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    Education is the process of easing learning ‚ or the procuring of knowledge ‚ variety of skills ‚ various values‚ different beliefs and habits. Education For All (EFA) is an international organisation led by UNESCO that is aiming to meet the learning requirements of all human beings. In this campaign ‚ regimes‚ development firm‚ civil society‚ non-government firms and the media are some of the partners working hard towards reaching these goals. The main aim of Education for All (EFA) is sustainable

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    A Catholic liberal arts education is an education in the liberal arts‚ philosophy‚ and theology that takes wisdom/contemplation to be the end and so regards the liberal arts as a preparation for philosophy and theology. Moreover‚ it sees the wisdom/contemplation attained by theology as being higher than that of philosophy and‚ therefore‚ takes philosophy itself to be ordered to theology. The study of theology improves on our knowledge of God and illuminates the path to perfect happiness

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    The Meaning of The Fountainhead Through Quotes Literature is often a key factor in understanding the meanings of certain philosophies. If philosophy were not explained to great extent in certain works of literature‚ man would have no means of understanding the crucial‚ insightful messages behind philosophy. One such philosophy‚ objectivism‚ is represented exceptionally in Ayn Rand’s novel‚ The Fountainhead. The compelling dialogue between the characters of the book allows one to uncover Ayn Rand’s

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    Why Teach?‚ Mark Edmundson has written an essay in which he approaches an argument about the paradoxical consumer culture surrounding education. The university professor takes a stance on the problems that he has both experienced in his own classroom and observed on campuses‚ and he assigns these problems—his claims—appropriate blames. Enough logic is used to make these “blames” more factual‚ and he often claims how things are and offers several reasons as to why. His essay‚ “Liberal Arts & Lite

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    gradually becoming less interested in Liberal Arts. People have chosen Science subjects over

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    “My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn’t change. You have a day‚ and at night‚ and a mouth‚ and a year. We people change - we can be miserable or we can be happy. It’s what you make of your life.” (Brainy Quotes) Cole is a 15 year old boy from Minneapolis. He has dealt with the police for half of his life because his parents don’t care about him.The reason why Cole beats up other kids is‚ he doesn’t care about his life at all. Why Cole needs to change is‚ he’s constility beating

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    ‘We are all liberals now.’ To what extent have liberal ideas influenced the policies of the major political parties in recent years? (30 marks) The major political parties in the United Kingdom‚ the Conservative Party and the Labour Party‚ have become considerably more central than they were originally. Labour was originally a strongly socialist party‚ but it gradually centralised and has accepted some ideas of the centre-right under New Labour. The Conservative Party originated as a royalist

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    iNSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

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    NSPIRATIONAL QUOTES - “Success is not final‚ failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill “To accomplish great things‚ we must not only act‚ but also dream; not only plan‚ but also believe.” - Anatole France “Reach high‚ for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep‚ for every dream precedes the goal.” - Pamela Vaull Starr “You see things; and you say‚ ’Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say‚ ’Why not?’” - George Bernard Shaw

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    International Cooperation The nature and sources of liberal international order This article develops a theory of liberal international order that captures its major structures‚ institutions‚ and practices. Distinctive features mark postwar liberal order- co-binding security institutions‚ penetrated American hegemony‚ semi-sovereign great powers‚ economic openness‚ and civic identity. It is these multifaceted and interlocking features of western liberal order that give it a durability and significance

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    Bruiser “Reflexively I look at my own knuckles and noticed right away that my scabs are gone‚ I look at Brewsters knuckles and see they looked the way mine was‚ this is a mystery to solve.(p.249)” I chose this quote because I honestly thought it sounded weird and creepy. The author of the Bruiser is young adult Neal Shusterman‚ the book is a level 5.5 and is supernatural fiction. It takes place in the twins house Tennyson and Bronte and the mysterious brewsters house‚ One day Tennyson tells his

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