First‚ on behalf of Ms. Louisa Lo‚ I would like to extend her heartfelt congratulations to all of you who have taken up the post of Prefect of Raimondi College. Ms. Lo has an official engagement in our Primary Section today and has asked me to pass on her apologies for her absence on this momentous occasion. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Chinton Chan and his team for their courage in taking up this important responsibility. Meanwhile‚ I would also like to thank Mr.
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application of Group Socialisation to the case of ‘Marines under fire for ritual beating film’. This essay will discuss the application of group socialisation‚ which describes the dynamic transition of non-members in and out of a group‚ particularly initiation rites‚ as outlined by Levine and Moreland (1994) to a newspaper article entitled ‘Marines under fire for ritual beating film’ (Norton-Taylor & Morris‚ 2005). The article focuses on a leaked video depicting an initiation ceremony of newly trained
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Velasquez 5.1 and 5.5 All of your responses should be written in complete sentences. 1. Define Rationalism The view that knowledge of the world can be obtained by relying on reason without the aid of the senses. 2. Define Empiricism Knowledge about the world can be attained only through sense experience. 3. What is Induction and how does it work? How does it make use of both empiricism and rationalism? It is defined as the reliance of observations‚ generalizations and repeated confirmation.
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People of the Kalahari: The Kung Culture The people of the Kalahari have a very peaceful way of living. They are secluded from the rest of the world‚ so they live very different lives. In order for them to survive in the Kalahari‚ they have to be good at hunting and gathering foods. Because the kung people live in small groups of people that consists of at most 15 huts in the dry season and 20 huts in the rainy season it is important to them to have peace among the people. They have very little
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they not only dream about their weddings but also their Kinaaldas. The sacred Kinaalda ceremony is the conversion of a girl to a woman in Navajo culture. Navajo girls dream about the Navajo rug dresses they will wear‚ the young boys that will run along with them and the songs that their families will sing for them. Many cultures around the world celebrate when a girl transitions into a woman. In Hispanic cultures‚ celebrations for a girl’s change from childhood to womanhood‚ called Quinceañeras‚ are
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Celtic Coming of Age Ceremony From Childhood to Adulthood Boys 13 is the age in which a ceremony or ritual takes place. This is a belief because of the significance of the number‚ 13 is a number of transitions. "1" represents the individual person stepping onto divine path of the "3" goddesses. Numerogical meaning  it add all numbers until there is only one 1+3=4 Four is a number of wholeness or the full circle of life. Girls Coming of Age is at first menstruation
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A Vietnam’s Wedding Ceremony The wedding is a particular ceremony day of a couple. On that day the man and the woman get married. A wedding in Vietnamese culture is not simple because it contains many steps. There are 3 important steps‚ a good preparation‚ a big party and a blessing first night. The families of groom and bride prepare carefully for the wedding. First‚ the groom’s parents choose the best day for the wedding ceremony. One week before the wedding‚ the couple
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To Help or Not to Help: The Samaritan dilemma - Nivedita Ravi The Samaritan dilemma is a dilemma in the act of charity. This was proposed by James M Buchanan. According to this theory‚ when given charity‚ a person will act one of the two given ways: using the charity to improve their situation or look for charity as a means of survival. A similar situation arises when a country receives foreign aid. The donor country
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There are not original or principle ceremony since it all differs depending on the what clans and from community to community. In general‚ all ceremonies use the same principles. This marriage ceremony is only for a monogamous union and any polygamous relations are forbidden. It was possible for betrothal to happen when a girl had not yet reached her change of pubescent to later be married and was considered a marriage contract and if not followed‚ there would be great consequences. A last type of
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In the article “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner‚ he writes about a North American group known as the “Nacirema”‚ who were described by Professor Linton in the early twentieth century. In the article described‚ the “Nacirema” are a cultural group who seem to be obsessed with rituals they perform in regards to the human body on a day-to-day basis. These people believe that the human body is ugly and debilitating and are described to waste great portions of their days performing the
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