“How do I attempt to teach my young kids beyond facts!” - a lot of us are drilling our children with facts ..are we preparing them for the “knowledge economy”? When I began my journey as a father‚ I told myself‚ I must try to give my kids the best start in life and prepare them for the future. I am sure most parents have the same thought as me. However‚ interestingly‚ I am sure all of us‚ “first-time” parent‚ will start to think: “what is the right thing to do then?” Well‚ just like most
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Artist Report I chose was Janet Fish. Janet Fish is a contemporary realist painter and printmaker who was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts in 1938‚ and raised on the island of Bermuda. Her grandfather‚ Clark Voorhees‚ was an American Impressionist painter who inspired Janet. Her father was an art history teacher‚ and her mother‚ Florence Whistler Fish‚ a sculptor and potter. She went to Skowhegan Summer School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine‚ and studied sculpture and printmaking at Smith College
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Has the thought that one day scientists will eventually lead towards having robots know what they want to do and what they are supposed to do? The author Charlie Gillis thinks that the way that technology is going to lead towards sentient robots. One day robots will be able to know how things should be made out and put together. The author Charlie Gillis of “Robot Invasion” talks about how close people are to eventually lead towards having these types of robots. Robots being able to know what they
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An Analysis of Big Fish (2003) Big Fish is a film of Tim Burton in 2003. It is a fantastic film focusing on the relationship between a father‚ Edward Bloom and his son‚ William Bloom. The main storyline is talking about the life of Edward. Edward tells his life to William as if his life is a fairy tales which is full of magical characters and experience. However‚ William thinks that his father is just keeping telling lies and always brags to him. William wants the truth of his father’s
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Literary Analysis: “Fish Cheeks” In Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks‚” a young girl learns that she should not be ashamed of her of her culture. The author employs strong symbols and vivid imagery to depict this very theme as she traces the events of a memorable Christmas gathering. The cultural differences that serve as the narrator’s main conflict are symbolized through the contents of the dinner the “smiley rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil” was demonstrating
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How fish breathe The water surrounding a fish contains a small percentage of dissolved oxygen. In the surface waters there can be about 5 ml. of oxygen per litre of water. This is much less than the 210 ml. of oxygen per litre of air that we breath‚ so the fish must use a special system for concentrating the oxygen in the water to meet their physiological needs. Here it comes again‚ a counter current exchange system‚ similar to the one we found in the fish’s swim bladder and in the tuna’s muscles
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Courtly Love and Trans Critique: An Extended Review of “Courtly and Queer” by Charlie Samuelson In "Courtly and Queer‚" Charlie Samuelson confronts assumptions about courtly literature‚ complicitly constructing patriarchal hegemony by unearthing the inherent deconstructive queerness at its core. His interdisciplinary approach integrates literary‚ medieval‚ and queer studies by juxtaposing modern queer theory with high medieval French verse romances (romans) and late medieval French dits about courtly
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Big Fish The philosophical twist of mixing fact with fairy tale in story telling put a great spin on the plot. It gave the director the ability to make the impossible seem probable! The movie is about a very interesting father named Ed whom loves to tell facts with a little bit of flavor‚ as quoted in the movie. However we portray them as tall tales‚ but since he tells them with such a seriousness and attachment to his own life you want to believe them. However the son‚ will‚ does not enjoy
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Koi Fish‚ Meditation‚ and Ghosts Koi fish has always fascinated me – there is something calming about their simple existence. I am reminded of the meditative state of mind aimed for in Zen‚ where thoughts‚ feelings‚ and sensations are allowed to come and go as they please while the source of our attention is firmly anchored within itself – in the breath‚ in the moment – immersed in the physiological sensory experience yet removed from it. Somehow the elegantly lazy movements of the koi fish bring
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Courtship Behavior: Pursuit Courtship behavior in betta fish can be aggressive‚ but females have learned to balance male parental quality with the negatives that comes with spawning‚ risks can be minimized through negative size assertive mating (Clotfelter et al. 2006). He starts by trying to lure her into his nest. They present their choreographed dance to the female to get her attention‚ including fanning his wings. If she is interested she will swim towards the male with her head down and fins
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