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Global Issues: Religious Freedom

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Are we free to believe in what we want? It is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance without government influence or intervention. It also includes the freedom to change one’s religion or belief.   Freedom…

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Global Issues: Prejudice

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Prejudice Did you know? ▪ The word “prejudice” comes from the Latin roots “prae” (in advance) and “judicum” (judgment), which essentially means to judge before. When we “pre-judge” someone, we make up our minds about who they are before we actually get to know them. Prejudices or “pre-judgments” are not based upon actual real-life interaction with…

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How to write a Dissertation

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Argumentative Essay ▪ What is an argumentative essay type of text? An argumentative essay is a type of text in which the writer, through the usage of arguments and research, supports or not a specific line of thinking of a subject, typically it contains many different kinds of information, often located in specialized parts or sections. …

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How to write a Composition

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▪ What is a composition type of text? According to the online Cambridge Dictionary It’s “ a short piece of writing about a particular subject, done by a student”. Also known as a Review The main purpose of a review is describing, judging or even expressing a personal opinion about something based on what the writer knows or has experienced. Both Description and…

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Global Issues: Water Crisis

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Water Crisis “Clean, safe drinking water is scarce. Today, nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and we even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles. Water is the foundation of life. And still today, all around…

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Global Issues: Energy Crisis

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Energy Crisis The energy crisis is the concern that the world’s demands on the limited natural resources that are used to power industrial society are diminishing as the demand rises. These natural resources are in limited supply. While they do occur naturally, it can take hundreds of thousands of years to replenish the stores.  …

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Global Issues: Education Worldwide

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Education Worldwide Education can be thought of as the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of a society. In this sense, it is equivalent to what social scientists term socialization or enculturation. (Read more) ▪ Actual World Situation  As a result of poverty and marginalization, more than 72 million children around the world remain unschooled….

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Global Issues: Diseases

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Diseases     A disease is a particular abnormal condition that affects part or all of an organism not caused by external force (injury) and that consists of a disorder of a structure or function, usually serving as an evolutionary disadvantage. The study of disease is called pathology, which includes the study of cause. Disease is…

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Global Issues: World Hunger

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World Hunger        Although the number of undernourished people has dropped by over 20% since 1992 (216 million fewer than in 1990-92) today there are 815 million people who do not have enough to eat. This is more than the 795 million in 2014, although still down from about 900 million in 2000.    Nearly half of…

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Global Issues: Deforestation

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Deforestation     Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths half the size of England are lost each year. (National Geographic) This advertisement was created for WWF’s campaign in order to raise…