...An essay on age In this essay I will consider the social, economic and political factors of age. I really, really like age. Given that its influence pervades our society, spasmodically it returns to create a new passion amongst those who study its history. Inevitably age is often misunderstood by those politicaly minded individuals living in the past, who just don't like that sort of thing. With the primary aim of demonstrating my considerable intellect I will now demonstrate the complexity of the many faceted issue that is age. Social Factors Society is a simple word with a very complex definition. Upon Peter Pinkleton-PishPosh's return to Britain he remarked 'class will refelect the inner hero' [1], he must have been referning to age. While deviating from the norm will always cause unrest amongst ones peers, age provides standards by which we may judge our selves. Of paramount importance to any study of age within its context, is understanding the ideals of society. It is intrinsically linked to adolescent inner acclimatisation. Economic Factors Increasingly economic growth and innovation are being attributed to age. We will begin by looking at the Watkis-Teeth-Pulling model, as is standard in this case. Transport Costs age It is apparent from the graph that the influence of age is strong. What is the secret to its strength? Seemingly transport costs will continue to follow age for the foreseeable future. In the light of this free trade must be examined...
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...Time of the Dark Ages *************** Devry University Time of the Dark Ages The Dark Ages as a term has endured many evolutions. This time was referred to the Dark Ages because among all citizens, Europe went from having absolute leaders into adopting the Roman law system. The expression of the “Dark Ages” came into play during the 17th century when many enlightenment writers convinced that they were much greater to their ancestors and began using this term to scorn an era that they found to be very difficult to survive in. The Dark Ages can be referred to the entire time of the Middle Ages from 500-1500 A.D. or mostly for the early Middle Ages from 500-1000 A.D (Curtis, 1992) (O'Sullivan, 2012). It is also commonly referred to the period of time that accompanied the fall of the Western Roman Empire. When the Western Roman Empire was destroyed, unknowingly many people were going to begin to engage in a practice and experience devastating changes in their lives. Fewer career opportunities, literacy, and education were just the beginning of the fall. Cities then became smaller in size because the Roman Empire wasn’t able to provide the Roman tax revenues to maintain the services. Society inadvertently prepared to emerge in modernity through the preservation of classical literature and scripture. Over time education and literacy was mostly offered to the ministry. Christianity itself remained to spread East throughout the lands. During this time, most of the old...
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...The Age of Enlightenment The self-proclaimed Age of Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was a period notable for its substantial cultural and scientific developments, that took place mainly during the eighteenth century. It was a time when the scholarly class of Western Europe left behind Church dogma in the process of formulating philosophical ideas as well as scientific theories. It was substituted with reason. Notably, political ideas that were extremely radical for the time propagated throughout Europe and eventually led to the revolutions of France and the United States. Also, modern science further implanted itself into the mainstream. The roots of the entire movement date back to the time of the great Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists, specifically to such great thinkers as Aristotle and Plato. In Western Europe, from the time of the Middle Ages until then, Aristotelian science had remained the extent of scientific knowledge. It had long been lost due to the chaos of the Dark Ages, but it was “rediscovered” in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries through contact with Muslim influence and Byzantine scholars. During the late years of the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment, scholars set out to improve upon Aristotelian and Platonic ideas. [1] The Renaissance gave a basis for the Age of Enlightenment to continue on. The Humanist movement during the Renaissance started to slightly move away from the Church. Although most Humanists were...
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...This essay explains three key features of the Age of Enlightenment that include liberalism, rationalism and equality. These key features will be explained in terms of how they reflect specific assumptions about children and education. Furthermore to evaluate how these ideas have impacted children’s education in both the past and the present. Liberalism requires members of society to develop liberal ideas such as individualism and independence amongst the likes of John Locke who wrote a book called ‘Some thought Concerning Education’ (1893) which emphasises the significance of early education in the home. “upbringing in the home is crucial for the development of good character” (May, 1997, p. 3). Rationalism is another imperative feature of the Age of Enlightenment as people used theory to make sense of human development along the likes of Rousseau. His book, ‘Emile’ is about the development of a young boy becoming a man using his ideas for child rearing. “education should be a response to the child’s curiosity and interest to natural world.” (May, p. 39-40, 2005) This theory was put into practice by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi who was so impressed with his ideas that “he attempted to rear his child according to Rousseau’s principles” (May, 1997, p. 11). The Enlightenment implies equality necessary for females to be educated alongside men to allow for equal opportunity. In Wollstonecraft’s book ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ (1792) she protests for women’s rights...
