THE BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. The basic features of the British educational system are the same as they are anywhere else in Europe. There are three recognized stages‚ with children moving from the first stage (primary) to the second stage (secondary) at around the age of 11. The third (tertiary) stage is ‘further’ education at university or college. British children start compulsory education at the age of five. Very young children‚ ususally 3 or 4 years old go to nursery school. Nursery
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Zach Ashworth March 22‚ 2013 Dr. Pavletich English 1302 The British Love Affair With Tea It has been said that the British people ruled an empire so vast that “the sun never set on the British flag.” The British Empire ruled land on every continent and until the late 20th century was the worlds leading superpower. This rise in power and dominance of the world was fueled and directed by the British Empires need to supply its people with a cheap source of tea. During the late 18th century
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HY1101E Article: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): On Empire and Education http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.asp In the early 19th century‚ India was colonised by the British and many social and political reforms were made during this period. These reforms brought about both positive and negative effects. One of the greatest reforms during this period was the implementation of the western education system in 1835. On the surface it seems like the western education system
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BRITISH SLANG AND ITS CLASSIFICATION PLAN I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Tasks of the course work 1.2 Definition of slang II. MAIN PART 2.1 The origin of slang. 2.2 Types of slang. a) Cockney rhyming slang b) Polari c) Internet slang d) Slang of army‚ police e) Money slang 2.3. Phonetic peculiarities of slang 2.4. Morphological characteristics of slang III. PRACTICAL PART IV. CONCLUSION V. BIBLIOGRAPHY Slang is a language which takes off its
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sure some information is not released to the public. For safety‚ well-being‚ and the greater good in general‚ censorship is a very vital part of society. As the British censorship in WWI and the Chinese censorship of the press demonstrate‚ censorship is justified. The way the British government altered or deleted some news on the British army in WWI was actually very necessary. In order to keep the morale high back in Britain‚ the government ordered the newspapers and reporters to only release positive
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Imperialism The British Empire is a strong nation‚ even now hundreds of years after it rose to power. However‚ that power came with a cost. A cost not readily visible to the British nation. The Empire was focused on growth and dominating the spheres of influence all across europe but they neglected the status of the indigenous people. While the British thought they were doing the neighboring nations a favor all they ended up accomplishing was ruing native cultures‚ devastating the land in search
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The First War of Indian Independence or the The Sepoy Rebellion). Shatranj Ke Khilari‚ The Chess Players (Hindi‚ 1977) is set in 19th century India on the eve of the Indian rebellion of 1857. It deals with the politics of colonial expansion by the British East India Company. Shaheed (Hindi‚ 1965) The film is set in 1916 and based on the life of Bhagat Singh who joins the freedom fighting movement.
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HOW RELEVANT TO THE MODERN AGE ARE THE BRITISH MONARCHY’S CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONS? The British monarchy has always played an important role throughout history. It has managed to create such wealth and power such as the Golden Age of Elizabeth I. Within her 45 year reign she established the Church of England and saw voyages of discovery which lead to the accumulation of riches beyond its borders. The monarchy has also gone through various changes to throughout its realm such as the declaration
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Motives for British Imperialism in Africa Before the Europeans began the New Imperialism in Africa‚ very little was known about the inner parts of the continent. However‚ after some explorers delved deeper into the heart of Africa‚ the Europeans soon realized how economically important this area was‚ and how much they could profit from it. At the time‚ Britain had only small occupations of land in Africa‚ but after they realized that they could make money from the rich resources from the inner regions
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The Myth of British Monarchy As the article says‚ the monarchy is beginning to appear in commentary on British public affair‚ and it starting to be examined and debated. Many authors and journalists like Edgar Wilson‚ Christopher Hitchens and Tom Nairn wrote about this issue; that talk about the constitutional monarchy state of affairs‚ but it reaches broadly the same conclusions. Mr. Wilson says: the royals do not work hard‚ they are not like their subjects‚ they are the richest family in
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