To be inducted into the National Honor Society is not a right‚ but a privilege. There are four important components that one must excel in in order to be inducted – scholarship‚ leadership‚ community service‚ and character. As I speak to you now about scholarship‚ I realize that I must first define what scholarship actually is. All of you today that are being inducted into the National Honor Society should consider yourself scholars. A scholar‚ by definition‚ is a distinguished academic or one who
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The King of the New Kingdom filled a position of much importance in Ancient Egypt‚ both culturally and politically. It was his (infrequently her) role to be not only seen as a leader‚ hunter‚ warrior‚ builder‚ administrator and ruler of an empire‚ but also as a central figure in religion and religious practices. In order to maintain his position of authority and leader status‚ the King was prominent in Egyptian artwork and was often depicted in reliefs and royal statues. He would be shown wearing
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The Importance of the Baths to Roman Society‚ The Uses and who used them How important were the baths in the Roman world? A modern scholar Fikret Yegül sums up the significance of Roman baths in the following way "The universal acceptance of bathing as a central event in daily life belongs to the Roman world and it is hardly an exaggeration to say that at the height of the empire‚ the baths embodied the ideal Roman way of urban life. Apart from their normal hygienic functions‚ they provided
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Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere assess the view that‚ in today’s society the family is losing its functions. As stated in Item 2B‚ the family fulfils a number of important functions for individuals and for society‚ such as the socialisation of children and the stabilisation of adult personalities. However‚ some sociologists suggest that‚ in today’s society‚ the family is losing its importance as these functions are being taken over by other institutions; for example‚ nurseries have an
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the role of the family in society. [33 marks] Functionalism is a structuralist theory; this meaning that it sees social structure (the social organisation of society) as more important than individuals. Functionalist sociologists believe that people have a range of basic needs that must be met if society is to run smoothly. Different groups and individuals in society are important because they perform certain functions which meet society’s needs. Functionalism supports the family in nearly every
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Infertility Rates In Present-Day Canada Phase Five Amanda Fischer Ms.Thiel Due: December 12‚ 2012 Introduction In the last ten to twenty years there has been an increase in infertility among women. This report is being designed to answer the following question: What are the causes of infertility in present-day Canada? The purpose of answering this question is to make women aware of the possible causes of infertility so fertile
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Media performs very important functions in the society. In modern democratic nation‐state system it is considered as the fourth pillar of the state whose functions are indispensible for the smooth and effective functioning of a society. It is the dire need of today’s globalized people to be aware of their surroundings. Therefore everyone gets information through easy accessible sources of media. Mainly mass media is involved in providing latest information about whole world‚ national‚ and local events
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men started doing this sort of thing‚ they liked the feeling of soft skin and sleeker hair‚ cleaner cuticles and less chest hair. However‚ this meant that society had to have a severe change of mind‚ suddenly they had to accept that what was usually only done by women could also be done by men. And in changing times‚ this was something society didn’t in fact want to change‚ so it ended up being attributed to men of homosexual orientation since in the end if women got manicures to attract men then
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for society. As a free society‚ the people have the right to desire change and act upon it. Great advocates in the past have used peaceful resistance and successfully demonstrated their desires and opinions through the act of civil disobedience‚ and have made a positive impact on society when intentions are righteous. Overall‚ civil disobedience and peacefully resistance promote various positive ideas to the people‚ bring the people together‚ and can have a positive impact on society. Society has
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IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY The word family has multiple meanings in the dictionary. It is ‘a social unit living together’ or ‘parents and their children‚ considered as a group‚ whether dwelling together or not’. In a broader term‚ relatives can also be added to this group. But it is much more than that. Family is the first learning place of an individual in this world. Starting from childhood till old age‚ he learns everything from his family. He sees his family members walking and starts trying that
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