Art for Arts’ Sake Dear Friends‚ When I was asked to write to you about my views of the role of the Arts in society‚ I did not hesitate to embrace the task. Over the past three years‚ I have been working on a PhD in Music Education. I have finished all of my coursework‚ and have "only" my dissertation remaining. In this program of study‚ I recall many discussions in our seminar classes that were seeking to answer this very question: What is the role of the Arts in our society? For purposes
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s our planet a safe place to live for animals‚ fish‚ birds‚ ourselves or plants? Many people think it is. But they don’t really understand that our planet is in great danger. And what is more‚ we ourselves are causing most of the problems. Of course‚ all of us don’t cut down trees and pollute the air on purpose but we are all slowly destroying our planet with unawareness. We just don’t notice the problems and therefore we can’t fight them. This way the air is being more and more polluted and forests
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Captain Smith should be held responsible for the loss of lives. How far do you agree with this statement? In the beginning of the 20th century‚ tensions were simmering. In Europe‚ people without wealth or any other privilege grew impatient and Ireland started planning a nationalist movement for independence from England. Travel kept developing more and more – it kept getting faster‚ easier and cheaper‚ although it was not always safe. In April 10th Titanic‚ begun its maiden voyage. Although
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How Do You Think the Problem of Priestless Parishes Should Be Addressed? Throughout Britain‚ Catholics living in rural areas have been hit hard by the vocations crisis. Inevitably the small fragile communities have been the first to lose their priests‚ but if current trends continue the big-city parishes may soon be facing similar problems. The bishops of England and Wales keep telling us this is the "age of the laity‚" but without priests to minister to us‚ the future looks bleak. In 2014‚ 49153
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matter how people discuss the statement that parents are the best teachers‚ there would be some arguments agree with it‚ while others do not. By virtue of personal experience‚ social phenomena and several research between parents and children‚ I prefer to agree with the statement. The most important reason and specific examples will be described below. Firstly‚ parents effect our behavior. As we are unmature and young‚ parents always show us which way to go. For example‚ they teach us how to speak
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Should teenagers be discouraged from doing plastic surgery? What is plastic surgery? Plastic surgery is ‘the process of reconstructing or repairing parts of the body by the transfer of tissue‚ either in the treatment of injury or for cosmetic reasons’ (Oxford Dictionaries‚ 2010). Sushrutha from India‚ who is known as the ‘Father of Plastic Surgery’‚ had carried out plastic surgery a millennium before Hippocrates as well as two millenniums before European stalwarts such as Celsius and Galen (Indian
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‘Money is the most important thing in life.’ Do you agree? Money‚ fame‚ a successful career; these are among the things many people would consider to be the most important things in life‚ but is it true that these factors contribute to a better life? Most people agree that the most important thing in life is happiness‚ regardless of how much wealth one possesses. The problem with most people is that in their pursuit of this state of mind‚ they often sacrifice too much‚ at times sacrificing even
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Do you thing that telemarketing should be illegal? Telemarketing has its advantages and disadvantages‚ but I believe that it should be illegal to continue the use of it. We all know that Telemarketing is a method of direct solicitation whether it’s by phone or face to face. I wouldn’t be the only one to say that these types of calls are very annoying‚ especially when they interrupt your morning or night sleep. I am a victim‚ of these types of calls. When I would receive calls and I did not recognize
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Worksheet 3 1) Firstly they agreed that important changes brought about by revolution had to be preserved. Secondly‚ at a fundamental level‚ all of the contenders believed that history was moving towards a socialist and then a communist society. Thirdly‚ the contenders were passionate believers of that one day the revolution would spread to Europe and then to the whole world. 2) ‘Leninism’ meant the ideas of Lenin. The first form of Leninism focused on Lenin’s policies during the civil war of 1918-1921
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their children. More and more mothers are stepping out to the working society but at an extremely slow pace. Why is this so? That is because most agree with the statement that mothers should not work outside the home‚ but I beg to differ. Therefore‚ I agree to a small extent to the statement due to a few reasons. The first reason why mothers should step out into the working society is that in the modern society today‚ it is no longer that women cannot work in the society. There are so many real
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