Does it matter? - losing your legs?... How would you feel if someone asked you this? Good Morning/Afternoon. This term we have been studying propaganda and as you all know propaganda is information‚ ideas‚ or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person‚ group‚ movement‚ institution or nation. Today I will be talking about a poem called “Does it matter?” by Siegfried Sassoon. This poem talks about the struggles of coming back to everyday after the war. As you all know in 1914 there
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Post-apartheid Society “A Matter of Taste” by Alex La Guma Alex La Guma’s short story “A Matter of Taste” talks about the post-apartheid social relationships and conflicts between the mixed races‚ also known as the coloureds and the whites. Through the observation of John‚ the narrator‚ the American Dream is interpreted differently by Whitey and Chinaboy; in other words‚ by the wealthy and respectable whites and the poor non-whites. Throughout the short story‚ various examples of characterization
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Family Matters Families are an important part of society. They not only teach us how to have close interpersonal relationships‚ but they perpetuate our genealogy‚ and help to give value to our self-worth and existence. As depicted in the Disney film “The Lion King”‚ the circle of life allows us as families to learn and grow relationships‚ and pass the knowledge we learned of the past and the present‚ to our future family generations‚ and to carry on our family name. Many would consider this the
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and privatization were on the upswing. Coming of age in the post 60’s era and dealing with chronic mental health problems has changed my perspective on the accessibility of the American dream and its promise of equal opportunity. To put it mildly‚ things did not go according to my expectations. In my own case‚ I grew up with serious privilege‚ so a large part of my financial insecurity is of my own making; at the same time‚ my recovery has exposed me to a diversity of class and ethnic experiences
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The Power of Professionalism The thought around which the entire conversation revolves it that “Professionalism Matters” and it is not about mulling over on making people smarter but “About using better discretion.” Wiersma’s says that professionalism can be used to: 1. Drive organizations to higher levels of performance for their stakeholders. 2. Drive inner efforts to the superior performance of any organization. 3. Decrease the dysfunctional aspect of organizational conflict and politics
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who mind don’t matter and those matter don’t mind”. At a first glance the quote might be small and obvious‚ but when dissected it has a enormous meaning. The quote gives way to the idea that people who don’t like you can be ignored while people that do like you cannot(Geisel). As Geisel wrote‚ those who matter don’t mind. This couldn’t be more true considering if someone really matters to you‚ and you matter to them‚ then they won’t mind you having opinions. An example that matter to a large sum
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Without an education‚ the children in this country cannot grow up to be informed‚ knowledgeable‚ and involved citizen. Educated people know what matters to them and through education they will know what to stand up for. In time‚ the children of today will be the voting majority of tomorrow. Therefore‚ they must understand their rights; the history‚ current events and issues of America and of the world or American democracy will be in jeopardy. Educated people care about the world and they want
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talk as if Race Matters? Unwittingly or quite knowingly people have built systems of inequalities around race but people have also built identity‚ friendships‚ and college mates around it. Nevertheless‚ several people I recently interviewed never appeared to be certain when race was a good thing or when it was a bad thing to talk about‚ which in my mind leaves us all struggling with a particularly intimidating question: When should we talk as if race matters? The culture of
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In life‚ people that seem close to you are known to bring you down. Often in works of literature‚ a character must overcome an obstacle problem or evil force. In the book “A Matter of Trust” in the series “Bluford High” by Anne Schraff‚ the main character Darcy Wills faces a life obstacle. Darcy tries to find a solution of a conflict between her ex best friend Brisana Meeks‚ which she must fight to stop Brisana from interfering between Hakeem Randall and her relationship. During the time she runs
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The short story‚ "A Temporary Matter” invokes both positive and negative feelings in a short amount of time with the quote‚ “She would look around the walls of the room‚ which they had decorated together last summer with a border of marching ducks and rabbits playing trumpets and drums. By the end of August there was a cherry crib under the window‚ a white changing table with mint-green knobs‚ and a rocking chair with checkered cushions.Shukumar had disassembled it all before bringing Shova back
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