Ancient Skills, Organic Farms, Toxic Friends & Modern Issues
					
		Posted  on Jun 14, 2025 in Social sciences	
				
							
										
											
								
				Internet Revives Ancient Skills of Geisha
- Maiko
 - Teahouses
 - Poor girls
 - Making up their own kimonos
 - An art
 - All day from morning to midnight
 - In Kyoto
 - It’s more exciting than working in a company.
 
Organic Farming
- Wanted to grow their own food.
 - Was not used to grow produce right before they bought it.
 - The use of farming methods that do not cause environmental damage.
 - Decides whether produce can be called organic.
 - Your farming practices are approved by its inspectors.
 - When the Soil Association was just starting to function.
 - Had some problems meeting their customers needs.
 - Of a general tendency towards protecting the environment.
 
Toxic Friends: Identifying and Managing Difficult Relationships
- A friend who can make your life difficult.
 - No one in particular, but it’s becoming widely accepted.
 - A friend who will never be supportive of things we want to do
 - Analyze our relationships with our friends very often.
 - Avoid them from time to time.
 - Is easier to solve for men.
 - Tires you telling you about her problems.
 - The toxic friend’s problem cannot always be solved by therapy.
 
Modern Slavery: A Contemporary Crisis
- Very often people who were captured from enemy armies
 - Justifications to enslave people were different from today.
 - The number of slaves was less than in present times.
 - There are forms of exploitation that are equivalent to slavery.
 - In contradiction with existing laws against it.
 - Are affected by forms of slavery, as men and people of all ages are.
 - Are some of the most important factors for the return of slavery.
 - Slaves are now cheaper and easier to replace.
 
Is Text Messaging Making Our Kids Illiterate?
- A teenager can solve most problems with computers or high tech devices…
 - People.
 - Have a richer social life.
 - May behave violently in real life.
 - Phonetic shorthand.
 - Instant Messaging shows that young generations are more and more uneducated.
 - Disagree about the influence of text messaging in school work.
 - An adult who reflects on the use of new techs among kids.
 
Sweet as Sugar: A History and Its Impact
- Not known in Europe until the 16th century.
 - Honey was collected from trees nine thousand years ago.
 - Help make a better supply of nectar.
 - Reflect the original taste of the plants they come from.
 - There would be less green stuff to feed animals and humans.
 - The number of people working in apiculture is decreasing.
 - Comes from hives looked after by professional beekeepers.
 - You will live a much healthier and longer life.
 
Threatened Prehistoric Paradise Reveals Its Secrets
- Is the closest place to Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel.
 - Found many new species still unknown to science.
 - Species are disappearing as they are discovered by scientists.
 - Biologists have been fascinated by Borneo for a long time.
 - Added the Paedocypris micromegethes to its list of new species.
 - Malaysia and other Asian countries are going to sign an agreement of protection for the region.
 - Appears like a cross between two animals.
 - Has more species of plants than any other region on the planet.