obvious that classes differ in terms of their attitude towards learning. There are some groups of students which are aware how essential education is. They put it first regardless of peers` influence. Studying with diligence is typical of them. However the influence of mass media has resulted in promoting a new model of student‚ as someone who is clever‚ crafty and who knows how to cut corners. As a result there are some groups of students who believe that education is not the key. Their attitude towards
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The central struggle in Amy Tan ’s story "Two Kinds" is a battle of wills between the narrator‚ a young Chinese American girl‚ and her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant. "Two Kinds" is a coming-of-age story‚ in which the narrator‚ Jing-mei‚ struggles to forge her own sense of identity in the face of her strong-willed mother ’s dream that she become a "prodigy." Jing-mei is caught between her Chinese mother ’s traditional ideas about how to raise a daughter‚ and her own development as a Chinese American
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In December of 1777 to 1778 George Washington made a camp called Valley Forge‚ it was 18 miles outside of Philadelphia. Valley Forge wasn’t the best place for you to live it was very hard‚ but the sacrifices were worth it. If you were in Washington’s army would you quit? I wouldn’t quit Washington’s army because it says that there is a high chance to get sick but a low chance to actually die from sickness‚ also Washington is getting supplies from the Congressman because the supplies are low‚ Dr.
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“Gatsby’s world is corrupt but ultimately glamorous” How do you respond to this view of the novel? Gatsby built is fortune through criminal activities‚ as an ‘associate’ of Wolfsheim. Wolfsheim connection to Gatsby is the corruption of the American dream. Gatsby is labelled as “new money” in Fitzgerald’s novel‚ from building his fortunes‚ Gatsby almost fulfilled the aspects of the American Dream. Gatsby’s dream is corrupted by society that he does not realise‚ that glamour and wealth will ultimately
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by day everything becomes so familiar that sometimes he may have a feeling that even a household object is somehow similar to his personality. What if a witch suddenly appeared and made him choose a household object to be turned into? In my case‚ I would choose to be a knife. The explanation for my choice is divided into 2 parts: the first one is about spending time getting used to something or someone‚ and the second one is about discovering the internal side of people. First of all‚ it always takes
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Throughout life‚ you will meet many different people. Some will forget about you‚ others will think about you every now and then. Then there are other people that you will be friends with forever. I don’t want to be one of those people that you forget about after high school. I would like everyone to think of me as being an honest person with good morals. However‚ I think that people perceive me to be someone who is shy‚ and gets good grades in school. I would like to be seen as someone
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main character of the story. The internal conflict of the story‚ “The Use of Force”‚ is the doctor turning to the use force on the little girl to examine her throat. When the little girl will not open her mouth‚ he tries being very kind to the little girl. He actually kind of sides with her over her parents at first‚ as show in the text‚ “After all‚ I had already fallen in love with the savage brat‚ the parents were contemptible to me.”(lines 22-23) At this point the doctor sees the parents as being
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the Europeans and introduced to new diseases‚ such as smallpox and cholera‚ “cutting the population in half.” To regain their population size‚ the Comanche began to utilize the practice of taking captives from neighboring tribes and groups‚ and they would be assimilated into the Comanche culture over time. This inevitably carried over to their raids conducted on the Texan settlers‚ with the Comanche taking many American captives from the towns and villages they ransacked‚ in hopes of assimilating them
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How (Un)ethical Are You? Most of people believe that they are ethical and unbiased. They imagine they’re good decision makers‚ able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision
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Filipinos reacted with outrage towards the Treaty of Paris because it also called for the American annexation of the Philippines. They believed that the United States had promised them independence and the terms of the Treaty led to the fight for freedom. The U.S. intended for the Philippines to be a part of their overseas empire to become a world power but on February 4‚ 1899‚ the Philippine-American War‚ led by Emilio Aguinaldo‚ broke out two days before the Treaty of Paris was ratified. From February
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