First Consul

When people are asked to describe Canada, usually the first thing that comes to mind are words like “polite” or “kind.” People tend to forget the way certain people have been or are treated based only the colour of their skin. Inequalities have existed in Canada persistently and still exist today. Major examples of inequalities in Canadian history is the treatment of First Nations people and the treatment of Chinese-Canadians. These are only a couple of the millions of examples of discrimination…

In “Lifeboat Ethics: The case against helping the poor” by Garrett Hardin, the author points out many reasons for his main argument that rich nations should stop giving foreign aid to the poor nations that are in need. The well-developed nations, including the United States of America and other European countries are known for the aid they offer whenever a country is in need. However, Hardin claims that giving a foreign aid to other countries in need will be detrimental to the rich nations’…

Instead, even from this short excerpt, it is all but clear that Armstrong intends to attack the West backing Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflict as a new manifestation of “the same spirit of aggressive righteousness as had inspired the first Western offensive against [Muslims]” (Armstrong, 374). In contrast, Madden sees the current political climate as an opportunity to “set the record straight on the Crusades” (Madden, 1), but only as that opportunity. He criticizes the popular assertion…

talked with him about what he thought about the first topic I am interested in which is language…

Look at chapter 2“War is a big and sprawling word that brings a lot of human suffering into the conversation, but combat is a different matter. Combat is the smaller game that young men fall in love with, and any solution to the human problem of war will have to take into account the psyches of these young men” (Junger 2011, p. 234). Sebastian Junger, the author of War (2011), was born in Belmont, Massachusetts and grew up to become an award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times Bestselling…

does the local government make sure the community is protected and safe? Why should we, as third graders, learn about our local government? 3. Briefly go over questions with students before guest speaker arrives. Write speaker’s name on the board, First Selectman Christopher Bielik. The teacher will record the speakers answers to student questions so students can focus on listening. 4. After the speaker leaves, have students review their questions and responses given by the speaker as a class. …

Unified land operation is the Army operating concept which is executed through decisive actions and guided by mission command. The Army’s framework for exercising mission command is operations process (plan, prepare, execute, and assess). Embedded by the philosophy and principles of mission command, the commander, supported by his staff, drives the operation process to execute conceptual planning or detailed planning necessary for him to understand, visualize, describe, direct, lead, and…

The legacy of residential school has enabled and limited an entire generation of Indigenous people from being able to effectively pass down information that is integral to their culture. Due to this fact, it has become imperative that other forums of information sharing are developed, in order to support and share what information is left of indigenous culture. However, at the same time, this new forum that is developed must show full respect for Indigenous culture and tradition, while properly…

monolingual children. The first study, analyzes how infants react to the exposure of different languages and how they can recognize communicative partners related to the language itself. The next study explains how children that are merely exposed to a second language can have similar communicative advantages as bilingual children. Finally, the last study focuses on the cognitive adaptations that children are exposed to in bilingual environments. As it was mentioned before, the first study…

The First Crusade and How it Effected Today The First Crusade of nine effected the future without even knowing it. The Crusades were religious battles. Had the Crusades not happened many things that happen today, would not. One example is the impact the Crusades had in European expansion. If the First Crusade had not happened then the other eight would not have occurred either. If none of these had occurred the world would be a much different place. The First Crusade began in 1096 and…