There are two mindsets someone can have about a subject whether it be related to work and school or something in one’s personal life and the difference directly affects one’s ability to succeed in any. Carol Dweck explains the two mindsets known as a growth mindset and a fixed mindset in her article “Brainology”. The fixed mindset is where one believes that their intelligence and skill levels in certain subjects are fixed from birth and can’t be improved or evolved...
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The 19th century was a fascinating period in the Western world, that was transitioning from the time of Renaissance, Romantic, and other significant revolutionist movements to urbanism and industrialization. The increased demand for manufactured, and factory-made produce, created jobs in cities which encouraged people to move into these central civilisations where these jobs could provide better living standards. This was particularly for members of the lower class who would otherwise work in the countryside. As such, the rising population of...
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In today’s society if we want to be successful in the classroom the student has to show the teacher that we’re ready to learn from them and that we’re going to treat them with the respect they deserve when we’re in the classroom. When you think of a student, you think of someone who attends school, when you think of a student you should think of someone who possesses certain characteristics that make them a student. The characteristics that would...
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Introduction- The game on which I am going to write my report is Soccer. Affiliation football, soccer, or football is a group activity played between two groups each comprising eleven players. It is a ball game played on a rectangular grass field with an objective at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the spheroid ball into the restricting objective. Other than the goalkeepers, players may not utilize their hands or arms to push the...
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The Mindsets The author begins by describing an experiment that she conducted with children to measure their responses to challenging puzzles. She observed two different responses, with some being distressed by the difficulty, and others excited. Her interest became in what caused these two very different responses. She reminds us of the creator of the IQ test, whose intention with his test was to help determine ways to help children improve learning, not make a statement on their inherent intellect....
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Realistic, striking, and raw diction in a POV piece imbues feeling and therefore belief in the reader. In the case of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, post-war O’Brien admits to “...making up a few things to get at the real truth” (81). When post-war O’Brien reflects on the young dainty man he saw dead near the village of My Khe, he believes that his piece of writing will be more impactful should he state that he was the...
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What do you think, should public schools have school uniforms or a standard dress code? This has been a long debated question and I have to say that there are pros and cons to both sides. In my opinion, I believe that we should use a standard dress code so that we teach our children to take pride in what they wear and how they represent themselves. Some advantages of having school uniforms would be; that students are unable to...
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The world's history is a very important part of any society that is living in any given period. The reason why students and individuals learn about the world’s history is because it makes us who we are today. The history of the world gives the future enlightenment for what is to come and what is to happen within the world as a whole. One important event that happened in history was the French Revolution. The French Revolution was a period...
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Book Review & Summary About the author Carol Dweck is one of the leading researchers in the fields of personality development, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She has been a professor at renowned universities like Columbia University, and Stanford University and is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science. Her scholarly book on Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by the World Education Fellowship. Her work has been...
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Physical things like supplies, tokens of luck, and nick-nacks are not only what people carry, but emotional baggage and mental sorrows that one suffers are also carried. The main plot of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien involves the protagonist Tim himself and his traumatic experiences in the war and how he copes with everything he has faced. The narrator showed many fates of different characters, such as Kiowa and Dave Jensen, who died during the war. After witnessing...
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Introduction The phenomenon: of teamwork will be investigated in this assignment. Teamwork will be limited to teamwork in general, International, and virtual environments. The subgenres of teamwork will be analyzed through the SWOT analysis, thus, teamwork strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats will be investigated. Discussion Teamwork in general According to my personal experience, strength is productivity. Because the workload is distributed between the members the final product gets a higher quality because one member has less work to do which means members can pay...
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Gender inequality has been a major canker that the world is dealing with. It has especially been a major subject for most women all over the world fighting for balance in gender. This gender issue has also caught the attention of many organizations, advocates, and as well as activists to call for gender equality and equal rights for all to have access to resources, opportunities, and other benefits of society. In our traditional society for example it is believed that...
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The 1930s was a revolutionary time for American women because this was immediately after they were given the right to vote through the women’s suffrage movement. Women had finally gotten their recognition as cornerstones of society through the widespread availability of career opportunities outside the traditional housewife and child-bearer, albeit severely underpaid compared to their male counterparts. They were given a voice, but it was not up to their discretion whether they were to use it or not. It was...
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Their eyes were watching God Author: Zora Neale Hurston Nationality: American Purpose: to create the life of a black woman who tries to find herself through experiences while using symbols throughout the story that symbolize different things: eternity, power, love, etc. It also shines a light on the way of life black Americans lived in the South around the 1930s. Type of Book: Fiction Summary The novel begins with the main character, Janie Starks, who is returning to what seems...
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The plot twist surrounding the giver creates the question in the hearts of many readers: Does Jonas die? There are so many online entries trying to give explanations and perspectives to the looming question. The circumstances that surround the end of the story bring confusion as to whether Jonas truly died or not. Jonas represents an aberration to a society beclouded with the loss of human choice and will all in a bid to generate a society void of confusion...
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Teamwork is when several people work together towards a common goal. Teamwork also means understanding between the members of those who are completing a task. A group of people combines their potential, skills, and ability to produce a better result. Perfect teamwork is performing as one and focusing on the performance to succeed in their shared goal. Teamwork is influenced by the contribution of all the members in a group and the marks will be given based on the outcome...
