Most of all I do not like patriotism very much because I have some negative associations with it. It reminds me of flags‚ war and football. I have to think about people being proud and admiring their country – sometimes in a quite naive way. I do not think that pride is completely bad. Pride is good for one’s self-esteem and so is patriotism. Pride is alright if it improves the own self-perception. But I don’t like it as soon as pride makes people look down on others. This is arrogance. Sadly
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Some people think that restricting certain things such as smoking and driving certain cars that can increase pollution for the sake of other people’s health is a restriction to our freedom‚ these people say that is their health and they should be allowed to. However when we analyze this actions we end up realising that said “freedom” is not really worth risking our health or even our lives. We focus so much on the negative that we forget the positive outcome not only to society but for ourselves
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No More Boomerang by Kath Walker explores the struggles that the Aboriginal people had to face while adapting to the white way of living. The poem describes the difference between the life of an Aboriginal before and after the British colonization of Australia and how it is slowly changing for the worse and how their traditions and values are being replaced by the Western civilization and the white way of living. The emotions that are conveyed in the poem are of hatred and fearfulness towards the
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What Do Mathematics and Being a Math Teacher Mean to Me? Mathematics‚ for me‚ is a science of systematic way of thinking. Symbols (e.g. numbers) are meant for representation‚ accuracy and precision. Mensuration‚ which is very useful both in practical purposes and other sciences‚ is a great example as proof. Manipulation of these symbols produces systematic representation and pattern. For an instance‚ an individual who is good in constructing‚ determining‚ and manipulating equations as well as inequalities
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transferred to the next generation. Teachers use language to instruct‚ politicians use language to convinced‚ traders use language to deal‚ drivers use it give service‚ children use it to play because it is a coding system and a means by which information may be transmitted or shared between communicators for different purposes. It manifests the abstract knowledge in the mind to be understood by the hearer. Human is a tool-using creature. The most powerful and effective tool which helps us invent other
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What it means to be a Special Education Administrator Special education administrators lead schools and facilities specifically for special populations. The everyday tasks include: setting goals‚ abiding by laws set in place for special education students‚ forming a set of rules to be implemented and carried out by students and staff‚ and communication with the parents and guardians of the children under his/her care. This profession is not limited to students with learning disabilities. It can
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What does freedom mean to me? Freedom means the knowledge of knowing your rights‚ your personal freedom that nobody can ever take away from you. Freedom means being able to have an opinion without it being judged. Freedom means not being restricted or held down from trying to accomplish your dreams. Freedom is a right that every human being deserves‚ yet people around the world are being stripped of that right‚ being forced into a religion or being forced to do things that they may not want to
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As a learner‚ I am a highly visual person. What this means is I learn best when processing information through my visual sense. I need to be able to see the information in order to grasp a better understanding of the concept. Oftentimes when I am reading information from a lesson‚ I need to be able to visualize either the concept in use (a person actually doing a math equation for example) or an actual image of the lesson (an image of war if I am learning about the Revolutionary War‚ an image of
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Short Paper 1 Philosophy Human Person Civil Disobedience What is the most effective means of protesting an unjust law? by Maria Cristina Coello June 19‚ 2014 Summer 2014 No matter how much society fights against injustice and inequality‚ there is always something that corrupts laws into unjust ones. Often these “unjust” laws affect directly to a certain type of group or individuals just because of characteristics or social class. The minority groups affected by the special treatment
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thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment” (Gandhi). To me‚ this quote means power through generosity and kindness is longer lasting and more genuine than power gained by terror . The first part of the quote‚ “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love” (Gandhi) means that a person can come to power by two ways. One way is by making a person do something because he is afraid of what the consequences will
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