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    y Argumentative Essay The Importance of Art in Education The importance of art in education is an issue that has been debated over many times by the likes of scholars‚ artists and scientists. There have been many studies on whether art is beneficial for education‚ but we must look further than whether it enhances a students I.Q.‚ but rather how it can help improve a student’s cognitive ability and critical thinking. The role of the visual arts in education on the students not only increases their

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    Fine Arts Education Are cutting fine arts necessary or there is more to it? When thinking about arts‚ they are everywhere around us whether it is painting‚ sculptures‚ music‚ theaters‚ landscape‚ architecture‚ building‚ and the list goes on. It is part of our lives‚ and it has been around since the dawn of time. It has been passed from our Stone Age ancestor‚ generation after another and become the modern day arts. Today‚ fine art programs are hanging by a thread due to limited funding for school

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    There once was a man named Martin Luther King Jr. who thought that education had many purposes. And sometimes he would say that not only education is enough but education plus character is a true goal for education. So here are three purposes in which I thought were important to the purpose of education. The first purpose is to furnish the student’s and teacher’s important skills they need in their future. I agree with this because students and teachers should be able to take from what they learned

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    Introduction The stories I have read were extremely informative. I believe Fredrick Douglass‚ Richard Rodriguez‚ Susan Jacoby‚ and Clayborne Carson intended audience was people similar to them‚ yet wanted to inform everyone about how education is different between race‚ and even sex. Even though each writer’s audiences were different they all had something similar to teach in their readings‚ which was the right for equality. Although every writer was straightforward‚ I believe each one had a different

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    LESSON XXII EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF LIBERAL REVOLUTION FROM THE CHARACTERIZATION AND IMPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL ACTORS AND THEIR MAIN ACCOMPLISHED TRANSFORMATIONS. The Liberal Revolution Background It was the culmination of a historic and reformist process that started on July 17th 1851 when Gen. Urbina overthrew the government of Diego Noboa to practice his eminently liberal ideas. Mainly the manumission (to free the slaves) declared on July 25th of the same year. Later‚ several conservative

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    Martin Luther King Jr. says the purpose of education is to learn‚ to take advantage‚ to teach each other to think creativity‚ that education should be for everyone no matter how they look or where they come from. I strongly agree with Martin Luther King Jr. because the higher class people back then were really racist to the lower class people. They didn’t allow the blacks to be able to have an education all because of their race. The white race had the opportunity to go to school that was provided

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    “The Purpose of College Education” Cornel West‚ summarizes his views on what the purpose of a college education is‚ at speech given at Bergen Community College. Most people feel college is just about getting a good job or moving up in their current job. Cornel West sees college on a deeper level. He believes that the main purpose of a college education is to unsettle people and force them into mustering up the courage to think critically and for their selves. He also feels that college should

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    bring the concept closer to the audience’s minds. The idea that Wallace is trying to get across is that liberal art education is important to help students exert a sense of control over their thought process. He delves deeper into the meaning of critical thinking transcending the old‚ boring and cliché way of understanding it. According to Wallace‚ the critical thinking that you will gain from an art degree is simply your ability to choose what to think about when your mind is trying to drift you into

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    Conservative vs. Liberal Dimitri Khago PSY/201 Sunday‚ August 05‚ 2012 Mariah Degruy Conservatives vs. Liberals Not just as Americans but as human beings we all want the same basic things in our daily lives. We all seek freedom and yearn for prosperity. We all seek for what is fair in life and not just our lives separately‚ but the lives of our nation’s people. We want less people to suffer as much as

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    passed‚ the many events that make up world history have transformed society and subsequently the purpose of art. The birth of art occurred around 25‚000 years ago and between that time and now‚ many historical events had caused the purpose of art to change throughout different eras. These different events prove to impact the art of the eras that they occur in‚ and often many events will happen and art will constantly be changing. One can draw similarities and differences between artists responses

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