We wouldn ’t want to stop it. It ’s the same process that cures diseases: technological progress. Technological progress means making things do more of what we want. When the thing we want is something we want to want‚ we consider technological progress good. If some new technique makes solar cells x% more efficient‚ that seems strictly better. When progress concentrates something we don ’t want to want—when it transforms opium into heroin—it seems bad. But it ’s the same process at work. Could you
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My Favourite Quotation about Love “By blood‚ I am Albanian. By citizenship‚ an Indian. By faith‚ I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling‚ I belong to the world. As to my heart‚ I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.”Hearing these words‚ can you guess who she is? Yes‚ that is Mother Teresa and my fovourite quotation about love is just from her-------“not all of us can do great things‚ but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa had devoted her whole life to minister to the poor‚ sick
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For Teacher and Teaching I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Experience teaches only the teachable. Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963) The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. Anatole France (1844 -
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Exoticism‚ Extirpation‚ Ambivalence‚ and Identity: Flora in Kincaid’s “My Brother” Jamaica Kincaid’s “My Brother” is a mini-epic about disjointed family‚ loss of identity and absolution‚ all of which are represented quite distinctly in the story through setting—more specifically‚ by the plant life in the story. Symbolism‚ I feel‚ should not be part of a universal lexicon; artistically superior symbols are only tied to specific works (while less talented authors use symbols from the extensive canon
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short trop fest film “Be My Brother” by Genevieve Clay 2009‚ represents these ideas through the films central characters. The film deals with society and people with disabilities feeling displaced within society due to prejudices. It also displays the notions of disconnection and isolation within the family home of the main character and his brother. The viewer here develops a strong connection to the idea of alienation and not belonging. The short film “Be My Brother” explores the concept of
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The person that influences me the most is my dad. He is well educated. Also he is very helpful. In addition to that he is kind. I want to emulate him when I grow up. My dad is well educated because he graduated from Clark College with two AA degrees‚ the degree was in accounting and the other was medical billing and coding. He has a really great memory and can memorize things easily. My dad is always there for me and helps me with many things like my homework. He helps me practice outside for
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MY BROTHER‚ MY EXECUTIONER F. SIONIL JOSE Characterization Don Vicente is the landlord who appears as the central figure in the story. He is also Luis Asperri’s father. However‚ his character is nothing but a stereotype of the rich – powerful‚ thus‚ usually hated and who also had an affair with a poor tenant. Luis Asperri is the product of the abovementioned affair. He spent his boyhood with his mother in Sipnget but later on lived with Don Vicente in Manila. There he studied and
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The Truth about the Chicken Nugget Have you ever met anyone that hasn’t tried a chicken nugget? Probably not‚ unless you have traveled to a remote part of this planet where the chicken nugget does not exist. The fact is that most humans ate the chicken nugget‚ but they don’t have the slightest clue of who created the concept. That “prototype of the nugget”‚ as stated in “The Father of the Chicken Nugget‚” was created by Robert C. Baker. This article was written by Maryn McKenna‚ “a senior
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each life’s battle. “Do unto others as you wish others did unto you.” This particular saying or quotation somehow alters the conventional way of saying the famous “golden rule”. In life‚ kindness and generosity should always be shown and acted upon or done unto other people so as to make life have a chain of kindness and generosity within the community around the world. If this quotation is kept in mind and applied‚ life would be more likely become pleasant and peaceful‚ for things that
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My Brother‚ My Executioner - a novel by Filipino author Francisco Sionil José written in Philippine English. A part of the so-called Rosales Saga - a series of five interconnected fiction novels - My Brother‚ My Executioner ranks third in terms of chronology. In the United States‚ My Brother‚ My Executioner was published as a second part of the book‚ Don Vicente‚ together with Tree‚ another novel which is also a part of José’s Rosales Saga. Tree is the second novel of the historical saga‚ before
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