ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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On the positive side, Facebook is another way for people to connect with new friends, old friends, and family. According to the pro and cons website on social networking, seventy percent of adult social networking users visit the site to connect with friends and family. Fifty-two percent of teens say that using social media has helped improve their relationships with friends and eighty-eight percent believe that social media have helped them stay connected with friends they can not see regularly. Despite the fact that Facebook and social media sites have many positive sides, it has its bad sides as well.
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Facebook users are starting to get more and more addicted each day. According to an article from WebMD, in a 2009 survey of 1,030 parents, Rosen and colleagues found out that children and teens had spent more time engaged in media (online and offline) had more anxiety, more stomachaches, and more sick days from school. In teens, the time spent playing video games also led to poorer health. In another ongoing survey of teens and adults, Rosen found that spending more time than average on Facebook was associated with signs of narcissism, anxiety, and bipolar disorder on a standard psychological test. In another 2011 study, 279 middle school, high school, and university students lost focus for an average of three minutes for every fifteen minutes spent studying or doing another task. Checking Facebook just once during the fifteen minute period was associated with lower grades. Not only does Facebook cause lower grades, it also can ruin someones self-esteem.
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Facebook users feel as if they need to know if something important is happening, and by doing their work, they feel like they might miss out on something big. The New York Times released an article in April of 2011 that talked about FOMO, which stands for “the fear of missing out.” This mostly occurs when seeing Facebook statuses and photos posted by friends, questioning the event, wondering “Why wasn’t I there?” or “How come I didn’t know this was happening?” Sometimes it’s not just a specific event that throws us off, but just scrolling through a friends profile and noticing how much “better” his or her life appears. Facebook adds negative social comparisons and FOMO, which puts a sense of regret and a heavy weight on self-esteem.
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As social networking sites become more and more popular, its users have expanded from teens to young adults, to even people over fifty. As you can see with Amanda Todd’s story, many people use social networking sites for the wrong reasons. People can be whoever they want to be, but some do use it for the right reasons, as for example connecting with family they haven’t seen in a while, or catching up with long-distance friends. Is Facebook a place where people can connect and have conversations about things that truly matter to them? Is it a place where you can express yourself without fear of judgement? Or is it a place for status updates that aren’t true, photoshopped profile pictures, and cyber-bullying disguised as humor? So what do you think? Is Facebook a friend or a foe?
Topic: friendship

Loyalty fits perfectly with my characteristics of a good friend. Telling the truth by far , is one of the most honorable things that I look for in a friend. Being loyal is not about bowing down , but it is a respect that they and I share and understand. Loyalty is like having someone that you feel as though you can express your true feelings with. This type of person you can share secrets with. A friend is someone who loves you , not sexually , but in a friendly way. This individual has never broken the code. This special friend you have known for a very long time. Being loyal to me starts within yourself. A good friend who is loyal will never lie , or deceive you. Not to say that tis person is perfect , but they know the do’s and don’ts in the relationship.
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Being trustworthy lets me know ; who is for me and who is not for me. Being dependable , when I need this person he or she lets me know that I can trust this person. Also this person is loyal and you never has to worry about. It is a good thing to have someone who meets your expectations. Furthermore , when you sow good seeds , you shall reap good friends as well. This means that a friendship is beautiful , is honest , it is impeccable. A friendship sort of like having Jesus Christ in your life. ‘’He is my best friend.’’
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Facebook started out as a simple social networking site, and has now grown to be one of the biggest companies in the world. One would typically join the site to be social with others, but it seems like it is almost distancing people from one another. Facebook users tend to have hundreds of friends, but how many of those can actually be considered real friends? The meaning of friendship seems to be forgotten when it comes to Facebook. Facebook is affecting friendship in society today because people use it too much, have too many “friends”, and do not put as much effort in to their “real life” friends.
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The idea of Facebook seems like it would be a great way to maintain social relationships, but because people are using it so much it is actually isolating them more than anything. If Facebook was used in moderation, it would probably bring people a lot closer than it does now. Many of the millions of people that have a Facebook tend to check their page multiple times a day. It has become a new addiction for people, and for some, a very serious addiction. Many people today can spend countless hours accessing the site, even when they are out in public! When out in a social situation, take a look around the room and notice how many people are glued to their phones.
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It’s absolutely absurd. Before the use of smartphones and Facebook, people actually socialized with one another when they were together. Now it seems like people are letting it take over their lives, and not looking around to see what’s going on right in front of them in the real world. Friends don’t spend as much time together because they are too busy tagging each other, or looking at the other’s comments or pictures. If people used Facebook less, it would have a more positive effect on friendship.
Topic: friendship