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...Age Discrimination 1 Running Head: Age Discrimination in the Work Place Final Ethics Paper Submitted To: Professor Peru May 28th, 2010 GEB 452 – Organizational Ethics Age Discrimination 2 Abstract In today’s society, many companies are looking for that “Pop”. What I mean by “Pop” is having a fresher, younger mind/ body do the job. Many of the older employees that have been on the job for such a long period of time, are now endangered of losing their positions to that “Pop” that those companies are looking for. Why are they endangered? Because of the fact of many reasons such as, (physical labor, presentation, & not being technical savvy). In this paper I will talk about many different scenarios and the pros and cons of Age Discrimination in the Workplace. Age Discrimination 3 What Is Age Discrimination in the Workplace? Age discrimination in the workplace is the unjust denial of promotions and training for new positions on the basis of age. It also includes unfairly targeting older workers for layoffs or denying older workers benefits such as health care coverage that are provided for younger workers. Although there have been laws against age discrimination on the books since the 1960s, age discrimination is a persistent problem in many workplaces. In fact, according to a survey recently conducted by worldwide placement agency Adecco, age discrimination in the workplace was the most often named form of discrimination by employees. Especially...
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...Age of Faith The High Middle Ages are usually referred to as the “Age of Faith”. This reference is illustrated through the art and architecture that was solely devoted to the Christian God’s absolute glory. The Christian Church played such a central and important role in Europe during the High Middle Ages, so much so that by the end of the 11th century, nearly every corner of Europe had become Christianized. Many monumental things took place in the religion of Christianity during this period of time, for example, the great schism—the split of the Christian churches. Furthermore, the Catholic Church was very powerful. It had it’s own laws, lands and gathered taxes. In addition to collecting taxes, the Church also accepted gifts of all kinds from individuals who wanted special favours or wanted to be certain of a place in heaven. The power of the Catholic Church flourished along with its wealth, and as a result, the Catholic Church was able to influence the kings and rulers of Europe. Furthermore, if anyone tried to oppose or go against the Catholic Church in any way or form it would result in excommunication. By the 1300s, the Northern European countries had recognized themselves as the political and cultural powers of the continent. The towns and cities were doing well and progressing. Moreover, the relatively stable social order helped maintain the continent even further. By the 14th century, the people of Europe had gotten used to the luxury of having stability and prosperity...
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...The Gilded Age ‘ The Gilded Age was a time of huge social change and economic growth in the United States. This time period brought a rapid development in urbanization, industrialization, the building of the railroads, innovations in science, and the rise of big business. New products and technologies improved middle-class quality of life for Americans. The rise of the Gilded Age in American History helped the American economy long-term to this present day. Economic development in the United Sates was made through the impact of transportation innovations. The Gilded Age brought upon positive changes in America there was a demand of manufactured goods that increased, therefore, needing an efficient way to keep up with high demand. This brought upon the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, connecting the Pacific and Atlantic lines, which would be used for centuries to come. The Pacific Railway Act passed on July 1, 1862 provided what was needed for the construction for this production. In the act it states: The question of "internal improvements" was constantly before Congress in the 19th century: Should Congress assist in improving the country’s transportation system? One such improvement was the dream of constructing a railroad that would cross the entire country. Railroading became a highly profitable business venture during this time period. The expansion of the railroads meant that goods and products could be more easily exported around the country...
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...History 1302 November, 13, 2013 Thesis statement: during the gilded age there were created several documents that expressed the way the different social groups were thinking and feeling with the changes in the society. There is no doubt the gilded age was a key historic moment in the developing of the United States of America to become the place that now we know, during this period the economy growth thanks to the combination of certain factors such as the appearance of great businessman who built the corporations that were the bases of the economy and a huge improvement in the technology. This historic moment set the path to became into the society that now we are. The assembly line together with the mass production and was established during this time. It also was a time of corruption one of the most important things that this time gave to the world is the institution of monopolies. Henry Demarest wrote an article called “wealth against commonwealth” in 1894 This article was written with the intention of showing what was really happening in the world of the monopolies during the gilded age. The author probably was motivated by what he was watching; the inequality between the rich and the poor, too many were poor and just a few were extremely rich. He described the wealth as some kind of infection, He thought that we were losing the liberty that we earned by falling into corruption trying to be wealth. Demarest mentioned that...
