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    To what extent can personality traits suggest an individual’s preference of film genre? Abstract This study investigates the relationship between personality and preference of film genre. Three scales of personality trait were selected from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) based on the revised version of the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R: Costa & McCrae‚ 1992) and were assessed using a questionnaire. To assess preference of film genre‚ 9 film trailers grouped

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    otherwise. Frank McCourt faced hardships involving social injustice throughout his life as shown in the article‚ “The education of Frank McCourt” by Barbara Sande Dimmit. Irish immigrants have also faced inequity and social injustice throughout history‚ which is proved in the exhibit‚ “Home for the heart” from the Irish-American Heritage Museum‚ and in the poem “No Irish Need Apply” by John F. Poole. These texts and my past experiences show that social justice and equity affects everyone. In the

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    What is a Good Education? Education literally means the things a person learns by being taught. So‚ the definition of a good education would be the things a person learns by being taught well. But what exactly does that mean? No one has ever told you that‚ right. To me a good education is basically achieved when a person has a general to specific knowledge of the things that have happened in the world‚ things that could happen in the future of the world‚ how to communicate with others

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    The Kite Runner In many societies‚ differences in religion and history can cause a social rift and create a structure of classes. This separation between people can affect the circumstances they are subject to and essentially how they live their life. However an individual’s outlook on life and the positive and negative thoughts he or she acquires are dependant solely on his or her decisions and outside forces. In the novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ the author Khaled Hosseini tells the story of an Afgan

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    To what extent has the conservative party abandoned Thatcherism? (25 marks) The conservative party accepts that a degree of state intervention to create more social justice can be justified. This may involve welfare‚ but also intervention in family situations‚ in education and through social services in general. There is a sense that we are responsible for the welfare of those less fortunate than ourselves. Thatcherism suggested that we are responsible for ourselves as long as we have the capability

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    Prejudice/Social Inequality‚ Search of Identity‚ Moral Education‚ along with Coexistence of Good and Evil. The theme that this essay will be about and how it relates to the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is Prejudice/Social Inequality. The unfair difference between groups of people in society when some have more wealth‚ a different color of skin‚ status‚ or opportunities than others is Prejudice and Social Inequality. This classic narrative is a magnificent book‚ and the themes of Prejudice/Social Inequality

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    “America may be the land of opportunities‚ but it is also the land of inequalities”(Lareau‚ pg3). The American dream is perceived to be obtainable for everyone‚ not on a rigid class structure‚ but the rising concern of an educational gap and social mobility presents a new theory that may deviate this notion. Throughout Unequal Childhoods: Class‚ Race‚ and Family Life‚ by Annette Lareau‚ Racial and Ethnic Stratification in Education Achievement and Attainment‚ by Grace Koa and Jennifer S. Thompson‚ and

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    What is a Social Fact?  Emile Durkheim Before beginning the search for the method appropriate to the study of social facts it is important to know what are the facts termed ’social’. The question is all the more necessary because the term is used without much precision. It is commonly used to designate almost all the phenomena that occur within society‚ however little social interest of some generality they present. Yet under this heading there is‚ so to speak‚ no human occurrence that cannot be

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    and Health on Education: A Guided Look into The Social Determinants of Health Introduction An individual’s level of health has many factors that are each contributing to a scale that varies on a positive and negative scale. When one factor directly affects an individual‚ all other factors will be affected‚ either positively or negatively‚ because of how closely each determinate is interlinked. Education is the factor of focus in this paper‚ therefore we will examine how education and poverty are

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    4. WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION ON HEALTH? – 171 4. What are the effects of education on health? By Leon Feinstein‚ Ricardo Sabates‚ Tashweka M. Anderson‚ Annik Sorhaindo and Cathie Hammond∗ ∗ Leon Feinstein‚ Ricardo Sabates‚ Tashweka Anderson‚ Annik Sorhaindo and Cathie Hammond‚ Institute of Education‚ University of London‚ 20 Bedford Way‚ London WC1H 0AL‚ United Kingdom. We would like to thank David Hay‚ Wim Groot‚ Henriette Massen van den Brink and Laura Salganik for the useful comments

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