Most people in the world do not have hundreds or even thousands of friends, but on Facebook that is the norm. It has almost become like a popularity contest to see how many friends one can acquire. The more people one becomes friends with the harder it is to stay in touch with all of them. By having all of these “friends”, it seems like people aren’t focusing on what it means to really be a true friend. Junghyun Kim and Jong-Eun Roselyn Lee did a study on the effects of the number of Facebook friends one has: Having too many Facebook friends, on the other hand, will not necessarily increase social support one can receive, for most of the ‘friendships’ may be superficial at best.
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People shouldn’t refer to Facebook friends as “friends”, because most of the time those people aren’t true friends. A friend is someone who is always there, and is an important person in life that is trustworthy. It seems like people today are more focused on commenting on someone’s post, rather than actually taking the time to spend time with them. People need to take the time to realize who their true friends are, and try to make sure they stay close with them. Facebook actually has a maximum number of friends one can have at a time. Amy Dempsey stated “Holding on to old friendships via Facebook may prevent us from forming new connections in the real world” (Dempsey).
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Amy later goes on to quote Oxford University professor Robin Dunbar, “According to Facebook, the reason for the 5,000-friend cap is that anything beyond that can make it too difficult to maintain an environment where you can stay engaged with your friends in a meaningful way”(Dunbar). It seems like the quality of friendship is diminishing in this society. People do not have the time to keep in touch with hundreds of people and actually have a close relationship with all of them. It shouldn’t matter how many friends one has, the quality of the friendship is much more important. Since people are using this site so much, their important relationships are suffering.
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Facebook may seem like it is bringing friends closer together, but it is actually just doing the opposite of that. Facebook is becoming detrimental to friendships because people are using it too much, are acquiring too many friends, and therefore are letting it affect their meaningful friendships. Life is so short, and people should take the time to appreciate their true friends who are right in front of them, rather than to try to keep in touch with people that they may barely even know. If Facebook keeps on growing and continuing the way that it is, it does not look too good for meaningful friendships. It really is simple, spend more time with friends and less time on Facebook.
Topic: friendship

Every time I set down near my grand mother, speak to her and listen from her, I question the variety of popular or standard proverbs that she utilizes while talking about any topic. I always try to ask her to provide me “substantial” explanations about the significances that I can’t see behind those words. And of course she always assists me and surprises me with deep cultural conventional explanations for the proverbs she uses. Utilizing sayings is extremely typical here in Morocco.
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In this context we can point out another Moroccan proverb that says “close you doors is much better than you implicate you neighbours”. Which implies that it’s better for you to take your preventative measures and insure your property, than to disregard it and lose it, and after that you begin implicating everybody that he takes it, and as an outcome of that you’ll not benefit anything, and you’ll lose both your home and your social relationships? So, offering advice by utilizing sayings could be extremely useful, influential and stunning in the exact same time.
Topic: friendship

Popular proverbs can be used also in general contexts, as a way of saying wise expressions that the listener can conclude its beautiful meaning, that always makes you try to do everything that is good, and that gives you a different view about life and its symbolism. And here we can represent a beautiful proverb about friendship that says “A stone from the hand of a friend is an apple”. From this proverb we can conclude the beauty of the relationship between friends. It’s the real, the pure friendship that makes you forget anything, any mistake that comes from your friend, for nothing but your friendship.
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There is another kind of proverbs that motivate people, make theme work hard and try to improve their personality and life. And as an example of that, there is the famous proverb here in Morocco that says “education in youth is like engraving on rock”. This proverb encourage people to teach and educate their children while they are youth, because of ability that children have of learning more quickly and effectively than others who are more aged. So this proverb may convince a lot of people –especially in the Moroccan villages- who don’t believe in teaching children to educate them.
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With this meaning there is another Moroccan proverb that says “little by little, the camel goes into the couscous”. Which means that everything that is difficult or seems to be impossible to take place in reality needs only some patience from you. And that is little by little, or step by step it can be realized. What to say finally is that, using proverbs is a social and cultural behaviour that everyone uses in his daily life. And that show how deep and great is the culture of any country… and its people’s perspective and behaves.
Topic: friendship

