China provided a great many inventions and contributions to the world. I will attempt to narrow it down to eight or ten examples. Cast iron was invented between the late 4th century BC and the early 5th century BC (Zhou dynasty). The process was created by melting pig iron. The blast furnace was used for smelting iron ore and coke (a high carbon fuel)‚ charcoal or anthracite (a type of coal). Limestone
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ARTS DIVINE WORD UNIVERSITY Brain Drain‚ Development and Globalization in Manus Province: Perceptions of Manus students in Divine Word University and Madang Technical College Lisa Punau Bachelor of Arts (PNG Studies) Year Four PG416 Major Research Project i PG416 Major Research Project Brain Drain‚ Development and Globalization in Manus Province: Perceptions of students in Divine Word University and Madang Technical College Lisa Punau Bachelor of Arts (PNG Studies) Year Four
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