Does life make people what they are, or is life what a person makes of it? This question has been asked time and time again, and is still being argued over time and time again. Whether the author knew it or not, Shakespeare explored this question in his play As You Like It through the characters of the play. Characters who, like so many of his others, display typical human natures. Shakepeare seems to have captured a spirit in all of his characters that is so true to life that almost anyone can relate in some way or another.
Shakespeare is a writer who seems to so easily capture the true nature of people. Of course, never lacking humor as he portrays these characteristics. What might be harsh reality written by someone else, becomes that everyone can laugh at--even if that reality is about themselves.
Shakespeare has commonly explored the subjects of love, honor, revenge, justice, and countless others. Put these things together and he has explored the question of life and what makes a person's life what it is, or what makes a person who they are.
I would like to point out that in Shakespeare's play, As You Like It, there are characters who don't fit the mold of normal human life. As in life, there are always exceptions to the rule. However, for the purpose of writing a paper that doesn't turn into a book, I would like to focus on the characters, and aspects of the characters, that come most closely to personifying a typical view of normalcy.
First of all I would like to point out the obvious. There are just some things that a person is bound to have influenced by their circumstances. For example, if a person lives in France they will more than likely speak French. Depending on where exactly in France...
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According to “Teaching Literacy in Order to Turn the Page on Recidivism” Emily Music stated, recidivism is “the tendency of a convicted criminal to relapse into a habit of criminal activity or behavior”(p. 723). What this means is that recidivism is the rate a criminal goes back to prison for committing a crime. Music also expressed that the key to reducing recidivism rates in the United States is decreasing illiteracy rates among juvenile delinquents(p. 724) Many studies since the 1990s state that the rate of recidivism goes down if there are options made available for inmates.Along with William Drakeford explaining in his study that the “Reading skills of the youth in corrections could improve given the opportunity to learn in a structure environment” ( p.143). A study in found inmates who did take this opportunity had a “59% lower recidivism rate than those who did not” (Walker par. 3).As long as prisons provide these literacy programs and if prisoners participate they have more than 59% less of a chance o...
Nurse staffing ratios have been a topic of debate for many years. Inadequate staffing ratios can lead to patient, and staff endangerment, a decrease in patient and staff satisfaction, and a high turnover rate, along with employee burnout. Thus, sever staffing models have been implemented to aid with staffing rations, and federal and state requirements have been implemented. Although, nursing managers and leaders my approach nurse staffing differently, a professional approach should always be used to ensure satisfaction and safety.
Growing dissatisfaction over the university system of West Germany sparked the ire of students against the West German government, alongside a string of macrocosmic issues greatly relevant to one another. Fears over the resurrection of Third Reich and fascist ideals in West Germany grew with the merger of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the 1966 general elections – a coalition thought to resemble the one-party system under Nazi Germany. More significantly, however, is the growing sentiment against the Vietnam War and sympathy towards the rise of socialism in several parts of the world, both of which enabled West German students to protest against the US. One could therefore connect the involvement of t...
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Education is changing in the fast paced world we live in. As educators and course developers we must change with the times as well. The idea of long, drawn out coursework has come to an end. The direction education is taking us is to teach a curriculum of only 2 works by American authors per class. We, as educators, must choose the most relevant and time honored courses as possible to accomplish this. The works I have chosen are “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving and “Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. Each of these is timeless and speaks to us from a historical standpoint.
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The purpose of this paper is to address the issue of nursing staffing ratios in the healthcare industry. This has always been a primary issue, and it continues to grow as the population rate increases throughout the years. According to Shakelle (2013), in an early study of 232,432 surgical discharges from several Pennsylvania hospitals, 4,535 patients (2%) died within 30 days of hospitalization. Shakelle (2014) also noted that during the study, there was a difference between 4:1 and 8:1 patient to nurse ratios which translates to approximately 1000 deaths for a group of that size. This issue can be significantly affected in a positive manner by increasing the nurse to patient ratio, which would result in more nurses to spread the work load of the nurses more evenly to provide better coverage and in turn result in better care of patients and a decrease in the mortality rates.
Baha’i faith is one of the most youngest and independent faiths of this world. According to Baha’i faith, since the requirements of human society and the needs of this world are changing, continuation of religions is necessary and it is one of the most important principles of the faith. Baha’is believe that Baha’u’llah (1817-1892) the founder of the faith is the newest Divine messenger of the God after Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Jesus, and Muhammad.
The classroom teachers in the FSM have their own method or strategies for delivering a lesson from day to day. Some of their strategies were repeated or mono-strategy. Even the experience educators have his/her ways of teaching. There are lots of arguments on ways to help learners achieve the goal of a lesson. In the textbook, Teaching and Learning through Multiple Intelligence Third Edition, there are effective strategies developed to assist students in their learning. These strategies were called application in the textbook (Campbell, Campbell, & Dickinson, 2004). Reviewing the articles on FSM National Standardized test, the results of students pass the test still at the bottom level. The number of passing is measuring in percent which shows that there are many students who fail the test than the students who pass the test (JEMCO Report, 2009). The teachers who are certify to teach in the FSM schools also below the average level. The teacher’s qualification is higher in Pohnpei than the other three states in the FSM. Kosrae State has 29% of teachers who are certifying to teach, Chuuk State has 23%, and Yap has 7%.The percentage of Pohnpeian teachers who are certifying is 72% (STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 16-88, 2010). This looks fine but we need 100% percent of teachers, who are teaching in the public schools, to be certifying for teaching in order to meet the goal for the FSM National Department of Education. There is a link between teachers certification and students performance on the NST which answer the question why students in the FSM did not perform well on the National Standardize Test. The teacher certification policy made by the government stated that all teachers should at least achieve an Associate degree of Arts or...
We must also confront the question of our faith. It is easy to justify improving our genes to save the lives of fellow human beings. How can we let a person grow up knowing s/he is going to suffer from epileptic seizures when we could have prevented it at birth? Wouldn't God want us to help these people? On the other hand, would we know when to stop? It is only logical that with our ability to prevent the harmful effects of debilitating genes, we will be able to improve on already satisfactory genes. Why should one settle for an average body, when one could have a strong, toned physique? Is that what God would want? Are we prepared to say what is okay to change ...
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