Tan Chong vs. Secretary of Labor Swee Sang vs. The Commonwealth of the Philippines September 16‚ 1947 Jose Tan Chong‚ petitioner and appelle‚ vs. The Secretary of Labor‚ respondent and appellant x--------------------------------------------------------------x Lam Swee Sang‚ petitioner and appellee‚ vs. The Commonwealth of the Philippines‚ oppositor and appellant Facts: - On October 15‚ 1941‚ a decision was rendered in the case of Tan Chong vs. Secretary of Labor‚ whereby
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Mothers Tongue Amy Tans "Mother Tongue" is a look into the way some people‚ look to language as a way as a sign of how educated you are. According to Amy she did not realize how we use different languages or different tones when we are engaging in conversation with others. When you are talking with friends or close family you would use different dialect or slang‚ then if you were talking to your boss or teacher. The tone of your voice can also show’s that if you are louder this might mean
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in communities and it allows oneself to create an identity. In “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ she writes about how her mother’s broken English‚ and about the extent that it affected her language. She writes this piece in a method that is easy to understand‚ and she simply expresses her personal opinion: That whenever someone doesn’t speak proper English they are susceptible to criticism and bad treatment. Amy Tan expresses how her mother is treated unfairly by people just because she cannot speak proper
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In the story “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan tells the story of her mother and how her use of English within the family affected her early in life. She describes how that limited use of English had the potential to affect Tan’s choice of careers and her influence on literature. She begins by describing how she assumed the role of translator for her Asian born mother‚ who spoke with “broken English.” She describes situations where she assumed the role of translator for her mother. She was thrown into adult
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I think the main point Amy Tan is trying to make in A Mother’s Tongue is that words are more than just words‚ sometimes you have to look behind them and read in between to understand the true meaning. For example‚ her mother did not speak perfect English‚ but the points and ideas she was trying to get across are what really were important. Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. A language can be subdivided into any number of dialects which each vary in some way from
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ENTREPRENEUR 1.1 Profile of Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr.) Lim Goh Tong 1 1.2 History and Development of Genting group 2 CHAPTER 2: ISSUES OR CHALLENGES FACE BY ENTREPRENEURS 2.1 Hardships and Challenges 4 2.2 Definition of Success 6 CHAPTER 3: REASONS OF SUCCESS 3.1 Lim Goh Tong’s 14 success principles 6 3.2 Reasons beside personal behavior and attitude 7 REFERENCES 8 APPENDICES 9 CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUD OF ENTREPRENEUR Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr.) Lim
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I enjoyed the article authored by David Sim about The Velveteen Rabbit and Passionate Feelings for Organizations. It might be true that there is a higher tendency to work without falling in love as described in the article. An employee‚ in this case‚ will try to do mostly what is required. The case of Brian and how was active in the small university that he used to work and how he a passion for improving his department‚ and how he lost that passion when he moved to a large university. Brian thought
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saying everyone has to be clones of each other; color or race. This is not etiquette. In Amy Tan’s memoir Fish Cheek‚ she touches on this subject by using humor to talk about her embarrassment at her Christmas Eve dinner with the minister’s family. Tan begins by introducing the reader to her inner feelings of her crush and her culture‚ with an optimistic and pessimistic attitude. She feels this way because she has no idea how the minister’s family will think of her strange Chinese culture. So even
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texts: A drama “Rabbit-Proof Fence” produced by Phillip Noyce. A novel “The China Coin” written by Allan Baillie explore this notion quite explicitly. All people strive to achieve a sense of belonging‚ however‚ this may impeded if their sense of identity fragile. For some‚ their sense of belonging may depend up on acceptance by others particular to a place and a culture may be all extremely powerful and may not need desire acceptance from a board of dominant community. Rabbit-Proof Fence
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An Argument for Using Native Language in the Classroom In the essay “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan describes the limited English skills of her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant‚ noting that “my mother had long realized the limitations of her English” **Tan citation here**. Tan goes on to describe how her mother had to compensate for these limitations throughout her life. This is the experience of many immigrants to the United States‚ who struggle to learn a new language while adapting to life in a new country
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