Work- a Burden or a Blessing? Imagine if you could plan your perfect day and have everything fall directly into place. What activities‚ people‚ or events would you include? While in my junior year of high school my perfect day was planned. It was going to be on Memorial Day‚ the day every student looks forward to in California. It’s the first official beach day of the summer and that year it was going to be the best. Summer had come early and it was hot‚ breaking all previous years high temperatures
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In Rudyard Kipling’s poem “The White Man’s Burden” was issued shortly after the Spanish-American War in 1899. It happens to be one of Kipling’s most well-known works and was published in The New York Sun as well as McClure’s Magazine. The poem was set under a theme of imperialism along with racial ideology. Kipling advises the “white men” of the United States to take up the “burden” by civilizing with the individuals from colonized areas (and/or simply non-white people). Ironically‚ this the same
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“We’ve moved from wisdom to knowledge‚ and now we’re moving from knowledge to information‚ and that information is so partial – that we’re creating incomplete human beings.” This quote from Vandana Shiva focuses on the epistemological pyramid which separates knowledge into different organizational functions. Of the three mentioned above (wisdom‚ knowledge‚ and information)‚ information is the most basic interpretation of data and does not require critical thinking from which ideas and theories can
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Global impact and burden of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) Motor vehicle accidents killed around 1.24 million deaths last year worldwide‚ (WHO 2013). This trend of motor vehicle accidents is projected to increase to 3rd of the world’s burden of disease (Shanthi Ameratunga‚ Martha Hijar‚ Robyn Norton 2006) from its current position of 10th in top causes of death worldwide just behind diseases like Diabetes 9th‚ Tuberculosis 8th‚ Lung cancers 9th and HIV/AIDS 8th (WHO 2010). This essay aims to investigate
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Kipling’s poem is condensed with rhetoric and one of the key devices is ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is the belief in inherent superiority of one’s own group and culture. “The White Man’s Burden” is based on white supremacy and the title itself is an example of ethnocentrism. For something to a burden of someone it will have to be a load and a load weighs people down. Kipling obviously compares the slaves to a load. Therefore‚ he states that they are lesser compared to Americans. Which means the
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Edward D. Morel‚ The Black Man’s Burden (1903) Edward Morel (1873-1924) was a French-born British journalist and socialist who drew attention to imperial abuses and led a campaign against slavery in the Belgian Congo. While working for a Liverpool shipping firm in Brussels‚ Morel noticed that the ships leaving Belgium for the Congo carried only guns‚ chains‚ and ammunition‚ but no commercial goods‚ and that ships arriving from the colony came back full of valuable products such as rubber and
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Population; A Human Source Or Burden Zawar Hussain The world population milestone that is sparking a global discussion on today’s most pressing environmental‚ health and justice issues‚ Pakistan’s population has continued to grow at break-neck speed. This has put immense pressure on the resources Pakistan has or can generate. Some would argue that every birth produces a consumer. Increasing population is actually a blessing in Islam‚ Christianity and Judaism. So in religious sense its good
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« The White Man’s Burden » In "The White Man’s Burden" and in "The Recessional"‚ Kipling outlines his idealistic concept of empire which is based on service and sacrifice. England sends some of their best man to defend and help India. The white man has the mission to civilize the Indians. It is their responsibility to culture them‚ to put them on the right path. They are there to make India a better place to live and bring the population up to date on the style of living. This journey will
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Rudyard Kipling “The White Man’s Burden” Kipling’s poem was viewed in the same way as Lord Curzon‚ the viceroy of India from 1898 to 1905 CITATION Jos \l 1033 (Symes). Kipling urged the British and the Americans to “take up the white man’s burden”. Lord Curzon was concerned about the British position in the world‚ urging economic investment and warned of the need to fortify India’s borders against Russia. Curzon worried that the British would be worn down by resistance to the raj and that‚ confronted
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Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow‚ it empties today of its strength.” I know too well what this quote’s meaning is and I am not the only one. We all have felt Anxious in our lives. Rather than it be due to some simple worrying such as being anxious before a test‚ in the doctor’s office‚ or meeting someone’s parents for the first time. Anxiety is a lot different than feeling an emotion once and awhile. Every few times a month under extreme pressure. An Anxiety disorder is the most common
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