Some answers were even in the back of the book, so we just copied. The exams were based on pure memorization of the text. ... The history is no longer some dead facts presented in the textbook, but was then given its life again throughout the communication. ... Therefore as for the assignments of my college history class, there was no right and wrong answer but my genuine ideas. ... The process of learning was then more fascinating, motivating and memorable. ...

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And the fact that I had to search for the background story of the lyrics and then saw the meaning and the value of that song seemed no enough to be the ultimate 'aesthetic value. ... I do not insist that being typical 'American folk song like music' is no of aesthetic value. ... And my answer is 'yes', with no doubt. But there needs to be some conditions as well. ... In a nutshell, an aesthetic value is what makes you feel sense and then think the embedded 'beauty' that you were not able to detect easily. ...

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Afterward the citizens were so ashamed that they were about to put one of societies greatest thinkers to death, they were obliged to look the other way when Socrates jail guards were bribed to let him escape. ... Socrates responded that even though the people might think a wise man is really foolish, that does not make the wise man foolish, because the wise man is still wise no matter what the masses say. ... He states that you should never do evil no matter if evil has been done to you, you should never do it even if you will benefit from doing this evil. ... His other friend Phaedo state...

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Freud argued that parapraxes were those things which were commonly referred to as mistakes, but were actually the manifestation of subconscious truths and intentions. There are many different types of parapraxes, but the type we are most familiar with are misspeakings, or slips of the tongue. ... A good therapist picks up on this and is then ready to ask the right questions to further help the patient. The act of forgetting, Freud says, is in many ways like the act of repression; in repression, one either intentional or subconsciously forgets something as a defense mechanism, because the...

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Perhaps, then, we shall find this if we first grasp the function of a human being" (1097b22-25). ... In Aristotle's opening statement he is saying that happiness is the best good there is, which was an idea that was universally agreed by everyone, although with the invention of material goods, there has been debate about the legitimacy of this statement. ... Those examples were of a violinist, an arts and crafts man as well as a sculptor. ... Essentially Aristotle is saying that we as human are no different that animal or plants, and as he pointed out our needs to survive are no di...

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Tolstoy, in religious fervor, determined that, because one believes in God, there is no need to fear the confusing world. ... He believed that there are two types of knowledge: relative and absolute. ... There is no interpretation involved in intuiting because all points of reference are meaningless when the object is in you and you are in the object. ... He felt that if we only allow one name for things then we eliminate all of the existing possibilities. ... He thought that there was no reason behind what happens and held forth that they could happen any other way. ...

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In order to do this, we must first understand ourselves, and then admit and accept out own personal barriers. Only then can we begin to become critical thinkers. ... Over time, there were other employees who seemed to be having some difficulties with this person. ... There were other problems that could not be resolved so easily. ... The person with this personality trait is a no-fault manipulator who does not know how to handle people, and must always be in control (116 - 130). ...

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There is a saying that " what we see in others reflects how we see ourselves". ... I was trying to give a scientific ground to the matters that were dealt before only by philosophers. ... There was also a lot of political turmoil going on, such as the First World War and the Communist Revolution. ... Such point of view leaves no room for any noble strivings of a human soul. ... In the development of the human brain there are certain critical periods when particular parts of the brain are very plastic to change (for example, language, or music, or visual ability), and then loose the plasticity ...

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Sitting in the back row was me Matthew Shepard, walking in late was Jennifer S there was only one chair left which was next to me I didn"t really consider my self as being the popular rich boy but everyone did. ... It's okay especially coming from someone who wore the same shirt twice in one week" she replied then she took off. ... I had no choice but to do volunteer work, I was walking down town because I got my license revoked for a couple of days and saw a sign on the window that they were looking for volunteers at St. ... Franks to see if she was there , when I walked in she was there...

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For example, if the living environment of a boy or a girl is such where he/she is neglected, scolded often, abused or subjected to family violence, then there is a sure shot that that boy/girl will show similar behavior anywhere else such as school. ... Encryption techniques are convoluted and it is expected that no one will be successful in decrypting them. ... The choice was not a matter of preference, for no one could have said that it was more significant to get to the moon. ... There is no comparable excitement about the problems posed by human behavior (Technology Of Behavior, Ch.1). ...

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In all of our lives, we would agree that while there are some things that we cannot control, for example the beating of our hearts or the inhaling and exhaling through our lungs which allows us to survive, there are indeed certain things which we feel we are able to manipulate and control. ... Everything then in the unfolding of nature is necessitated and could not be any other way. ... Our actions then are caused by external forces that are beyond our control. ... Spinoza says that "there is nothing in nature that is incomplete" thus there is nothing that needs to be changed. ... Regret,...

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Then again, cognitive brain research recognizes the point of view that goes explains an individual's conduct and the diverse dispositions that they encounter that can effect on the way they seem to react to different circumstances (James McClelland,1977). ... Some of them accept individuals as separate entities who can pick and actively select their own activities, whereas others are more deterministic about this issue and dutifully propose that we can no more settle on our own conduct than a machine can. ... Some Therapists propose that cognitive procedures can be ultimately broken down...

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In America's education system, there is still difficulty in exercising freedom to express exactly one's own opinion of works and have unique responses to it, and share those responses. ... Freire states, "The teacher talks about reality as if it were motionless, static, compartmentalized, and predictable" (318). ... If students cannot identify what they are learning then they cannot be expected to retain that information after being tested on it. The information will have no other significance to them. ... The trash that the students are being filled with is the informa...

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