What are the responsibilities of an educated person? (University of Puget Sound)

With the opportunity to learn and be educated, there come certain responsibilities. One is to create a difference for the people around you. Since you are educated you will have a better job, better standard of living than many around you. If you have enough for yourself and a little extra you should use that money to help the people around you. Maybe there is a family next door having a hard time paying their bills, or maybe there is an old man who has needs a check up but doesn't have the money to go for that check up. You need to be the one helping the helpless and being their for the lonely. You need to be able to tell the right from the wrong. To stand up for what is right. If a person is getting bullied on the side of the road, you should be the one going out of your way to stop the fight. Though your life maybe busy with your new job, and family you may not have time to do little things that change other people's lives. However, you need to make the time for these little changes to take place. You need to be the one keeping the roads clean. If people throw trash, you need to be the one telling them to stop. You need to be the one to tell a police officer not to take a bribe. You need to be the one following the laws of the country, because you can read them, and there is no reason for you not to be follow them. For if you do follow the laws, you will be a role model for many. People will look up to you not just because you are educated but also because you follow what is required of every person.

Title: Malawian women protest after attacks for wearing pants, miniskirts

By: Faith Karimi

Published: January 20, 2012 Accessed January 22, 2012

Malawian women were attacked for wearing western clothes. Street vendors attacked the women because they believe the women are not following traditions or their cultures. Women were stripper naked and beaten for not wearing what their cultures demands. Women, who thought that they lived in a free country were put down by men. Living in a democracy did not change the way that women were and are being treated. When the president got to know about this attack he said that the street vendors should be arrested. Malawi did ban women from wearing pants and miniskirts during dictatorship. However, since 1994 women were allowed to dress how they wanted. Though women were granted equal rights, still they are not treated equally when it comes to education, employment or political power.

Words don't mean anything until they are put into action. Same goes for a constitution where it may say that women have equal rights, but in reality they are still treated as slaves. Women have the right to wear what they want, do what they want. They should not have to justify why they wore what they wore. Why are men stripping these women naked and beating them up? Does their culture, and tradition allow them to do this? A pant or miniskirt is still a piece of clothing to cover oneself. Wether the women wears long traditional skirts or pants they are still covering her body, so why make a big deal. The women should not be told what to wear or how to talk. In a democratic country they are free to do what they want, and should not be judged for it.

Vocab

Perpetrators

President Bingu wa Mutharika warned the perpetrators to stop the attacks

a person who commits an evil act

origin latin perpetratus to execute

The perpetrator kidnapped the little girl because he wanted money.

Sporadically

occasional

Attacks on women wearing pants have occurred sporadically in other African

origin latin sporadicus

The plague that hit the city happens sporadically every year or so.

Disparities

but disparities remain in almost all aspects including education,

lack of similarity or equality

origin: french desparite

The disparities among men and women in many countries is shocking.

If you had the gift of telepathy, the ability to read other people’s minds, would you use this gift or not? Explain. (Middle East Technical University/93)

If I had a gift of telepathy I would definitely use this gift, but I would not tell any that I had such a gift. With powers comes curses. So I am sure with this gift I would only be allowed to read certain people's mind. Maybe just the people that I know, or just strangers. Maybe I wouldn't be allowed to read the minds of women, or people that have are pure, and sinless. But with the gift of telepathy I would read people's mind if we are playing a game, and I would want to know their next move. This would help me win, even though I would be cheating. Since no one would know that I have this gift, people would not try and control their mind when I am around them. I would read the emotion a person feels when they see their loved ones, or their enemies. Maybe I could be a psychiatrist who would help people see what is really wrong with them. Some patients might now know what is wrong with them, and they may be really confused, therefore frustrated. If I did have the gift of telepathy I could easily tell them what is wrong with them, without the patient having to do much work. I could also see many patients in one day because I don't have to wait for them to think and then tell me whats wrong. I could easily just go read their mind and make life simpler for the both of us. This way I would also be making a lot of money because more patients would mean more money, and then a higher standard of living. With this gift I could tell apart the people that do not like me and the ones that do. Maybe it will help me in my interview for a job because then I would know exactly what to say and when to say it, without being too nervous, and recking my future.

Create a question we haven’t asked and then provide the answer. (Something to that effect anyway. Dartmouth used this a few years ago. I had a student who posed the following question and wrote a seven-page response: “Write about a time when life threw you a curve and how you handled it.”)

Is the world changing for the better?

The world is changing for the better. With new inventions, and different way of thinking the world is moving on from the old to something better ahead. During the middle ages the serfs were treated as slaves. They were given just enough to survive on. Ruled by brutal lords the serfs did their best to please their master in any way possible. As time passed with the Enlightenment and the Renaissance taking place, people started to think differently. For the serfs the life changed for the better. They no longer were bound to their Lord. They were free to make their own choices. They fought for their freedom and soon there arose a middle class; something better, and a class where there was hope.

With technology the world truly is moving ahead for the better. With the industrial revolution taking place, we have created so much to be thankful for. The roads built, the trains.We have created internet that helps us to send information in matter of seconds. Before this information took months and sometimes years to get to the other side of the world. The world is so much more connected than before. We can know what is happening on the other side, without actually having to be there.

