IJAPS‚ Vol. 6‚ No. 2 (July 2010) SINGAPOREAN YOUTHS MUST HAVE WINGS AND YET KNOW WHERE THEIR NEST IS Nicole Tarulevicz* School of Asian Languages and Studies‚ University of Tasmania e-mail: nicole.tarulevicz@utas.edu.au ABSTRACT Young people generally form the future of any nation state and Singapore is no exception‚ it is‚ however‚ especially concerned about the future of itself as a nation. For Singapore the theme of youth is doubled‚ as the newness of the nation is a mirrored reflection
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The word “Nigga” and why it doesn’t offend me. From what I was taught this word “Nigga” came from way back in the day. You see that’s what a slave owner used to call us. But to me that is not a name like Susan and Joseph this word has a real meaning. But‚ if you look for “Nigger” in the dictionary it says it’s Slang: Extremely disparaging and Offensive. A person of any race or origin regarded as disgraceful‚ lower‚ ignorant‚ etc. But if you look for “Nigga” it says extremely offensive name
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Oh won’t you tell me Won’t you tell me This thing I’ve come to be? The monster that you see Is it a part of me? I’m breaking down and shaking ’round in This world so helplessly But you just laugh and grin Completely blind within There’s no point now‚ broken anyway I try to stop my breath Even knowing the truth won’t unravel Me until my death Freeze So breakable‚ unbreakable I’m shaking but‚ unshakable The real you I’ve found at last I’m standing alone in this world that keeps on changing But
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Foreword The International Essay Contest for Young People is one of the peace education programs sponsored by the Goi Peace Foundation. The annual contest‚ which started in the year 2000‚ is a UNESCO/Goi Peace Foundation joint program since 2007. The United Nations has designated 2001-2010 as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. While every citizen is called upon to think about and act for peace in their everyday lives‚ peace education
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Sociology Factsheet Youth Subcultures In other cultures‚ the transition from childhood to adulthood is more clearly marked with no period of ‘youth.’ In some cultures‚ individuals may undergo a ‘rite of passage’ (a social event or ceremony) to indicate their new status. Number 32 This Factsheet will be useful for the topics of youth and crime and deviance on the Sociology specifications. This Factsheet will explore the reasons behind the development and existence of youth cultures in previous
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his death. Also the authors’ father portrays as a motive to bring personal connection into the poem to produce the hidden meaning. “We all are going to die at some point therefore we should make our life meaningful to precede our name after death.” (Me). After analyzing the point‚ it was questioned‚ what makes your life meaningful? Thomas describes how five types of men reflect on themselves based on their life decisions before their time of death. The title of the poem is also significant in another
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Grade 5 The King of Pop Michael Jackson. Do you know who Michael Jackson is? Michael Joseph Jackson better known as Michael Jackson‚ MJ‚ or the King of Pop was the most successful entertainer of all time. He started performing in 1964 at the age of five as the lead singer along with his brothers in a group called the Jackson 5. Michael Jackson was disciplined very harshly. His father would whip him and his brother’s if any of them messed up during any of the
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Ima Student Mrs. T. Chur English 1301 12 November 2009 Molly Ivins and Her Crazy Gun Theory Molly Ivins‚ in her Op-Ed called‚ “Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns‚” argues for an absolute abolition of civilian gun ownership. Ivins begins her argument with a sarcastic attitude toward gun laws in the United States. She calls herself “not antigun‚” but immediately announces that she is “proknife.” She seems at first to offer an unbiased view‚ claiming not to want
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this paper are going to be as follows: “(You) don’t got the power”‚”(Stop) That’s not an option‚ I’m my biggest problem”‚ “Only thing I fear is God‚ and he’s on my side”‚ and “That’s why I really feel like You Can’t Stop Me” (You Can’t Stop Me by Andy Mineo). The song “You Can’t Stop Me” by Andy Mineo has meanings for almost every line and connect together. No lines are just thrown in there to make it sound better. The first line “(You) don’t got the power” means that any person (including the devil)
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manifest by the actions of Don Quijote and other men in Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes. Bruce T. Holl writes‚ ‘in a lonely place whose name does not matter there was once a man who spent his life evading women in their concrete form. He preferred the manual pleasure of reading.’1 It is the chivalric books that Don Quijote reads that are a catalyst for his idealization of women. These women mentioned in this essay also display stupidity since they are fooled by Don Quijote’s idealism. On the
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