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    Whenever we are seeking to find out the ORIGIN of something‚ we are asking the question‚ "Where did it begin?"   "How did it all begin?"   "How did it originate?"  "Where did it come from?" In this chapter we are concerned about the origin of man. How did man begin? How did the human race get started? Who are my ancestors? One of the most important questions facing every man‚ woman‚ boy and girl is the question WHERE DID HUMANS COME FROM? How did man originate? Of course‚ this question can be answered

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    Adversity‚ or as some may say struggle‚ is inevitable and unavoidable. The question that arises from overcoming adversity is value or meaning that comes from difficult times and/or catastrophic events. “ That which we obtain too easily‚ we esteem to lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value.” Thomas Paine is reflecting his belief that people tend to naturally care more about things that come or seem easy. Any human being will value only what they struggle for. People do value for

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    Girls Can We Educate We Dads? Diction. “Girls can we educate we dads” is a poem written by James Berry‚ a Jamaican poet in the 1900’s which speaks about a girl who criticizes her dad’s stereotypical views about girls’ behavior and thoughts. The main message or theme that the author is trying to send to the reader is that involving stereotyping‚ generalization‚ and sexism and how these thoughts are present in many men all around the world yet are not true. This poem consists of many factors

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    Theory of Knowledge “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. Name: Carlos Hill Quinta Candidate Number: 0650 035 Word count: 1‚495 People are aware of reality just how they see it and how they live it. People perceive things how they understand it which sometimes can lead to conflicts and discussions on the fact that each person can perceive things differently. One way speaking people perceive and understand

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    We see and understanding things not as they are‚ but as we are. Discuss the claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. People grow in different societies‚ in different cultures‚ people have own experience and knowledge. From the beginning of our life we all are different. By the law of nature we cannot be the same. This claim states that we see and understand things not as they are‚ but as we are so we cannot understand or see something objectively (as they are) because we add our opinion

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    We Real Cool Analysis

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    We real cool is a poem written in 1960 by a woman named Gwendolyn Brooks. The poem is about men who spent much of their time in pool halls. These men are those who chose to live the fast life and die early. The writer’s words can lead the reader to believe that the cats in the pool hall are rebels and rebels die young. A message is being delivered to the reader. The usage of alliteration and metaphors are used to sound cool and attract the attention of the audience. The appearance of the word we

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    How we develop

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    Learning how we develop to become who we are is a hard concept to understand and its something that we may not ever be able to understand completely. Why is it that even if a brother and sister are raised in the same household and taught the exact same things in the exact same ways‚ that they develop differently. One may develop and learn their abilities fast and become a brilliant student during high school‚ but the other is barely passing and struggling to develop his skills. Many psychologists

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    TOK Prescribed Title essay ”We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. This essay will attempt to show that the title claim is correct. In order to do this an analysis will be made to show how ways of knowing such as sense perception‚ emotion and reason have an impact on how the knower perceives reality and the world. This task will be carried out while taking into account the areas of knowledge and analyzing the

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    We, The Immortals

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    We‚ The Immortals While The Immortals by Martin Amis is “local” in that it is written from the perspective of an English-speaker using humor that appeals to other English-speakers (“New Zealand‚ I find‚ is pretty dead at the best of times”)‚ its themes and motifs are truly universal. This is due to two main reasons: first‚ because the protagonist himself is so essentially human in his thinking and behavior‚ and second‚ because the examination of immortality in fictional story form has existed for

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    How We Are Influenced

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    How We Are Influenced Social psychology is the “scientific study of how people think about‚ influence‚ and relate to one another” (Myers‚ 2010‚ p. 4). There are many different “external social forces” (Myers‚ 2010‚ p. 8) that influence our thoughts‚ feelings‚ behaviors and attitudes‚ such as our family‚ peers‚ culture and gender; all of which persuade us in one direction or another. Any social situation we may encounter can be so powerful that it “leads us to act contrary to our expressed

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