Education in Scotland

A World of Feeling Besides words on a page, the “heaven-taught” ploughman Robert Burns exists today in metal, housed in a 70-foot tall Grecian temple in his hometown of Alloway in Ayrshire. Despite the constraints of sessile metal, the Bard of Ayrshire has no difficulties getting around: one might also find great Rabbie in San Francisco, Canada, or Australia. In fact, Robert Burns has the third-largest amount of statues built in his image than any other non-religious figure (“Commemorations of…

place on a battlefield in Scotland so many years ago but I can see this happening today. We live in an uncertain society in uncertain times and I feel this speech calls to me. I get emotional every time a see it. The Scottish and English have been fighting over freedom for over a hundred years. England owns Scotland and in doing so have been very cruel to the Scottish people, have raped, murdered, and taken control in every way of the Scottish people. During this time Scotland has decided that…

Kilts in Scotland signify and symbolize multiple aspects of Scottish society. Specifically, men wore the kilts in celebration to denote their loyalty to a clan. It is this common tradition wearing such a “distinctive national apparatus,” that give Scottish man and Scottish culture an iconic presentation (Roper 15). In addition to the kilt, the bagpipe is also a part of this commonly seen and known symbolism. The tradition of wearing such apparatuses is more modern than most people assume. As a…

The Loch Ness Lake is in Scotland, United Kingdom. There are stories and sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. People do not know if it is a myth or the real thing. The sightings of this creature date back to 1,500 years ago. In the Newspaper “Inverness Courier” on May 2, 1933 The Loch Ness Monster was born. A couple pf people had an encounter with the creature they say he was plunging and divining of the service of the Loch Ness Lake. The Loch Ness Lake is the biggest fresh water lake in Great…

Not Just Nessie Scotland and the rest of Great Britain are known for their rich histories in many areas, including a vast amount of fairy tales and folklore. From the legend of King Arthur to the fairies in Shakespeare’s works, there are countless whimsical mythologies from all parts of the United Kingdom. Scotland, however, having the unicorn as its national animal, may be home to some of the most peculiar. Many tales from Scotland might seem as if they are useless and insignificant stories…

wherever you heard it first, Scotland is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe and it's not hard to see why. Most people conjure up an instant image of Scotland in their minds. For me, it's a mixture of the Loch Ness Monster, tartan and bagpipes. What comes into your mind when you think about Scotland? There is a lot more Scottish iconic imagery, such as shortbread, mountains, cashmere, whisky, castles and golf. There's also quite a big royal connection in Scotland, with the…

stereotypically in fancy French restaurants. The fiddles characteristics change depending on the tempo it is being played at. The clarsach is a traditional Celtic harp. The clarsach is one of Scotland’s own instruments. The clarsach has been used in Scotland for many centuries a lot longer than the bagpipes have been. The earliest dicpictions of the clarsach has been found on Pictish stones dating back to the 8th Century. The clarsach was replaced by the bagpipes in the 15th Century but…

Hardships are a part of life that everyone must deal with. These hardships are often lessons in life that one must endure to become a better person. The outcome of these obstacles depends on how the problem is tackled. I’ve had countless of hardships in my life, but there was one obstacle in particular that I was able to overcome that made a huge difference in my life. Learning the English language was no easy task, especially when no one in my household spoke english. Through determination,…

dopamine which results in tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia and autonomic dysfunction. According to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (2010), out of every 100,000 people, between 120 and 230 people are living with Parkinson’s in Scotland. Furthermore Parkinson’s disease can affect people from all age groups and ethnic backgrounds. However the majority of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s are over the age of 60 (Better health better care Parkinson’s disease Society, 2007)…

During the time period of 1642 to 1651, the clashing of religious and the political standpoints of authoritative powers contributed to the English civil war. When the two were integrated, distrust, hesitance, and suspicion diffused throughout a divided society, paving a disastrous and catastrophic future that would be the English civil war. This war was driven by long term and short term causes including the ruling of father and son, James I and Charles I, and the opposition between Puritans and…