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Ishmael Summary and Analysis Ishmael is a philosophical novel written by Daniel Quinn in order to address our environmental crisis. He tries to answer questions in environmental ethics by using biblical allusions, metaphors from Hinduism and other philosophical notions. In this essay I am going to summarize Ishmael and analyze important terms and concepts the author uses. In the first part I am going introduce to the main characters Ishmael and the narrator, in the second part I am going to…

virtuous acts, even before he knows about the goodness or the vileness of his deeds if he is to be (ethically) virtuous. Aristotle states virtue also has its origin through (dia) virtuous acts. Therefore, the teacher, who forces his pupils to act nobly, is not the means of pupils attaining virtue. It the actions…

The amygdala is often called the “aggression center” of the brain. There are two of them in one’s limbic system, and they are located on either side of the thalamus, at the end of the hippocampus, a little bit in front of the brain stem. When the amygdalas are stimulated, one feels anger, violence, fear, and anxiety. When the amygdalas are completely destroyed, a person has what is called Kluver-Bucy syndrome. The effects of this syndrome include hyperorality, hypersexuality, and…

Roger Scruton and Louis Dupre express their opinions on culture, and how culture cannot continue when people forsake it. Scruton claims the identity of a culture comes from the interest of the people in the culture that originates from the elites. Dupre contrasts with Scruton by saying the people within the culture find their identity by their nature. If culture is to survive, Scruton believes it must be passed on to future generations through education. For culture to survive in Dupre’s view,…

Boudon states there are primary (the possible class subcultural effects in attitudes and values developing from unequal social class stratification or category system) and secondary effects (originate from classes’ different positions of individual pupils within the social class stratification system). He states that working class families have lower ambitions for their children and settle for lower level education and work, but the middle class and above have higher ambition for their children…

that words alone do have power and can harm more than punches. Furthermore, we should recognize if our child, friend or pupil is exposed to this type of violence in school and react in time.Different interest, habits, dress style, way of talking, skin color are some of the reasons why kids may become victims of verbal bullying. It often happens that children who are excellent pupils, and who are very dedicated to school, are exposed to mockery and rejection by their peers. Sometimes children…

greatly contributed to literature? William Golding was not deserving of the fame and success he received and Lord of the Flies should not have acquired the critical acclaim it did. Furthermore, while he was a teacher he confessed to pitting his own pupils against each other. Lord of the Flies had major plot holes and lacked resourcefulness; overall the novel could be considered unworthy of The…

to distress Mum and Dad who thought they were giving me the opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to attend Robert Gordon’s College, the most prestigious school in Aberdeen. I thought I would hate Gordon’s because it was a ‘posh’ school where the pupils were like clones, all wearing the same navy-blue blazers. Also, I was happy idling along at Oldmachar where I was in the top sets without much effort and was surrounded by good friends. We were at an impasse as I was entrenched in my views and my…

research. The aim of my research is to uncover the answers of these questions: RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1) What do students and teachers define success as 2) What do students feel contributes to their success 3) What do teachers feel contributes to their pupils success This is a piece of qualitative research that will take place in one PRU in the UK, close to a large town centre in the Black Country. This PRU was selected for this research because of its ‘good’ Ofsted rating, which had been achieved…

Relationship of Teachers’ Cognitive Styles to Pupils’ Academic Achievement Gains by Saracho and Dayton was published in the Journal of Educational Psychology in 1980. Saracho and Dayton discuss the relationship between teacher and student cognitive styles and their effectiveness in education. In a country that continues to lose ground on a world ranking for education, the need for reform is an ever present political issue. The study by Saracho and Dayton can prove helpful if a district is…