newspapers‚ along with many other things that cause the influence to spread out to our society‚ especially to the youth. With technology being what it is today‚ the media has a number of ways to influence us at a much quicker rate. While it’s necessary to have the exposure to learn and gain knowledge of today’s views‚ it’s also necessary to have a basis to control or restrict unnecessary information to avoid contamination of the minds of our younger generations. Mass media causes adolescents to
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at the end of the day‚ he realizes the importance of volunteerism. The theme is about volunteering for good. Ian’s intentions were only to get a car and not caring about the whole point of volunteering. For example on page 6‚ “My civics class. We have to do volunteer work to pass.‚” “So you have to be here.” “If I want to pass civics.” Ian only sees this as a “go and get over with it” job. He doesn’t know the true meaning of volunteering at all. The target audience is teenagers. The purpose may be
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course for women in the past. During the whole centuries‚ women were disadvantaged. Women had no right to property after they get married‚ and they seemed to have no protection in law. But there was nothing they could do about that‚ as they had no right to vote‚ so they could not influence the law-making system. Nevertheless‚ even at that time some women were determined to make change in the system and to fight for their votes. During the 17th century‚ women already began their attempts to influence
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction English is the “world language”‚ the lingua franca of the era today. Philippines today‚ is the fifth largest English-speaking in the world and in Asia‚ second. Being proficient in English is now considered as a phenomenon globally. English has remained an absolutely popular language even in the world of Education. Since English is an intellectualized language‚ teachers of today’s generation are using it as the medium of instruction. It is
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~ History of English ~ Summer term 2010/11 Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 Fridays 11.00-12.30 ~ Introduction ~ - Who speaks English? - 1) inner circle (320-380 million speakers; English as L1) - 2) outer circle (150-300 million speakers; English as L2) - 3) expanding circle (100-1000 million speakers; English as lingua franca = ELF) - possible language shifts: from ELF to L2 - from L2 to L1 - Why is English a world language? - historical
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Nowadays‚ a large amount of advertising is aimed at children‚ so some people think there are lots of negative effects on children‚ and should ban it. To what extent you agree or disagree? Nowadays‚ a large amount of advertising is aimed at children‚ so some people think there are lots of negative effects on children‚ and should ban it. To what extent you agree or disagree? Advertisements are ubiquitous nowadays and especially advertising targeting children who are considered vulnerable target
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Myspace “have made it only easy for unskilled users to create multimedia pages‚ as well as explore the depths of finding and connecting with friends old and new” (3). This means that many people find it easier to communicate on an intimate level with people on social networks than they would in a face to face conversation. Those who are intimidated by face to face conversation‚ or have trouble opening up to others find an ease to interacting with social networks. Modern social networks have made their sites
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1. What is the implication of the use of the synonyms “crowd”‚ “host” to refer to the daffodils? How glorious and plentiful these daffodils were! Maybe this was the first time he had come across such an immense field of daffodils along the shore. It was impossible for us to count them‚ but the author could still feel how thousand and thousand golden flowers were stretching as far as the eye can see. 2. Notice the intensity of light built up throughout the poem. Find words used in the poem to illustrate
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Transcendentalism. Three characteristics of Transcendentalism include the belief in over-soul‚ reverence for nature‚and celebrated individualism 1. How did Transcendentalists feel about nature? What did Transcendentalists feel about the inherent nature of human beings (were humans inherently good or evil)? Transcendentalism felt that you should live in harmony with nature. Transcendentalists thought that humans were inherently good and that humans can transcend to a higher spiritual plane. 1. Transcendentalists
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specifically the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order | Other name(s) | Lal Shahbaz Qalandar | Personal | Born | 1177 Marvand‚ Afghanistan | Died | 1274 Sehwan | Senior posting | Based in | Sehwan | Title | Shahbaz | Period in office | 12th/13th century | Predecessor | Baha-ud-din Zakariya | Successor | Various | Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177–1274) (Sindhi: لال شھباز قلندر)‚ an Afghan Sufi saint‚ philosopher‚ poet‚ and qalandar. Born Syed Usman Shah Marwandi‚[1] he belonged to the Suhrawardiyya
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