write. Speaking has become a part of our daily lives and our reliance on English has turned it into the first language of many Singaporeans. Our heavy reliance on English gives us an edge when practising it throughout our daily lives. This however comes at the cost of having too much comfort and usually leads to arrogance that stops us from constantly improving and updating our language skills. The habit of good English could not only help with a person’s daily life but also with any possible career
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distinct characteristic of traditional arts of the Filipino is that it is communal. Traditional arts represented different views of the member of community and their cultural and social beliefs. Some examples were the rice god bulol of the Ifugaos and the t’nalak of the T’bolis. Contemporary realities have affected our traditional arts through time. When American colonizers brought secular art‚ commercialism became the central focus of art. Traditional arts were still preserved in some areas especially
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economic‚ and cultural forces that come together and mutually constitute one another in distinctive and dynamic ways” (Sanchez‚ 2006‚ pg. 35). There are many factors which play into our identities and which work together to construct our identities‚ from a personal and societal standpoint. Several factors which contribute to our identities include: position‚ positionality‚ identity‚ and identification. In order to better understand these concepts‚ we will examine each of these constructs through definition
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Embryonic Cloning and the Impact on Our Life Michael Opper Professor: Catherine Datte History and Methods of Science 014016 May 22‚ 2008 Embryonic Cloning and the Impact on Our Life Human embryonic cloning has become one of the most debated subjects in terms of moral and medical issues since its development. Recently‚ South Korea has made advances on human embryonic cloning. Human embryonic cloning has many benefits on improving medical knowledge. Research of Advanced Cell Technology
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The Effects of Hip-Hop in Our Culture There are many differing opinions on whether or not Hip-Hop has a detrimental effect on our culture and youth today. The question I ask is whether it is life portraying art‚ or art portraying life? Anytime there is an increase in crime‚ and a decrease in the number of high school graduates there must be something left to blame. Although it may seem easy to say that the media has an effect on the way we see things around us‚ to what extent is that true
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The way a person perceives her/himself in relation to the surrounding human environment affects one’s emotional world. Collectivistic cultures emphasize the fundamental relatedness of individuals to each other; they tend to value attending to others‚ fitting in‚ and harmonious interdependence with them. Thus the self in collectivistic cultures is interdependent‚ and the individual is focused predominantly on his or her relationship with ingroup members or with the ingroup as a whole. In collectivistic
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In our daily lives‚ we will always meet different people who will bring us inspiration and motivation. Later‚ these people will become who we admire and make us want to be like them. Role models tend to influence a great part of our live and set good examples for other people. They help us to become what we want to be‚ give us inspiration and help us. They are often influential to what we value and because of these things; they play a major role in our lives. There are a lot of things in our society
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Once upon a time‚ people had real-life conversations and real relationships. These days we either talk by texting‚ e-mails‚ or social media and we are even using the internet to find lovers. People are forgetting how to talk and have sincere relationships because technology is shaping how we falsely feel about others and ourselves. After reading Sherry Turkle’s book‚ Alone Together‚ I have become more aware of people and myself always being connected. Honestly‚ it frightens me. How would people
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young two times in our life. Every generation has its pros and cons‚ that is why everybody should think just in the present and should not compare with other years‚ but still I think the time we live now is better than any other time. The time we live in now is better than my grandparents in technology‚ education‚ human rights‚ but is worse in health‚ family union. One of the main reason people say this time is the best of all times it’s because of technology. Technology has made our lives easier in
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How Modern Transport Fuels Effect our Environment Why is looking at alternate fuels important? There are several reasons‚ but the most important reason is that air pollution kills in the neighborhood of 3 million people every year and air pollution affects more than 1 billion people in a negative way. That ’s over 1/6 of the earths population being harmed by air pollution‚ that ’s a trend that cannot continue without extreme repercussions to everyone on the planet. Granted‚ air
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