In Michelle Magorians cute and heart warming novel “ Goodnight Mister Tom” the protagonist Willie experiences dramatic changes and exciting if not terrifying events throughout the course of the story. He discovers warmth and kindness unlike anything he has ever known. This love mainly comes from his adopted father Mister Tom and his friend Zach. Willie is overwhelmed at the diversity from his life in London. After being with them he becomes happier, healthier and learns to trust and feel secure in his new home, knowing that Mister Tom and his friends will always be there with him.
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Willie experiences warmth and kindness right from when he arrives at Mister Tom’s house in Little Weirwold. When he meets Mister Tom he appears thinly clad, underfed and covered with painful bruises. He seems a quiet and timid creature living in a chasm of fear, believing he is full of sin. When he is first at Mister Tom’s Willie is desperate to behave well, terrified of beatings and punishment he thinks he will receive because of his ‘wickedness’.
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Someone else who introduces Willie to love and friendship is Zach. In “Goodnight Mister Tom” Zach is the outgoing, flamboyant character. Upon their meeting Zach declares himself to be Willie’s friend. The two start to spend more and more time together. Zach provides Willie with fun and support. He makes jokes which amuse Willie greatly and encourages him to do things like develop his artistic talent. Because of Mr Tom’s and Zach’s kindness Willie begins to trust Mister Tom, his friends and the world around him.
Topic: friendship

He begins to ask more questions, (something his mother would have disapproved of) such as “Will you help me? and to talk more to people especially Mister Tom. Willie becomes less scared and shy, and is warming towards Mister Tom. “Willie gave him an awkward smile. ” Another example is when Willie encounters Zach. At first Willie is reluctant and afraid to speak to him. But when Zach is good to him Willie finds the courage to start to talk to him more and more and he begins to blend some of Zach’s traits into his own.
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Willie soon meets more children and is able to form a small circle of friendship with them. … with the knowledge that he, Willie Beech had survived a whole day with four other people of his own age” Willies new life in Little Weirwold is diverse from his experiences in London. In London Willies life is miserable. He is a child who is physically and emotionally abused by his violent and religious mother. His behaviour at the start of the novel is a result of his upbringing by his mother who inflicts him with severe punishments using excuses such as “If you do such a thing you will go to hell”.
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Before telephones the only way to communicate with each other was to write letters. It took days before the letter got to the recipient and it took days for the writer to get the reply. Then telephones were invented and conversations became instant. Most people loved the telephone and its usefulness but some enjoyed and missed writing letters. Luckily E-mail was invented which allows people to write letters and send and receive them instantly. E-mail is a very effective way of communication.
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Do you remember me?? I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw your name on the friends reunited website and I also can’t believe that it have been 22 years since we graduated from Lasalle!! How are things with you? I really hope you are well. That time you said you will go to Paris for your further studies, but unfortunately, we lost contact after that… You told me you have your ambitions to run your own business on Fashion when you finished your study in Paris.
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My mom is still living in Singapore with my uncle. They usually go for travel and have already visited many places. They are planning to travel around the world. I really dream of their life when I get older. Also,they come here to visit me for about 3 months every year. We really had a good time together and I’m happy that both of them have good health. Well, that’s all about my life now. Keep in touch. I want to hear from you! Take care of yourself.
Topic: friendship

The Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Social Welfare and Advancement (DSWD), United Nations Kid’s Fund (UNICEF) and other small companies works in cooperation to attain the objective in implementing the Kid Friendly School System (CFSS) in connection to the security of kids in school. Their goal is to safeguard the pupil in all element of abuses whether it is from peers, moms and dads, neighborhood and even from cruel instructors. Safeguard the child from physical, psychological, emotional and verbal abuse.
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DepEd Memorandum No. 73, s. 2006 dated February 28, 2006 mandated the program of the Child-Friendly School System. Trainings were done afterwards to totally comprehended the objectives of the system. DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2012 was re-polished and mandated the Child Security Policies and Guidelines on securing school children to any type of abuse, such as violence, exploitation, discrimination, bullying, and so on with the full support of Secretary Brother. Armin A. Luistro, FSC.
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Studies show that the children now a day have short attention span than of those children in the ninetieth century and below. Children’s behavior and discipline is one major problem of teachers. Classroom management’s affectivity will only last in a short period too. Why is it so? Does DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2012, DepEd Memorandum No. 73, s. 2006 and Presidential Decree 603 has great impact to children’s misbehaviors? How agencies promoting child’s protection do affect the classroom management? If there were loopholes in the guidelines and policies, how will the teacher implement discipline without violating any rules?
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The oldest book in the world and the most reliable one is the Bible. The book also expressed the issue about disciplining children. It was written in the scriptures in Proverbs 3:11; 13:24; 23:12-13, it said that parents should not spare the rod when giving discipline so that children will know that they have done wrong and that every misconduct they have committed there is always a punishment for it. The Bible also teaches us to disciple our children in order for them to choose the correct values which eventually mold them as they grow. As our government supports the anti child abuse laws, there were pros and cons to this issue.
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Disciplinarians didn’t agree such provisions because it makes a child brat, selfish and disrespectful. When Filipinos embraced the western culture, our new generation changes their way of life. Filipino values were deteriorating. Eventually, teachers to this extent, have hard time in managing their pupils in the classroom. Here are the questions asked to the respondents done in random, regarding the issue for the purpose of gathering data, information and insights: 1. What do you think of the Child Friendly School System program of the Department of Education? 2. How will you access the reliability of the Child Protection Law? How about the Juvenile Delinquent? 3. Are you amenable in respecting the rights of the child? Why? 4. What is your point of view in disciplining a child?
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Traditional educators were not sold out to this because they said and have experienced that teaching children is never without punishment. Punishment became an option to pupils who doesn’t want to learn and follow instruction as well. As to Modern educators, learning among children is easier if done with fun. Both generations of educators have one common goal; to teach the children to learn and mold them to become a good citizen of the country and eventually to the world. But what is happening to our society today?
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Does the Department of Education have to do with it? If so, In what area of learning and molding does educators failed? Are educators solely to blame? In some area, YES! Here are some possible reasons: 1) Maybe because values taught did not penetrate deeply to the conscience of their pupils. 2) Maybe because teachers are just teaching the subject for the sake of teaching the subject. or …. 3) Maybe because the teacher himself is not an effective values teacher.
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Can we also blame the parents? For a great reason, YES! A child learns his entire “first” at home. First word, first vocabulary, first love, trust and respect, and the like. Parents’ genes run through in the blood of the child too. Therefore, parents must take their part to sustain the good learning of their children. Because surveys found out that home environment has a great impact to the child’s values formation and how they create their out look in life. In molding the child, parents, teachers, and as well as the government would definitely take part in molding the child.
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But of all the collaboration, why are children hard to handle in the classroom? Why does teachers keeps on finding ways and means, apply learning styles and strategies to manage the pupils in the classroom? To the point that if the teachers cannot handle them longer, even to the extended patience, teachers will rather choose to just sit down and wait for dismissal than to reprimand, “punish” and discipline the learners. Teachers don’t mind anymore bad attitudes of the pupils instead of disciplining then because of the child-friendly system. Why is it so?
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A. physical, verbal and sexual abuse and violence inflicted by Teachers & Other School Personnel: a. 3 out of 10 children in Grades 1-3 and almost 5 out of 10 from high school experience physical violence (such as pinching and hitting) committed by teachers; b. Approximately 4 out of 10 children in Grades 1-3 and 7 out of 10 in higher grade levels have complained of verbal abuse by their teachers; c. 36.53 % of children in Grades 4-6 and 42. 88% of high school students surveyed indicated they have experienced verbal sexual violence in school and 11.95% of children in Grades 4-6 and 17.60% of high school students have experienced inappropriate touching.
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B. Physical, Verbal and Sexual Abuse and Violence Among Children , (i.e. Bullying, etc.) a. 73.58% of children in Grades 4-6 and 78.36% in high school surveyed in urban areas have suffered verbal abuse violence from their peers; b. 30.17% of children in Grades 4-6 and 37.57% in high school surveyed in rural areas have experienced physical abuse or violence committed by their peers; c. 26.74% of children in Grades 4-6 and43. 71% in high school in urban areas surveyed have experienced verbal sexual abuse committed by their peers and9.65% of Grades 4-6 and 17.71 of high school students experienced inappropriate touching. •Source: “ Towards A Child –Friendly Education Environment”, PWU-CWC-UNICEF for Plan Philippines in 2009
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Who would want to experience such abuse? Nobody! So, with these trending phenomenons, as parents, the safety of their children is a must before preventing it to happen to them. With regards to teachers, cruel teachers, are now aware of their conducts inside the classroom or in the school premises and also in the style of disciplining their pupils. Even community today, is concern of these laws that surely helps it become possible. It is all known to men that every law made are for the benefits and the good of the concerned, and yet, there is no perfect law except the law of the Lord written in the Holy Bible. Hence, here are some good side of this Child Protection Law and the Child Friendly School System:
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3. everybody, especially the media are concern of the rights and privileges of the child which was not given emphasis before; and 4. Parents are comfortable enough that their children are covered by the government through pursuing the laws. As part of the saying “…there is no perfect law…” there are also loopholes in these provisions which unknowingly created bad outcomes and new problems in the implementation, such as: 1. created ill-mannered pupils/less values/misconducts;
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With this kind of attitude among teachers, the teaching-learning process is not delivered well. Teachers will only recognize those pupils who will follow his/her instructions. He/she will favor those who are not naughty. Teachers will no longer try the best of their ability to teach and mold young minds because they are afraid they might not control their temper and unfortunately “touched” a child, but the aim is to disciple alone, resulted conflicts and problems among him/her with the stakeholders. Because according to the law, a child is never wronged and would never tell lies. Is that so? How about children making stories, are they reliable? There are children getting involved in crimes.
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There are children using drugs. There are children killing children. Are these kinds of children exempted by the law? Law makers should give a second look at this. Who is wrong then? Is it the teachers? Is it the parents? Is it the Law? Everybody is after for the good and the betterment of the children, but what is happening today in the real world of learning, children now a day are hard to manage because the child friendly school system adopted and bench marked by the Department of Education from other countries’ educational project, which was supported by our Philippine government.
Topic: friendship

