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    Yuri Cooley L. Walker English 101 MW5pm 10/6/2011 Education Systems Around The World The United States excels in the creative aspect of schooling whereas Chinese students are much better at receiving direct instruction. Japanese students have very high test scores and a very high university attendance‚ but in Australia more students go into vocational schools or the workforce after high school. (Noel 99‚102‚103)The differences of education systems in the United States‚ China‚ Japan

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    Part 1 Diseases come from all over the world‚ because of globalization many new diseases have spread around the world. Globalization brought about new measures to systematically to preventing‚ identifying‚ and combating foreign diseases: Surveillance Immunization Research Improved sanitation and living conditions Price of drugs Part 2 Globalization can provide both opportunities and concerns Although globalization can cause concerns‚ it can also have benefits when it comes to dealing with

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    Why is it important to learn about different cultures? Why is it important to learn about different cultures? Does it really matter? Why should we take time off to learn about a person who is different? What does this do for us? These are very important questions which are asked frequently. I think we all are different but are the same at the same time. We might have different beliefs or opinions but we are all humans. I believe it is important for people to learn about other cultures because

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    human nature is not universal and context can be understood differently depending on cultural backgrounds or individual experience. Why did the author initially expect Hamlet to be universal and why did it turn out not to be universal as she thought? How did these different patterns of interethnic communication lead to miscommunication and mistranslation? Which cultural practices in Hamlet were interpreted differently by the Tiv elders and why? As a teacher‚ what cultural relativism do you see in this

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    than half of Americas are without health coverage. On the other side the world places like Germany and Japan required that everyone has insurance. In the videos‚ Sick Around the World and Sick Around America‚ Frontline examines the health care system in the United States and parts of the world such as‚ England‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Taiwan‚ and Switzerland‚ for some responses about health care. In the video Sick Around the World‚ Frontline travel to Britain‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Taiwan‚ and Switzerland to

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    Cultural Shock * Cultural Context * High-Context Culture * Low-Context Culture * Individualism * Collectivism * Masculine * Feminine Why Study Culture? * Globalization * Rise in intercultural Shock * Avoid Culture ShockCultural Contexts * What is cultural Context? * The relative emphasis different cultures place on nonverbal communication * High-Context culture * Low-Context cultureCulture Values * What are culture values? * Four categories of cultural values:

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    Beauty in Different Cultures The philosophy of supreme beauty in art is an idea that has always been relentlessly changing. The 15th-16th century Renaissance period followed the Middle Ages in Europe‚ and thus the Renaissance perception of beauty was an accumulation of realistic and classically beautiful ideals as a revival in classical learning came about. Additionally‚ Renaissance art attempted to demonstrate an appreciation for the beauty of the natural world. Conversely‚ art from the Romanticism

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    Informative Speech- Wedding Traditions around the world. Topic- Marriage rituals around the world. Purpose statement-Even though getting married is one of the things we all share in the world‚ everyone has their own unique way of doing it. Organizational Pattern- Specific Introduction     Attention Getter- Wasn’t the day of your wedding one of the most special days of your life? I got married last year‚ a big full traditional wedding‚ and it was definitely very special and very memorable

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    Child Prostitution Around the World Young innocent children in various parts of the world find themselves engaged in commercial exploitation with an older males or sometimes females. Often the children find themselves in this situation after being sold by a relative for money as a result of intense poverty‚ “other young people are recruited into prostitution‚ pressure from parents‚ or through deceptive agreements (justice.org). I am very determined to fight this growing problem by educating

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    Discrimination Around the World Around the world‚ people face discrimination regarding religion and race whether they are natural born citizens or immigrants; whether they are rich or poor. Discrimination is a major problem everyone faces at some point in their lives. In 1939‚ Jewish people faced many problems with discrimination based on how they looked and what they believed in‚ which led to the massacre of the Jewish people. Today‚ people face discrimination with religion‚ race‚ as well as immigration

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