What does loyalty mean? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines loyal as “having or showing complete and constant support for someone or something” and loyalty as “the quality or state of being loyal”. I agree with that statement. When I think of the word loyalty the first thing that that comes to mind is complete trust‚ openness‚ transparency and being there for one another. Today I am going to talk about loyalty in a relationship‚ specifically loyalty between a husband and wife. I also interviewed
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What does it mean to Learn? Learning is an incredibly complex process that does not have a clearly defined biochemical or physiological mechanism of action. I suspect if you asked a cohort people what it means to learn you would get many divergent‚ yet similar definitions. In my opinion learning can be many things: instant‚ gradual‚ external‚ or internal. Yet beneath these straightforward criterion there is one unifying principle about learning –it results in an intrinsic change in a subject. Once
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importance of our cultures. How does our cultural identity define us‚ if at all—and what exactly does it mean to be an American? Throughout history‚ and despite a past peppered with racial discrimination‚ America has always been an amalgamation of countless cultural identities. With this in mind‚ it can be safely said that in today’s society‚ race most definitely matters. Before the reasons of why race matters can be determined‚ we must first define what it means to be an American‚ the concept of
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What I feel the definition of being an adult means to be mature and responsible with your things that you have to do in life to life basics. Age doesn’t have anything to do with being mature or being in the adult section. It’s about self realization of you becoming mature. Some people when there maturing there starting college‚ or a new job‚ or even just going through with your life. When you are an adult you can make life judgments without any ones help from family or friends. You start identifying
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benefits‚ leaving little to their less developed partners. As the first paragraph in the book Globalization for development has noted‚ ”(t)he relationship between globalization and poverty is not well understood. For many‚ globalization is held out as the only means by which global poverty can be reduced. For others‚ globalization is seen as an important cause of global poverty”. However‚ the
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to see the full picture‚ not just a certain field of vision. There are many different interpretations of what enlightenment is‚ and what the path to enlightenment is like. How does one examine the many different perceptions of enlightenment? Plato - a Greek philosopher‚ Walt Whitman - an American poet‚ and Fr. Adolfo Nicolás - the Superior General of the Jesuits have all discussed what it means to be enlightened. Their interpretations of the path and state of being enlightened vary in places‚ but
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famous poem from Lewis Carroll‚ I was in fifth grade. I recalled thinking‚ I must be doing something right. I had created some words my own and found myself vindicated. In the sequel Through the Looking Glass as an Alice’s second Adventure‚ and what Alice encounter there. Carroll used his playful nature one more time when in the first chapter Alicia reads a poem called the Jabberwocky. In the first chapter‚ Alicia‚ crossing the mirror of her house‚ finds an inverted book of poems that can only
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Marines represent what it means to be a perfect warrior and a gentleman. In the 1800’s battles were fought with what is now known as rules of war. A Marine Corps General of a modern army in those days wanted to be seen as a gentleman and therefore demanded the respect that a gentleman would receive both on and off the battlefield. In order to receive that respect‚ it was said that a battle should be fought humanly or as a gentleman. Though in most armies only officers were considered gentlemen
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What does it mean to be Caribbean? To be Caribbean is sitting together with family laughing and crying eating home cooked meals seasoned with the rich herbs and spices of the land washed by the Caribbean Sea. Being Caribbean is sugar spice and everything nice. We as a people give helping hands to one another ignoring what race or culture we come from because it is natural to us because everyone is mixed; being Caribbean is adapting and accepting to things that seem different to others but is
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accidents. Why does God allow this to take place? Blake uses the creation of the Tyger as a metaphor for the creation of suffering “What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?” The ‘immortal hand’ clearly refers to the almighty who fashions the ‘fearful symmetry’ of the beast. Blake wonders where in heaven or hell did God find the inspiration to make such a fearsome creature: “In what distant deeps or skies burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare
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