I strongly believe in the Holy Scripture in the teaching about disciplining our children. If we spare the rod, we tolerate their mistakes. But, we won’t hit them in such a way that it will create problem and hesitation for them to learn. Disciplining our children, our pupils, with love having the goal to let them realize their mistake and eventually regrets for doing such. No human being would like to see children suffering from any harm. No one in his good state of mind would abuse a child. Children are gifts from God so we have to nurture and give the best learning we could give in order for them to become a good citizen, with good moral values as they grow up. However, as they grow old they need to be scolded, reprimand and even be punish if needed so that they will not depart themselves in the teaching which was given to them.
Topic: friendship

It will guide them to choose good over bad. I am in favor of giving punishment to school children especially in lower grades and should be carried on, because it will help them become lovers of truth and peace. BUT giving punishment should not go beyond what the law provides. Parents and teachers should work hand in hand in order to produce young minds with concern for fellow men and for the good of our country as well. I just hope that the laws and provisions in promoting the welfare of our youth and children will be overused or misinterpreted. I also hope that our government will also provide protection to teachers who were abused by the parents because there were some cases where parents are using their children to make stories against a certain teacher. Finally, classroom management is easier to handle if there is collaboration between the parents and teachers in giving JUST and FAIR punishment to the learners to assure more learning in a managed classroom learning situation.
Topic: friendship

He always spends quality time with you but also allows you to have your own personal life. Though he is there for you all the time he is never overindulgent or interfering. If a person is able to maintain these features with another person and vice versa over the years, then they can be considered experts in the art of friendship. 2a) A lover may not have all the features of a good friend but his relationship is a degree ahead of friendship.
Topic: friendship

