However‚ there are also important benefits for society as a whole. An educated woman has the skills‚ information and self-confidence that she needs to be a better parent‚ worker and citizen. An educated woman is‚ for example‚ likely to marry at a later age and have fewer children. Cross-country studies show that an extra year of schooling for girls reduces fertility rates by 5 to 10 per cent. And the children of an educated mother are more likely to survive. In India‚ for example‚ the infant mortality
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Northrop Frye establishes that literature is based on conventions in his lecture The Singing School. As a result‚ he says that there is no better way to communicate a literary concept than by using conventional literary characters and ideas. Allusion is the reference to a person‚ place or concept in literature or real life. It is used as a literary tool to create a better image of the idea that the author is trying to convey. "There was a shout about my ears‚ and palms before my feet."1 This line
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Kendale Dye WRT 101 Professor Centore 24 February 2014 “Can you be educated from a distance?” The Quality of education does not always depend on the professor who is teaching a course‚ but on the will that the student has to learn. For some students‚ an online course is just as effective and as challenging as any physical course that can be taken. Although this may be true‚ there are both advantages and disadvantages to taking online courses. An online course may be convenient to students who
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Abstract Being well-educated is a product of both the school and the individual. Simply going to a quality institution and obtaining an education does not translate into being well-educated. On the other hand‚ being able to perform a specific task very well but lacking in some very basic academic fundamentals does not mean a person is well-educated either. Alfie Kohn examines what it means to be well-educated and I will respond to some of his thoughts on the topic.
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and contribute to the greater good. However‚ the term “educated” is a rather loose concept which differs from culture to culture. Having grown up in Western society following an international upbringing‚ I am naturally biased to attribute certain qualities to an “educated” person that another person from a different culture might not recognize. These various attributes affect the direct but also the suggested responsibilities that an educated person might hold‚ the latter being implied and not related
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We could say that an educated person is like a piece of artwork‚ it is open to the interpretation of the viewer. Just like every art work critique has their own opinion about an artwork‚ everyone has their own different interpretations of what an educated person is. One thing is clear though‚ in order to be a successful person in life‚ you do not need money‚ as well as in order to be an educated person‚ you do not need a college diploma. What you are willing to give up in order to become your best
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In order to spread chinese culture to the world‚ I choose this subject about the Giant Buddihsm in Leshan Sichuan Province. In this paper‚ I will introduce ancient stories about the Giant Buddihsm‚ and some figures related to it. First‚ I will try to analysis these pages by myself‚ and then use some tools‚ like transgod to help me‚ and after that‚ I will send it to my supervisor and accept his advice‚ to correct some mistakes or revise some of my contents. Of course‚ during my translation‚ I will
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WHAT IS AN EDUCATED FILIPINO? FRANCISCO F. BENITEZ Francisco F. Benitez Francisco F. Benitez (June 4‚ 1887-June 30‚ 1951) was an outstanding educator‚ author‚ editor‚ and the first dean of the School of Education of the University of the Philippines (UP). He studied at the Philippine Normal College in 1904 and became one of the first pensionados sent to the United States in 1905. Some of his published works include the Educational Progress in the Philippines and Studies of Great Filipinos
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The Giant Panda Endangerment Yu Yin The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is an animal that is loved all over the world. It is also known as the panda bear‚ bamboo bear‚ or‚ in Chinese‚ as Daxiongmao‚ the “large bear cat”. This bear-like animal has black fur on its ears‚ around its eyes and nose‚ on all of its legs‚ and across its shoulders; the rest of its body is white. Due to the distinctive appearance of the giant panda‚ this animal has long been considered a symbol of China. Giant pandas
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THEME: The once mere role of women in the society has diversified. This has been clearly exemplified by Lea’s role in Lualhati Bautista’s novel‚ Bata Bata…Paano Ka Ginawa?. Before‚ women were stereotyped as females who are to stay in houses to do chores‚ take care of children and their husbands. They were not allowed to participate in manly conversations regarding work and politics. They didn’t have equal rights like men did. And they were not given the chance to speak up for themselves to have
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