I always wondered why my mother told us we all need to be educated and how important it is in order to survive. She always told us‚ her children‚ how this will benefit our children and our grand children. My mother is a professional nurse. Out of 10 children that my grandmother had‚ only three are educated. The rest decided not to finish school‚ some were lucky to be employed and some are not working at all and they depend on anything that is being donated to them by the family. I never understood
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me a new view of stereotypes and how they affect everyone in some way or another. I was already aware of stereotypes negative effects on people but I never thought about it in depth from an international point of view. Having this brought to my attention I plan to think of people differently and remember that they have more than a single story in the future. Before watching her speech I always figured the reason why people continue believing stereotypes because it is all they know and have not been
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Cholpon Kurmanalieva Why I believe in God I often used to ask myself in the past‚ “who created all conveniences for human existence? Why is the distance between the Sun and the Earth comfortable for living? Why is there a good proportion of water and land; why do we have mountains‚ beautiful nature‚ animals and plants? Why do we have brain‚ 2 eyes‚ 2 feet‚ and 2 hands? Sure‚ there’s somebody who regulates all these processes on the Earth to make people live. And His name is God. Blaise
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I disagree with Leon Botstein’s essay "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood". Botstein argues that teenagers have matured much more quickly over the past few years. Therefore‚ he believes high school be abolished and a child’s education should begin earlier in order for students to graduate around the age of sixteen rather than eighteen. High school is intended for students of a certain maturity level. But now‚ students are exceeding that level rapidly. Botstein sees high school as a place full of superficial
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Why I Deserve the Principal Kazim Begum Memorial Scholarship I will easily be the first to admit that my parents heavily influenced the core of the person I am today. When I was eight and my family packed its bags and migrated to America‚ my parents left everything behind-their business‚ their parents‚ and their home-to obtain more opportunities for their children. I continuously observed my parents struggling to make ends meet‚ something that wasn’t a problem in Pakistan. As I quietly observed my
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Explain Hall’s concept of representation in your own words. What is the relationship between language and culture? How do we make meaning of the world through our conceptual maps (culture)? Attempt to ‘read’ the following ad identifying the signifier and signified‚ and the denotation and connotation. Before explaining the relationship between language and culture we have to make sure what culture means nowadays. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) presents four definitions for the term culture:
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JUDY BRADY I Want a Wife (1971) Judy Brady’s essay became an instant classic when it appeared in 1971 in the premier issue of the feminist magazine Ms. As you read‚ analyze the definitions of “husband” and “wife” that Brady uses‚ and consider why this essay became so powerful in the 1970s. I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am A Wife. And‚ not altogether incidentally‚ I am a mother. Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent
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Pretend that a teacher is explaining a math problem. A student does not understand and tries to ask a question. But the teacher has already proceed. Imagine this student’s feelings. Because of situations like this‚ students should be allowed to grade their teachers. In many years of schooling‚ I have witnessed on a daily basis certain teachers coming to school and not teaching. For example‚ a few teachers I knew didn’t teach as if they were teachers‚ but they gave out work as if they were supervisors
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of life to children and adults alike. While money seems to be a tremendous motivation for most people‚ I have various other incentives for seeking higher education. The first reason I pursued college is because I want a career. Most of the adults in my life did not attend college‚ and ended up working deadend‚ low paying jobs. Day in and day out they perform the same menial‚ monotonous tasks. I would often recieve words of advice from these people‚ all of which followed the same general pattern:
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I would love to be a nurse someday because it has many attractive qualities. The qualities that accompany The field of nursing and which i consider essential to me include the scientific aspect to method‚ being an active member of the health care team‚ and becoming a patient advocate. When I was thirteen‚ I saw all different kinds of people in poverty‚ may it be infants‚ children‚ elderly people and even disabled people. My aunt‚ who lived in Mexico‚ got diagnosed with cancer and my family and I
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