...Being able to to face you fears is a challenge. Overcoming your fears is another challenge. If we dont face our fears they will consume us if we don't overcome them. ' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' is a novel written by Mark Haddon it is about a fifteen year old boy, Christopher Boom who has aspergers syndrome. Christophers Aspergers syndrome makes understanding humans, and becoming independent a hard challenge. Theses are are all challenges Christopher faces in this novel. Christopher writes a book about the muder of a dogbut it is not just about the mystery of who killed Wellington but what Challenges Christopher faces and overcomes. Being Independent is ais what teenagers strive for. Being independent is about being...
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...Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis was the idea of childhood innocence being lost and the emotional change that occurs when becoming an adult. I will analyse the emotional transformation of Marji during the time of rebellion in Iran. Specifically, there is a pivotal moment in the book when Marji finds one of her uncle’s cigarettes and smokes it as an act of rebellion against her mother and this is the scene I will be focusing on. The whole story leading up to this moment has been Marji hearing societal views from her family and her peers rather than developing them on her own. Through the rebellion against her mother, she is paving a path for her independence and individual views towards conflict. This shows the pivotal transition from a once innocent and clueless child a much more mature and grown independent woman forming opinions and views for herself. The first image of the scene shows Marji with a lit cigarette in her mouth. She says, “As for me, I sealed my act of rebellion against my mother’s dictatorship by smoking the cigarette.” (117) This image marks the beginning of her innocence being lost as she turns into a woman who is able to form her own views and commits acts of resistance against values she does not agree with. This small act of rebellion with the cigarette is a direct correlation with Marji’s desire to grow up in society and become independent. The expression on her face shows not only her rebellion towards a dictator that is her mother but also a higher dictator...
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...ways, allowing Canada’s reputation around the world to become more independent, strong, and connected as a country. When Canada defeated the Germans at the battle of Vimy Ridge, the world saw us as a more independent country. The battle showed that we did not need Britain, and surprisingly, we ended up “emerging from the shadow.” For many years and through many battles, we depended on Britain and their guidance; however, Vimy was different. We came up with our own plan of action. We gathered strong, Canadian troops and generals, trained them properly so that everyone knew their own job, built our own trenches and brought our own artillery. The great Canadian Commander of the Canadian Corps by the name of Sir Arthur William Currie wanted and effectively tried to keep the Canadian troops separate from the British troops. These were all acts of Canadian independence. Our nation truly showed that we could fight and win against a very strong enemy and without our motherland helping us. Furthermore, during the battle, it was all Canadian soldiers, from one side to the next. It showed our Canadian independence because we did not have any troops from Britain. Canada showed the world that we were an independent nation because of this brave battle, in which we fought under our own leadership. Not only were we proving that we were an independent nation who would not take orders from anybody else, we were also demonstrating that we...
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...Why it is important that I understand what independent learning is? By: Catia Marques As Social Creatures we have the desire to learn, this desire is cultivated during our early development when we learn, through participation (Berk 2008). In these early stages of learning, cognitive, metacognitive and effective skills are developed. These are vital skills for a student to comprehend independent learning. Knowing and understanding the value of ‘independent learning’ has been considered the core basis for a successful academic journey. In other words, ‘independent learning’ is the foundation for students becoming confident self-regulated life-long learners, Koper and Tattersall (2004). Although, ‘independent learning’ is not a new concept, Broad, (2006) believes that there seems to be a lack of agreement on what it actually means. However, the intention of this paper, therefore is to analyse the meaning of ‘independent learning’ and the important influence it has on a student’s academic performance. This paper will also evaluate the impact of teaching modes on the learner’s education experience. Therefore in order to understand the importance of ‘independent learning’, one must look into its meaning to fully comprehend its value and benefits. Kesten,(1987) defines ‘independent learning’ as the “acquisition of knowledge free of external control by a self-motivated learner that willingly and appropriately identifies and uses resources available to make decisions to meet...
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...Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter. In her novel, Anthem, It shows a way of putting a society as a whole to function the same and think the same way where no one can be independent. One of the main characters was Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000. Equality 7-2521 is described with the pronoun “they” as in not being his own person, as well as the other characters who are also described with the pronoun “they.” He’s strong, independent, and intelligent who ends up falling in love with liberty 5-3000, who he describes as “the golden one.” Even though Equality knows it is a sin to think the way he does, he does it anyway because of his “cursed wish to know.” Equality slowly becomes more independent as he’s falling in love with Liberty 5-3000. Throughout the story, we see Equality’s path to self-discovery and his journey throughout moving away...
