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Chemistry. “Until the 19th century, girl´s education was restricted to informal learning at ‘Dame Schools’.”(Barnett, p.6) These schools were often run by all female teachers and provided a basic education in reading and writing for upper-class female students. These schools often used books written by male scientists published especially for women like the popular book “Familiar Lectures On Botany” which sold until 1872 in just 50 years over 275,000 times. Over time and especially around the…

Did you know that, 90% of pediatricians and 67% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior among children? A boy is playing Grand Theft Auto V while his mother walks in the room and asks him to do her a favor for her but he ignores. His mother cries for him to at least acknowledge her but his mind and soul had entered the virtual world of gaming and won’t come back to the real world. In this generation, majority of children and teenagers play…

Whether it’s a grandmother or teacher, politician or security, preacher or scientist; we all have the tendency to listen to those who have more power than us. Or at least think that we do. If a man in an officers uniform tells you to do something, you are more likely to act then if a man in tattered old robes and reeks of trash tells you to do the same task. You wouldn’t even think twice. Lauren Slater, in her book “Opening Skinner’s Box,” explains the experiment done by Stanley Milgram. He had…

In chapter 9 of James Rachels and Stuart Rachels The Elements of Moral Philosophy, the authors elaborate on the philosophical question, whether there are absolute moral rules. In order to illustrate the philosophical moral question, Rachels uses President Harry Truman’s dilemma on the use of atomic bombs to end World War II and in the process comes in contact with Elizabeth Anscombe, a 20th century foremost philosophical champion of the doctrine that moral rules are absolute, the theory of…

In ‘Dead Poet’s Society’, Neil’s death causes conflict to arise, creating tension within the Welton Academy community. This amount of tension instigated a thorough scrutiny of the members in the community which lead to the expulsion of students, and firing of teachers. In spite of what is shown in the movie, it is evident that Mr. Perry, Mr. Keating and Neil are all equally guilty for Neil’s suicide. These characters hold strong affiliations with Neil and have interfered with his emotions and…

The Revolutionary War was fought because the British colonies of North America did not fully agree with King George III, the King of England taxes he was levying against the colonists. The Revolutionary War, which spanned from 1776-1783 ended with the final battle of Yorktown, lead to the creation of a new nation. The Founding Fathers wrote, “…the purposes of government are to promote justice, to maintain peace at home, to defend the nation from foreign foes…. and, above all, to secure the…

Contrast between masculine dominance is contrasted with feminine chattiness in “The hypno-domme Speaks and Speaks and Speaks.” Opening with, “I was born a woman, I talk you to death,” the poem describes a woman’s voice as a method of torture because it is nagging. Like a siren’s song that “hypnotize the hardest,” men the hypno-domme subverts the lack of power women appear to have when speaking forcefully. “The diamond cutter kneels down before me,” because the hypno-domme gained control despite…

The bottom half Founded in 1776, America rose from the ground to flourish into one of the world’s leading superpower nation with a powerful military, global market economy, democratic government and a diverse population- but yet like many other advanced nations, the country still faces unresolved issues of their own. A recent census reported that approximately 14.8% of people in America lives in the level of poverty, that is around 50 million people struggling to survive each day (Milligan).…

Bankruptcy is defined as “a legal proceeding initiated by an individual or company that is unable to pay its debt” (Bankruptcy, 2003). Bankruptcy law is strictly federal law and the first federal Bankruptcy Act was enacted in 1878 (Textbook). Although bankruptcy was once considered shameful in the United States, it is now considered an acceptable way to resolve financial problems but it is typically a debtor’s last resort. Each year, approximately 1.5 million debtors file for personal bankruptcy…

to do what they want to do with their bodies. They also fought for autonomy or freedom from their husbands, and wanted more rights as individuals. Also, this movement was mainly influenced by the revolts that occurred in May 1968, where there were student and worker lead protests (mainly groups of females) against the capitalist government, but also equal wages for women. Almost 11,000,000 workers gathered together and striked. Thirdly, women in France also started to lobby or tried to influence…