experiences and feelings. Some people think it is more important to keep one’s old friends than it is to make new friends. However‚ in my opinion‚ I cannot agree with this view one hundred percent‚ I think making new friends is also important in my life. First of all‚ encountering a new environment is a big challenge for many people. They will face a lot of troubles when trying to adapt to this new circumstance. Making new friends is a way that helps people to deal with those problems. For example
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Old is Better than New My brother-in-law Marcus loves antiques. That was the main reason why his grandmother left him an old cupboard in her will. He had often admired it in her home and told her how much he liked it. The cupboard is now in Marcus’ house‚ where it gives character to the cloak-room. It is a traditional Swedish cupboard‚ hand-made over 200 years ago and painted in the rustic style that was characteristic for the taste of the countryside people of that time. Its colors have faded
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beautiful New England countryside. The film‚ which was directed by Stephen Walker for the Fox Searchlight production company‚ opens with a scene from one of the group’s concert performances. The film’s opening images are of an old‚ gray-haired woman that is performing a rock song by the Clash‚ “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” It creates an impression of senior citizens that are behaving badly. But as the film continues on‚ it reveals more about some of the group’s individual members; their old‚ interesting
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Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks; Adult Learners in Modern Academia Before the turn of the 20th century there was only one model of teaching utilized in public school systems. This was known as pedagogy and it was used universally. Unfortunately (or fortunately) an adult learner brings different attributes and skill sets to the table‚ which are not well suited to this educational model. Andragogy was the name given to a revolutionary new educational model
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Argument of Comedy‚” Northrop Frye identifies two forms of ancient Greek comedy: Old Comedy‚ as in the plays of Aristophanes‚ and New Comedy‚ known primarily from the plays of Menander. Old Comedy‚ as Frye points out‚ is so out of date that when we speak of comedy today‚ we are referring to New Comedy. Fry argues that Shakespeare’s comedies are neither Old nor New Comedy‚ but have elements of both. Frye opines that New Comedy mainly comes from what he describes as a comic Oedipus situation‚ with a
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One of the biblical themes that have developed in the Old Testament and in the New Testament is the theme resurrection. The theme has continued developing as well as the meaning of the theme. Many writers have reinterpreted the meaning of resurrection and have changed it. Resurrection is the raising of the dead. It can be thought as an individual experience or a common ultimate destiny of mankind and the world. There are three different‚ but related beliefs of resurrection. The first one is that
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Introduction | | * New Economy vs. Old Economy | 2 | * Microsoft Corporation | 3 | Ford motor | 3 | Revenue and profit | 4 | Code of ethics statement | 5 | How effective is the firms? | 14 | Conclusion | 17 | Introduction * New Economy vs. Old Economy The world economy has recently changed. A new world economy has emerged over the last decade as two long-run broad trends‚ globalization and advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have converged. This ‘new economy’ is significantly
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transformation of Maria Teresa The novel‚ In the Time of the Butterflies‚ retells the story of 4 sisters who fought in a revolution against the dreaded regime of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The Mirabal sisters‚ Maria Teresa‚ Dedé‚ Minerva and Patria all have different insights and perspectives on what they think freedom actually is. The novel is written in first and third person and Maria Teresa’s contributions to the novel are written in the first person; entries taken from her diary. Maria Teresa’s
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I choose Maria Montessori’s theories on education because I believe that her ideas make the most sense when it involves children learning in the classroom and at home. Her theories of observation and hands on learning were given much recognition in the twentieth century. She was recognized as one of the pioneers of early childhood education. (Kramer‚ Rita Marie. 1988. Maria Montessori: A Biography. Reading‚ MA: Addison-Wesley). Most schools today are still using several of Montessori’s theories and
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Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was a famous doctor and teacher; she was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School‚ and she was one of the first female physicians in Italy. Montessori worked with children for most of her life; teaching them‚ observing them‚ and taking care of them; her theory was: “Children teach themselves if only we will dedicate ourselves to the self-creating process of the child (Gordon and Brown 13-336).” She believed that
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