A LETTER TO AMY CHUA Dear Amy Chua: I am a student who is raised by demanding eastern parenting style you described in your article “Why Chinese Mothers Are superior” and can easily find this kind of parenting style in China. As a typical Chinese mom‚ you demonstrate an general idea held by most Chinese parents that keeping working “makes the once not fun activity fun” with your own experience about enforcing Lulu to finish the task which seems impossible. And you also notice that children due
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Explain and Summarize Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics Introduction Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with morals and doing good actions for the good of oneself and others. Ethical dilemmas‚ also known as moral dilemmas can be defined as a situation that arises in the course of one’s practice‚ where one has to make a choice between two options‚ neither of which will adequately resolve the situation in an acceptable professional or ethical manner. Various theoretical principles represent
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After reading Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ I realized how many different “Englishes” I have spoken or used‚ as well as how many I have heard in my life-particularly while in the military. For example‚ how I speak with authority figures versus friends‚ and how I speak with my daughter as opposed to “educated” adults. Although the English I speak with friends and coworkers is often filled with slang and swear words‚ I would never speak like that in many other settings. One of those times is‚ when
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When I was in Form 2‚ we had a temporary science teacher. His name was Mr. Tan. He taught us for a couple of months before he obtained a place in university to further his studies. We found out that he was leaving us just one day before the day he was supposed to leave. He did not tell us. Another teacher did. As we liked very much‚ we got together and planned a farewell party for him. The girls agreed to make some tidbits and the boys agreed to prepare some drinks. It was to be a small party‚ as
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Elizabeth Bishop The Fish Elizabeth Bishop’s "The Fish" deals with the contact of a fisher with his just caught victim. It’s about the feeling of private triumph and moreover the pity and respect for others. The poem which is told the reader by a first person narrator starts with the fact that the fisher just caught the fish without having to struggle. It wasn’t hard for him to catch the fish because he didn’t make an effort to escape. The fish which he is holding beside the boat
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Ornamental Fish Production Alasdair M. Weddell An essay submitted to the Institute of Fisheries Management for the Annual Study Course 2003‚ Nottingham May‚ 2004 Ornamental Fish Production Alasdair M. Weddell Institute of Fisheries Management Annual Study Course 2003‚ Nottingham ORNAMENTAL FISH PRODUCTION Alasdair M. Weddell May‚ 2004 Fish keeping is becoming an increasingly popular pastime across the western world‚ whether it is ornamental koi and goldfish in the garden pond
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root word for "fish". According to the article "The History of the Christian Fish Symbol"‚ the symbols of the fish combined with the “wine and a basket of bread represent the Eucharist and the Last Supper in Christian art." The word "fish" was mentioned quite often in the gospels. For instance‚ in the book of Mark‚ it says "Come after me‚ and I will make you become fishers of men." Or in Matthew 14:17 it states‚ "And they said to Him‚ ’We have here only five loaves and two fish.’" It is even
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Physiological Adaptation of Fish to Its Environment BIO101 March 11‚2013 Physiological Adaptation of Fish to Its Environment All organisms around the world are sparsely distributed depending on the environment that best suited to their modes of survival. Organisms undergo adaptation – an evolutionary process where they became well-suited to a particular
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Nikolai Friedman Oct.5th‚2015 Oral communications Amy Cuddy Response David Cameron is an Ass Amy Cuddy is a social scientist and like many experts in their field has given a TED talk on the subject of her main work. In this TED talk she explores how our body language greatly affects who we become. Cuddy also shows how snubbing a handshake from your personal security after a visiting president shakes said guard’s hand‚ makes U.K Prime Minister David Cameron look like an ass. This 20 minute TED
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In Elizabeth Bishop’s two poems The Fish and The Moose the speakers detail an encounter with two very different animals‚ due to circumstances that could be considered mundane. However‚ due to Bishop’s masterful use of descriptive and careful imagery‚ these chance meetings are elevated and transformed into poetic experiences. The Fish and The Moose additionally achieve a level of surreality through their imagery‚ one by paying careful attention to the animal itself‚ and the other commits to developing
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