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...1. What does the term “Gilded Age” mean? In what sense is Mark Twain’s term a criticism of the age? How does the word “gilded” capture the national temperament in the last decades of the nineteenth century? Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first termed the phrase “Gilded Age” ,which was the period between 1870-1900, they felt that the social climate in which they where living people of means were creating a showy glittering façade but the surface covers a core of little value and therefore is deceptive. In the Gilded Age we see a period of rapid growth, rampant corruption, rising wealth and income inequlity. As the industrial revolution was in full swing and the country was enjoying the benfits of new technology innvoations in every sphere of life. We see emerge a wealthy class of people, which America hadn’t seen before, that controled the majority of the country’s money.. The business men or “robber barron’s”, as they came to be called, enjoyed a time period of lazzi fair economics and grew to be wealth very quickly but began using their wealth to buy offices in order to avoid laws that would help to create more equality. This new emerging group of mean was living extravagant flashy lifestyle all the while the poor got poorer and lived and worked in wretched conditions. They began to resent this new growing rich class of people. We see reformers rise and create Unions like the Knight of labor that begin working towards “equal pay for equal work.” . How...
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...Fact Situation for Age Discrimination Green Reese was 49 years old when she was fired from her job in 2012. She was employed by Centre Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in early 1990s’ as a program presenter. She was in her twenties at that time and with nice appearance and talented hosting skill, Reese soon became a major MC in entertainment channel, CBC. Because of her nice performance, her TV show. “Last night show” had been rated one of the most popular programs among audience till 2012. In late 2011, CBC introduced the HDMI technology to all its channels, which means audience might inspect the images of CBC with a higher quality. A new manager, 34-year-old lady Ricky Miles also came in to charge of entertainment Channel in this year. Miles was outspoken in her first meeting with his fellowship. She said that the channel need to change to meet the demand from more and more young generation. She also indicated that the age frame of this channel is a little bit too old, especially for those act as the “face” of a channel. There were 5 MCs on the spot, and only Reese and another MC John Timberland were over 35. After few days’ peace, Miles eventually called Reese to her office one day, telling Reese that they would like to make some amendment to all the programs of E-channel and she was not suitable for the new standard for host of “Last night show”. Miles told Reese that the MC skill of Reese was a little bit outdated and audience might need something new. Miles wanted Reese...
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...The Age of Reason, Part I (1794)- Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (1737-1809) - was born in England in 1737, a son of a Quaker. In 1774, Thomas Paine met Benjamin Franklin in London and was invited to immigrate to America. He landed in Philadelphia on November 30, 1774. Working as a publicist, he first published African Slavery in America in 1775, criticizing slavery in America as being unjust to the African slaves. After the Boston Tea party, Thomas Paine had a sensed of rebellion against the British government. He published Common Sense stating America had lost touch with its mother country, Great Britain. “Nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments and common sense.” Thomas Paine had a great influence on the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. He also fought and volunteered during the Independence War. In 1787, Thomas Paine left for England. He was involved in the French Revolution. He was imprisoned in 1793. He published The Age of Reason while he was imprisoned. He went back to the America in 1802 after invited by Thomas Jefferson, who was a true admirer of him. But he realized he was forgotten by the works he had done for America. The Age of Reason was written by Thomas Paine while he was imprisoned in 1794 due to the opposition of the execution of the king Louis XVI of France. The Age of Reason was a praise of the achievement of the Age of Enlightment. He was also accused as being an atheist because of the book. Thomas Paine presented in a clear style of way to...
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...Coming of Age Hemingway’s “The Indian Camp”, being a very short story manages to describe how a young boy comes of age in one night. Hemingway portrays the “coming of age” by having the young boy Nick witness two harsh realities- Life and Death. Nick’s father, Dr. Adams takes him on a trip across a lake to an Indian camp, where he helps deliver the baby of an Indian woman. Hemingway’s effective use of setting portrays Nick very naïve and dependent as he first crosses the lake. After the events Nick’s character undergoes some changes as he crosses the lake for the second time. When Nick first enters the boat, his surroundings are dark and cold. This symbolism reflects Nick’s lack of awareness or knowledge of life and death. Nick is an innocent child who has fears and insecurities. Hemingway portrays this when he says, “Nick lay back with his father’s arm around him.” (Hemingway 292) Dr. Adams has decided to take Nick on this journey as an” initiation” to help Nick lose his insecurities and fear. Dr. Adams is stern and in control when they arrive at the hut, “ Nick’s father ordered some water to be put on the stove,” ( Hemingway 293 ) he starts to explain to Nick what is occurring , “ This lady is going to have a baby , Nick,” ( Hemingway 293 ) . Nick aids his father during the gruesome labor. Nick hears the screams of the Indian woman and becomes acquainted with the pain and suffering that comes with child birth. Despite his father’s push to watch, Nick...
