Filipinos to abandon the baybayin in favour of the alphabet. They found the alphabet easy to learn and it was a skill that helped them to get ahead in life under the Spanish regime, working in relatively prestigious jobs as clerks, scribes and secretaries. With his usual touch of exaggeration, Fr. Pedro Chirino made an observation in 1604 that shows how easily Filipinos took to the new alphabet. But if reasons of practicality were behind the demise of the baybayin, why did it not survive as
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better in life. I am an accepted member of Student Council. When joining STUCO, which is short terminology for Student Council, I had to learn all types of communication, such as mastering what we like to call “The STUCO Clap”. The STUCO Clap was a chant or more so a beat, that everybody in the class had to participate in. Starting off as a newbie, I had no idea what I was doing. I was always off beat, missing a step, or even saying the wrong words. I wanted to be able to master this skill and be good
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Man Vs Robots Table of Contents Are you #teamrobot?3 Advancements in technology are doing more harm than good3 Family structures will collapse4 Social effects of the automaton takeover5 Positive outcome6 Mental effects of the automaton takeover6 Who will win the battle? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………………7 Man vs Robots Are you #teamrobot? Computers run the world! Wouldn’t you agree? Think about it, imagine going an entire
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Debate Paper XBCOM/275 February 8, 2015 Debate Paper Prayer in our schools today has almost died out completely. Prayer is a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to god or an object of worship. As it states in the First Amendment that it protects the right to freedom of expression from government interference. Although prayer in school may focus on religion, violate the first amendment, and separation of church and state, there are some good things and bad that come
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Prayer in School Katrina, Anthony, and Tab October 5, 2011 BCOM/275 Prayer in School Throughout our society, prayer in school has become extinct. Prayer is a form of communication or a way of talking to God or other saints (Richert, N.D.). Although prayer in school may focus on religion, violate the first amendment, and separation of church and state, there are both advantages and disadvantages of prayer in our schools. Being that we are a diverse society and everyone has his or her own
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Mr. Michael however benevolent you may wish to come off...I don't think you quite grasp what I conveyed...The oppression and liberation is indeed about us all because the parameters within which we have all been born into, and from birth influenced to conform to, have been of a nature which is fundamentally geared from institutionalized racism, gender inequality, Hetero-patriarichally dominant ideology, puritan-originated and dominating developmental influences, religiously and big-business money
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and 50. The group leader sat behind a table in at the front of the room. He introduced himself and the group secretary just before he directed us all had to state our name and proclaim we were addicts (at this point my nerves were really bad). On the table there were books (for sale), a row of colored key chains (each color represented a period of time an addict was sober and there was chants that went along with each one), a large clear plastic container (for donations), an NA sign and a banner that
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Holocaust Events Occurring From 1933-1939 Event #1: The Boycott of Jewish Businesses: On April 1, 1933, throughout all of Germany, a boycott on Jewish goods was carried out. Although it only lasted one day, it was minorly destructive, both physically and mentally. Nazi Storm Troopers stood in front of Jewish-owned shops, preventing anyone from entering and the Star of David was painted on the shops’ windows and doors. There were even signs posted that warned Germans not to buy from Jewish-owned stores
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largest acts of military brutality against civilians seen in the last two decades. That man was Hu Yaobang. Hu Yaobang was General Secretary of the State for the communist party under Deng Xiaoping from 1980 until he was ousted in 1987 for being too lenient towards political protests that participated in activism against the government. Before becoming General Secretary he was considered a revolutionary component in shaping China’s economic and social status, calling for a more socialistic China rather
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department been copied in many instances. can now undertake to dress Pageants, Mystery plays, Shakespeare, Restoration, Eighteenth Century, and early Nineteenth Century plays, as well as Greek drama. Further particulars may be had from : The Hon. 274 Secretary, Village Drama Society, New Cross Road, London, S.E.14. The Seven Against Thebes of iEschylus RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY EDWYN BEVAN AUTHOR OF "THE HOUSE OF SELEUCUS" THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, Ltd. LONDON AND EDINBURGH LIBRARY (
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