The tag senior citizen is generally given to a person who is between 58 and 65 years of age and has superannuated from active service. This age band fixed for retirement was based on the old system followed decades ago when longevity was lower than 60 years. With the advance in medical sciences and health supporting systems‚ longevity now goes up to 75. Perhaps‚ the retirement age needs revision to make use of the services of experienced people for some more time in the interest of national development
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“Doubt‚ it seems‚ is a skill – and one that … needs to be learned and honed. Credulity‚ by contrast‚ appears to be something very like an instinct” (Kathryn Schulz‚ Being Wrong). I think this quote is saying that it is easier to believe that something is true than raise doubts about something. People usually believe what they see or hear without questioning its truthfulness. For example‚ the most common things that happen in our everyday lives is that we believe in what people say about others without
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I.3.1 The definition of Citizen Journalism Citizen journalism‚ can be defined as a community news and informationshared online and/or in print. The content is generated by users and readers. It can betext / blogs‚ digital storytelling‚ images‚ audio file‚ podcasting or video. Feedback anddiscussion on issues raised is received in the same way.2 Citizen journalism is a form of citizen media - where individuals write and orcomment on issues they feel are left out of the mainstream media. Many issuesaddressed
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In the story “It used to be green once” written by Patricia Grace mum is the main character‚ Mum is a interesting character because of these reasons. I found mum interesting because of the way she dressed‚ she used to dress in a purple dress made out of a Japanese bedspread and the way she raised her children. She would often drive around in an old cruddy car and toot to let people know she was coming. Mum was a very shameless person. She did not care about what people might think of her. Her
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Margaret Sanger was a strong woman in history who decided to change the unjust laws regarding contraception in a society where a woman was not considered a person. She fought with courage‚ her wit‚ and didn’t back down even when it seemed as if she may get hurt in the process because of the higher powers around her. She was the founder of planned parenthood‚ and a great role model for woman everywhere. Margaret Sanger was born to a family of twelve‚ parents and her ten brothers and sisters
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A NICE CITIZEN – Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln’s poem ‘A Nice Citizen’ or ‘Letter to the Teacher’ gives us first hand experience of reading a hundred Zen stories or Panchathanthra Kathakal. The poem aims at the overall development of not only a child but also to improve the better qualities hidden in our mind. Even though it is in a form of letter addressed to a teacher‚ it actually points to the present condition of society also and all people must follow these good qualities. Then only our society
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Suspicion The way Hitchcock controlled the prospective of the family by how Hitchcock himself felt about family since he had a bad relationship with his parental figures. This bad relationship can also be seen in the film. In Shadow of a Doubt is there is not much of parental figures to Charlie and her siblings‚ since both of her parents worked. It also seem that the parents were quite clueless for what their children would say and ask and on what was truly going on with secrets that Uncle Charlie
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Once More to the Lake by E.B. White The clock is always ticking and the world is always changing whether we want it to or not. In E.B. Whites "Once More to the Lake"‚ A present day father takes his child to an area his family would frequent for a week every summer. Upon arriving back at his childhood retreat‚ he is hit with an almost overwhelming sense of nostalgia. Once a child on a family vacation‚ the narrator is now reliving his childhood based on the experiences of his own child visiting
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If I could change the world‚ I would try to stop the global warming and save animals from it. Global warming is big problem in this world because it is big impact to the natural balance of environment [1]. Global warming is that to happen due to increase in the greenhouse gases resulting from pollution‚ which is rise the temperature of the earth [2]. According to “Global Warming.” (2002)‚ there are many cause of global warming. The electrical pollution‚ destruction‚ car pollution and overpopulation
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In the poem “Once Upon a Time‚” by Gabriel Okara‚ the persona is reflecting on the behavioral patterns of people in the present and the past hence using ‘once upon a time’ as the first line suggesting this was a long time ago. He then begins to compare the differences between how he acted as a child and how much that has changed now that he is an adult and a father .This poem is about a man growing up and losing the innocence he once had as a child. While in the poem “Forgive my Guilt‚” by Robert
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