Dana Smith PHIL135 CH. 2 CRITICAL READING QUESTIONS What does Mill mean by “happiness” and how is that relevant to utilitarianism? Mill defines happiness as the ultimate good pleasure. The relevance to utilitarianism is the actions right or wrong which maximize the greatest balance of happiness over unhappiness. How does Mill respond to critics who denigrate utilitarianism as “worthy of swine”? That utilitarianism place the superiority of mental over bodily pleasures
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In his essay‚ “The Importance of Writing Badly‚” Bruce Ballenger encourages students to write freely and to not worry about finding the “perfect way of saying it.” I feel by saying this he means to not worry about what you’re writing and it may not necessarily be perfect‚ but that you write what you are thinking and continue writing even if it’s bad or may not make sense. He means to put all your thoughts down on paper and start from there. Ballenger gives his students permission to write badly.
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Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. It has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people‚ being able to stand things. In Miriam Toews A Complicated Kindness the theme of tolerance is well presented by literary techniques and by the characters as well. Nomi Nickle‚ the protagonist‚ who goes through tolerance in her everyday life. Nomi has to tolerate with the ridiculous rules they have in East Village. “Before the purges occurred and the Mouth took over
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When people go to work‚ they get a salary. When they go to school‚ they receive an award. However‚ at work you get paid for being present‚ and there is no evaluation of the work you have done. While at school you get an award for the quality of work you have done with specific evaluation of each particular participant. Many authors discuss about the necessity of evaluation in the school system. They use grades as their reference point‚ and they argue over its importance in the system. I refer to
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10/26/2012 Education “Knowledge is power” as Focault stated. This quote is commonly used to define not only the importance of knowledge and its effect‚ but ones decision to attain knowledge demonstrates power of developing knowledge. Education is one of the main factors in attaining knowledge. Education serves and effects society in numerous of ways. The influence of educational institutions‚ the structure it has on children and adolescents‚ the control education has on society‚ how education transform
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Teacher’s notes LEVEL 4 PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme Evening Class Maeve Binchy group‚ their lives are transformed as the story develops. All characters have problems and issues to resolve‚ and manage to do so by the end of the story‚ which culminates in a trip to Italy. Chapter 1: Aidan‚ a teacher at Moutainview School‚ is undergoing a difficult time. His wife‚ Nell‚ and his daughters‚ Grania and Brigid‚ are becoming distant. The position of Principal at school‚ which he expects
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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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Case Study Originally prepared by Professor Denis Hayes. Now led by Mike Murphy. © D Hayes‚ Faculty of Education‚ University of Plymouth‚ 2006 CONTENTS * A. INTRODUCTION * Part One: What is Case Study? * Glossary of terms * Part Two: Case Study Close-Up * B. THE VALUE OF CASE STUDY * Part One: Its Usefulness * Part Two: Its Limitations * Part Three: A Summary * C. DESIGNING A CASE STUDY * Part One: Outline Plans * Part Two:
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Accelerated reader is a computer program that helps teachers control and monitor a child’s reading skills. The child will take test to find out his reading level.The child picks books at his own level and reads at his own pace. When finished‚ the child will take a short quiz on the computer. If the child passes the quiz this is a sign that the child understood what he was reading. Accelerated reader gives both the student and the teacher information based on the quiz results.The teacher then uses
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Abstract The general objective of this study is proposed a systematized way of keeping and filling of all the books information in the library of University of Makati. We the researchers proposed a system entitled “A Proposed Library System with Barcode Reader for University of Makati” that will computerize the library activity of
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