Survey on the Reading Habits of Students in Hong Kong Education Department December 2001 Abstract ‘Reading to learn’ is an essential tool for life- long learning. Promoting a reading culture among students is therefore one of the key tasks in the curriculum reform with the aim to strengthen students’ learning capabilities. To understand the current situation of the reading culture of students‚ the Education Department conducted a survey in February 2001. The objective is to investigate
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Gulnur muradoglu Fatma taskin) B. Wealth Different definitions of wealth are used in the literature depending upon the different Assumptions regarding the formation of expectations about consumption [33]. Still‚ wealth is expected to have a negative effect on savings through the reduction of savings out of permanent income [5]. As in the case of the Schmidt-Hebbel‚ Webb‚ and Corsetti study [34]‚ this study also adopted the view that monetary asset holdings can be used to measure wealth both because
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT The national government in the 1990s sought to upgrade local government by delegating some limited powers to local subdivisions and by encouraging people to participate in the community affairs. Local autonomy was balanced‚ however‚ against the need to ensure effective political and administrative control from Manila especially in those areas where communist insurgent were active. The 1987 Constitution retain the three-tiered structure of local government. The
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Habits are either good or bad. Even good habits‚ if given free play‚ may turn into bad ones. For example‚ reading is a good habit. It helps in acquiring knowledge‚ in meaningful use of leisure time and healthy entertainment. But excess of reading books‚ magazines etc.‚ is harmful. It would soon tell upon one’s health‚ resources‚ mental fitness and capacity to earn. Balance is the golden rule. That is why it is said‚ “Excess of everything is bad” nothing too much‚ not even good things and habits
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BAD HABITS Most of our lives depend on the habits we create. Habits define who we are. Whether they are good or bad‚ it is our decision to decide. There are quite a few bad habits in our world that people get so addicted to doing that they suddenly can’t control themselves and their mind begins to think that it is part of what you’re meant to do. Some people confuse themselves about what is a habit and what is not. Smoking‚ drinking and doing drugs are bad habits but‚ they come under a different
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Bad Habits Its midnight and I have a paper due in the morning that I haven’t even started writing yet. Procrastination is one of my bad habits I really need to work on getting rid of. Bad habits can have an affect on your everyday life like work‚ school‚ social life‚ life style‚ etc. Some habits are easier than others to get rid of but with a well understanding with why you have the habit can help overcome it. First of all‚ there are two types of habits automatic and cognitive habits. An
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The Power of Habit: Book Review Charles Duhigg‚ an investigative reporter for The New York Times‚ has written a marvelous book‚ “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business.” He has read hundreds of scientific papers and interviewed many of the scientists who wrote them‚ and passes on intriguing findings on habit formation and change from the fields of psychology and neuroscience. This is not a self-help book‚ a motivational book‚ nor a textbook. It is a great piece of journalism
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Cosmopolitans and locals "If there were only locals in the world‚ world culture would be no more than the sum of its separate parts". Hannerz 1990:249 Ulf Hannerz (1990) argues that the world culture is created through the increasing interconnectedness of varied local cultures where people connect in different ways. He uses Robert Merton’s cosmopolitan-local distinctions in a global context‚ to describe how people identify themselves with the global or not. The term `cosmopolitan’ is often used
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Anger Habits Have you ever felt like your anger level is higher than an average person. If so these are conditions of anger habits. Anger usually always starts from irritation on a daily basis. This seems to be a problem in today’s society but many people never speak on it. Every person is different others are even more complicated than other people. Being one of these individuals‚ takes a lot of work and practice to overcome. These individuals usually are mad or upset about something
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A habit of mind is a way of thinking that one acquires over time. It is a type of thought that involves thinking beyond what society considers right or wrong‚ but acknowledging through complex thought‚ what is morally right. It is not easily achieved and is somewhat like a muscle‚ in that you have to build it up over time through intellectual work and hardship. Not everyone can achieve a strong habit of mind‚ in fact most don’t. The habit is a way of thinking that allows one to communicate with
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