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    Social Distance

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    The Difference Ideas of Social Distance Between American Culture And Chinese Culture How far the range of social distance should be? The correct range of social distance depends on different groups of society and is opposed to locational distance. According to Ashley Crossman a sociology expert‚ social distance is the degree to which people are willing to accept and associate with those having different social characteristics. For example‚ an unwillingness to live next door to a family of a different

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    Distance education

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    DISTANCE EDUCATION: ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM BEYOND BORDER History Distance education dates back to at least as early as 1728 when an advertisement in the Boston Gazette promoted "Caleb Phillips‚ Teacher of the new method of Short Hand‚" who sought students who wanted to learn through weekly mailed lessons. Similarly‚ Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s. Distance education has a long history‚ but its popularity and use has grown exponentially as

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    Many people use distance-learning programs (study material post‚ TV‚ Internet‚ etc.) to study at home‚ but some people think that it cannot bring the same benefits of attending college or university. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? 第一次 Nowadays‚ an increasing number of people are concerned about the vehicle of accessing to knowledge and skills. However‚ whether people should be given access to knowledge by distance-learning programs or by attending college has caused

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    Tony Tan Story

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    Tony Tan Caktiong (simplified Chinese: 陈觉中; traditional Chinese: 陳覺中; pinyin: Chén Juézhōng) is a Chinese Filipino entrepreneur and the founder and current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Filipino fast food chain Jollibee. He attended high school at Chiang Kai Shek College and graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in chemical engineering. Tan had initially planned an ice cream parlor when he founded Jollibee‚ then added dishes such as hamburgers‚ french fries‚ and

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    Benjamin Harrison

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    Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20‚ 1833 on a farm by the Ohio River below Cincinnati. He attended Miami University in Ohio and read law in Cincinnati. Before completing his law studies‚ Harrison returned to Oxford to marry Caroline Lavinia Scott. She was the daughter of the college president‚ John Witherspoon Scott‚ a Presbyterian minister. On October 20‚ 1853‚ Caroline’s father performed the ceremony. They then moved to Indianapolis‚ where he practiced law and campaigned

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    Harrison Bergeron

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    contamination of an ideal society. The short story‚ Harrison Bergeron‚ is in accordance to this‚ since the ideal of total equality is promoted to the point of handicapping the gifted and the talented. The story takes places in 2081‚ where a futuristic America exists in complete equality in every form. This constraint put on the citizens is an ideal characteristic for the government‚ but for the people it is a burden that diminishes their identity. Therefore‚ in Harrison Bergeron‚ author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. explores

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    Harrison Bergeron

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    Harrison Bergeron” Essay Throughout history a constant loop has appeared over and over again‚ a battle that is never won but is put to side and forgotten until it chooses to veer it ugly yet attractive head. This battle is the battle of equality to have happened to everyone who fights to reach an imaginary standard of equality. Equality is never defined and never can be because what equality is to a person is always different. Equality could be where white and black people are held at the same pedestal

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    Tony Takitani Analysis

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    In Tony Takitani‚ loneliness is a reoccurring theme. The characters experience their own versions of emptiness‚ and they cope with it differently. Lack of companionship doesn’t bother Tony Takitani for most of his life‚ until he meets Konuma Eiko and falls in love with her. After the two are married Tony is no longer lonely‚ but is overcome by the fear of becoming lonely again. This fear eventually subsides‚ and he learns that Eiko has a lonely side as well. Eiko has an empty space that she fills

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    Harrison Bergeron

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    story‚ “Harrison Bergeron‚” published in 1961‚ Kurt Vonnegut Jr. discusses equality in America in 2081. His story places you into a world where everyone is made equal in every way. Anyone with talents‚ like beauty‚ strength‚ and higher mental capacity are made handicapped by wearing massive weights‚ thought scattering headsets‚ and masks. These handicaps were set in place to create an equal world within the United States. While creating an equal society though‚ they are holding people back from their

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    Power Distance

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    Power distance is one of the five dimensions of Hofstede’s framework for assessing culture. Hofstede has defined power distance as “the extent to which inequality in power is accepted and considered as normal by less powerful people in a society.”(Hofstede‚ p. 307‚ 1986). He divided this dimension into two categories: 1. Small 2. Large Small power distance: Small power distance means that the extent to which less powerful people accept the social inequality is small‚ that is members

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