THE GROWTH OF INTELLECTUAL AND ACADEMIC INTERGRITY IN NIGERIA The cultural attitude in Nigeria(especially in the western part of Nigeria)‚ before the era of globalisation was that no one could own words or knowledge. Folk tales‚ stories and even the Yoruba history was passed down orally from one generation to the next and nobody has really been able to pin point the source or origin of these tales till date. This is evidenced by some Yoruba literature books (YORUBA LEGENDS by M. I. Ogunmefu and
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Liberal Groupthink Is Anti-Intellectual Reaction Paper 2 Groupthink in the educational setting is a real serious issue. Academia has long been accused of it. The article “Liberal Groupthink Is Anti-Intellectual” by Mark Bauerlein is an excellent piece in describing the existence of groupthink in the educational arena and communicating its effects to the reader. I selected this article as it directly impacts me as a student but more importantly the article brought up something relevant in
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Today’s society is a very "powerful anti-intellectual society". As Northrop Frye has stated in the article "Don’t you think it’s time to start thinking?" I also agree that today’s society is very anti-intellectual. Teenagers are exposed to video games‚ drugs‚ violence‚ slang‚ and many other things that do not want to think. These things make teenagers choose the wrong path. From the age of ten we are given video games as birthday presents‚ or even by our parents for no apparent reason. I believe
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SYNOPSIS Topic: Understanding unfair Competition in Intellectual Property. Authors: Suyash Sinha (Roll: 56) & Vaibhav Tyagi (Roll: 46) [BBA(LLB)Hons.‚ VIIIth Semester] Summary: The idea of unfair competition has been around for some time and was mentioned as one of the ways of protecting intellectual property as early as 1900 in the Brussels revision of the Paris Convention. It can best be seen as practices that distort the free operation of intellectual property and the reward system that it provides
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The intellectual elements between 1861-1865 led the Civil War to be declared as the first modern war. These larger‚ modern armies used new emerging technologies of the Industrial Revolution (Keene‚ 387). The telegraph was one example of new technologies used during this time. It made instant communication more possible and easier to obtain across large stretches of territory. Railroads helped move supplies and reinforcements across many miles in less than a day. However‚ the thing that made this
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Chapter 3 Exercise / Problems: #1 p. 113 1. [Business Organization and Intellectual Property] Phil Young‚ founder of the Pedal Pushers Company‚ has developed several prototypes of a pedal replacement for children’s bicycles. The Pedal Pusher will replace existing bicycle pedals with an easy-release stirrup to help smaller children hold their feet on the pedals. The Pedal Pusher will glow in the dark and will provide a musical sound as the bicycle is pedaled. Phil plans to purchase materials for
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P4: physical‚ intellectual‚ emotion and social development for each life stages of an individual http://www.livestrong.com/article/109222-physical-development-children-ages-years/ http://www.kidsdevelopment.co.uk/emotionaldevelopmentchildren.html 0-3 years Physical development During the first three years of life‚ humans transition from complete physical dependence to independence with a majority of basic self-help and mobility skills. While the exact timeline differs from child to child‚ all new-borns
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in a more universal religion‚ a religion that began on consumerism and paved way toward the goal of economic freedom. American consumerism not only provided the basis of the economy in the United States‚ but introduced the country to cultural individualism as well. First and foremost‚ one of the driving factors that led to the discovery of the new world and colonization of the Americas
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E.E. Cummings- Defender of Individualism and Non-Conformity E. E. Cummings established himself as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century‚ triumphing in hundreds of poems that struck his readers with a sense of awe and imagination. Cummings’ poems stand out among other poems as amazingly unique. Cummings was a staunch advocator of the individual‚ going against the grain of traditional‚ conformist poet. Cummings experimented with words on a page to make pictures and called it poetry;
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Intellectual Merits of Television Steven Johnson wrote an article “Watching TV makes you smarter. In his article he explains how watching television can help you make a smarter person. He uses examples from several TV shows and series that may be affecting our brain activity even when we don’t realize it. He try to reach to audience from teenagers to older adults. He makes some good points in his argument as well. He argue that TV isn’t necessarily a bad thing‚ but too much of anything is never
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