Does School Prepare Us for Life? The school days are crammed with facts and figures‚ encompassing various subjects ranging from English to Mathematics. All of these require students to learn‚ memorise‚ understand and to be tested. Besides grades and examinations‚ the school also encompasses a wider curriculum including character moulding‚ citizenship building and personality development. Indeed‚ I think the school does prepare us for life. Firstly‚ the school teaches us self-discipline. We learn
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The first Monitor article I read was called “Does marriage make us happy?” According to Daniel Gilbert‚ PhD‚ married people are happier than unmarried people. It isn’t marriage that makes us happy‚ but a happy marriage that makes us happy. Gilbert also says that money can buy happiness. The happier people make between $40‚000 and $70‚000. The reason for this‚ according to Gilbert‚ is that people with money enjoy better nutrition‚ can go places with loved ones‚ worry less about their children and
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The influence of Internet on the society "When we succeed‚ we succeed because of our individual initiative‚ but also because we do things together." This statement‚ which was made by President Barack Obama‚ makes us question whether the use of the Internet helps us succeed or makes us stupid and lock ourselves out of the outside world. The Internet bubble increases its volume and density rapidly‚ because the number of people and hours using the internet increases dramatically every day. Consequently
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roadside bomb today‚ three more Americans died in Iraq today.) When the terrorists brutally behead someone‚ the media tends to over expose the event‚ which can lead to a glamorizing effectin the minds of certain viewers‚ namely the terrorists themselves. The news stations like CNN hold lengthy debates about who might have committed the act and why they might have committed it. In the end‚ does such behavior really even deserve justification? When Nick Berg was beheaded‚ there was much clamoring about
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Immigration and the United States How does immigration affect the way that we live our day to day lives? Two authors write about how immigration has affected the daily lives of everyone and what we as a nation are doing about it. In "The American Dream and the Politics of Inclusion" by Mario M Cuomo‚ he writes about how everyone from all over the world should be welcomed into this land of freedom and opportunity. "Immigration: The Sleeping Time Bomb" written by Robert J. Bresler speaks openly
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“Do you believe Caribbean Media are victims or causal factors of the Americanization of Caribbean Culture?” There has been an ongoing debate as to whether The Americanization phenomenon‚ has been perpetuated by the media across the Caribbean. It must be stated‚ that the Americanization phenomenon‚ can be synonymous with Globalisation. Hence it very pertinent to the discussion‚ to first defines the denotative meaning of the term Globalisation. (Dr.Maria Alfaro) defines Globalisation as: “A
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Does the Media Both Reflect and Influence Society? 1. Introduction i. Definition of media Media is the plural word of medium and is define as a communicative tool to store or provide information that usually associates with television‚ internet‚ radio‚ newspaper‚ books and etc.. ii. Thesis Statement In my personal opinion‚ the media reflects and influences society at the same time. 2. Body i. First Point One of the aspect that we can relate is through movies/drama series broadcast at the television
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There are many ways society can shape or change us. Some specific examples of this are stereotypes‚ clothing‚ and religion. These things can shape us in many different ways and forms. Stereotypes have been around for a long period of time. Stereotypes is an idea or picture of a particular type of person or thing. They are still relevant in today’s society. Stereotypes shape us in many ways. If you have a stereotype‚ it affects who you associate yourself with‚ what kinds of foods you eat‚ how you
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Advertising is a business of making money by introducing and encouraging people to buy new products or use services. Whether it is good or bad depends on the aims of manufacturers. On one hand‚ advertising is good because it tells us about new products. I cannot go shopping everyday so I watch television‚ read newspaper to have information about new products. In this case‚ advertising is helpful because both buyers and sellers have benefits. Buyers can enjoy the products and sellers have money
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believe love and attention could be found by becoming pregnant. Another big reason why girls are becoming pregnant is because of the people they see around them such as their peer‚ or people in the news. The media seems to be taking a big blame on the teen pregnancy epidemic‚ but truthfully‚ media is not the issue. First‚ let’s go back in history. It was very common to see women straight out of high school‚ or even before then‚ marry and have children right away. Taking care of the family and running
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