A strong sense of identity & belonging are vital for personal happiness. Intro; Imagine youre a child on a playground who is bullied. You feel rejected and left out. At home with your family you are comforted and warm‚ and you are able to play games and do what you like‚ be yourself. Although you do not feel as though you belong at school‚ you feel as though you belong. This makes you happy. You can be yourself and your identity is not lost when you are at home. Some could argue that this is
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Mao Zedong the Leader of the Communist Party of China Mao is undisputedly one of the best-known Chinese of the twentieth century. He was an all-powerful leader‚ and major figure in modern world history. Mao was a revolutionary activist‚ organizer and military commander for almost three decades before the communist victory. Mao Zedong was born on December 26‚ 1893. Mao was born in a small community in Shashank village‚ In the southern province of Hunan. As a young man‚ Mao’s father‚ had bought a
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Over the years‚ billions of people have died. With that has come various last words‚ some ordinary such as "I love you"‚ and some random and plain out dumb such as "I did not get my Spaghetti-Os". When Johnny Cade laid out‚ in agony and distress on his death bed‚ he muttered the last words "Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold..." (page 157). If one who hasn’t read the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton‚ they can assume these last words mean nothing‚ or that Johnny was delirious. However‚ when you think
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Belonging is a natural reaction‚ intrinsic. We search in order to find a community‚ a group of friends‚ a country in which we belong. America is a place whereWhen we feel uncomfortable‚ we say “I don’t belong here” and when you find a situation in which you are happy‚ you can be yourself‚ natural and free you feel as if it was created only for you. It can also be the most wonderfully liberating experience when you find yourself in a culture in which you do not belong. In not belonging‚ you become
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Mao Zedong cultural revolution era In 1966‚ China’s Communist leader Mao Zedong launched what became known as the Cultural Revolution in order to reassert his authority over the Chinese government. Believing that current Communist leaders were taking the party‚ and China itself‚ in the wrong direction‚ Mao called on the nation’s youth to purge the “impure” elements of Chinese society and revive the revolutionary spirit that had led to victory in the civil war 20 decades earlier and the formation
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Dancing a Rebellion Since the first time that white men came across Native Cultures they have tried imprint their own values and view points on that culture. In Susan Power’s The Grass Dancer‚ dance is an important symbol of the Native American culture. Powwows‚ and the dances held at them‚ play a key part in the book and many of the major events in the book are somehow related to a ceremonial dance. Many times‚ though‚ the dances do not take place at powwows or ceremonies‚ they just occur as a
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Dancers putting all of their body weight on the tips of their toes effortlessly and yet people still believe that it is not a sport. Actual dance has been around since about 6000 B.C. It wasn’t brought into America on the mayflower; it has originated from each individual culture‚ from New York to Africa to Russia. People say that dance is just twirling and jumping on the stage however‚ Dance is‚ and should be considered a physically demanding sport. Dancing meets all the criteria needed to be considered
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negative influence on China in history. From 1966‚ Chairman Mao started destroying the country from top to bottom his so-called ‘brilliant’ ideas did not have the correct effect at all. Chairman Mao led the nation to false information about the USA and Europe via an ‘education’‚ gave no freedom to the country’s citizens and worst of all‚ throughout the whole process‚ managed to kill over 40 Million people through starvation. Here is why Chairman Mao had a negative influence on China and its people. In most
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Describe the attributes of a good dancer. Discuss ways of improving each of these skills in a suitable training programme: (20 marks) A good dancer should have a range of attributes‚ which they use on a daily basis and in all their work. One of the first attributes of a dancer is having the correct alignment and posture. Posture is the position in which you hold your body upright against gravity whilst standing
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For dancers‚ a balanced food group diet is required involving diary‚ protein‚ grains‚ fruit/vegetables and fats. Through following this structured diet‚ a dancer will obtain the correct amount of caloric intake. The estimated calories a female dancer should digest through intense training are 45-50 calories per kilogram of body weight. Following this requirement will help prevent injury as obtaining a low caloric intake affects performance‚ growth and health. The benefit of protein for a dancer is
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