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Sexism is defined as discrimination towards someone else based on their sex and gender. In other words, it is the differential treatment between males and females. However, a new gender has become available to use in ten out of the fifty states in the U.S., and that gender is “X”, which means that an individual does not want to be classified as a male or female (Lam, 2019). It is known to be more of a non-binary gender. In a...
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A current event in a newspaper article illustrates a form of racism against an African American athlete. Chuks Aneke, a player of the Milton Keynes Dons professional soccer team, was allegedly the subject of a racist social media post. The post was made after the Dons were beaten in a game by the Tranmere Rovers. A fan from the Rovers created a post that compared Aneke to a monkey based on his skin color and actions on the field. The...
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Women are housewives; men are the breadwinners. Even though these ideas are not relevant today, they existed during the time of the play “Antigone.” In ancient Greece, women were seen as property. Men were seen as the head of the house. The roles of men and women in Sophocles’ “Antigone” show examples of gender inequality. In Sophocles’ play, “Antigone,” Ismene perpetuates gender roles, and Antigone challenges them. First, Ismene perpetuates the gender stereotypes of the day. In the prologue, Ismene...
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Extinction Rebellion is an activist group that pushes for change across the globe through nonviolent civil disobedience. Martin Luther King and Thomas Hobbes both believed that rules should be followed, but believed in two different sets of rules. On the one hand, Martin Luther King argued that if you break an unjust law, you must do so willingly and accept the penalty (Birmingham Jail Letter, Page 4). Hobbes, on the other hand, focused on the state of nature and the...
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Richard Nixon, former U.S. president during the late 60’s and early 70’s, is a historically controversial figure in American politics. Many people look back at him as a corrupt politician who made a fatal political blunder. Many view him as a sneaky president who attempted to do anything to stay in power. Nixonland, a book by author Rick Perlstein, takes a good look into the American society in which Nixon grew up politically and the way Nixon handled his career....
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WWII Nazis exhibited extreme adversity and conflict against the Jewish people of Europe. Diaries written like Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl and Bloeme Emden’s first-hand account in Hidden Like Anne Frank represent methods the Jews cope with the ongoing conflict against them. But while they more specifically represent the Jewish people of WWII, they also represent people universally when faced with adversity and conflict. When faced with extreme adversity, people bear with the conflict by forms of self-expression...
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Gothic romance novels are mysterious, romantic, and dark works of literature. Authors who write in this genre typically follow a clear-cut formula when doing so. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca, a gothic romance film, follows that typical formula when constructing the gothic heroine onscreen. While Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey parodies gothic romances such as Rebecca, she does so purposefully. By rewriting the gothic heroine role Austen suggests women should aspire to be more natural than heroic. While the birth of the heroine...
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Many people still argue whether the Umbrella Movement is a civil disobedience protest or a riot. The nature of them is different, the former is to fight for the rights and interests of society but the latter is to fight for self-interest and violence is involved. Therefore, seeking the nature of the umbrella movement is conducive to unraveling the argument. Also, the reasons for many participants in the umbrella movement will be figured out. Although the umbrella movement was not...
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How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Reshaping the Accounting Industry Nowadays artificial intelligence is taking over most industries, and accounting is one of these industries. It is very interesting to see how accountants are benefiting from artificial intelligence by applying it daily. One of the major benefits of artificial intelligence is that it reduces considerably the number of hours required for the completion of a routine task. Accountants can get and process the data at a much faster pace. Another interesting...
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In both towns, Janie speaks as an outsider. The men’s stories feature silent women who are included in the stories as objects for the men to lust after or win, rather than active characters with their own emotions. They only include women in the stories about men. These tales cast women as men’s objects of desire, reduced to their appearance and the social status it affords them. In Eatonville, Coker and Hicks, just after greeting Janie and Jody to Eatonville,...
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Homer’s Odyssey is an epic set in 1200 BC. It begins with the victory of the Greeks, which Odysseus is part of, against the Trojans. The victory of the Trojan War which lasts 10 ten years. The next 10 years after the war, are Odysseus’s adventures and challenges to get home to Ithaca. Throughout his adventures, important life lessons are taught, many of which can be related to modern-day conflicts. The actions and decisions that Odysseus makes during the story...
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This essay will include a description of my career goals of becoming a social worker and how I will successfully achieve this, I will be describing the personal and professional challenges towards my education and career goals. This essay will refer to various learning styles which have supported me in writing this assignment. This essay will also include a time management plan that demonstrates how I have successfully been able to complete all essays within the given timeframe. I will...
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In recent years, there has been a debate about whether or not college should be for everyone. Contrary to those who oppose attending college, citing the fact that not all fields require a degree, the vast majority of today's generation still consider it an essential step. Thus, the question arises as to what motivates people to go to college anyway. From my perspective, most students today make the decision to go to college mainly because more and more jobs now...
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If I've got a ticket in my hand, I would go to Thailand. I would be there for about two weeks. I would go to Thailand because I want to help improve the treatment of elephants. I would go to Phuket Elephant Sanctuary in Thalang, Thailand. I would also want to go sightseeing like at the Ayutthaya Historical Park and Railay Bay for the peaceful scenery. Another thing I would also visit is the floating market to get a different...
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