I have chosen to study this course, Primary Education, as I have always been very interested in pursuing a career in teaching young children, as I believe it is a very rewarding job. I am currently studying SWAP (Scottish Wider Access Programme) Social Sciences at Dundee and Angus College, where I hope to achieve the qualifications to progress to university. Primary Teaching is of interest to me as I have a wide understanding of subjects, during my time in school...
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Introduction An agreement is a fundamental aspect of human interaction, serving as the backbone of various relationships and transactions. Whether it's a formal contract between businesses or a simple verbal understanding between friends, agreements play a pivotal role in maintaining harmony and facilitating cooperation in society. In this essay, I would like to explore the importance of making correct agreements, the benefits they offer, and how they contribute to the overall growth and stability of individuals and communities. How to...
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Introduction As the sun peeked over the horizon, casting a warm glow on the world, I felt a mix of excitement and nervousness coursing through my veins. It was my very first day at school, a milestone in my young life that marked the beginning of a new adventure. I had butterflies in my stomach as I stepped into the unknown, eager to explore the mysteries that lay ahead. Little did I know that this day would be filled with...
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Introduction In the tapestry of nature's wonders, butterflies stand out as exquisite masterpieces. Their graceful flight and vibrant colors have captivated the human imagination for centuries. Butterflies belong to the order Lepidoptera, a diverse group of insects known for their scale-covered wings and remarkable metamorphic life cycle. This essay delves into the enchanting world of butterflies, exploring their classification, life cycle, behavior, and the wonder they bring to our lives. Classification Butterflies are classified under the order Lepidoptera, which also...
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Have you ever wondered what it is like to exchange lives with somebody for a week or maybe even a day? What if it was with a plantation worker that is employed by a strawberry farm? Yes, no, maybe so? Well, do not be afraid to ponder over it, because the article “In the Strawberry Fields” by Eric Schlosser, describes the daily life of a worker. It acknowledges the numerous complications and hurdles that they have to overcome daily. Schlosser...
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The Temperature at Which Books Burn Ray Bradbury satirically views the world through Fahrenheit 451 by portraying society’s complacency with the problems developing within itself, extending from an absence of personal relationships to a reliance on technological innovations to a ridiculous extent. Thus complacency has overruled the gift of knowledge with disregard. The problems seen in Fahrenheit 451 can accurately compare to modern reality. These were the issues that Ray Bradbury anticipated to be true regarding what was to come...
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Although The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss is recognized as a children’s book, a more in-depth analysis of the story reveals it also relates to certain ideas of psychology. One of the ideas from psychology expressed through the story comes from Sigmund Freud. Freud was a psychologist who believed a person’s personality had three parts: the Id, the Ego, and the Superego. The Id is part of the personality that is impulsive and primitive, the Superego is part...
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Everyone knows that America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, and you might expect it to have one of the best healthcare systems in the world. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. With this being said, you could probably conclude that it probably doesn’t have the highest life expectancy and it's true. For instance “In 2017, a total of 2,813,503 resident deaths were registered in the United States—69,255 more deaths than in 2016.” We see people every day...
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“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.” In society today, the ideals of how individuals are expected to look are everywhere. Expectations of body image can be found all over, whether it be in a magazine with an ultra-thin model, the friend who is always obsessing over her weight, or the mother telling her child that he or she needs to lose weight. The media, peers, and family can have a significant influence on body image which can lead...
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The Great Meadow by Brian Donahue is an in-depth description of the landscape and agriculture of colonial New England. Despite modern arguments, he explains that the environment was not decimated by the harsh farming conditions that destroyed the prospect of growing crops. On the contrary, the book actually defends the settlers’ ability to sustain and upkeep the land, so that produce would thrive each year. It is a better argument that colonial farming in New England was just as damaging...
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Death is unavoidable. We make arrangements for the afternoon and do not mull over how those plans can be removed in a split second. The occasion is undesirable, and no one knows how to adapt to the news of losing someone they know. I never contemplated it myself, until I was looked at with the stun and irrefutable truth of my cousin's passing. Although healing from such a traumatic event might seem impossible. I was able to discover the good...
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To start out, we live in a democracy and republic based on what we believe in, but a democracy is a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people, and in some cases, it can even be directed by the people, so we vote for who runs the government. I feel that democracy is a good state of government and it keeps us in order and helps our country thrive as we go into new things, like...
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In Euthyphro, why does Socrates want to know what Piety is? Why was Socrates happy to run into Euthyphro, and where and when he did? Was Euthyphro helpful to Socrates? Yes, no, why? Socrates has been persecuted by Meletus for corrupting the youth, inventing new gods, and denying the existence of old ones, therefore, Socrates wants Euthyphro (a supposed great theologian) to explain what piety is so he can defend himself in the court so Euthyphro claims to know the...
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A law exists that states that you are not allowed to treat people with disabilities differently because they are disabled or require any special requirements for example a guide or assistance dog. It is forbidden to not permit them into shops so why are they not allowed into school, isn’t that breaking the law? There are over 7000 people with autism that rely on guide dogs in the UK, and that’s not even counting people with disabilities or who are...
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When attempting to set a goal for anything, I tend to struggle, with numerous ideas running through my mind. ‘Which is the best one to decide with.’ That is the question, so when I was asked about setting a goal for why I am studying K219, I was very surprised at how easy it came to me. My goal is to complete my course. I don’t feel this is too unrealistic, after completing K101 last year, considering I had been...
