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- 1001: My Childhood
- ... my parents, but also by my aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Also, they taught me gender roles, the behavioral expectations associated with gender. This was done by giving me specific types of toys to play with, teaching me about other men in my family, and having me observe the roles of other men in my family. To teach me the difference between right and wrong, my parents used various types of punishment ...
- 1002: A Utopian Society
- ... of those in favor of a Utopian society, and would eventually win. The poor probably would not fight for it, for they are afraid of the rich, and know all of the power they hold. Teaching children while they are young is the key to a successful utopian society. This is why isolation is needed. If a Utopian society is started in the middle of England, children would have too much ...
- 1003: Cry Wolf
- ... rigid hierarchies. In the chain of power each wolf has a defined place on a ladder of dominance and submission" (3l). The entire pack works together according to position to raise and nurture the pups, teaching them a highly sophisticated system of communication used "for expressing their status relative to each other" (Bergman 31). Also, from parents and older siblings, young wolves learn not only how to hunt, but what to ...
- 1004: Greek Literature
- ... who wrote the first church history; St. Basil the Great (died 379), who organized Eastern monasticism; his brother Gregory of Nyssa (died 394), who wrote many works in which he combined Platonic philosophy with Christian teaching; and Gregory of Nazianzus (died 389), who is noted for his poems, sermons, letters, and writings on theological controversies. The writings of the historians, geographers, philosophers, scientists, and rhetoricians are read today largely as curiosities ...
- 1005: Contemporary Thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aguinas
- ... war he initiated would result in the disastrous defeat of Athens. (GME PERICLES) Socrates, was a Greek thinker whose work marked a decisive turning point in the history of philosophy. He invented a method of teaching by asking questions (the Socratic method), pioneered the search for definitions, and turned philosophy away from a study of the way things are toward a consideration of virtue and the health of the human soul ...
- 1006: The Importance of Literature vs. Science
- ... Blow could sit down and write a book on life in the streets of Amsterdam, and we would learn something. Literature can almost always teach you something, proficiency in it merely accelerates and improves the teaching process. This is not to say that science is useless however. Social sciences and literature complement each other well in understanding humans and their behavior. Science teaches us the how, while literature teaches us the ...
- 1007: The Elusive Form: The Use of Female Characters in "Naked Nude"
- ... viewing her evolves, providing his epiphany VI. Relationship of female characters VII. Conclusion and restatement of thesis. Bernard Malamud, a leading contemporary Jewish author, skirts between fantasy and reality in his almost allegorical short fiction, teaching the reader a lesson through coinciding elements of beauty and comedy. Venturing away from his usual, inner-city Jewish element, Malamud tackles new challenges of subject and setting in his novelistic collection of short stories ...
- 1008: Foucault and Truffaut: Power and Social Control in French Society
- ... populace. The family seeks to enforce the discipline of societies larger moral codes on children. Notice how in the movie the mother in a seemingly kindly attempt to bond with her child is in fact teaching him the moral codes of society: running away from home is wrong, school is good, respect your elders, follow rules, and don't lie. The prison system in the movie seeks to isolate the deviant ...
- 1009: Demeter and Persephone: Relationship Between Parent and Child
- ... closely by someone else than their parents. Parents would still take an important role in the child's life but without doing all the dirty work. This person was to do all the tasks of teaching the children manners, how to speak, and about the roles they were expected to play in society. At this moment that is what Demeter wanted, to have a child to raise again as she did ...
- 1010: Prejudice of a Bigot
- ... been pre-labeled a guy that attends many parties is really holding down two jobs. It is possible the perky lady is so excited about learning that she's going to hold the instructor to teaching. So one should accept prejudgments as fluid, not solid. True bigots make up their minds and keep up the attitude in spite of evidence to the contrary. It may have much to do with insecurity ...
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