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...Unit 3: Thinking Report ‘Scottish independence’ Lauren Pratt – 1200370 As the SNP came to authority four years ago there has been a surge of interest across the country. Becoming independent will mean the people who care most about Scotland will be taken the decision about our future. A debate was presented by Stewart Hosie, a Member of Parliament for Dundee East, who was in favour of the motion besides Jenny Marra, who was the second presenter, who is a member of the Scottish Parliament for Dundee North East, Scottish Labour, was in opposition to the motion. Stewart Hosie gave an analytical, quantitative and fact driven argument. Jenny Marra gave a biographical, personal and historical argument. Both played a conception of their audience as largely conservative. In the debate ‘It is time for Scotland to become independent,’ presented on the 17th of September at University of Abertay, Stewart Hosie stated that for many countries, independence is taken for granted, and Scotland should be given that opportunity also. The biggest part of his argument was a number of statistics which he used to show the sustainability and competency to succeed of an independent Scottish nation by use of taxation, and by exploitation of the North Sea. He encouraged that large manufacturing plants should be returned to Scotland, and through these opportunities, this nation would thrive if no longer dependent on the rest of the UK. On the other hand Jenny Marra took a less statistical approach...
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...Some people thinks that if you want to independent,you must live alone.Because you can deal with things by youeself and make a plan about your life.However,this author thinks that singles can learn independence while living with parents.I disagree with him. He thinks that in most cases, when a child starts working after a lengthy period of tertiary education, his parents would be getting old. These seniors would need someone to take care of them and to take them to medical appointments, for example. The best candidates to do so are their own children.If people continue living with their parents even after becoming financially independent, they can ensure that their parents have someone to talk to and do things with. But I have different opinions from him.Maybe we can become independent while living with our parents,it also has a problem.Our parents will prepare everything for us,we cannot get a chance to do by ourselves.It is highly likely that singles will quickly learn to be independent if they live away from their parents.The author believes that if we live away from our parents,we won't have free time to accompany them.I disagree with this point.Because we can go back home on weekend and have a dinner with parents.We just move out of our parents,we do not sever ties with parents.And Dr Lee Siew Peng suggests that it's a good idea for singles to move out of their parents' homes and live on their own, as this independence can make them more attractive to a potential life partner...
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...The Workshop I attended on July 24th was called “The Graduate’s Guide to Financial Success” and my instructor was Brenda Williams. Out of the whole thing, I think the most important subject that was important for me would be building credit. She mentioned that we should start building credit by our the beginning of our senior year, which I was semi-surprised about. We have to learn how to start becoming financially independent, and learning how to overcome that challenge. Not only is building good credit a must, but it will help you qualify for loans, auto insurance, rental applications, cell phone plans, and it can even affect whether you get a job. She listed out steps, but didn’t go into much detail on how we can build our good credit. The fist step is to become an authorized user on your parent’s account, which I’m currently in the process of doing. The reason for being an authorized user on my dads account is considered “piggybacking”, when my dad has good credit my credit gets a boost. For some, this is the only choice when it comes to building credit. The second step for me would be to open up my own credit card, if I can provide proof of income. Full responsibility will fall on me then. We also learned why good credit is important. Lenders, employers, landlords, and insurance companies all use your credit report or your credit score to decide if they want to approve your application. First off, having too much credit debt will leave a negative mark on your report and can...
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...are two kinds of clauses – independent and dependent. A dependent clause has a subject and verb just like an independent clause, but it can’t stand alone because it begins with a dependent word such as after that, so that although, though unless as, as if until because what, whatever before when, whenever even though where, wherever how whether if, even if which, whichever in order that while since who, whom than whose Whenever a clause begins with one of the above dependent words, it is dependent. If we take an independent clause such as We finished the game. and put one of the dependent words in front of it, it becomes dependent: After we finished the game Although we finished the game As we finished the game Before we finished the game If we finished the game Since we finished the game That we finished the game When we finished the game While we finished the game The clause can no longer stand alone. It does not make a complete statement. It leaves the reader expecting something more. It is a fragment and must not be punctuated as a sentence. Any group of words that does not have a subject and a verb is also a fragment. Paid no attention to his parents (no subject) Joe thinking of all his problems (no adequate verb) Speeding along the highway (no subject and no adequate verb) The announcement that we had expected (no verb for the independent clause) You can correct...
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...independence, are we really Independent ? During the formative years, I was under the guidance of my parents and was totally dependent on them. Their influenced has made me what I am today ! When I grew up and went to school, I was bounded by the rules and regulations. The same was applicable even for the college. At every point of time, I remember the quote, “Man is born free but lives in chains”. That time people used to say that all this will be helpful to me in becoming a good citizen and once I become an adult, I will be free and can live my life independently. On my 18th birthday, I was very excited that now I will be independent and will make a new world of my own, making all my decisions independently. But, was this really possible ? Soon my dreams were dashed to the ground. All that was around me was blood and more blood ! Every sight caused me immense pain and every time I questioned myself, are we independent ? Although we’ve fought for independence but still we aredependent much more than what we were before. I found the society to be very conservative, in reality it is not at all independent. Whatever I did, I was imposed to follow certain ethics and norms in life. The thought of doing something was always followed by the thought as to how the society would perceive me, my actions and my thinking. I just couldn’t do whatever I want because that can harm others mentally and physically thus making it rather difficult for me to take independent decisions. Every action...
