THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CHARACTER OF THE BAHAMAS

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CHARACTER OF THE BAHAMAS Every country has the obligation to abolish illiteracy among its citizens. The process of education is fundamental to eradicating such illiteracy and sustaining its growth and progress. It is noteworthy that the basic education in The Bahamas includes – but is not limited to – the three R’s: reading, writing, and arithmetic along with the successful completion of grade twelve standard school works. The pursuit of higher education at the College of the Bahamas and abroad, has increased in recent years as thousands of Bahamians aspire to raise their standard of living and success. Sir Lynden’s vehement fight to eradicate illiteracy and poverty and move this country to first world status has done much for this country’s growth and development. His dream was to empower people through education. Education, by nature, has the power to impact any human society. It is a must have if we aspire to achieve growth and development and most importantly, sustain ourselves. Education trains the human mind to think and make the right decision. Through education, knowledge and information is received and spread throughout the world. An educated man is likened unto a man who lives in a room with all its windows open toward the outside world, whereas an uneducated man is described as shut off

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Evolutionary Theory for Food Preference and Obesity.

The Evolutionary Theory – Food Preference Evolutionary psychologists suggest that obesity is the maladaptive product of changes that took place in the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation thousands of years ago. They say that food preferences and eating habits developed to promote survival such as when people “binge” eat, consuming excess amounts of food, it’s because we are in effect wired to consume as much as possible after years of living in scarcity. Basically the creature we know to be the standard human have been around for at least one hundred and fifty thousand years. For the vast majority of this time, we have lived in a way in which eating as much as you could where possible could mean the difference between life and death. Today however, this means we consume excess fats and sugars because we are subconsciously driven to do so, when in actuality many of us could do with cutting down on sugars and fats, as seen with rocketing obesity levels. Perhaps in a million years people will have problems with eating too much fruit and vegetables, if this theory is correct. If the evolutionary explanation of eating behavior is correct then we should expect to such behavior is universal, present in young children before cultural or social learning takes place and is mirrored in the animal kingdom. One study that shows that such preferences are universal is

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Apply Functionalism and Structuralism to the Trobriander Islanders Economy

Apply Functionalism and Structuralism to the Trobriander Islanders' Economy Jonathan Quaade Ethnographer: Bronislaw Malinowski 1914-1918, Ethnographer: Anette B. Weiner 1980's Location: Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea The Trobriand Island inhabitants live in a society composed of four clans further divided into subclans or dala, in the local language. These dala follow a matrilineal descent system that define territory, kinship and marriage, and are the corporations of society via the yam exchanges of kin, but the higher structure, clan, have no corporate interest and have no chiefs, but only chiefly dala's have chiefs, commoner dalas have managers as leaders and they cannot marry polygamous. Although, the Trobrianders have a matrilineal descent system they have patrilocal residence structure. Looking at the Trobrianders from a functionalist perspective that all aspects of that all aspects of society (ex institutions) have specific functions Malinowski said that functionalism is the theory that a society is a set of interconnected parts where the social institutions support the needs of the individual's society by contributing to the social structure. These needs are either social, biological or economical, e.g. biological needs involve aspects such as food and water necessary for survival. Malinowski argued against evolution saying that there is a certain order

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Cognitive Anthropology and Structuralism

Cognitive Anthropology and Structuralism Jonathan Quaade Developed in the 20th century, cognitive anthropology is a concept concerned with what people from different groups know and how that implicit knowledges changes the way people relate to the world around them. The concept can include subcategories called ethnoscience and symbolic anthropology. A french anthropologist also dealt with cognitive process, he established a theory that there are unobservable social structure that generate social phenomena. He named the concept structuralism. As the name suggest, cognitive anthropology has a strong emphasis on human cognition; however, the concept hasn't been universally agreed upon or conventionalized. An anthropologist and structural linguist, Edward Sapir, stated that "cultural behaviour is symbolic behavior shared by culture bearers, and cultures are abstractions of ideas and behavior patterns" with different meanings for each individual. He meant that anthropologist should describe the observable patterns of the society, and from the information gathered, she/he should derive meaning from the people studied, rather than use his own categories to create meaning of his/her data. It was an effort to get at organizing principles that lie underneath the behaviour within a society, and trying to understand the natives categories. In itself, trying to get the natives view

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Plan for an investigation in to the link between gender and life expectancy in the Czech Republic.

ESS 11 2012 INTERNAL ASSESSMENT ESS Research Question: Do varying genders (male or female) of human beings, in the Czech Republic, have an affect on their lifespan? Hypothesis: Due to the varying roles, beings of different genders have played throughout evolution, my prediction is set to believe that a female will have a longer lifespan than a male. Null Hypothesis: Gender does not share a relationship with the specific lifespan of a living being, therefore it does not affect it. Variables: Independent: Gender (Male/Female) (certainty) -This variable is changed as each observed person changes, and when done so will affect the lifespan. This variable is a factor of observation as explained in the Research Question. Refer to step 5a/5b. Dependent: Lifespan (Years +- 0.5) (uncertainty) -This variable is dependent on the chosen gender. A change in gender will affect this variable, and since we are differentiating between the ranges of various lifespan according to their genders, it will ultimately affect the data. Refer to step 5a/5b. Controlled: Location (Cemetery) -This variable must stay the same throughout the experiment. A change in the location would introduce alternate factors that could affect the dependent variable, like various different epidemics, wars, and social factors, that might not have been present in the current

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While each Greek meal is fresh and inviting, it is also a trip back through Greece's history. Because Greek food has had such a long living history, it has made its way all around the world and educated people on not just what they are eating, but also ho