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In the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Kathy was a young lady living a secret life. Everything she did seemed to be private but everyone around her seemed to be just like her. Many times in novels the cultural, physical, and geographical surroundings shape a character. Ishiguro uses Kathy ́s journey and realizations to show how one's surroundings, both cultural and physical affect one's thoughts and therefore actions and relationships. During the novel Kathy and her two...
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“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” is a quote by Sean Covey. It intends for people to listen not for the sake of it but for the reason to understand the other person. In the book 7 Habits of highly effective teens, Sean Covey intends to give modern-day teens the right guides and knowledge to succeed and persevere in their future lives through the concept of the 3 paradigms,...
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I am a graduate of Electrical Engineering from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria, seeking for a spot at the University of Victoria for a master’s program in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in power systems Engineering. Electrical Engineering is a field that I have been attracted to since childhood, ever since I recognized the meaning of power and its importance in our lives. My curiosity as a child wasn’t satiated by constantly coupling, dismantling,...
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The first poem of Neruda’s that illustrates loss through masterful use of imagery, symbolism, metaphor, and allusion is “Sonnet 17.” The poem adopts the form of a Petrarchan sonnet, which often follows an “abb abba” rhyme scheme, this type of verse usually presents a problem within the first eight lines, using the remaining six lines to offer a resolution. In the translated version of Sonnet 17, there are no instances of rhyming, the translated version also doesn’t have the same...
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Snow cover mapping from space: Satellite-based snow cover mapping mostly depends on the spectral reflectance from the reflective spectrum (Dietz et al., 2012). Snow surface has high reflectance in the visible wavelength and very low reflectance at near-infrared wavelength. Reflectances from these two spectrum regions are often combined to detect snow presence, of which the most commonly used is the normalized difference snow index (NDSI). Since its development, NDSI has been widely implemented by a lot of remote sensing systems,...
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Do you agree or disagree? It is a waste of money to spend funds on space travel or space exploration. When first set sail into the unknown, the early humans took incredible courage. They have to conquer the nagging rumble of the stomach, threatened with the fear of hunger. They have to accept the challenges of the tremendous and utterly unaccountable tempest that put their lives at stake. They have to surmount the dolefulness from within. All these ventures are...
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Adolescence is a phase of quick growth and development characterized by changes in biological, psychological, as well as emotional changes that happen simultaneously. In recent years many such studies have been done to analyze the key effectors of adolescents’ and pre-adolescents eating habits and also to identify the barriers towards healthy eating as seen in adolescents. Several nutritional deficits due to poor eating habits have been established by researchers during the pre-adolescence stage which has long-term health and developmental consequences....
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Racism: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. The Ku Klux Klan, or the KKK, is a white supremacist group that rose in the southern states of the United States of America in the 1860s. It is undoubtedly a terrorist organization, an especially insidious one. The Klan has been curbing the rights of other citizens since its beginning, as it is the unofficial paramilitary arm of...
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In this essay, I will evaluate how influential Jazz Music has influenced popular music. To do this I will carry out research in order to gain a greater understanding and enable me to make a judgment on this. Some of the ways that this will be done is by showing the characteristics of Jazz as well as the origins of the genre, in connection to examples across time of how it influenced popular music today. The genre of Jazz developed...
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Introduction In the contemporary era, where environmental challenges are escalating, the practice of recycling emerges as a pivotal solution to mitigate the adverse effects of waste accumulation. Recycling transforms used materials into new products, reducing the consumption of fresh raw materials, thereby conserving energy and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. Despite its benefits, recycling rates remain suboptimal globally. According to the World Bank, annual waste generation is expected to increase by 70% from 2020 to 2050 unless urgent action is taken....
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“The Brookings Institute is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. …[and their] mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national, and global level”(Dews, 2017). They are made up of over three-hundred experts who are a part of government and academia from all around the world “…who provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on a full range of public policy issues” (Dews, 2017)....
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The three parts of the movie that I found particularly meaningful and moving is when Thomas More refuses to sign the document by the Cardinals because he felt like it was not the right thing to do. That stood out to me because Thomas stayed true to himself and never gave in and that is why he is a martyr. A second part that stood out to me was when Thomas More tells his family to leave England because they...
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On September 15, 1954, Sam Shaw captured this famous photograph of Marilyn Monroe. this renowned photograph of Marilyn Monroe was caught by picture-taker Sam Shaw. The image catches the minute when a breeze from a tram going beneath Marilyn Monroe's skirt lifting it over her knees. In the Sixties it wasn't legitimate for a lady to indicate skin over the lower legs, however, as opposed to racing to pull her skirt down Marilyn grasped it and said ' isn't it...
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Music has been a well-considered genre of humanity. Specifically, country music which has been regarded as a patriotic form of music; no other genre of music has been so popular in the conscience of Americans as country music (Fay, Molly, 2014). In 2008, Country Music was regarded as the second most profitable genre of music by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA). Garth Brooks and Shania Twain country music artists became two of the best-selling records of all time and...
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Reflecting on my educational experiences, I have Adult Nursing is what I want to do. My interest in Adult Nursing grew and was recognized when doing a work placement at an elderly nursing home named Charlton Park Care Home. I later got an offer to take on a paid part-time job as a health care assistant in the dementia unit. The reason why I am interested to study nursing at university is the idea of supporting and giving back to...
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