A Child’s Hospital Visit: What to Expect
They are better for lying in bed. My nurse is called Kathy. She checks if I’m feeling well today. There’s a funny peg that goes on my finger.
I don’t know how, but it checks how much fresh air is inside me. Kathy then checks my temperature and asks me and my mummy lots of questions. Wow, I’m really tall! And we need to check how heavy I am, too.
Now, this is funny; this special cream helps make my hands go to sleep slowly. I can still play, but my skin goes numb. That means I feel very little
Read MoreCrafting Effective Essays: A Step-by-Step Approach
1. Understand the Essay Question
Read the essay question carefully.
- Highlight key words.
- Use a dictionary to check the meaning of any unfamiliar words.
- Identify the task words that indicate what needs to be done (e.g., ‘discuss’, ‘explain’, ‘compare’).
- Identify the topic words that indicate the particular subject of the essay (e.g., the character of ‘Juliet’ in Shakespeare’s work or the ’causes’ of World War I).
- Identify any limiting words that restrict the discussion to a particular area (e.g., in ‘Chapters
Ferdinand VII’s Reign: Absolutism, Liberalism, and American Independence
Ferdinand VII: Absolutism, Liberalism, and the Emancipation of Spanish America
Absolutist Six-Year Period (1814-1820)
Ferdinand VII returned to Spain in March 1814 after Napoleon’s defeat. The Treaty of Valencia restored him to the crown. Many Spaniards, including those who authored the “Manifesto of the Persians,” hoped for a return to absolute monarchy. Ferdinand VII responded with the Decree of Valencia, abolishing the reforms of the Cádiz Cortes and restoring the Old Regime. This period was
Read MoreFranco’s Regime: Ideals, Power, and Policies in Spain
Franco’s Regime: Ideals and Consolidation of Power
Franco established a new state based on the ideals of July 18th: the defense of class interests, the creation of social order, and the defense of corporate interests, all stemming from a reaction against perceived social chaos, communism, and anti-Catholicism. The regime’s foundation was victory in the Spanish Civil War. A coup d’état initiated a military dictatorship, concentrating all power in Franco himself. This dictatorship was a direct response
Read MoreEarly Modern English: Morphology, Syntax, Lexis
Early Modern English: Morphology, Syntax, and Lexis
Morphology
Declensions: Only Genitive -es and -s. The apostrophe in ‘s wasn’t used to mark possession until the 18th century; it was used to mark elided e (e.g., Thron’).
- Umlaut plurals: men, feet, lice, teeth.
- Uninflected plurals: sheep, deer, swine.
- Lexical imports: phenomenon-phenomena, stimulus-stimuli, analysis-analyses.
Adjectives & Adverbs: Adjectives were indeclinable. Comparison used both periphrastic more/most and synthetic -er/-est. Double
Read MorePosters and Comics: Design, History, and Analysis
Posters: Definition and Functions
A poster is a large-format sheet of paper, printed with advertisements or notices, produced in bulk for public display.
Functions of Posters:
- Information
- Advertising or publicity
- Education
- Environmental enhancement (becoming part of the urban landscape)
- Aesthetics (created with attractive designs)
- Creativity (designing a poster is a creative endeavor)
Many posters have become art market products, sold to collectors or the general public. The poster represents a “public image”
Read MoreDavid Hume’s Emotivism and Kant’s Transcendental Idealism
1. David Hume: Emotivism and Morality
Emotivism and the Ethics of Hume
Hume emphasizes the role of emotions and feelings in human behavior. Against those who consider reason responsible for our decisions and actions, Hume argues that any action is upheld by emotion and feelings. While it is true, Hume says, that we reflect before making decisions, these arguments are motivated by emotions. Actions are motivated by the pleasure or pain they cause us because, according to him, we seek pleasure and reject
Read MoreMary Wollstonecraft’s *Mary: A Fiction*: Characters & Themes
Mary Wollstonecraft’s *Mary: A Fiction*
Feminist writer and intellectual Mary Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1759, in London. Brought up by an abusive father, she left home and dedicated herself to a life of writing. After her friend Fanny died in 1785, Wollstonecraft took a position as a governess. Three years later, she published her most famous work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, advocating for educational reform, giving women access to the same educational opportunities as men.
Read MoreUnderstanding Fundamental Human Rights and Their Categories
Inalienable Rights
Inalienable rights are those fundamental rights that cannot be legitimately denied to a person. No government has the power or authority to deny such rights, as they are part of the essence of being human. These rights are inherently inalienable.
Indivisible Rights
The indivisible nature of human rights rules out the possibility of conflict between them and highlights the close relationship between individual and social rights. The right to be free and equal in dignity, to have freedom
Read MoreCLIL in Education: A Comprehensive Approach
What is Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)?
CLIL is a dual-focused educational approach in which a second language is used for learning subject content from the curriculum. In CLIL, content and language learning occur simultaneously with an emphasis on their integration.
David Marsh defined CLIL as a situation where subjects are taught through a foreign language with dual-focused aims: learning content and a foreign language at the same time.
The 4Cs Framework of CLIL
Do Coyle established