Man is a social animal and has been living in groups since the pre-historic times. With time‚ these groups have evolved to become organized and civilized societies and have adopted different norms‚ cultures and trends that distinguish them from the other societies. But the process of evolution did not stop and continues till date‚ leading to the formation of the modern society by putting the traditional society behind the scene. The question of preferring the modern society over traditional one
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Peter Yang Andrea Charanduk English 20 January 23‚ 2012 How tobacco addictionseffect you and people around you? A tobacco addiction is the worst addiction you can do to your body. According to the Health Canada website‚ “every 11 minutes‚ a Canadian dies from tobacco use. Every 10 minutes‚ two Canadian teenagers start smoking cigarettes; one of them will lose his/her life because of it yearly‚ more than a thousand Canadians who never even smoked die - from exposure to tobacco smoke.” Smoking
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“IT IS NOT WHAT YOU LOOK AT THAT MATTERS‚ BUT WHAT YOU SEE” - H.D. THOREAU To look is to see and vice-versa! Admittedly to a layman and also in common parlance‚ we use the two interchangeably or synonymously. However‚ there’s a difference between the two if we contemplate it. ‘Visualisation’ is a curious issue having various aspects of interpretation. To look at something and to actually realise your vision is not always possible. There is just too much‚ all around
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The effect of the question in this title is to make the audience think - what would Jane Addams say? Jane Addams‚ a woman with outstanding ethos‚ is said to be the first public intellectual - “a social thinker who wanted to communicate with a mass audience” (The Jane Addams Reader). In What Would Jane Say?‚ author Janice Metzger initially grasps you to the concept that the upbringing of ideas proposed by women were‚ in essence‚ muted and dismissed. However‚ in chapter two‚ it becomes apparent by
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How Do You Get People To Like You Be polite. Be yourself. That way‚ people like you for who you are. Many of us mistakenly believe that it’s wrong or conceited‚ to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time berating ourselves for our negative qualities‚ thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However‚ a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can hinder our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we have the confidence to make
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18 March 2013 What Can You See? For many‚ you have to see something to believe it. However‚ when looking at the beliefs of a blind person‚ we discover that seeing may actually distort our beliefs. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”‚ an unnamed narrator tells a story of meeting a blind man for the first time in his life. Before meeting Robert‚ the narrator tells us of how uncomfortable he is about him. If it had not been for his obligation to meet this man‚ he probably would have chosen to
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What Makes You Happy? One of the most popular psychological studies is the study of happiness. Thousands of renowned intellectuals have been thoroughly studying this subject for decades. Also known as Hedonists‚ these people that study the pursuit of happiness have thought of some very valid points. Happiness ranges from comparing the potential happiness between two completely different organisms and specifically finding the solution to happiness for one certain person. The topic that will
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What is the rule that you live by? We all live in the world of rules. I would classify all the rules into two big groups macro and micro. Macro rules are the rules that were formed by government’s institutions‚ religion‚ culture and society. Micro rules are settled by each person for himself of herself depending on the way he/she was brought up and educated. I have a few personal rules I use in my live actively. They are very simple and based on a very elementary foundation. First of them is
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Tan Sri Dato Dr Robert Kuok has been the 33rd richest person in the world‚ Over taking Tan Sri Dato Dr Yeoh Tiong Lay (YTL) ‚ Dato Ananda Krishnan and Dato Brian Tan. Kuok’s father arrived in Malaya from Fujian‚ China at the beginning of the 20th century‚ and Robert was the youngest of three brothers‚ born on 6 October 1923‚ in Johor Bahru. He claims he began in business as an office boy‚ and later started a business with relatives’ support. [2] In fact‚ upon graduation‚ he worked in the grains
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Why were you persecuted? Well‚ it all began with me sitting down with my family at the breakfast table munching on a piece of charred toast and guzzling down some milk‚ which was the very moment of when I heard the delicate sound of sirens coming from the east end of the street. My father’s face grew faint and my mother rapidly stood up and snatched my hand‚ as well as my brother’s. She then directed us towards the back of the house through a tiny break in the floor. Once we got to the hole‚ my
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