Two people must have romance between them to be defined as lovers but friendship can be maintained without any romantic inclinations. 2b) There is a great difference between friends and relatives. We are not fortunate enough to choose our relatives. We have to be content with relatives who have been bestowed to us by faith. But friends are those people whom we choose. They are the people with whom we love to spend our time. They are not attached to us by birth but are those with whom we naturally gelled and got interested in when we grew older.
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A relative or lover cannot be defined, as a friend because the intimacy we share with a lover is more intense than the intimacy we share with our friends or relatives. Most of the times, barring our immediate family members, the intimacy that we share with our friends is a degree ahead of what we share with our relatives. So the position of a friend is between a lover and a relative. It is lower than a lover and higher than a relative. Part 11 1) I would like to summarize the story of the lovers of the movie ‘Titanic’. They met in a star cruise.
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While the girl was travelling in the area meant for the high class travellers. The boy was in the lower class area. They met and it was instant attraction for them. It was not a completely sexual attraction but romance bloomed between them. Where there is romance there are traces of sexual attraction as well. Her beauty mesmerized the boy while the girl found him handsome, lovable and understanding. He was a ray of hope and a means of escaping from an unwanted marriage that was soon going to take place. They even made love with each other.
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If their attraction had been purely physical they would have drifted away after whetting their sexual desires. But their love was very intense. Soon after their blissful communion the ship in which they were travelling, started sinking down. Had they not loved each other; they would have run for their lives without caring for the other one. But they did not want to loose each other at any cost. 2) There are many motives of romantically pursuing a person. One motive can be to obtain sexual satisfaction through the other person.
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The other reason can be to establish family bonds. One can also pursue the other person romantically in order to increase one’s social status and resources. Where there is romance, thinking of sexual satisfaction is very natural. It is also natural to think of beginning a family together. In circumstances when love is one sided a person pursues another person to increase his resources and social status. Sometimes even from both sides the motive can be to make the financial condition better. This type of romance is not done from heart but from head.
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In the movie ‘Titanic’, the motive behind the romance of the protagonists was to get sexual satisfaction and to establish family bonds. The couple was dreaming of starting a family together till the very end of the movie when the boy died. 3) Florence Kelley was a hero who saved millions of children from child labor. When she was just 12 years old, her father took her to a glass factory. In that factory she found that many children were working in dangerous situation with pots of acids in their hands. She was very angry and moved by this incident.
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This incident became an inspiration for her to fight against child labor. This issue was always there in her mind and years later when she entered adulthood, she wrote a book named ‘Our Toiling Children’. To spread message about this merciless act, she even wrote reports and gave speeches on this issue. She was so involved with this cause that till date she is known as the leader fighting against child labor. With her diligent effort, the problem of child labor was solved in America in 1890’s. In this real life story, there is no personal relationship between the hero and the victims.
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Making good choices is one of the hardest challenges in life. When you are 14 you have to make many decisions, some that will affect you many years from now and some that will help you from the day you make the choice. There are many choices you have to make in a life time, like what you want to be when you are older, how you eat, whether its healthy or unhealthy, the attitude you have towards people/things and many other things that will affect you when you are older.
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This is because of many reasons. Having good school years and staying out of trouble will help you get a job. Getting a job will give you money, and because of the good friends you chose you would be successful. When you have irresponsible friends you will have to worry about a lot. This includes getting into trouble with the law, facing your parents about things that have gone wrong and worrying about your reputation at school. Having friends you know you can’t trust will make you upset or unhappy.
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When this happens you might slack at school because of seeing people you don’t want to see. So choosing bad friends isn’t a good choice, because it can affect many things. Drugs and alcohol is another thing that friends pressure you into doing. Choosing friends that you know smoke pot, or get drunk all the time aren’t really people you should be friends with. If you do choose to stay friends with them, which would be the bad choice, then you might end up getting addicted to drugs or alcohol.
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This is because being around them might tempt you to try it once, but trying it once might take trying it twice to get a stronger high. So then all because of choosing this friend, you are now addicted to drugs. So when you choose your friends now, be smart. Make sure you think about what is going to happen in the long run if you make a bad choice. Just know that choosing good and responsible friends will help you when you are older and you know they will be there if you fall.
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Jamal Wallace made a very important point in the movie just about before the movie ended: …and what’s the reason in having a file cabinet full of writing and keeping the shit locked so nobody can read it? What is that man? I’m done with this shit! – Wallace, Finding Forrester The movie is about a young African-American student who is very smart but does not have any focus in his life, particularly, in his academic studies. He was noticed by an elite school, The Mailer-Callow School, when he scored very high in a standardized test across the state of New York.
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The conflict of the story was made more obvious at the end of the movie when Wallace and Forrester had an argument on whether Forrester should go to Jamal’s school for the latter not to be accused of academic fraud – plagiarism. Wallace submitted an article with a sub-title similar to what Forrester has already published before. The only way for Wallace not to be implicated is for Forrester to get out, present himself in the academic board in Wallace’s school (or write a letter), and tell them, that he authorized Wallace to used his words.
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Wallace has secluded himself for years and he was not about to open up that easily to the society just because of a certain boy stupid enough to break his rule (the essay that Wallace has submitted is an essay Wallace wrote inside Forrester’s house – Forrester and Wallace had an agreement that anything written inside that place will not get out of there). Clearly, the movie’s conflict is more than just Forrester’s “power” to save Wallace from academic doom.
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The movie is about the two characters overcoming their fears. In the case of Wallace, he needs to get rid of his racial bias… to get out of the mindset that everything is about the elite and the underdogs. Forrester, on the other hand, has to conquer his fears of developing new friends, new companionships. Forrester is not angry at the society. He is, more than that, afraid that he might, again, lose people that are close to him, people that he has learned to love.
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The movie showed us how everyone, no matter how satisfied and happy they might seem, have their own fears and discontentment. It seems that more than just Wallace finding Forrester, as his mentor, as his friend, the movie has successfully showed how Forrester found Wallace – a new friend that made him overcome everything that he has tried to avoid and to run away from. The movie Finding Forrester is not just about losing families and finding new ones. It is about fighting your own self, and in the process, finding the new you.
Topic: friendship

From ancient times, through to the Renaissance, friendship between two men was regarded as the highest form of social relationship, even surpassing that between a man and a woman in matrimony. This is portrayed through “The Merchant of Venice”, written by William Shakespeare which was written between 1556 and 1558. This platonic natured friendship is still portrayed in modern literature, but due to changed opinions because of the society in which it was written it is more subtle in expressions as portrayed in “The Running Man” by Michael Gerard Bauer, which was written in 2003.
Topic: friendship