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...humans as sexual beings. Basically, human sexuality involves much more than anatomy and sexual responses, but incorporates how we engage in relationships and behaviors that determine our desires and sexual identity as well as our overall sexual health, well-being, and our perceptions and expressions (Hockenbury and Hockenbury, 2006). There are many factors that help develop our sexuality, arguably one of the most important, is our actual gender. Whether, I am a female or male will likely have a major influence on the development of my individual sexuality. Furthermore, sexuality is an integral part of our personalities whether we are aware of it or not. Although Human sexuality is a normal part of life and everyday development, there are several sides to human sexuality and how we behave as human beings. There is the impact on aging in sexuality, sex and violence, and sexuality (Hockenbury and Hockenbury, 2006). One of the historical events was the sexual revolution in American come of age in the late 1960s. The Playboy magazine became the most popular in America. Also in the 1960s sexual mores was upside-down. First was the technology of birth control. The birth control pill was perfected, for the first time giving women the freedom to engage in sexual relations without fear or get pregnant. At the same time, the Alfred Kinsey in 1948 promoted the idea that sexual infidelity and homosexuality were far more common than people had suspected (Macionis, 2010). Describe...
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...1: Article on the internet entitled “Do helicopter moms do more damage than good?”, 2005. College administrators say that parents are becoming more involved in their kids’ lives, maybe too involved. Robyn Lewis, mother of two sons away on college at the age of 18 and 21, does everything for her kids. She checks their bank accounts and proofreads their papers, she even drives two hours twice a month, only to clean the eldest’ dorm, do his laundry and wash his dishes. Her sons see her as a secretary-mom and they love her for it. But according to Helen Johnson, a consultant on parental relations for top universities, this kind of over-protective behaviour is the wrong way to go about it. The students are becoming more depended, due to an excessive over-parenting, the so called “Helicopter-moms.” The message being sent to the youth is that they aren’t capable of doing anything for themselves. 2: Outline of the attitudes expressed in the texts: ”Do helicopter moms do more harm than good? article on the internet, 2005 “A mother steps back from the pull of over-parenting,” article by Bethany Young Hardy, 2010 “Over-parenting is the course of our time,” article by Johann Hari, The Independent, 2008 The waters are divided on how to raise our kids in the society of today and how much involvement there should be from us as parents. The three texts discuss the topic over-parenting and to what extend it effects our children. Bethany Young Hardy, mother to Kian at three, used to participate...
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...I see in gender. The highest position at my school for my company is lead by a white male but the second highest is lead by a white female. This shows me how patriarchy is still present in the twenty-first century but is being changed because the second highest in rank would normally be a male if changes had not begun. From learning the meaning of gender and sex I have begun observing people more through their actions. This has made me evaluate myself to see if I feel that what people classify me as which is a female really is what I feel I am. Yes my sex if taken from what everyone says such as doctors I am a female. I feel actions speak louder than words. When I look at my behavior in my everyday life I have more male characteristics than female if I compare what women are thought to be before the modern women came about. I am independent, strong, I work outside the home, and I am getting an education in a predominantly male field. I could characterize myself as a male gender wise but I still would consider my sex female. Being a female is a very powerful position to me because we hold the power of reproduction. I...
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...By Josephine Asher Confessions of a young anti-feminist By Josephine Asher Is the pursuit for gender equality sucking life out of relationships? Instead of harnessing the different qualities of men and women to energise us, we are striving to make men and women equal. More women are joining the battle for the CEO’s chair and pursuing dominance in their homes and communities. But in the process they’re becoming more like men. And men are becoming… well, less like men. Renowned Australian neurosurgeon Charlie Teo believes men and women have different roles “set not only by society but set by physiology”. “The current trend is for dads to be more hands on. But for all we know it may be proven in a hundred years time that that may be a negative thing for the upbringing of children,” he said recently on Seven’s Sunday Night program. “They’re there to be protective. A man has to have a good job; he has to do well at school so he can get a good job and support his family. A woman has to be loving and caring,” he said. As a 29-year-old single woman, many of my peers don’t appreciate my traditionalist views. I’d rather dodge a flying pair of high heels thrown at me in anger than pin a man under a pair of mine. Feminism has achieved victories for women, but could it be at the expense of femininity, chivalry and attributes of the opposite sex that instinctively attract us to each other? In his book The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida describes attraction between the...
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...paper could see the differences in different aspects and we should think what we should learn from other culture. Outline: 1. Introduction 2. Comparison between Chinese and American family education 1. Similarities 2. Differences 2.21 Traditional educations are different 2.22 The aim of family education are different 2.23 The concepts of family education are different 2.24 The methods between America and China are different 3. Cultural connotation of Chinese and American family education 3.1 The different economic from 3.2 The different historical background 3.3 The different social conditions 4. Conclusion and suggestions Works cited 1. Introduction In twenty-first century, economy develops rapidly and everything is renewed, also countries are competing with each other, so the education is important, just as the proverb says “ science is the first productivity”, and the education is the source of science, in education system, family education is very important. Family, as the cell of society, is the first place that children receive education and the first unit that the children get in touch with the society. That’s to say, in a person’s life, family is the first school and parents is child’s first teacher and as the time goes on, the family education is becoming more and more important. Children are the hopes of a nation, and family...
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