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Equality is something that one should receive without having to ask for. In today’s day and age, we preach ‘equality for all’, a great movement trying to spread equality around the world. However, in the 1800’s things were different; equality or anything for that matter was given with the permission of a woman’s father if unmarried or her husband. In Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House, Ibsen elucidates an issue that wasn’t commonly spoken of in the 1800’s. Ibsen draws light to the many women…

Sports allows students to excel academically, and acts as an extension of school by teaching athletes lessons and skills that they don’t learn inside of a classroom. These lessons are a way for teens to become socially well-rounded when it comes to skills such as time management and leadership. In addition, the prevention of crime, which is defined as a social problem, is boosted through teen participation in athletic activities that involve social interaction. The social skills instilled in…

Advance Australia Fair. Many people have different meanings for this phrase. Some think it means that we must “advance our country to conquer others”; and that we must be the best. Some believe that to advance means to advance in technology, and that we should be the producers of projects inducing millions, but in fact, Advance Australia Fair does not mean any of these things. Along with our multicultural country, we should accept people of different cultures and religions into our communities.…

Mary Smolnisky Period 2 American Lit 26 February 2018 Should Gay Adoption be allowed Many people argue if it’s right to let gay couples adopt children because of religious reasons. Gay adoption means having two homosexuals take care of and add a child to their growing families. Gay adoption is legal but some people still deny the gay couples the right of adopting a child. Consider that there are roughly 400,000 orphans in the U.S alone. People could really lower that amount if…

Kevin Parlato Global Context William Strutt Painting “Black Thursday” Australia has a unique but dark past when it comes to its colonial history. Remnants of this past still linger as significant problems for the modern era. These problems expose themselves in many aspects of the Australian culture such as politics, social ques, and art. If a foreigner, such as myself, takes a look at Australian art, I take it in at face value. It would take lots of research to determine any cultural…

During the High middle ages there were many aspects of medieval society that cultivated over years into what is known today as modern society. From the rise of scholastic education of the middle ages influenced a far more intricate truth behind how todays civilization foundations were formed. With great rulers like Charlemagne, enforcing bishops to open up schools. Especially examples like Charlemange could most definitely consider to make Europe more modern. With becoming more modern, there…

The assignment is the review of article “Citizenship, Language and Superdiversity: Towards Complexity”. The ideas of this article are based on five keywords: superdiversity, complexity, polycentricity, citizenship and integration. For the whole article is create two point of view between citizenship and dis-citizenship, by the key concept, superdiversity may create the challenges to understand the dis-citizenship. Integration of our social life may have some part of specific function have not…

Why do you wish to become a Cathay Pacific pilot? Becoming a pilot is my long-time dream. As a young boy, I have always been curious about the mechanics of appliances. I often break the parts up — challenging me to know the ins and outs. The best part of it is putting it back together or solving the faults giving me a great sense of achievement. My secondary school was near the Kai Tak airport where I watched take-off and landings and listened to the roaring of the jets every day. This…

10 Things in Australia that are Not Trying to Kill You It seems like there are countless news stories, documentaries, and lists every year about how everything in Australia is incredibly dangerous and probably trying to kill you. While these things may be true, it gives Australia a bad rap when it is really a wonderful place that is most certainly not trying to kill you. From government health initiatives, to high livability, to an emphasis on fitness (and even an adorable creature or two),…

The 1950’s were a revolutionary period in Australian drama; it brought with it plenty of new playwrights with fresh and innovative ideas. A particular theme seem throughout all of these plays is the evolution of masculinity and it’s representation within Australian theatre. The 1950’s brought a change in content and style of Australian plays being written during that time compared to the previous decades, especially revolving around it’s male characters. After decades of severe suffering…