INTRODUCTION: THE THINGS THAT MATTER Sherry Turkle I grew up hoping that objects would connect me to the world. As a child‚ I spent many weekends at my grandparents’ apartment in Brooklyn. Space there was limited‚ and all of the family keepsakes—including my aunt’s and my mother’s books‚ trinkets‚ souvenirs‚ and photographs—were stored in a kitchen closet‚ set high‚ just below the ceiling. I could reach this cache only by standing on the kitchen table that I moved in front of the closet. This
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Discuss the life and works of Dr. Maria Montessori and why is she referred to as a lady much ahead of her time? Answer Life of Dr Maria Montessori: Dr Maria Montessori was the first lady of Italy who was graduated from the University of Rome and become a doctor of pediatrics medicine. She was born on 31st August‚ 1870 belongs to middle class family. Her father‚ Alessandro Montessori was military officer of conservative mind and her mother‚ Renidle Montessori was a liberal lady and she supported
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Swimming pools: Similar to the short story‚ The Swimmer‚ my neighborhood has many swimming pools. Like the setting in the story‚ they seem to form a snake-like‚ “quasi-subterranean stream that curved across the country” (Norton 2‚ 1234). My swimming pool is physically similar to many of the pools in the story as it is located in the backyard‚ fenced up‚ and contains water. Physical differences include the gradual slope into the deep end‚ a diving board‚ as well as multi-colored underwater lighting
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emphasis towards the minkisi class and their concept of power objects. (217) In the English language‚ there is not an equivelnt word to describe Nkisi‚ however‚ fetish inadequately is often implied. Minkisi is another name for chiefs of the Congo. Grasping their origins‚ composition‚ and ritual context is complex. In Christianity‚ the crucifix is comparable in that it is spiritually related. Cheifs in a sense were comparable to objects in African cultrure in that they were treated in similar ways
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Minh Truong Basic Writing LLC Object Essay 10-12-2011 My Meaningful Thing Jewelry is one of the favorites of many people nowadays. It can be used for many purposes‚ either special events or every day wear. The trend in jewelry is elegant‚ creative‚ and swanky. I don’t remember how much jewelry I have had‚ but the one I put in the corner of my desk is my favorite. It seems precious to me not because of its value‚ because it was a thing that my grandmother left before she passed away in 2006
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unparalleled work of Nature” (Montessori‚ M.‚ From Childhood To Adolescence‚ 1973) Discuss the eight human tendencies as developed by Dr. Montessori and her followers. Show how children show these tendencies during the three main stages of development. Discuss how you think knowledge of human tendencies helps us when educating children. Give examples to support your answer ******************************** One of the greatest discoveries made by Dr. Montessori was that all humans love certain
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facilitate this as much as possible without interfering in the natural learning patterns of each individual child. • Children have a drive for spontaneous activity. Any person who has been near a young child knows this is true. In a Montessori environment‚ children are free to move about the classroom within the guideline of being respectful to others. • Children must be active to gain self-discipline. When a child chooses a work from a shelf‚ does the work to the best of
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the other sensitive periods also play a part and to top it all off the child also has an absorbent mind. Geography is presented as an extension of the language programme in our rooms‚ because it contains aural written 7 read parts. Maria Montessori called her small geography set-up “an introduction to the world’. It has an holistic approach‚ starting with the whole and ending in details (start with the globe‚ then continents…eventually to the place where they live). The purpose with geography is
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and not through any efforts it may make to imitate another butterfly. We serve the future by protecting the present. The more fully the needs of one period are met‚ the greater will be the success of the next.” (Maria Montessori) The Montessori environment may be looked at as a small society that is preparing the child for his future. Guiding him towards finding his role in the Universe; that he has a responsibility to nature; and to be respectful to everything in the Universe. To enable the directress
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When an Ordinary Object Becomes an Extraordinary “Thing” To most people the rocking chair is just that; a chair that you can rock in. To myself and so many others‚ the rocking chair is so much more. The rocking chair takes on human characteristics‚ it has two arms and it has a seat in which you can become one with the chair. The rocking chair is by far one of the best ways to soothe an irritable infant or bring peace and comfort to an adult. My rocking chair may seem like an ordinary one‚ the
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