Both texts were intended for different audiences to perceive them in the era they were written in. Where Shakespeare did not even consider the ill perception of his characters friendship, but Bauer reflected society through a character and her actions. This illustrates the change that has occurred in society on their views of a noble friendship. Elizabethans believed that a platonic noble friendship could exist between two men. Edward Spenser was perhaps the most illustrious of Shakespeare’s contemporaries and his writings were analysed by Charles G.
Topic: friendship

The Elizabethan audience of Shakespeare’s time will attribute Antonio’s possession of melancholic humour as affecting his temperament. This is likely as he denies that it is his anxiety over his ships. Their relationship is based on true friendship which contains affection, generosity, self-sacrifice and consideration for eachother. The deep affection which Antonio has for Bassanio is hinted at by Solanio who says ; “ I think he only loves the world for him. ” (Act 2 , scene 3, line 50).
Topic: friendship

Antonio would go out of his way to help Bassanio to please him, even after spitting on Shylock and calling him a “cut throat dog” he borrows money with his life up for take in the bond to make Bassanio happy, which at this stage is to gain Portia’s hand in marriage. This is the possible source of Antonio’s depression where he wants to be Bassanio’s main focus but he is now looking for more, which Antonio cannot give him as he wants to be the best person in his life. As Portia can offer more than Antonio, wealth and marriage, in making Bassanio happy this results in Antonio’s earlier depressed state.
Topic: friendship

To offer his life as bond in a loan to woo Portia Antonio is trying to offer one thing Portia cant and that is his life. Antonio portrays the attributes of “virtue” and “equality” in Spencer’s theory therefore are the truest of examples of a noble friendship. Even when facing death, Antonio shows kindness and consideration, and willingness to die for his fair friend. Antonio turns to comfort Bassanio and says; “Give me your hand Bassanio; fare you well. Grieve not that I am fall’n to this for you. ” ( act 5, scene 1, line 262-266).
Topic: friendship

Bassanio in turn appreciates Antonio’s friendship. He constantly confided in his yearning to gain Portia as a wife and is grateful for the opportunity. He described Antonio to Portia as ; “ the dearest friend to me, the kindest man” (Act 3, scene 2, lines 209-294). Bassanio’s passionate chase of Portia is why Antonio had created the bond with Shylock in the beginning, yet in the court room Bassanio tells Antonio; “But life itself, my wife and all the world… I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all Here to this devil, to deliver you. (Act 5 scene 1 282-285).
Topic: friendship

Some people believe that Antonio was just very good friends with Bassanio, and that he was almost like a son. Bassanio could possibly be conceived as more masculine by wooing the girl and gaining the vast wealth compared to Antonio who seems as deeply in love with Bassanio. In that time period, the language was much more expressive, so people in the modern day society took Antonio to be homosexual when in fact due to the ‘masculine” Bassanio also expressing his loyalty towards Antonio, and no further evidence, this is not the case.
Topic: friendship

The Elizabethan audience would appreciate the relationship the way Shakespeare intended as they are who he is writing for, whereas twenty first century reading of the relationship may be coloured by our own pre-concerned ideas. The theme of a noble friendship carries through the literary periods right up until the most recent, the modernism area. This is portrayed through the novel “The Running Man” by Michael Gerard Bauer. Tom Leyton and Joseph’s first meeting was when Caroline Leyton suggested Joseph that he draws her brother, Tom, for his school art project.
Topic: friendship

Reluctantly Joseph agrees to the idea and their meeting is not as Joseph would have expected due to spiralling rumours of “perversion and dark secrets”. “Joseph would have seen that Tom Leyton’s eyes were dark green with deep flecks of gold within them, but they appeared to him only as the ghostly remains of a fire that had been swallowed by the night and gone cold. ” This illustrates the internal battle Tom has been going through to the point where he “just doesn’t feel anymore”. Joseph and Tom, like Antonio and Bassanio, develop to a degree a modern noble friendship.
Topic: friendship

Neither Tom or Joseph would realise their effect on one another until Tom’s tragic death but the significant change through the novel is apparent in chapter one where Joseph feels “encircled” by his cocoon, it “held him” like an “unwelcome and unyielding embrace”. In chapter six, the silkworm eggs have hatched and is a strong turning point in the novel because Joseph is revealing his true personality like a “lizard shedding his skin”, he has “hatched” out of his “cocoon” or “shell”. They follow Spenser’s criteria of a noble friendship in a more modern sense.
Topic: friendship