Our thinking has changed and with this medicine. Before a mentally ill person was looked down upon. Now we see that a person who is mentally ill should be treated as an equal. We do not accuse people for being different. Instead we help them through medical treatment to cope with society, and its standards.

People, however, may think that the world is changing for the worse because with invention came destruction such as World War II . The idea of the world changing for the better has more positives than negatives held to it, and therefore the world is changing for the better. The world is changing so that we may have a better future.

Title: Brain function can start 'as early as age 45'

By: BBC

Published: 6 January, 2012 Accessed: 7 January, 2012

Researchers in the United Kingdom have found out that the brain's ability to function can start decreasing as early as 45 years of age. Before it was believed that the brain functions properly till the age of 60, however, this new studies has proved the old one wrong. The things assessed during the experiments were memory, vocabulary, and comprehension with among 7,000 women and men of different age. Except the vocabulary, everything else seemed to decrease especially in the elders. The researchers did keep in mind the age variation that they were examining. After getting their results, the researchers such as Professor Archana Singh-Manoux are looking at ways to prevent cognitive. He says there we can definitely prevent cognitive from taking place to some extent. Life choices such as smoking and drinking do affect the brain, and we need to make people aware that there are consequences for the choices they make. Other experts want to carry out this experiment in larger population so that they can be sure how dangerous dementia can be after a certain age.

Knowing that eventually I will start becoming old, and my brain will not be able to function properly is scary. This vacation I am living with a old women who has had a brain operation which has played a role in her behavior. At times she forgets what she is saying in the middle of the sentence. She doesn't know if it is day or night unless someone tells her. She doesn't remember if she has eaten her meal, which causes her to ask for another meal. All this frustrated the maids who don't know what to do other than complain. Having a functional brain is something I would like to have for the rest of my life. I cannot imagine my self not being able to recognize the people I love, or the places I visited. If experts are able to find out a way in which to prevent the brain from deteriorating, I would be very glad. However, there still lies one question how many people will be able to afford such medication?

Vocab

Deteriorate

The brain's ability to function can start to deteriorate as early as 45

to make or become worse in quality or value

Origin: latin word deterior which means to worsen

At a high point in her career she began to deteriorate because of the personal choices she made.

Dementia

because dementia treatments are more likely to work at the time when individuals start to experience mental impairment.

Severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration

Origin: Latin Dementia which means madness.

The treatments for patients who face dementia are so costly that hardly any one can afford them.

Cognitive

The UCL researchers tested the cognitive functions of 5,198 men and 2,192 women aged 45 to 7

pertaining to the mental process of perception

Origin: Latin Cognitivus

The research party was out to deal with cognitive damages and find a cure for it.

Imagine that you have the opportunity to travel back through time. At what point in history would you like to stop and why? (Swarthmore)

If I could travel back in time I would definitely want to stop at the Italian Renaissance which is during the 14 century. This is because so many ideas were brought forward during this time. Artist expressed themselves, they did things that were seen as a taboo to society. Sculptors such as Michelangelo took a risk when he sculpted a nude David. During this time people were ready to risk their life. They were proud of the talent they had. The artists wanted the others to see their work. Many famous artists belong to this period such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. The literature such as The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli also belong to this period of time. Their work is famous and loved by many. If I could travel back in time I would want to see all these great painters and writers. I would want to talk to these famous men and find out what kind of trouble they went through in order to publish their work. Their lives in the history books don't always tell us the kind of person and the personality they had. If the opportunity was given I would want to know what kind of people these men were. Why they did what they did. Was expressing their opinion so important that they went against societies laws? These questions are few of the many that I would ask them. Also this period brought forward the idea of humanism, and how an individual is important. I would like to see the difference of how an individual sees things today, and they way an individual saw the world during the Renaissance. Because the idea of humanism was new back then, I am sure it had a different meaning to the ones living then, than to the people living now. This period brought forward so many ideas to be thankful for. Thanks to this period humans think differently and act differently.

How can a person get along with an enemy?

A person does not need to get along with everyone around them. Some just don't fit in your friend list, while some make it to the hate list. The fact is every is different. Not everyone can handle others personality or their behavior. They are called your enemy for a reason. A person which you cannot stand. A person that gets on your nerves with every move he or she makes. A person who when walking by makes all the hair on your arms stand. When he or she walk by you try your best not to think of something mean in your head, but either way your swearing your heart out. Many enemies live under one roof. They have no choice but to get along with each other. To get along with your enemy you do not need to be overly nice, or treat them as a friend. You just need to be civil. You don't need to get out of your way to do something sweet, or make up for not liking them. You should not be plotting against them or marking your next move. If the enemy talks to you, only do you then talk to him or her. When walking past them you don't need to smile, you just need to keep walking along. You should do the things you set out to do. You don't, and shouldn't change your timetable because of your foe. You simply do your things without getting in the enemies way. If you make it clear enough that you want nothing to do with him or her, he or she will leave you alone. You simply get along with your life as if the enemy didn't exist. If this is hard, and all you think about is your enemy, and seeing his or her ugly face everyday, go to your friend and talk it out. You shouldn't care about what your enemy is doing instead rather focus all that energy on your own work, and life. Focus on your self rather that your enemy.