In the article “Literature‚ Imagination and Human Rights‚” Willie Van Peer proposes that through excursions into the literary canon one can evoke their imaginative sense and ultimately escape an encapsulated society‚ through developing a higher ethical awareness. Further he notes the “Edification hypothesis” which articulates that reading literature makes the reader more socially tolerant‚ more perceptive‚ and more politically conscious. In other words‚ he emphasizes the role literature plays in
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Peer pressure these days has had major effects on our children and young adults. Decisions are being made that are unheard of to parents and teachers. Don’t think that the adolescence making these choices isn’t struggling to grasp hold of the concepts of what they are doing. Unknowingly‚ our generation is making choices that will effect the rest of their lives. Whether or not it’s the way we dress or a decision in unprotected sex‚ it’s still a decision made based on the approval of our peers. Who
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1. In peer assessments‚ both Ideas and proper English grammar are both very important criteria that I must consider. This is because university education do not only prepare students for academic work‚ but also for life beyond university‚ (university of Strathclyde‚ 2007). Students need to prepare for life beyond university‚ they have to develop their capacity to write and make quality presentations that will make a genuine impact in the society. What good about good ideas and bad English grammar
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1. Basically‚ I think the most important skill that one needs to be a good Peer Leader is the ability to influence others‚ but there are other characteristics one needs to have to be an effective Peer Leader. In order to be influential‚ you need to have the ability to communicate well with others. Without the ability to talk to others‚ how is it possible to influence and direct others in the right direction? I’m a person that has the ability to engage with others easily‚ so communicating about what’s
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Survey of plant diversity in the area in front of Admin block of Punjab university Farva Faiz‚ Nida Fatima‚ Ayesha Sarwar‚ Sonia Shabbir‚ Rabia Khalid &Abeera Ali. B.S botany/zoology Centre for undergraduate studies Quaid- e -Azam campus 54590 Punjab university‚ Lahore. Nida Fatima niiiida14@gmail.com Abstract: A survey of flora in the garden infront of admin block of Punjab university was conducted for plant diversity during period of December‚2012 to January‚2013.All the plants were
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Peer pressure Peer pressure is influence that a peer group‚ observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes‚ or behaviors to stratify to group standard. It also might encourage others to have bad attitude and behaviors for example‚ smoking‚ alcohols‚ drugs‚ etc. Like most people‚ you already know that smoking is bad for your health. But do you really understand just how dangerous smoking really is? Tobacco contains nicotine‚ it’s too high addictive drug that makes
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------------------------------------------------- Developing Effective Communication Skills There are hundreds of steps that you can take to improve on your interpersonal communication skills. These skills are otherwise known as people skills and they make a huge difference in the number and quality of the friends that you have. Improving your interpersonal communication can mean the difference between making lifelong friendships and just having an over abundance of acquaintances. Improve
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PEER COUNSELING Peer counselling is the process by which a trained person provides counselling‚ support and information to one of their peers (in this case adolescent). Peer counselling can also be said to be a process of sharing‚ that enables two people‚ the counsellor and the counselee to enter into a relationship that makes possible the clarification of a problem‚ an issue or a situation at hand through good listening. IMPORTANCE OF PEER COUNSELING The aim of the peer counselling project in
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Peer pressure is influence that a peer group‚ observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes‚ values‚ or behaviors to conform the group norms. Social groups affected include membership groups‚ in which individuals are "formally" members (such as political parties and trade unions)‚ or socialcliques in which membership is not clearly defined. A person affected by peer pressure may or may not want to belong to these groups. They may also recognizedissociative groups with
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Summary Today‚ peer group pressure is a major problem for teens‚ caused by influences imposed by others in the and their wanting to fit into certain groups. Society labeled the more negative peer groups as gangs or cults. Teens in such groups feel they receive prestige from the association. However‚ not all peer group pressure is a negative influence‚ such as academic and athletic achievement (Castrogiovanni‚ 1994). Studies show that most teens/adolescents feel that being in a group gives
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