Greece Greek food can seem very overwhelming at first glance. With all the history behind the great nation of Greece and the culture that has developed behind it. Greek cooking offers an incredibly rich and diverse array of foods and beverages that are the culmination of literally thousands of years of living, cooking, and eating. While each Greek meal is fresh and inviting, it is also a trip back through Greece's history. Because Greek food has had such a long living history, it has made its way all around the world and educated people on not just what they are eating, but also how they are eating it. In American culture, we have taken time away from enjoying food and eating around the table, which is due to the lack of time or schedule, but in a Greek way of eating they encourage only eating with company and conversing. Eating for the Greek is not to live, but in more ways the Greek live to eat. The Greek diet is the excellent example of traditional Mediterranean eating; it is made by kinds of colorful and tasteful foods which are high in nutrients and low in animal fats. Wheat has been consumed in Greece for quite some time and it is the main part of Greek Cuisine. Wheat is the ingredient for making various sorts of breads like pita bread and crusty whole grain peasant bread. Bulgur that is made from cracked whole wheat is consumed with hearty stews or soups and salads.

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Investigating food and culture in Costa Rica

Costa Rica Phase I Interview Costa Rica, which means "Rich Coast", lies at the heart of the Central American, is an ideal tropical paradise for living or just your vacation. Almost 95% of the Costa Rican population is of Spanish or Mestizo (mixed) heritage, heavily influencing the country's cooking style (globalgourmet.com). While doing my research about Costa Rican's food and diet, I had an interview with a Costa Rica native Alejandro Saprisa. He was born in Costa Rica and is the first people to migrate to the U.S. among his family. Compare to the family or friends in Costa Rica have a close relationship to the Catholic Church [Because it was a Spanish colony, today, more than 90% of Costa Ricans consider themselves Catholics. (Margaret Kelly, P18)], Alejandro does not have any religious affiliation. Beans, rice, potatoes and coffee are what he mentioned regarding as foods that are indicative of Costa Rica culture and also use for meal cooking. Normally, Costa Ricans have three meals every day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. They are prepared in the kitchen by women in the family, usually the mother. Alejandro usually has coffee, muffin as a snack between lunch and dinner. Back at home, when he had dinner with his family, every member of the family sits and eats together around the same table. All dishes are set on the center of the table; everybody help themselves to enjoy

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Memorable events in Malaysian History and Culture.

CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION.............................................pg 2 2. 1949 THOMAS CUP..........................................pg 4 3. INDEPENDENCE DAY......................................pg 9 4. MAY 13 INCIDENT, 1969...................................pg 12 5. COMPLETION OF PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS......pg 17 6. FIRST MALAYSIAN IN SPACE...........................pg 20 7. CONCLUSION................................................pg 25 8. APPENDIX.....................................................pg 26 9. REFERENCES.................................................pg 29 Introduction As a citizen of a country, we should understand and know the history of the country. This is because through history, a person will come to know himself, his society, nationality and country. History can also be a useful guide to help indentify events that we must treasure, emulate or reject. By understanding history, we learn to inculcate values such as loyalty towards the nation, honesty, courage and at the same time build up the spirit of nationalism and patriotic. Without a knowledge of the country's history we may not have the source or base to understand the country's position, in terms of its demographics, economy, politics, culture and social composition. Therefore, we are touching on the topic of memorable events to preserve the history of the country. Our country has many

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This is a summary of Women, Men and Politeness by Janet Holmes (2006). Holmes discusses the gender differences in the context of conversational politeness.

Women, Men and Politeness Summary and Evaluation of the source Name: Sze Hwui Yap, Sandra Tutor's Name: Bob Fisher Draft: 2nd Word Count:1102 Date of Submission:11th of December 2009 Summary This is a summary of "Women, Men and Politeness" by Janet Holmes (2006). Holmes discusses the gender differences in the context of conversational politeness. According to Holmes, women are generally more polite than men in verbal conversations. According to Coates (1989), women often search for agreement as an adopted strategy to a greater degree than men. Eckert (1990), meanwhile, states that women often make contributions and complete each other's sentences and agree with each other's opinion which gives an impression of a united undertaking. As Pilkington (1992) describes, conversations between men are combative typically and a kind of "verbal sparring". However, according to Gilbert and Stubbe (1991), positive agreements are used more often with the girls in the "single-sex" group than the boys but the differences are reduced in the "mixed-sex" group. The analysis shows that, overall, the boys use more 'bald' disagreements than girls in the types of preferred responses. Girls use more 'modified' disagreements for example, instead of "no, that's stupid" it will be "I don't think it's a good idea. It is suggested by Brown, Levinson and Leech (1987, 1983) that the purpose of

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Religion Essay Celtic The Celts of Europe were an Indigenous, polytheistic religion and culture with a very distinctive worldview. They had an understanding of the world around them and their meaning of life and death

Religion Essay - Celtic The Celts of Europe were an Indigenous, polytheistic religion and culture with a very distinctive worldview. They had an understanding of the world around them and their meaning of life and death both came from their core beliefs and rituals. This was also linked to their myths and stories. Celts believed that the earth had spiritual powers. They believed it was especially evident in trees and water. As a consequence Celts worshiped in natural areas such as springs, water beds. They carried objects or amulets to ward of evil sprits. They also believed that this world was situated between other worlds and natural places were rich with portals into these other worlds. The Celts had shrines which were situated in remote areas like hilltops, groves and lakes. Celts believed in the existence of another world which was a domain of Celtic deities or supernatural beings such as the "Fairy People". The other world was considered to be a Celtic version of heaven. There were portals to these places which were situated in all types of areas. They could be located on dunes, islands, dun-hills, forests, rivers and lakes. Normal time would not pass in the other world, a year may seem to pass in the other world but centuries had passed in the real world. Time seemed to have stood still - people who went to these other world seemed to stay forever young. The

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