Tan Tock Seng Tan Tock Seng was born in 1798 at Malacca‚ Malaysia and died at the age of 52 after catching an unknown disease on 24 February 1850 at Singapore. His grave lies along the grassy slope next to Jubilee Church‚ 256 Outram Road‚ Singapore. He was a Hokkien merchant‚ land owner‚ entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1819‚ Tan moved to Singapore at the age of 21 and started out as a humble vegetable seller‚ selling fruit‚ vegetable and fowl. As he was hardworking and diligent‚ he was eventually
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parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it.”(411) The Statement from “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚” by Amy Chua‚ is an opinionated article on western and Chinese parenting. In her article‚ Amy Chua compares the way Chinese parents raise their children and the way American parents raise their children. She shows both the positives and negatives on both sides of parenting. Amy Chua uses Logos‚ credibility‚ and Compare and contrast in her passage. Each rhetorical strategy is supposed
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A Critique of “ Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua As youth development and growth become an important study in our society‚ there are many controversial opinions regarding the best method of parenting. Amy Chua argues in her essay‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚” that children raised from Chinese mothers are more successful than those raised by Western mothers. She believes that Chinese children attain exceptional achievements from forced training and develop a stronger self-esteem
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1.08 Review Questions 1. What are the differences between being a biological parent‚ an adoptive parent‚ and a foster parent? The differences between biological‚ adoptive‚ and foster parents are very simple. A biological parent shares DNA with their child‚ while adoptive and foster parents choose to take a child in and care for them. Just because adoptive and foster parents didn’t personally bring them into the world does not make them any less of a parent. 2. What financial needs are parents
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Module One: Text Questions Review Questions 1. What are the basic elements of music? - Pitch‚ Rhythm‚ Dynamics‚ Timbre‚ Melody‚ Form 2. What is pitch? - Pitch is the frequency of a sound. Whether the sound is high or low. 3. What is syncopation? What types of music use syncopation? - Syncopation is where the emphasis is on a note other than the one expected and its usually heard in reggae‚ rap‚ jazz‚ ska. 4. What are three examples of forms of music? Describe each form. Concerto: is a
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The Battle of Long Tan The Battle of Long Tan was a very significant part of the Vietnam War era. Of the Battles fought by Australians in the Vietnam War‚ The Battle of Long Tan was the biggest. The battle was significant through Australia’s victory‚ as one hundred and eight soldiers were able to fight off several waves of enemy troops‚ consisting of over two thousand Vietcong and North Vietnamese soldiers‚ until they were rescued by reinforcements. The Battle was one of the greatest in the Vietnam
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Ho Xin Jie Stella Robbers Cave Experiment: A Critical Review Ngee Ann Polytechnic Introduction The Robbers Cave experiment (RCE) in 1954 is perhaps one of the lesser known psychology experiments of the 20th century. Led by social psychologist Muzafer Sherif‚ the study of social behaviour in its proper contexts (viz.‚ group cooperation and conflict) stemmed out of growing practical concerns from business and military agencies in the 1930s (Sherif‚ Harvey‚ White‚ Hood‚ & Sherif‚ 1954a)‚ such as in
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The Only Way Is To Tan Less Baa…baa…baa. There is a funny correlation between sheep and the people of the 21st Century‚ and it no surprise that those who mindlessly follow trends are described as such. But now a new breed has taken it to a whole different level – and we’re spray-tagging them to track their movements. The problem is research shows the outbreak is spreading… rapidly. For many years now we have thought that the bleach from the blonde’s hair dye has been the thing damaging their
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Amy and Andrea are similar in two major ways. One of these similarities are their immigrant parents. Amy’s Parents immigrated from China to the United States. As Amy states in “Two Kinds” her mother came to San Francisco in 1949 after losing her mother‚ father‚ home‚ and twin daughters. Andrea’s parents had immigrated to the United States from Bolivia in the 1980’s. The other major similarity is their strict mothers. For example‚ Amy’s mother wanted her to be a prodigy. At first her mother wanted
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Why do you think John Marsden and Shaun Tan chose this image‚ over all the others for the cover of The Rabbits? The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan is a perspicacious insight into the colonization of Australia from the perspective of the colonized. The appropriated image of Captain Cook’s arrival in 1770 was an inquisitively chosen illustration as it provoked a provocative response from the viewer making it glaringly obvious as to why Tan chose this as the front cover. Through decisive
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