CANING AS A SOLUTION By : Luqman Rohaizat (5 Omega 2009) At first thought‚ caning may seem like an inhumane punishment for students‚ who are not yet fully matured in their thinking‚ and are still learning along the way. “It just hurts them‚ physically and emotionally‚ without doing anything else” I hear concerned parents say. But then again‚ is there a more effective way to punish and control students? Moreover‚ nowadays there seems to be a noticeable rise in disciplinary problems involving students
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volcano A volcano is an opening‚ or rupture‚ in the surface or crust of the Earth or a planetary mass object‚ which allows hot lava‚ volcanic ash and gases to escape from the magma chamberbelow the surface. On Earth‚ volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging. Amid-oceanic ridge‚ for example the Mid-Atlantic Ridge‚ has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart; the Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by convergent
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effect of superstitious beliefs on performance expectations Lauren Block & Thomas Kramer Received: 7 January 2008 / Accepted: 15 August 2008 / Published online: 9 September 2008 # Academy of Marketing Science 2008 Abstract We explore superstitious beliefs as a basis of product performance expectations and their impact on initial purchase likelihood and subsequent satisfaction. In doing so‚ we demonstrate instances when superstitiondriven expectations cause consumers to make purchase decisions
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The coming-of-age novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a captivating story about a young boy named Pip who is experiencing all of life’s changes as he grows up. Throughout the book the reader see’s Pip grow for better or worse. Pip’s expectations grow in three stages. The first stage is Pip wanting so badly to be a respectable‚ wealthy gentleman‚ the second is Pip becoming a gentleman in hopes that Estella‚ a cruel hearted wealthy girl‚ will love him. Stage three is when he finally comes
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Simon Benlow’s “Have It Your Way: Consumerism Invades Education”: A Summary Students are being seen as consumers when it comes to their education and the university they choose. Benlow argues that companies are buying access to student’s brains. The phrase “Have it Your Way” is used to describe how the universities keep the students happy and to decide to choose the certain college that pertains to the students’ needs in the best way. The phrase‚ “Have it Your Way” promotes the idea that the university
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job outside the home. Most mothers felt pressured into following the expectations that the community around them had set to be the norm. Attitudes towards mothers of the twentieth century seemed to be in constant turmoil‚ depending on if mothers were benefiting their children or trying to benefit themselves. Motherhood was a rewarding‚ but challenging job. Mothers felt the need to preserve and overcome the stereotypical expectations of what motherhood
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The great philosopher‚ Confucius‚ once said‚ “The expectations of life depend on diligence.” Expectations are everything in life. Where one will end up is completely up to that individual and their work ethic. Expectations can also lead judgement and distrust in individuals that you meet. In the literary classic‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F Scott Fitzgerald‚ there is an overarching theme of how expectations can control our lives. At the beginning of the novel‚ the reader meets Nick Carraway‚ a quiet
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Great expectations Analysing my story board We are reading Great Expectations and our task was to storyboard the opening scene where Pip encounters he convict‚ Magwitch‚ for the first time. I am going to analyse 3 of the 8 frames. First of all‚ I am going to look at Frame number one‚ this is where Pip is at the cemetery mourning over his lot family. I decided to show Pip at the cemetery looking at his parents and his brother’s graves. I did this because it shows a clear and rich understanding
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Tourist & Historical Places | | | | ------------------------------------------------- Qutub Minar About 15 km south of Delhi‚ in Mehrauli‚ this 238 feet and 1 inch high Minar has been referred to as "one of the wonders of world". This soaring tower of victory was built immediately after the defeat of the last Hindu Kingdom in Delhi. Qutb-ud-din Aibak laid its foundation in 1200 A.D. Iltutmish added three more storeys. After damaged by lightning in 1368 A.D. Firuz Shah Tughlaq rebuilt the
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Mainland students hit by rising rents in Hong Kong http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1154850/mainland-students-hit-rising-rents-hong-kong Given a choice‚ mainland undergraduate Judy Su Xiaolin would prefer to stay in a hall of residence to enjoy university life to the full. Instead‚ the second-year politics student at the University of Hong Kong‚ like many other mainland students‚ has to rent a private flat in Western District. Returning to the city after an exchange programme last semester
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