investigation began into this area in the late 1960s‚ historians have increasingly divided into two contrasting camps of opinion‚ those advocating "continuity" in child rearing practices‚ and those emphasising "change". As there is little evidence of what childhood was really like in the past‚ it is incredibly difficult for historians to reconstruct the life of a child‚ much more the "experience" of being a child. In so many ways‚ the history of childhood is a history that slips through our fingers
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What are small classes ? Small classes are classes that aren’t small in size but inthe amount of students. They usually include a minimum of 13 to a maximum of 17 students. Are small classes better ? Small classes are defind by researches that show gains in achievement. Professor Sypros Konstanpoulos from the Michigan State University found that several consecutive years of small classes in early elementary school benefits and helps students of all achievement levels after he did a study about
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they tend to promote happiness… By happiness is intended pleasure‚ and the absence of pain”. In other words‚ which ever action provides the larger amount of happiness (or the least amount of pain) is always the better choice in any situation. In the case of the trolley‚ we will use the latter half of the definition of happiness. Now‚ as a true utilitarian‚ the obvious choice would be to save the five mothers and their children‚ and let my mother be killed‚ for this outcome produces less pain than the
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This can be seen in many types of literature. Where there is a character that is figuratively blind compared to others around them. One example is in “Antigone” written by Sophocles. In the story‚ Antigone‚ there are two distinct characters that are blind Antigone and Creon. Antigone was sent to death by Creon because she tried to give her brother a proper funeral when Creon said not to. In jail Antigone said she had no other choice but to kill herself and so she did. She was blind to the fact that
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and Euthyphro were in court‚ one facing charges on impiety the other‚ and the came to prosecute his own father. Socrates decided to have chat with Euthyphro regarding piety so that he can get points or to win the case against Meletus. Moreover‚ Euthyphro himself stated that he knows what is holy and unholy as Euthyphro was a man considered educated in religious affairs. Also Euthyphro claimed to be all wise‚ which would make him a Sophist‚ But Socrates made no claims and declared himself uneducated
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Efficiency is a concept intuitively associated with business and economics‚ rather than philosophy. For most of philosophy’s history‚ efficiency remained a concept predominantly untouched‚ and was secondary to metaphysical and epistemological questions. In modern times‚ this has changed and the concept of efficiency has played an increasingly important role within the various contemporary philosophical traditions. This is no more apparent than in postmodernism. Although controversial to categorize
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and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are just to name some of the many. While these three pieces of literature are no doubt moving‚ the two greatest pieces of work everyone ought to read are The Odyssey by Homer and Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Between these two stories we are taken on a journey through two men’s lives that seek action‚ adventure‚ and revenge. From these two great works of literature‚ The Odyssey and Hamlet‚ we can take away several literal‚ metaphorical‚ and moral values that can
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SACCO AND VANZETTI Sacco and Vanzetti were victims of the short-lived Red Scare‚ which was the United States’ fear of the growing power of Communists‚ or Reds. When a factory paymaster was robbed and murdered along with his guard‚ Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested after witnesses described the murderers as being Italian. Sacco was a shoemaker and Vanzetti was a fish peddler. Despite the fact that they had alibis and that there was only circumstantial evidence against them‚ they
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leadership of In-N-Out Burger. Was his young age an asset or a liability for leadership of the company? Explain you answer. Take a position Does age really matter in the first place? I think the age didn’t really matter. It’s the experience or knowledge that makes the difference. Rich was young when his father had him involved in the business‚ so by the time he passed Rich should’ve been able to lead the company. Age doesn’t matter if you have enough passion‚ drive and knowledge of what you are doing
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RESEARCH DESIGN The Research design that the researchers will use is the quantitative research design‚ according to (Rudison C.) that using a descriptive design can effectively design a pre-structured questionnaire with both open-ended and closed-ended question and also that the information gathered can be statistically presented in this type of research design because they are describing on what are the possible effects of having road elevation in a particular place especially in Barangay Malanday
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