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    Social class is someone’s reputation in society based on their economic status. Society also defines someone’s intelligence with the level of education he/she received. Someone from a higher social class is more likely to have the means to attend a more prestigious school, and is therefore more likely to receive a higher education. Donald Trump, who is now a multi-billionaire business man, had received money from his father at a younger age to start his own company. Even though he attended many prestigious

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    dresses, well-endowed women would wear bandages to flatten their breasts. Clothes revealed more skin with sleeveless tops, V-shape neck and back with strings of long pearls on the side. The evening dresses were made to achieve as much effect of brilliance, thus it answers why fabrics like shiny silks, lames and light velvets were commonly used and even further embellished with pearls, sequins and metallic threads. In order to accentuate movement of the jazz dancing, layers of boas and fringes were

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    At the beginning of the term, I came into this class not feeling very confident about my writing. I had taken writing classes in the past, but none to the extent of a college level writing course. One of the skills that I found I lacked the most was my vocabulary. While my writing structure was often not a problem my writing did not sound as sophisticated as it could be. I occasionally used a thesaurus but this would often cause problems as sometimes the words would not quite agree with the meaning

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    Everyone has a different view of what education is and to get education. Education is key to being successful later in life. People who are educated get employment opportunities and get a high paying job. If, you are not educated than you are likely to get a job that neither pay you minimum wage or not. Before, we can get a job without having an education or any skills and education was expensive. Nowadays, everything is changing from getting a job to going to college to getting education. Now

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    It has been said over and over again that human intellect is important to have. As we grow older, we can see that this statement is true. Knowledge is a powerful attribute. Some people may argue that the only way to be an intellectual person is to have a piece a paper signed and noted by a superior official affirming you have done all the coursework within the field of study i.e. a diploma. Others may be at the other end of the spectrum and believe that real knowledge is something that we gain as

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    Are Schools Pushing Students towards Success or Distress? Many American students agree that there are major issues in the current education system. These flaws are creating stress, confusion, and other feelings that leave some students with no sense of direction. One of these problems are school’s career programs, particularly in elementary, middle, and high schools. Early on, children are being educated about potential job opportunities. To some, this may sound beneficial to students because it

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    Education help us reach our life goals and dreams. Students who receive a higher education are more likely to have a better and stable life. Although the style of disciplines that are strictly enforced in traditional schooling is unacceptable for many students, but it could also have a lot of positive impact to prepare them for future. Students are always looking for freedom and how to not be under controlled. Positive disciplines teach them how to behave well and work together to create a better

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    In his staging of “A Streetcar Named Desire”, Tennessee Williams is creative in his unorthodox fusing of realistic elements with an expressionistic style. We can see the themes and ideas that Williams is trying to portray through more than just the dialogue and good acting. Dramatic strategies such as form, staging and set design, the costumes and so on, these all help convey to an audience the themes of the play in either quite obvious or subtle ways; most of the time it’s subtle, we have to really

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    1. In what sense is seventeenth-century Dutch painting an art of describing? Focusing on two works of your choice, consider the possible relationships between artworks and contemporary forms of social behaviour and/or new knowledge. The distinctive pictorial mode of 17th Century Dutch painting can broadly be categorised as descriptive. Realism is employed in rendering scenes of everyday life through various iterations of subject matter found in the real world. Distinct from Renaissance art of

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    The Great College Debate The college debate is a hot topic and whether or not to attend college is a question that is increasingly harder to answer. At some point in every young adult’s life, and sometimes not so young, they must make the decision about whether or not to pursue a college education. For some, going to college is something they always knew they would do; while others agonize over the importance of a college education and the burden of taking on a large amount of debt to pay for it

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