EN24 Oral – Australian Poetry and Music How does poetry and music explore the issues of our society? This is the question which today I will be answering by comparing and contrasting a poem and song. The poem ‘No More Boomerang’ written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and the song ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ composed by Peter Allen‚ are two pieces of writing which comment specifically on Australian society and culture. Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ or also known as Kath Walker‚ was an Aboriginal Australian
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Treatment and Punishment of Crime Angle of attack= which is more effective‚ treatment or punishment? A significant question that is asked about offenders is how can they be prevented from re-offending? There have been a number of therapies and treatments developed by psychologists in order to change offending behaviour. Three main ones are; behaviour modification (token economies)‚ anger management and social skills training (SST). The government have also added measurements such as ‘zero
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tragedies are set in different times and places‚ and are written in completely different styles‚ they both describe the stories of two great men‚ who are faced with moral dilemmas that will determine the outcomes of their lives. Both‚ Hamlet and Sir Thomas More (the protagonists of the two tragedies) are pictured like soldiers that are thrown into a war where they have to do some things they rather would avoid doing. A Tragic Hero is one (usually a person of noble blood) who brings about his own downfall
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have the power to interrogate someone‚ arrest someone and settle disputes. However‚ when someone does not comply with the officers and resist arrest‚ the officer must use force. This is where police officers are limited in power. There is a need of more power for those who protect our everyday lives. When thinking of the power one can come up with many conclusions but in this case we are dealing with police power. Police power‚ in law‚ is the right of a government to make laws necessary for the health
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CEMEX In little more than a decade‚ Mexico’s largest cement manufacturer‚ Cemex‚ has transformed itself from a primarily Mexican operation into the third largest cement company in the world behind Holcim of Switzerland and Lafarge Group of France with 2004 sales of $7.1 billion and more than $2billion in cash flow. Cemex has long been a power house in Mexico and currently controls more than 60% of the market for cement in that country. Cemex’s domestic success has been based in large part on an obsession
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Sports: More Than Just a Game More than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2010-2011 school year‚ an increase of nearly 40‚000 students compared to 2009-2010 according to usnews.com. Why is this number so high? The benefits of playing sports are not just physical. While many students get involved in high school athletics for sheer love of the game‚ there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities as well. Being an athlete teaches life lessons like
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job; a positive feeling of one’s job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. (Robbins et al.‚ 2007) The purpose of this article is to prove the relationship between employee’s happiness and productivity and check whether happy workers are more productive or not. This article will start with job satisfaction and motivation and what leads to them followed by a detailed discussion about the relationship between job satisfaction and productivity. Job Satisfaction and Motivation Job satisfaction
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“The Journey Is More Important Than the Destination” The psychological motivations‚ or inner journeys‚ that influence a physical journey can give the most insightful look into what that physical journey meant‚ and why it took place. Although the destination is important‚ the inner journey that takes place during a physical journey is often more significant. This inner journey that often drives the physical journey‚ and can also inspire imaginative journeys‚ gives multiple layers of meaning to
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Democracy is always named and used in the liberal discursive process. But if we refer to history‚ democracy of these days is not the same as democracy decades ago. Thus‚ it is important that democracy is understood as an evolution and not as a static concept. Similarly it is necessary to understand democracy by its principles and not by its practitioners in power. Liberal democracy can be briefly defined as a system of government in which the people rule themselves‚ either directly or indirectly
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In‚ “Nobody Mean More to Me than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan”‚ June Jordan discusses the language of blacks In America‚ referred to as “Black English”. Using “Black English” as an example‚ Jordan is able to highlight the subjugation and disregarding of this minority group within the United States. She believes that blacks in America are considered inferior. Using her time with her college class‚ Jordan‚ utilizes a topic of great importance to her students to endorse cognizance to the
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