Pragmatism

During the Industrial Revolution, there were significant changes in society and economy that were extremely favorable for all aspects of society, creating massive changes in lifestyles. These changes included an increasing mechanization, agriculture, industry, and trade. All led by scientific developments, which made a positive, and ideal picture of wellbeing and progress giving rise to urbanization. All along the Industrial Revolution there was a colossal change in the industrial system of…

Liminality is a central theme to most of Arthur Yap’s work, extending his material to a broad range of interpretations and possibilities that elude a definitive and denotative meaning. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, that which is liminal has three interpretations: “minimality”; something “characterized by being on a boundary or threshold” or a “transitional… state between culturally defined stages of a person’s life”. This liminality is evident in Yap’s distinct artistry, where he…

Globalization has changed and shaped how we perceive the world for the past centuries. With the emerging trends of technological advancement, humans nowadays live in much more convenient lives as a results of benefitting from it. From the ability to order foods online, call an Uber through smartphones to communication face-to-face from the other side of the world, everything is within reach and thus implement our digital-active lifestyle. However, with great power comes great responsibilities,…

This paper gives an in depth into the Stevenson’s Book of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The book depicts a vivid representation of a psychiatric turmoil that causes a person to possess two or more discrete personalities or identities with individuality conflicting to each other. The topic of women and doubling of the male body surfaces as the mindset of the writer in the late nineteenth century. The case of perverse violence of men is portrayed through Hyde, the necessarily pleasures…

On August 1, 1981, a brand new wave of the music industry launched on cable television. The first music video premiering on this channel was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles (cite). While at the time, no one could predict the success of MTV, this song seemed to foreshadow the impact of this new music television. Music videos, while having been around for a long time, had never had a format all to themselves on television. MTV provided artists who could harness the full capabilities…

The United States is often portrayed as the land of great opportunity. Anything can be accomplished as long as one works hard enough to do so. Many people believe the prosperity of immigrants is tied to how completely they embrace this ideal of the American Dream. While often thought of in a modern context, this idea is seen in older works as well. In Willa Cather’s My Ántonia and Ole Rølvaag’s Giants in the Earth, the attitude with which immigrants approach their new lives decides how…

The Three P’s Being an educator, someone may approach you and ask “What is your educational philosophy or purpose of education”? Would you know the answer automatically, would it take you a few days to actually analyze the question, or would you answer be different every time someone does ask you the question. For the world is always changing. As for me, my answer changes yearly. This question was asked when I was an undergrad doing student teaching. I thought my purpose of education was to…

At a time Bharatavarsha was largely fragmented with Greek invaders still lurking around (left by Alexander), a brahmin scholar masterminded their expulsion and reinstated a powerful Indian empire using the military strength of Chandragupta Maurya. Mired in myths, the name Chanakya, invokes to this day, the image of a scheming strategist who used realpolitik as a necessary means to common good. Two millenniums later, the modern nation-state of India found itself in more dire conditions. Four…

OUTLINE: Introduction I. Leadership requirements II. Challenges of modern military leadership III. Possible solutions/ training course for young cadets Conclusion Bibliography Introduction: Since the early beginnings of societies as we know them, the interaction between a leader and his team has always raised controversy and been subject of countless debates. Even the Neanderthals, who lived over 20,000 years BC, were organized in clans, with a leader, most likely the wiser, or the…

When I was first presented this task of interviewing another educator, I was apprehensive because the concepts that are being addressed in the prompts are so important to a teacher’s personal teaching philosophy. These prompts almost appeared to be questions that one might hear at a job interview for a teaching position. I did not at first want to subject a colleague to these questions, as they require so much deeper though and inquiry from the teacher. That is why I first answered the questions…