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Treatment Of Women In Voltaire's Period
... to do. Their level of education was poor. Despite the fact that the Baron had tutors, in the sciences and philosophies, the women in the household were not entitled to any sort of training or education by the philosopher Pangloss. They were not formally taught and if they wanted to learn things, they would have to go to private tutoring without the knowledge of the Baron. Women didn’t know anything about money or about the sciences. Cunègonde, was so fascinated by the sciences that she would hide in the bushes to listen to Pangloss teach a private lesson to her mother’s maid.
The Baroness’s who were wealthy, were viewed primarily as hostesses. The reaso ...
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The Beat Poets And Movement
... different contemporary implications in music, poetry and literature. Literature has been liberated considerably. The poetic form has been changed to inaugurate a new poetic form, an American form. "There was less emphasis on tradition and more emphasis on the individual talent. (www.rohan.sdsu.edu)" One of the most important contributions to contemporary verse was to take poetry out of the classrooms and into non-academic setting-coffee houses, jazz clubs, large public auditoriums and even athletic stadiums. Poetry is more popular and more read than anytime in history, not only spoken poetry but also sung poetry of a high order. "The literature, coordinated by pop ...
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Native Culture Prior To Contact With Europeans
... and Métis. There are four major groups of Indians in Canada. Each group contains many different tribes. The regions the Indians lived in distinguished the different groups and the ways of life they had to adopt to meet their surroundings. There were the Indians of the Pacific coast and mountains, the Plains Indians, those of the St. Lawrence Valley, and finally a large group known as the Indians of the Northeast Woodlands.
The Northern tribes of the Woodland Indians, west of the Hudson Bay, spoke Athabaskan tongue. However the main group is termed Algonquins of the Ottawa -- St. Lawrence region, Micmac of the Maritimes, Montagnais of Québec and Cree and Oj ...
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Violence In Sports
... today (Leonard, p. 166).
Considerable research has been done on spectator violence. A central issue is whether fans incite player violence or reflect it (Debenedotte, p. 207). The evidence is inconclusive. Spectators do take cues from players, coaches, cheerleaders, and one another. Spectators often derive a sense of social identity and self-esteem from a team. Emulation of favorite players is an element of this identification. Group solidarity with players and coaches leads to a view of opposing teams as enemies and fosters hostility towards the "outgroup" and, by extension, its supporters, geographical locale, ethnic group, and perceived social class (Lee, p. ...
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The Enlightenment
... nature and destiny of humanity; these men were materialists, patheists, or atheists. Other enlightened thinkers, such as Pierre BAyle, Voltaire, DAvid Hume, Jean Le ROnd D'alembert, and Immanuel Kant, opposed fanatacism, but were either agnostic or left room for some kind of religious faith.
All of the philosophes saw themselves as continuing the work of the great 17th century pioneers--Francis Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Leibnitz, Isaac Newton, and John Locke--who had developed fruitful methods of rational and empirical inquiry and had demonstrated the possibility of a world remade by the application of knowledge for human benefit. The philosophes believed tha ...
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An Ethical Dilemma
... she would have lost it. Another man, who also wished to not release his name, secured funds through a factoring company to expand his own business, and as a result he is more successful than ever. It is obvious that the factoring companies have provided a valuable service for some, but lets take a look at the dissatisfied customers.
Orion Olson was injured at the age of three by a severe dog bite causing vision and neurological problems. When he turned eighteen he was already homeless but soon received the first $7500 installment of the $75,000 settlement. This money quickly took him off the street but did not last long. He then turned to a large factoring c ...
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Racism In America
... routinely stop black people for traffic
violations, they feel a deep resentment for the O. J. Simpson verdict and look
for any reason to take out their anger on the unlucky black victim” ( Kennedy
72). The only solution to this problem is to eliminate racism.
No one can deny the effect racism has had on America; so we must do our
best to stop it.. to end racism we must be able to understand each other. “ In a
recent poll, 11% of whites thought that blacks were lazy, yet 76% of blacks
think whites think they are lazy” (“color” 41). It is this kind of
misunderstanding that racism thrives on. If we work harder to understand each
other better, racism would have a ...
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Leadership
... you must be a good decision maker, eg. When you are faced with a problem child that will not listen or cooperate with you and the students in your class, then you must take some time and deal with the problem by, making a list of pros and cons of possible solutions in dealing with the problem. Be patient and give the kids a chance, because it might just be a temporary thing. You want to remember though not to exclude or manipulate any one in the class. You must always remember about everyone's feelings and be considerate to all. And in return you will receive respect, which is most important in getting things done.
Right from the first day you have to show ...
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Greed
... the competing businesses that complained. The newspapers expanded on these comments, calling them "robber barons." These are inaccurate terms for these businessmen. They were not barons because they all started penniless and they were not robbers because they did not take it from anyone else.
Vanderbilt got rich by making travel and shipping faster, cheaper, and more luxurious. He built bigger, faster, and more efficient ships. He served food on his ships, which the customers liked and he lowered his costs. He lowered the New York to Hartford fare from $8 to $1. Rockefeller made his fortunes selling oil. He also lowered his costs, making fuel affordable for the wor ...
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Body Modifications
... yet even more painful than the needle. However, this wasn’t even the worst part. After the procedure Suzy left feeling a bit nausea, light-headed, and incredibly sore. It hurt when her clothing touched the area, or when she moved the skin near her navel. Aside from the pain, she felt a sense of satisfaction.
Then there’s Dillon. Dillon was a senior in High School, in fact he had just turned eighteen. Dillon decided to get a tattoo. He spent countless hours deciding on the design he wanted. Then, he visited some of the local tattoo parlors. He wanted to check the atmosphere and cleanliness of each environment. Finally he came to a place where he felt secur ...
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