The Philippines ranks 67th among the 142 countries in the world with the happiest citizenry. Norway is No. 1 and the United States ranks 12th. In Southeast Asia‚ Singapore ranks 19th; Taiwan‚ 20th; Vietnam‚ 53rd‚ Thailand‚ 56th; Indonesia‚ 63rd. How ironic that Vietnam‚ which suffered decades of civil war and whose economy is practically just starting to grow‚ beat the Philippines by 14 points. * * * The criteria for the citizenry’s happiness index are economy‚ entrepreneurship‚ governance
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More often than not it feels as if less attention is given to the darker‚ more realistic side of love. Time and time again‚ there are tragic ends to even the happiest‚ most fairytale of romances‚ breaking the hearts of the fictional characters involved just as much‚ if not more‚ than the readers suffering in the heartache right alongside. Throughout a constantly evolving society with ever-changing beliefs and morals‚ there always seems to be a new high and a new low for people in love. Tragedy strikes
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Colombia is a country located along the equator line with a mostly monotonous climate; for many years‚ it was well-known because of its coffee‚ emeralds‚ flowers and unfortunately‚ drugs. But this view has been changing since people visit and observe the nation --. Our wounds from civil war and drug trafficking has been healed and currently Colombians welcome every tourist with open arms ready to show their culture and their wonderful land. This country deserves to be known. It has an unimaginable
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It ain’t what you do‚ it’s what it does to you Simon Armitage writes an adventurous comparison poem to show how powerful imagination is by comparing life long dreams to one’s mundane memories in the poem‚“ It ain’t what you do‚ it’s what it does to you”. The poem displays three imaginative pinnacle-like events and with those events‚ there are three events juxtaposing them. The poem is presented in a manner where the story is based on the experiences of a first-person speaker. The poem follows
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Why Education is the most important factor in a developing country Education is often considered the greatest opportunity you can give a child‚ purely from what the child can do with that Education‚ will they become a Doctor and save 100 lives? Or become a Scientist and cure Malaria? They will also learn to be civilized‚ moral and then spread that to their children whom will possibly do the same until you have a lot of civilized people in one country working together and making trying their best
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LOVE OF COUNTRY? Frederick Douglass’s speech “If I Had A Country‚ I Should Be A Patriot” delivers a blasting reproach on the discrimination of the African American and why he feels indignant about his country and being unwilling to call himself a patriot. Similar to Langston Hughes’s “I‚ Too‚ Sing America” ‚ both employ a chord informative structure and a canting tone simple enough for the audience to incite a reaction from the audience to plead for freedom in America. Both authors though
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them. On the other hand‚ in the developed world‚ many women are taking on positions of power‚ and looked upon with the same amount of respect as is usually conferred by men. We can even see a trend of women surpassing men in certain arenas. As more and more people believe in gender equality and start to advocate it‚ it is not impossible that women can enjoy the same rights as men on any ground. Nevertheless‚ the abuse of women’s rights in many developing countries is still an intractable problem
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When you think of politics you probably think of the words “conservative” or “liberal” as well as the in between‚ “moderate”. Politicians may use these words as insults‚ but these words are a lot more than just insulting words‚ these words stand for what people believe in. People can decide which ideology they most fit with based on what ideals or beliefs they have. When it comes to political ideology‚ it comes down to the ideals or beliefs that people have‚ whether they agree with the ideals of
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In my country‚ unfortunately‚ teachers receive a small salary for their hard work. Of course‚ I would like that those people who teach us for many years will get a decent salary. However‚ I believe that it should not pay for how well a student has learned the subject for several reasons. First of all‚ all students studying in different ways and each students has their results so‚ in my opinion‚ teachers should not get extra paid according to how much their students learn. In the class the teacher
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