of hard-earned money.) ~kids feel tired‚ no mood to study anymore ~co-curriculum or clubs need to attend to ~time consuming ~tuition costly (One subject may cost more than fifty dollars per month. So‚ if a student decides to take six subjects‚ he will probably have to pay around six hundred dollars. Eventually‚ they need to depend on school teachers for help. Actually‚ the money spend on tuition can be used for other things such
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Zheng He‚ originally named Ma He‚ was a Chinese Muslim born in 1381. At the age of ten he was taken to North China and assigned to serve Zhu Di (“Zheng He” Gale). Almost twenty years later‚ In 1402‚ Zhu Di‚ who was once the prince‚ came to be the Yongle Emperor and appointed Zheng He as an Admiral. Three years later‚ in 1405‚ after Zheng He had proven his worth‚ he was appointed as a commander of a fleet of “treasure ships”. At this time‚ the Ming dynasty was not known to the world. It was Zheng
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9/15/10 Zheng He or Christopher Columbus Was Christopher Columbus the first to discover America? Nowadays if you ask someone who was the first to discover America‚ most would say Christopher Columbus. But if you ask a real historian or a history professor‚ they would go back as far as 70 years before Columbus discovered America. Columbus may have been the first to discover America‚ but evidence shows that there was another man who discovered America 70 years before Columbus. This man was a 15th Chinese
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The Outsider by Albert Camus ‘The protagonist of the novel is condemned because he is a stranger to the society in which he lives.’ The Outsider‚ by Albert Camus‚ is a philosophical novel set in the mid 1940’s in the newly colonized country of Algeria. The novels plotline is that of a middle aged French Algerian man‚ Meursault‚ whose outlook on life is of an emotionally detached absurdist. Throughout the course of the novel it is understood that this outlandish philosophical view separates Meursault
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If the Shoe Fits‚ He Did It. Romeo and Juliet was not originally from Shakespeare; Arthur Brooke wrote a poem and Shakespeare turned that into a marvelous play. Many characters could be blamed since most of them are either Montague or Capulet. They don’t seem to like the other family and they fight. Benvolio is the one who is mostly to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he forced Romeo to go to the dance‚ and then he pushed Romeo to search for a girl‚ and after threw him under the
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scene in many different lights is very similar to what Earle Birney did when he wrote "January Morning/Downtown Vancouver" and "Vancouver Lights". An artist can paint a picture of a given setting and then come back and paint a totally different painting of the same subject. The two poems share similarities but where the description of "January Morning/Downtown Vancouver" ends‚ the theme for "Vancouver Lights" begins. The two poems based on the same setting create entirely different ideas in the readers
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where a hero is thrown into numerous physically challenging feats. These movies are always interesting to watch‚ and unfortunately it is rare to find a poem that captures that same success. However‚ the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf proves otherwise. The poem is a timeless thriller‚ about a courageous hero battling against evil demons and impossible brawls. Each battle seems to be more exhilarating than the last‚ most of which comes from the outstanding setting. Without the setting‚ Beowulf would not
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The song “He Was My Brother‚” performed by Simon & Garfunkel‚ was released on the album Wednesday Morning‚ 3 A.M. in 1964. The song was written by Paul Simon. In the song‚ the performers are telling a story about the performers’ older brother being shot and killed at the age of 23. Based on when the song was released and what was going on during that time (i.e. the civil rights movement)‚ as well as the lyric‚ the shooting seems to be racially motivated. The lyrics say that the brother was cursed by
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Augustus and How He Changed The Roman Empire Two problems facing the late Roman Empire was the instability and non unification caused by inner family civil wars. Rome’s rapid expansion‚ after the Punic Wars‚ resulted in changes that permanently divided the state. Both Aristocrats and Plebeians wanted total control of Rome and tried to destroy each other. Civil war was the the only way to solve problems in politics. Consequently‚ the power of the military became strong. Control of Rome’s
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I have chosen the ` Beowulf is a great hero but a poor king` title for my final essay‚ as heroism is a central and reoccurring theme in the Beowulf epic. Beowulf is presented as a strong‚ loyal and courageous heroic character in the poem. Much of Beowulf is dedicated to exemplifying and symbolizing the Germanic heroic code‚ which values characteristics such as strength‚ courage ‚ loyalty and honor. “The heroic codes determined how a stately and noble person should perform in Germanic society‚ such
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