Virginia Commonwealth University

Charlemagne once said, “To have another language is to have a second soul” (BrainyQuote). As a native Spanish speaker, I find this statement to be true since I think about objects different than an English native speaker would. For example, when thinking about objects Spanish speakers tend to associate objects with genders while English speakers do not. The topic of language and how people think has been studied by a few Linguists, Psychologists, and Neuroscientists. Research and studies have…

Madison lived most of his life at Montpelier, his family’s plantation. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1771.James Madison was the fourth president of the united states of America, where he accomplished so much, but no more than his basic life when he wasn’t a president, in the segment of his life where he isn’t a president, he tended to get much…

Assignment 3 Jefferson’s vision for the university of Virginia was for it to be separated from the church. The University itself has many different parts to its plan, and was meant to be very symmetrical. On the east and west end of the church there are dormitories that were used for housing the men who attended the University. Each set of dorms had a shower room and outhouse were attendants could shower, and go to the restroom. Along with the showers and dorms there were also dinning halls.…

Across the twentieth century historians have interpreted Australian national identity in a variety of ways, often promoting their own specific views. Here, I shall delineate and give a brief overview of how Australian national identity has been interpreted by some historians. Over the twentieth century, Australian national identity can, in general, be separated into three time periods. Firstly, during the pre-second world war period, national identity was overwhelmingly based on being British.…

makes law), the executive (initiates and administers law) and the legislature (creates the law) (Mulgan 53-54). All these branches are present both in the Westminster system and New Zealand’s current system (New Zealand Parliament 2014). As a Commonwealth country, similar…

boy. Mugabe’s mother was a teacher, she was left alone to help Mugabe and his three siblings Michael, and Donato Mugabe.When Mugabe was a child he helped out with the family’s cows and making money through small jobs. Robert Mugabe attended the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, and the Kutama College where his beliefs has led…

and our distinct nationhood, vis-a-vis our Pacific neighbours especially. Australian life is like the Australian penny. It has the King’s head on the one side, and the kangaroo on the other. Under the liberal doctrine that transformed Empire into Commonwealth, and under the protection of British sea control in the Pacific, it has been our fortune that these two elements should be complementary, never fundamentally antithetic. Our fate now is that they should appear…

This research site is located in a small desert community, on the sea with a population of approximately 7500 people. There are four schools in the town: one for ages 3 through 5, one for grades 1 through 5 which has boys and girls separated on different wings, a secondary boys school which includes grades 6 though 12, and lastly the secondary girls school which includes grades 6 through 12. The people of the community often continue a tradition of nomadic life, living in tents, camping, and…

In Linda Colley’s book Britons, she takes a shot at combining numerous components of Britain in the eighteenth century to form an understanding of what exactly made up the British identity. Colley’s book is organized well and her arguments are always thoroughly backed up with evidence. Colley makes it very clear that she believes Dominance and Majesty are two elements that encompassed the British identity in the eighteenth century. The overwhelming evidence and support that Colley provides…

My journey started from the most important test for international students – TOEFL test. If you want to study at a university or find a job abroad, you need to pass the TOEFL test (Test of English as a Foreign Language). This test measures the ability of non-native English speakers to use and understand the English language as it is heard, spoken, read, and written in the university classroom. The TOEFL test consists of four sections: reading, listening, writing, and speaking. The most…