When I was first asked to give a talk on mothers‚ since it would be mother’s day. I started wondering how Mother’s Day came to be. I was surprised to discover that Mother’s Day has a history longer than Christianity! Ancients celebrated Isis (Mother of the Pharaohs)‚ Rhea (Greek Mother of the Gods)‚ and Cybele (The Great Mother). The worship of these ancient goddesses is similar to the reverence we show to Mary‚ Jesus’ mother as these Mother Goddesses are often depicted with a baby in arms.
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morning everyone. Today‚ I welcome you all on the auspicious occasion of Teacher’s day. India has been celebrating Teacher’s Day on 5th September‚ since 1962. The day commemorates the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan‚ a philosopher and a teacher par excellence‚ and his contribution towards Indian education system. Dr Radhakhrishnan believed that "teachers should be the best minds in the country". On this day‚ we gratefully remember the great educationist‚ apart from honoring all the teachers
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Clara’s day by Penelope Lively 1. A summary of the text‚ Clara’s day: The text is about a girl who overcomes her fear of being herself‚ by taking her clothes off at a school assembly. The text started with she was at school‚ to a school assembly. Suddenly in the middle of the Head speech‚ Clara began to take all of her clothes off. After she had taking all of her clothes off‚ she walked past the Head and out through the doors to the entrance lobby. She walked up to her classroom and waited for
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Importance of Teachers Day- About Teachers Day A person who helps in shaping our life from our childhood days‚ a person who wipes our tears and makes us smile. She teaches us‚ scolds us‚ plays with us and helps us overcome our fears. These are people specially made by god to look after his small wonders. Come let’s celebrate all those people who have made an impact on us from day one. Let us celebrate Teacher’s Day. World’s teachers day falls on October 5th‚ commemorates teachers’ organizations
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What Valentine’s Day is all about Valentine’s Day is one of the sweetest holidays‚ which always happens on February 14th. The story on how this holiday came about was‚ Valentine was a priest who had worked in Rome during the rule of Emperor Claudius the 2nd. The emperor made a rule up that states‚ soldiers could not get married‚ and as he thought this made them weaker. Valentine did not like it so he performed secret weddings for couples. Later on‚ they had caught him and sentenced him to death
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Earth Day is an annual event‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970‚ and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco‚ peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace‚ to first be celebrated on March 21‚ 1970‚ the first day of spring in the
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Clara´s day A summary of the Clara behaves through the day The story is about a girl named Clara‚ who one day decides to take of all her clothes in school assembly hall. It was already planet from the morning‚ since she didn’t have any underwear on when she went to school. After she had taken of her clothes‚ she went up in a physics classroom‚ where she took a science overall on and sat down at her desk. A teacher came in and asked her to take her clothes on again‚ but Clara didn’t want
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Why Valentine’s Day Sucks So Hard There are many meaningful holidays throughout the year. Thanksgiving‚ Christmas‚ Veteran’s Day‚ and a personal favorite‚ St. Patrick’s Day. (And yes‚ I am Irish.) But there are also holidays that turn my stomach because of how much they suck. Actually‚ there is just one: Valentine’s Day. It is supposed to be a holiday that celebrates love and acts of love. Instead it comes across as a holiday crafted by corporations to increase revenue‚ and you must have the
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without inversion and with less disturbance of top soil. 2.) Show that a triangular system has 15% more plants than a square system using the same distance of planting by computing the number of plants in each system. If we give certain values for the Area (A) and planting distance (s) as A = 1 000m2 and s = 5 m 2 then substituting these values to the respective formulas for number of plants in each system we will have the following: For Triangular System: Triangular System= S/d2 x 0.866 S=
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Thanksgiving Day The holiday of Thanksgiving is a tradition started by the Pilgrims and Indians. Together they shared the fruits of the newly settled America. Thanksgiving Day is a communal celebration marked as a sense of gratitude people feel for all the good things in life. This is done by offering prayers‚ gifting your near and dear ones. Its origin can be traced back to the 16th century when the first thanksgiving dinner is said to have taken place. Besides‚ the fourth Thursday in the month
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