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...Demi Wack Period 1 Age of Revolution From the late Eighteenth Century to mid Nineteenth Century, Europe revolved around the revolutionary spirit. This “Age of Revolutions” evolved from many factors: heavy taxes from war debt, harshness of labor, the Enlightenment influence and, diversity of social classes. The range of factors coincides with the various attitudes toward the Revolutions themselves (especially those of France). Many revolutionary supporters argued that revolution was the only way to invite justice and equality into Europe. The other’s saw the consequences of the revolutionaries’ actions and sided with the aristocracy. This radical spree of war was avoided by England--not because it was a country of compete justice and equality, but because of its flexible government (which developed from Queen Elizabeth reign). With a heavy disliking of the current conditions, many sought of the benefits of the revolution, which included the down fall of the aristocracy. Dickens advocated to the horror of the aristocracy with the depiction of his character Monseigneur, a Great Lord of the royal court and a massive terror to French citizens. Besides the guiltless murder of a child, he is provided four men to assist him in the strenuous chore of eating (doc 2). Meanwhile, the working class of France falls to their knees for the slightest sip of wine. With Monseigneur being the example for the upper class, it is no question to why there was a call for change. This same attitude...
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...Humanities January 18, 2015 DeVry University Professor Clarke-Peterson Outline/Proposal on Dark Ages I. Introduction and Thesis The Dark Ages refer to the medieval period in the studies of humanity. The general duration of the early Dark Ages is considered to be from 450-1000 century (CE). It is believed that the fall of Roman Empire brought about an age of “barbarism and religion” (Gibbon 18th CE). This era, compared to both the pre-dark ages and the post-dark ages, Renaissance, witnessed no significant scientific innovations, no great art produced, and no valiant emperors or leaders ruling the early medieval Europe (Middle Ages, n.d.). These are the major factors which led to the coining of the phrase Dark Ages by Petrarch, the great Italian scholar, in the 14th CE (Wikipedia). This proposal is about the vital role of flourishing Irish social order, in the Dark Ages, in the re-conversion of Europe to Christianity. II. In the Dark Ages, when the entire Europe was reeling under barbarism, the Irish social order was flourishing. * The Romans had never invaded Ireland, and thus it remained unaffected by the downfall deteriorating the social order of rest of Europe (Eaton & McCaffrey, 2002). * While the entire Europe was victimized by the Dark Ages, the Irish monks were the torch-bearers of luminous beam of civilization (O’Connor & Steves, 2014). * In the Dark Ages, religion was one binding force that kept the hopes of people alive. While Barbarism was thriving...
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...The middle ages is a period that most certainly cannot be addressed as a period that no events occurred and all was so called "dark". Many Tragic events did happen, but during this period many events happened that weren't so dark. Such things as the rise of new Universities, the division of Christianity and the Renaissance. Let's begin to think of the middle ages as the birth of Western Civilization, instead of the images we have in our heads due to movies and high school history. During the High Middle Ages(1000CE-1300), ideas were changing, society became more interested in art, sports, education, and literature. Occupations and preoccupations differed from the feudal nobility and labouring peasants(McKay,Hill, Buckler,Crowston,Wiesner-Hanks, & Perry, 2012, p.298). Cities were now crowed and polluted and caused improvement in legal status. The sumptuary laws were laws that social groups needed to wear certain items clothing to distinguish from one another. The high social group wore velvet , silk, pearls while peasants wore dark clothing made of linen and wood blending(McKay,2012., p.300). So the interaction between the wealthy and peasants was common. Games and sports were a popular form of entertainment that united society. With that, Primary schooling was most of the time in monasteries, convents and cathedrals. By the 12th century the demand for trained officials increased, trade and feudalism were the cause of this development(History of Western Civilization...
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