The Online Journal of New Horizons in Education Student Level Factors Influencing Performance and Study Progress Liv Susanne Bugge [1], Gerd Wıkan[2] Volume 3, Issue 2 [1] Department of Social Sciences Faculty of Education and Natural Sciences Hedmark University College, Norway liv.bugge@hihm.no [2] Department of Social Sciences Faculty of Education and Natural Sciences Hedmark University College, Norway Gerd.wikan@hihm.no ABSTRACT A large proportion of Norwegian youths
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Racism in "Crash" Physical Characteristics and racial differences are distinguishing traits that keep people in our world apart from each other. Crash is a movie that showcases prejudice and racial stereotypes. The movie is set in Los Angeles which is a city with the cultural mix of almost every ethnicity. Crash is a perfect analogy of how the different people intersect with others in society. The movie crash shows differences between the lives of different people. It displays the interactions of
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Zipcar Case The proposed venture in this case study has great potential in highly populated areas with a need for transportation. Since Zipcar provides the cars in areas close to the customer, this service would be easy to use. The drawback would be finding a way to make the benefit of utilizing Zipcar more compelling over other forms of transportation such as owning a car, using other car rental services, taxis, subways, or buses. The nice component of Zipcar is that it offers hourly services which
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power is falling (Investopedia, 2011). Comparing the two countries we were quite surprised about the outcome. Brazil: Between 1980 and 2010 the average inflation rate in Brazil was 445.98% (Trading Economics, 2011). This is an extremely high average inflation rate which displays a rather weak economy. The reason for this is the extremely high inflation rates between 1989 and 1994. Below is a table displaying the inflations rates of Brazil from January 2008 to the current date. As
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social force (as their contemporary intellectual descendants are today). Socrates, Plato and Aristotle represent almost a school of thought. Socrates taught Plato, though he did not write down his teachings. After he was executed, Plato did write down what Socrates had taught, in the forms of dialogues, as well as much more which Plato probably thought he might have taught had he lived. Aristotle studied in Plato’s school, the Academy, until after many years he left to form his own. One might characterize
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all the time…people judge another person by how they look before knowing a single thing about them. Does that make them a bad person? Ethics would argue yes. But what makes a person ethical? Everyone has his or her own idea of what makes someone an ethical citizen. For the second edition of The Ethical Citizen, three main components of what makes someone ethical should be incorporated into the book. These things include; responsibility, selflessness, and helping those in need. Responsibility is something
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that guides us. In other words, it is what it is and there is nothing that we can do to change it. For example, in our society, we are taught that murder is bad. However, this does not mean that murder is inherently bad in the sense that it is a law against the will to power of the universe. Justice does not exist, but we want to believe that justice exists. Nietzsche goes on to say, “Your will and your valuations you have placed on the river of becoming; and what the people believe to be good and evil
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Introduction to Heat and Temperature Gonzalo Leon Strayer University 2012/01/27 Introduction to Heat and Temperature Relation between the Study of Heat and Kinetic Theory Kinetic theory can be describes as a scientific theory of the movement of an object. Kinetic theory relates to capacity of a subject to do work on another object due to their motion. Kinetic theory of matter explains that the same is compose of tiny pieces of, atoms or molecules in continues motion. The theory states that
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penthouse is the development of the suburban house in the city centre. Many factors lead to this development and change of “city houses”. It is essential to first look at the characteristics of a suburban house and a penthouse to see what the differences are between these two homes, including references to the examples. Rust and Vreugd is an old house in the City of Cape Town built in 1771.(fig 1.1) It is a great example of VOC architecture and is a monument and museum open to the public today
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Machiavelli makes numerous recommendations that have earned him the label of a heartless and cruel man. Plato, on the other hand, makes much of his discussion about the true nature of philosophy and the just treatment of all citizens. Despite numerous differences, Plato and Machiavelli each desire the rule of philosophers in their states, but while Plato approaches this with direct rule and education of philosopher-kings, Machiavelli appeals to manipulation and deceit in order to secure the rule of philosophers
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