• Purpose in mind Albert Lau feels that national history is established with a particular intention. The nature of this purpose could either be in a nation’s effort to foster a sense of belonging or even identify amongst its citizens or the state’s means to nation-building. In the context of Singapore‚ the perspective in which the Singapore Story‚ the official national history‚ is written is one which can be used in achieved in its “agenda of nation-building”. • Shaper of national identity
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Alhajri Fahad Who has never used a phone during class time or driving? Almost everyone including me have done this before but my question is; is it necessary to use the phone even if we are really busy? The addition of using phone becomes a very common among teens those days in the whole world and becomes a serious problem that needs to be focused on. There are two things that must be focused and discussed; which are the addition of using phone and the solution of it. First of all
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Martin Luther once said‚ “There is no more lovely‚ friendly and charming relationship‚ communion or company than a good marriage.” Marriage is seen as a beautiful thing‚ where a man and a woman fall in love with each other and make the immense decision to spend the rest of their lives together and work together to be happy. However‚ it wasn’t always that way. Think back to the 1770s. It was a very turbulent time period: colonists were rebelling against their British masters‚ and war was ravaging
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Chains‚ a work of historical fiction by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a young slave girl named Isabel living at the time of the American Revolution. She and her younger sister‚ Ruth are living a happy life in Rhode Island with their kind master‚ Miss Mary Finch‚ until she dies and they are turned over to her mean nephew. They are promised their freedom in Miss Mary Finch’s will‚ but do not receive it because nobody respects them enough to check. When they are sold to a Loyalist couple called the
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"What happened at Arthur Anderson" and "Why?" Arthur Andersen‚ who used to be one of the “Big Five” largest accounting firms in the United States‚ strayed away from accepted policies and stuck in a string of accounting scandals‚ finally closed its doors after 90 years of business. The firm’s name was synonymous with trust‚ integrity and ethics during a long period of time‚ however‚ Andersen failed to withstand the pressure from the competition of consulting service. Thus‚ it leaded
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Louisiana Purchase. The group sent was called the Corps of Discovery‚ unearthing miles of land and discovering what they held. Ecologically‚ Lewis and Clark made countless discoveries regarding the flora and fauna of the land. Geographically‚ they were revolutionary in mapping and journaling. Socially‚ the expeditions of Lewis and Clark’s interactions with the Native Americans greatly impacted the success of their journey. The Corps of Discovery‚ led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ was revolutionary
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Laurie Halse Anderson writes children’s and young adult novels. She wrote the novel Wintergirls and it was published in 2009. The main character is Lia Overbrook‚ and she wants to forgive herself and move on from her best friend’s death. She tries almost everything she can to forget that her friend died because she wasn’t there to help her‚ but others won’t let her forget. The other students at school keep reminding her that it’s her fault and makes sure she knows she should’ve answered her phone
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Digging Summary The poem begins with our speaker at his desk‚ his pen poised to begin writing. He gets distracted by the sound of his father outside‚ working in the garden‚ and this sends our speaker into a spiral of memories about his father working in the potato fields when the speaker was a young boy. The memory stretches even further back to his grandfather and the hard work he did as a peat harvester (there’s all kinds of hard work going on). Eventually‚ our speaker snaps out of his daydream
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In the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Isabel is kindhearted.This is shown in chapter 5 when she protects her little sister‚ Ruth‚ from being harmed by Mrs. Lockton. When the sisters arrive to New York City‚ they overhear Madam’s argument with a cargo inspector over having her chest full of underclothes searched. This is a humorous scene‚ but while Isabel knows not to laugh‚ Ruth accidentally laughs. Feeling offended‚ Mrs. Lockton announces‚ “‘Which one of you made that noise’”(33)? Instead
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lived during these times of great social and economic change‚ put forward theories and approaches to try and make sense of the changing society around them and the consequences these changes would have. In this essay I will refer to the main founding fathers of sociology: Comte‚ Durkheim‚ Marx and Weber. I will discuss their main ideas and concerns about the changing societies that they encountered. The Frenchman Auguste Comte (1798-1857) grew up in the wake of the French revolution of 1789. In these
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