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To what extent is it important to see the Franklin as the narrator of the Franklin's Tale
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Holocaust Theology
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Text Type - Speech on Genetic Engineering
U.E. ACADEMIA WASHINGTON English Teacher: Stephanie Mitchell 1th grade "A" Text Type 2 Speech Claudia Guevara April 8, 2010 Audience: The United Nations General Assembly (comprised of heads of state, country delegations, diplomats, and politicians, among others). Purpose: To inform and persuade other nations about the importance of setting ethical guidelines for human genetic engineering. Register: High Diction: Lack of colloquialisms, sophisticated/political vocabulary Tone: Formal, urgent, respectful, serious, sincere, persuasive Stylistic Devices: Use of rhetorical questions, repetition, hyperbole Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It is my honor to come before you today to speak about an issue that I am certain will be extensively debated in the years to come. It is not my wish to lecture or to attack points of view that differ from my country's own, but to address the aspects of this new and important prospect. Genetic engineering has rapidly become a significant part of our lives. Everyday millions of people eat food that has been genetically manipulated and take new medications developed through the application of genetic engineering. As this point illustrates genetics is now a key component in many scientific fields; however, I would like to concentrate on a specific type that can change
Why did the league fail?
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"The main function of religion is to provide people with a code of behaviour which regulates personal and social life
"The main function of religion is to provide people with a code of behaviour which regulates personal and social life." Assess the extent to which sociological arguments and evidence support this view. Many sociologists believe that the main function of religion is to provide people with a code of conduct, which regulates personal and social life. There are two main theories to what role religion plays within society. One of these theories is the Marxist theory. Marxism sees society as superstructure. They believe that society isn't peaceful and is based on conflict and exploitation. Religion makes this society justify inequality and maintains ruling class domination. Karl Marx believed religion is a form of social "opium" which dulls oppressive pain and provides hope to the working class people who are being exploited. In Marx's view religion is used by the ruling class to control the working class. This is done in many ways. One way is to make the working class believe that supernatural powers control events that happen on Earth, this makes social change seem impossible and therefore stops the system being challenged. Religion also causes people to forget why there is unhappiness in the world, and therefore stops them from creating happiness for themselves. It is also believed that religion justifies social class, in a well known hymn the following lyrics can be found
The sociology of education key points. Different topics need to know - notes
Sociology The sociology of education key points. Different topics need to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Socialisation consists of the process of becoming a full member of a society accepting all of its ideas, values and patterns of behaviour. 2 Socialisation is more important than the biological drives or instincts that we have. 3 Animal behaviour in general is determined by instinct, very rarely by learning. On the other hand, human behaviour is largely determined by learning. 4 This can be seen in the variety of different forms of human behaviour in different cultures. 5 People who are not socialised lack most of the attributes we normally associate with being human. 6 There are two aspects of socialisation: primary and secondary. 7 Primary socialisation is learning that takes place within intimate groups, such as the family and the peer group. 8 Secondary socialisation is the more formal learning patterns that take place in the school. 9 In modern, complex societies it is possible to have differences between the values learned in secondary and primary socialisation. 0 Socialisation takes place throughout life and in specific settings - for example, the workplace. People learn to act according to the way that is normal for those within the work organisation. 1 There are differences in socialisation according to class, gender and ethnic group. 2
"Media representations of the world can appear so natural that we can easily see them as real." Discuss this quote with reference to one social group or place that you have studied.
"Media representations of the world can appear so natural that we can easily see them as real." Discuss this quote with reference to one social group or place that you have studied. The media is a good way of viewing personalities. The way actors and real life celebrities are represented people start believing they are them or want to be like them. Through the media including movies, dramas and cartoons we see different characters, the villain, the hero and the princess. Often these roles are also in real life but there are many different kinds of people, and through the media we forget the many different kinds of people. 'Disability' is something very common today there are hundred's and thousands of disabilities that people have and live with in their day-to-day life. The media or perhaps the directors and writers of the plays and films we see show that disability is a sign of witchcraft, examples such as The Hunchback and Elephant Man show that society did not accept them at first because of their disability, and we as the audience can feel this whilst watching the film and slowly see our emotions develop as the film goes on to see past the person's disability. Disability was seen as a sign you sinned or done something wrong, therefore it was wrong to speak to that person or treat them as human. The stereotype of disabled people was to an extreme, apart from the usual,
Christians believe that wealth is something which can be good or bad so it cant be classed as truly good or bad thing.
Christians believe that wealth is something which can be good or bad so it cant be classed as truly good or bad thing. Christians believe the can only gain wealth in lawful or moral ways and when they eventually succeed their task in gaining wealth it is a gift from god. Many biblical teachings show that many people have the wrong attitude to wealth and can lead them astray and away form god. Many Christians disapprove of making money through arms trade, sex industry or gambling because of many reasons. 'People who want to get rich fall into temptation trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and distraction ' from Timothy 6:9:10 Jesus warned many people of the dangers of gaining wealth and them becoming greedy. There is a well-known saying 'Homeless have it, Rich people don't want It and it's more powerful than god' its nothing it's based on gods teaching on wealth and poverty. Jesus perches that you should be your master and that money shouldn't be part of the way you run your life. From Mathew 6:24. Jesus tells us that we should only serve one master .The main order in this bit is saying you cannot serve both god and money this is saying that if you love money so much you cannot love god ass well this means you will live a hard life and go to hell. Jesus set us lots of examples of how we are meant to live for he lived in poverty himself
Assess the usefulness of functionalist approaches to the understanding of the role of education in society.
Katie Fryer 12M Assess the usefulness of functionalist approaches to the understanding of the role of education in society. Education is one aspect of socialization, it often helps to shape beliefs and moral values. Functionalist analysis in general tends to focus on the positive contributions this is also true for the functionalist view of education, which tends to focus on the positive contributions made by education to the maintenance of the social system. How useful are the functionalist approaches to the understanding of the role in society though? Emile Durkheim was the first functionalist and used biological analogy. An example of biological analogy in practice would be education being linked to the family and kinship, power and politics, culture and community and also economy. According to Durkheim the major role of education was the transmission of societies norms and values. He said that the family and peer groups cannot promote the social solidarity of individuals, only the modern education system because the family is based on principles. The modern education system however teaches the basic rules of co-operation that is necessary for our society. The family is made up of relationships and peer groups are based on personal choice. Being a member of society however is not made up upon these principles. People have to learn to co-operate with those who are
