Amy Tan's Perspective on Language and Communication Amy Tan in her article, “Mother Tongue” appears to ask whether the mastery of a language is a measure of intelligence. That question lingers into the minds of many people concerned about the predicaments of non-native English speakers. However, there is more into language...
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The term discourse community refers to a group of people who share a topic for discussion or an idea which they need to be brought forward and a solution found. In most cases, discourse communities entail people who share common values and who have a shared history. There are certain...
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Effects of Growing Up in a Single Parent Family What are the effects of growing up in a single parent family? The nuclear or two-parent family has been the most dominant family structure throughout America's history. Waldfogel, Craigie, and Brooks-Gunn point out that "the vast majority of American children were born...
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Ethics in Personal Relationships Ethics is defined as the entirety of rules of properly noble conduct correlated to the ideology of a particular partnership or association (Eduard). A Discussion on Honesty in Personal Relationships as an Ethical Dilemma since personal relationships between individuals are also ethical relationships. Ethical relationships by definition...
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Education is the Backbone of Growth and Development Education is the backbone of the growth and development of any state or region. As such, matters surrounding the system require deep and thorough consideration. One of the issues under discussion is the reduction of school days from five to four. In her...
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Literature and Stylistic Devices Literature, as one would argue, has its unique stylistic devices that authors use to convey messages. Sometimes the message can be hidden in the play or story while on other occasions the message can be direct from the onset. One such incident in which the central theme...
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The following memorandum has been created to analyse the “Hotel laws of Texas” document, which was designed years ago, and although it may have been understood then, that seems not to be the case now. While going through the document, I encountered some mistakes which made the document unclear to...
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The internet is ideally a networking infrastructure that connects millions of people globally. The Internet is a recent technology that has been evolving from time to time. The "father of the internet" who aided into its development is known as Vint Cerf who co-designed the TCP/IP protocols as well as...
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Childhood Days in Mexico There are a myriad of things that differentiate us as individual human beings. Among these things is our childhood. This is since we all experienced different and unique backgrounds that ultimately set us apart from each other. For my part, my days in Mexico have been of...
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According to the article, “Colorism within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)” by Marybeth Gasman and Ufuoma Abiola, colorism is termed as a form of discrimination that is primarily based on skin tone, whereby, lighter skinned blacks are privilege while on the other hand, dark-skinned blacks are penalized (Gasman,...
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The global love for sandwiches can be credited to their sweet taste and expertise that goes in the process of making them. However, not so many people understand the process of making a sandwich, let alone the types of sandwiches. The essay will focus on one special type called the...
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The events that occurred at Smuttynose Island have for a long time been associated with Louis Wagner. On March 6, 1873, Annette and Karen were murdered. It has, however, become difficult to prove whoever killed him (Seacoast). Some suspects were of interest in the case. However, most of the people...
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