Why is Literature so Important Anyway? Literature is the foundation of life. While it is physically written in words‚ these words come alive in the imagination. Literature enables people to see everything in a whole different prospective; it is a journey that is inscribed in pages. Literature provides a gateway to teach the reader about life experiences through reading‚ from the saddest stories‚ to the most joyful ones that will touch their hearts. From a very young age‚ many are exposed to literature
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior There are many different ways to raise your child‚ and there certainly seems to be a clear-cut difference between the ethics of upbringing children in the dissimilar cultures of the world. One of the more prominent and discussable ways of upbringing is the Chinese way‚ a topic which has been written about in an article in The Wall Street Journal by Amy Chua. “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” is the name of the article‚ published on January 8th in 2011‚ a name that
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior B “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”‚ is an article written by the 48-year-old lawyer and mother Amy Chua. The article is published in The Wall Street Journal on January 8th in 2011. In the article Amy Chua focuses on how the western parents up bring their children versus how the Chinese parents up bring their children. The receivers of the article are the western parents because she wants them to lean from the Chinese parents. Though the whole article
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B “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” To the east where the sun rises every morning‚ we find China. We often see their culture as very different from ours and therefor it seems like their “world” is far more distant then it actually is. We are all human and coexisting on this old planet but it is like their world is from another place in the universe and that separates them from us. In her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Amy Chua highlights one of the many differences that shows the
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fists at people who seem to have not learned to respect them. We develop great respect for people we consider pure and lose respect for those we discover to be artificial‚ and so we may try to respect only those who are truly worthy of our respect. In reality at some level‚ all people are worthy of respect. Respect is also important in today’s society. If you want a job and go to an interview for one‚ and you are rude to the boss you are most likely not going to get the job. Jobs and relationships
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practical skills‚ prerequisites of knowledge‚ and symbol sense are all elements of quantitative literacy. I would consider cultural appreciation to be my weakest element of quantitative literacy since I don’t have a full understanding of the role mathematics play in inquiry‚ progress‚ and the comprehension of issues. I would deem practical skills as my strongest element of quantitative literacy since I regularly find myself applying mathematics to solve problems I
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swim‚ drive a car‚ or use self defense. Why is this skill so important you may ask? Easy‚ when a person can not breathe or a person’s body can’t circulate blood properly cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can restore the circulation of oxygen and blood flow to the brain and other vital organs. Without proper oxygen flow to the brain a person can suffer permanent brain damage or even death in less than 8 minutes. (Naval Hospital Corpsman workbook 4-18) Ok so now we know CPR is useful but who’s to
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been one of my favorite sports ever since I was little. When I was little I didn’t really know how to play soccer because I was shy and did not want to go near the ball therefore I was really bad. Now that I’m a senior I have realized in the years that I have played that there are a lot of tears‚ injuries‚ hard work and friendships. I have made many friendships while playing soccer. I would literally trade anything to play soccer again‚ even though it is difficult it was definitely worth my time and
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Various threads are needed to form one unique quilt. Similarly‚ a mother quilts together the best and diverse threads of life to form one unique identity in which a child lives with forever. In the poem "My Mother Pieced Quilts" by Teresa Palomo Acosta‚ the mother chooses the different aspects of the quilt‚ forms those aspects to make one quilt‚ and releases that one quilt on which it lives. In the beginning‚ the mother must choose the best treads to form the quilt. This this poem includes a barrage
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Perseverance‚ it’s what drives the world we live in today. It shows up in our lives every day. It showed up in my life when I got the opportunity to play AAA hockey in Detroit. It happened to me when I was in sixth grade. It was even prominent when one student got a chance to improve his acting ability through volunteering. It gives many the chances they might normally not get. Perseverance is the drive that everyone has they just may not know yet. When I was fifteen years old I got the opportunity
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