Emotions are not widely expressed in The Running Man until the end of the novel due the time era in which it was written. Showing feelings to another male is considered negatively from society’s perception. This was not always the case compared to the renaissance era where everybody openly expressed their feelings to one another. Bauer recognised this change and intended two males enjoying each other’s company to be just that, it is only our sad idea of paedophilia that have raised questions on something so innocent as a friendship.
Topic: friendship

Yes, in our society dark things such as older men preying on younger boys does happen but it does not mean it happens in every single time contact occurs between the two. Throughout the story the idea of miracles is questioned. Tom as a boy wished and prayed for silk worms of his own. “Just one silkworm… such a simple thing” to his disbelief every leaf he turned over he did not find a single silkworm. “But every time the leaf was bare…I cursed god with all the passion of betrayal”. Yet that night a local boy he had never met dropped off silkworms, a whole box, right to his doorstep. So I got my miracle after all… I had never been so frightened in my life”.
Topic: friendship

The novel raises questions about the nature of miracles and whether or not we should believe in them. Yet as Tom Leyton lay dying at the bottom of the mulberry tree, the man who had influences Joseph to contradict miracles, had created a miracle of his own. Instead of seeking out his tablets he somewhat pursued to complete his miracle for Joseph, because Joseph had been his. The change or revelation Tom’s character shows that Bauer used Tom and Joseph’s relationship to illustrate the idea that a life changing friendship can occur without ulterior motives.
Topic: friendship

It is hard to believe that modern society is struggling to find this plausible. The idea of whether or not a noble friendship can occur between two males has been called to question, especially between males of vast differing ages, like Joseph and Tom, and also Antonio and Bassanio. This is desperately sad due to individuals possibly missing out, not only on an interesting friendship but also a life changing experience. During Shakespeare’s and Spenser’s literary period it was widely acceptable for a noble friendship to occur and they would not even think to question it, whereas in modern day it is analysed for ulterior motives.
Topic: friendship

This could possibly be due to us being more consciously aware of gay relationships. Therefore awareness causes suspicion. We, as a society, are more accepting of gay relationships in general, but are still awkward and squeamish about publicly approaching the subject. It is a raw area, and acceptability does not directly link to being understanding. An example is Mrs Mossop, in The Running Man, who did not understand the motives in Joseph’s and Tom’s relationship and instantly became suspicious due to her bias and her abusive past.
Topic: friendship

Bauer used Mrs Mossop as a representation of our society to illustrate that he knew how his novel was to be perceived, whereas Shakespeare did not. Also, the fact that the relationships between not only Tom and Joseph but Antonio and Bassanio have been questions shows the direct suspicion of society. Is it so wrong to experience a meaningful relationship with another individual, especially if both are males? Come to think of it, a close relationship between two females is not called on to question as frequent as male relationships. This reflects negatively on society in my opinion.
Topic: friendship

The fact that we find it uncomfortable to accept male relationships in a platonic sense means that we are insecure. Insecure of the image a noble friendship may portray to others, therefore it is a go zone. In conclusion, the ancient definition of a “noble friendship” between two men regarded as an important virtue is highly regarded in the play “The Merchant of Venice” and in “The Running Man”. Although the two texts are written in different literary period they portray the same importance in a friendship through different characters.
Topic: friendship

In the “Merchant” it could be argued that the friendship between Bassanio and Antonio was not platonic in nature and the friendship between Joseph and Tom, with Tom being at least 30 years his senior, was also not platonic on Tom’s part. But it is the authors purpose and intended audience that are key to understand their portrayal of a noble friendship. Shakespeare was writing for an audience that expected noble friendships, whereas Bauer was aware of society’s perception and manipulated that through Mrs Mossop who is the “enemy” of the novel.
Topic: friendship

A friend, who inspires is the friend you want to have. They are the type of people that bring out the best in who you are. True friends are hard to find, they will like you for who you are and not envy your accomplishments. Inspirational friends will be there through thick and thin, even when they know you might not be right all the time. This essay will show the quality’s of being a good friend, what is an inspirational friend and the famous example of the friendship between Woody and Andy in the Toy Story movies.
Topic: friendship

Inspiration keeps us living and breathing no matter what. When inspiration fails, we lose the desire to continue on life’s path. Life without inspiration is a dark, dreary world, where the rainbow has no colour and the birds have no songs. Instead they become vague images and sounds instead of “oh my goodness look at that beautiful rainbow and listen to that cheerful sound of the birds singing sweet fully in the tree tops. Inspirational friends help to lead a person in the right way and everyone needs one to become a better person.