The quote‚ “If you educate a boy‚ you educate an individual but if you educate a girl‚ you educate a nation” originated from an African proverb. It might have originated because of the societal roles of men and women‚ society’s expectations‚ and the contribution each gender has made to the community. Both men and women have educated the nation in many different ways‚ either by contributing to the society‚ or to their families. Hence‚ I disagree with this quote‚ as not all men have never educated
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“If one were to post a blog entry titled ‘Jasmine Revolution’ several months back‚ he would probably be asked to have ‘a little tea-talk’ with the Chinese police”‚ a citizen mordantly remarked. Indeed‚ when the call for a revolution was at its peak‚ the Chinese government tried all approaches ranging from sporadic searches to large scale new blackouts in an attempt to clamp down on those who voiced out. Nonetheless‚ details about the revolution still remained widespread across the Internet. It is
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On top of the off the field work that the NFL and other organizations do to protect the players‚ they also implement controls on the field to help prevent concussions. These controls are in the form of penalties. Penalties are determined by the refs and impact the offending team negatively‚ and if a penalty is bad enough a player can be ejected from the game. This is done in order to change the way the players play. An example of one of these penalties is a flag for helmet-to-helmet contact. Players
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Ruben Arrieta Professor McGinnis Sociology 101 11 November 2010 Gattaca Gattaca is a movie that contains a very interesting society. As in all societies‚ discrimination exists and it is primarily between two groups. The valids‚ as they are called here‚ are the dominant group who oppress the group known as the invalids‚ which is the group consisting of the less privileged individuals. However‚ in this society‚ privileged and less privileged does not refer to the individuals in terms of wealth
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I agree that the 1911 Revolution was in fact a failure. Although it succeeded in overthrowing the dynastic system and set up a republic‚ it was incomplete in which that it failed to solve China’s internal and external problems. China was still weak. It did not lead to prosperity and strength that Sun had hoped for. ‘Failure’ refers to when something does not work‚ or stops working as well as it should / in other words cannot achieve the desired results / goals. The 1911 Revolution only modernized
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Do we truly have free will? It is the ability to make a decision without hindrance. Human nature‚ neuroscience‚ everyday life are contributing factors in free will. Human nature deals decisions that focus on the awareness of the conscious mind. For instance‚ free will enables humans to control and carry out their own decisions. Contrary to Freud’s belief‚ free will is dependent upon personal “motives‚ convictions‚ and intentions.” To specify‚ external forces do not completely establish human behavior
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The problem of free will refers to the examination of whether or not we as conscious beings have control over our own actions. French philosopher Paul Henri Thiry‚ Baron d ’Holbach argues that all acts are caused by past events and conditions‚ a belief known as determinism. Physical laws shows us that all events in time are determined by prior events‚ but the belief in free will implies that our actions are results from what we perceive as choice‚ are undetermined random events in time. Therefore
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proverbs. Art is an environmental friendly activity --not much electricity is needed-- and not much spending is needed. In conclusion‚ art is very useful as a hobby because it creates fun without harming the environment and the society‚ and it’s cheap to do. A person’s feeling and expression can be expressed in a person’s art. The emotions of an individual when doing art is very important as the emotions will also be reflected in the art. For example‚ a person who is in a sad mood will use pale colours
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when she is first introduced in the play. Ambition is a part of human nature and being ambitious can be defined as being ’eager for success’. After Lady Macbeth reads the letter from Macbeth‚ she was ambitious for Macbeth‚ her husband‚ to become everything that he can be‚ while she was also aware of the "illness" that should attend ambition. "Glamis thou art‚ and Cawdor‚ and shalt be What thou art promised; yet I do fear thy nature‚ It is too full o’th’milk of human kindness... Hie thee hither‚
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were‚ unsustainable and foolhardy. The Articles of Confederation stated that congress cannot‚” coin money‚ nor regulate the value thereof‚” This is among the greatest flaws of the Articles. Without regulated money‚ states suffered from inflation of money and trade suffered due to different tariffs instilled upon it. Yet‚ the worst flaw was the last clause which defined what was needed in order for congress to complete an
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