Q: “A text is only valuable if the lessons arising from it are worthwhile” – discuss this statement with close reference to Things Fall Apart An intrinsic aspect of reading any text is the process of evaluating its worth‚ both as it is read‚ and once it is finished; the response to a text is usually based‚ to a large extent‚ on whether it is seen as providing a valuable lesson. Chinua Achebe’s 1958 novel about traditional life and colonisation in Nigeria‚ Things Fall Apart‚ has been widely regarded
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love your neighbor as you love yourself. But if we really love others‚ we will not tell stories about them or betray their trust. • Gossip is also a way we judge others‚ which really isn’t our job. God is in charge of judging people‚ not us. • Proverbs 26:20 – “Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.” Think back to the times you have quarreled with your friends - many a time some gossip would have been the reason. Spreading rumors not only hurts others but also destroys
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Fall seven times get up eight is an old proverb my grandma and mom use to tell me. Hello‚ my name is Nicole and I would like to tell you some details about myself. First of all I would like to start with my family. I have a brother (age 9) and a sister (age 12). My parents were in the middle of getting a divorce right around the time when my dad passed away. I consider my mom one of my best friends and she is one of the few people I can go to whenever I need advice. I have not lived with them
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It Takes a Village to raise a child The book ’s title is attributed to an African proverb: "It takes a village to raise a child." The saying and its attribution as an "African" proverb were in circulation before it was adopted by Clinton as the source for the title of her book. The development of our children in this day and time is as hard as it was in our parent’s time. It takes the community as a whole‚ doctors‚ teacher‚ police‚ and local school administrators. These have an essential
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NAME: WILLIAM JAJA SAMPSON REG NO: NTI/PGDE/2015/10309 SUBJECT: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION (PGDE 107) ON THE TOPIC: SUCCINTLY DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WESTERN AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION SUBMITTED TO THE LECTURER: DR MARK LEIGHA 2015/2016 NTI PGDE PROGRAMME TOPIC: SUCCINTLY DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WESTERN AND AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
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drinking. Though they believe they have everybody else fooled‚ they know themselves that the destructive behavior they are taking part in will lead to their death. “The sluggard’s carving will be the death of him‚ because his hands refuse to work” (Proverbs 21:25) The Bible makes a very clear statement in this passage as to how being lazy can be the cause of one’s death. In “We Real Cool‚” Gwendolyn Brooks uses denotation and sound devices to suggest that although humans may often think of themselves
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Throughout the history of the world‚ imperialism has played a major role. Imperialism is one country’s complete domination of the political‚ economic‚ and social life of another country. Imperialism has many positive and negative effects. The Age of Imperialism is considered 1800 - 1914. During this time Europe became a major world leader. European countries set up colonies all over Africa‚ Latin America‚ and Asia‚ and encouraged their citizens to populate them. European imperialism boosted Europe’s
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People are excellent learners. Learning ways of behaving and reacting that cognitively‚ we do not even know we know or have learned because it is reactionary. It happens without us making the conscious cognitive decision of acting in a certain way. Learned helplessness is one of the ways we react in situations or against situations because we have learned that we are not that actions on our part are ineffective and so we learn to be helpless. This article review was on Perceptions of learned
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Biblical Response To CBT & TCT In the Book of Proverbs 9:10‚ it states that “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom‚ and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight”. Thought fear is “at the heart of all anxiety states” according to David A. Clark and Aaron T. Beck ‚ yet the above scripture reference shows us that not all fears cause anxiety. In fact‚ fear does not always cause psychological disorder‚ but rather it is the object of fear that determines the outcome. The fear of the Lord gives
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14. If you do what you’ve always done‚ you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins 15. The mind is everything. What you think you become. –Buddha 16. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb 17. An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates 18. Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen 19. Don’t wait. The time will never be just right. –Napoleon Hill 20. Winning isn’t everything‚ but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi
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