warns instead of a global baby bust. World population growth has fallen 40 percent since the late 1960s. The human population is expected to peak at nine billion by 2070‚ and many countries will see their population shrink long before that. Japan will have 49 retirees per 100 workers as early as 2005. Falling birthrates mainly account for these declines. Several factors contribute to the falling birthrates. Around the world‚ more women are entering the workforce‚ and young people delay raising a family
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the dictionary. But for me‚ its not just a word‚ it is expressing it. Patriotism is shown‚ and expressed‚ not in our words‚ but in our action towards it. Can you say that you’re patriotic if your singing your national anthem? Well‚ let’s say it is a form of respect to our country‚ but your just singing‚ you’re not expressing it on how you should be doing it. What about‚ reciting the "Panatang Makabayan?" It is mostly done in schools‚ everyday we’re always reciting it‚ and in a way‚ we cannot somehow
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In‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Joyce Carol Oates shares a story about a fifteen-year-old girl named Connie who encounters Arnold Friend‚ a predator whose first words to Connie are‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby” (Oates). One day‚ while Connie is home alone‚ she receives an unexpected visitor from the mysterious boy she saw the other night while hanging out
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client‚ John. Jimmy’s wasn’t a client of Coleman’s‚ but John didn’t like his customers to see him “doing business.” Coleman was talking with Jimmy about business when he spilled his drink all over the bar. That made him think about this cool trick where you put pure grain alcohol in your mouth‚ blow it out and light it. Coleman took a big drink‚ took out his lighter‚ and said‚ “Watch this!” He lit his lighter‚ blew the liquid and a fireball went through the room. The fireball hit Jimmy and killed him instantly
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splendid suns both male and female characters have an important role and most of the time they are biased towards men and these events also happen in our society. Men are given more leeway and have the freedom to do anything they want. The question depicts how men and women are differentiated and how men overpower them and control them. Both the novels were written a long time ago‚ but still the same impact is left on the society as a high percentage of people have only one mindset that women are just needed
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there offer course at school to learn to different language like Spanish or French. From experience I believe that learning another language is hard because not only you have to learn the language you have to learn the culture. So I believe it goes hand and hand with each other. You’re identified on how you look and what language you speak. “Culture refers to people’s learned and shared behaviors and beliefs”. So what is a language? A language is learned by a group of certain people and shared by
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I miss you when something really good happens‚ because you’re the one I want to share it with. I miss you when something is troubling me‚ because you’re the only one who understands me so well. I miss you when I laugh and cry‚ because I know that you’re the one who makes my laughter grow and my tears disappear. I miss you all the time‚ but I miss you the most when I lie awake at night and think of all the wonderful times we spent with each other for those were some of the best memorable times of
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Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer who has published over forty novels. Most of her novels are graphic and many of them depict death. In her short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Oates tells the story of Connie‚ a fifteen year old girl. Like in many of her previous novels Connie dies‚ or the reader is led to believe she does. Oates was inspired by Bob Dylan’s song “ It’s All Over Now‚ Baby Blue”‚ Charles Schmid‚ and from the book of Judges chapter 19 verse 17 in the Bible.
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“Have You Got A Positive Attitude Yet?” “Between the optimist and the pessimist‚ the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!”‚ says Oscar Wilde. One has to read between these lines in order to understand what they mean. The meaning is simple: There are two ways to look at things one is with a positive attitude and another with a negative one. A positive attitude leads to some opportunity or solutions and negative one clouds ones thoughts eventually making it
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As You Like It – William Shakespeare Theme: The relationship between characters and how that results to a sense of positive belonging 1. Technique: a. Characterization 2. Example: b. Rosalind and Celia 3. Effect: c. Responders are able to acknowledge that relationships leads to a sense of belonging 1. Technique: a. Direct
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