Yukichi Fukuzawa was a pioneer in bringing Western thought and ideas to Japan. Through his efforts he made the great nation of Japan even greater with conveying western ideas to Japan and gracing the Japanese with a whole different thought process. In order to introduce Japan to the Western world he first had to rid the country of the Chinese culture and structure. Japan had developed China’s government model which therefore brought many of the Chinese customs and traditions to Japan. In order to liberate Japan from Feudalism, Fukuzawa thought it was crucial for Japan to become familiarized to the Western ideas and technologies, and what he thought would forever change Japan.
This characteristic is evident within his essay as he contemplates the difficulties of maintaining historically important qualities whilst introducing modern invention. The author’s point is both interesting and an anthropologically valid inquiry into an issue which must affect many easterners with a similar sentiment towards technological progressivity. However, the manner in which the author embarks upon his topic, as well as the specific debasement of the western culture in order to make his point, are both unnecessary and culturally insensitive. The educated reader will immediately associate this particular act as a weapon of self-preservation where the speaker feels to be the situational victim. Particular examples of these attacks appear when the author elaborates on the decoration of the bathroom and differences between the cultures in respect to this bodily function.
CAN TECHNOLOGY BE DETRIMENTAL TO READING AND LEARNING? Comparing similar and different ideas associated with literature and technology, and how it can affect peoples’ minds to be stimulated. Abstract This paper focuses on how technology may or may not affect literature and learning in a negative way. Also, on how that technology can be used in a beneficial way when it comes to literature. The two writers I included in this paper Andrew Ofstad and Ursula Le Guin have similar and different ideas on how technology can affect literature, but also if reading maybe declining in society.
Language conveys a culture’s standards and values, something that can’t be picked up by someone who doesn’t understand the language. When English was imposed into Ngugi’s culture, textbooks and teachings made his culture look inferior. The use of language can be used to convey complex messages, as in with the stories told, or used to control, as seen with colonization. Language is an extremely powerful tool that defines the human race, and it’s use can create amazing literature/media, or can be used to manipulate and
It is best to use details and examples that are not only relevant to the topic, but also understandable to your audience. Your reader will lose interest if you go beyond their level of understanding, and if you explain too much. When writing you have to find the middle way, and you achieve this by using enough detail to be clear but not saturate the point. More than that when you use too much detail your tone can sometimes seem condescending to your reader, and this will also make them lose interest in your writing. You need to be consistently mindful of how you are presenting your ideas, and be sure that you are leaving your biases and emotions out of the writing.
Keeping eye contact, speaking at the correct pace for the individual, and repeating communications where necessary will all aid the process, and are positive ways in which to communicate, Listening, and giving someone the time they need to speak, and finish sentences is just as important, individuals must never be rushed. Working practices must be adapted to each individual and
It was made obvious that Mishima had strong views on Japanese culture and a clear dislike for Western society and influence. This was highlighted in the oral. It became evident that the main characters, Rjuji, Fusako, and Noburo (gang included) were allegories for Japan. He used Fusako to illustrate the result of Western culture, Rjuji to represent the old Japanese culture and Noburo to express his own aversion to Western society. He and his fellow gang members are disgusted with the way Japan is heading and its developing social mores.
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” said by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton describes exactly what happened in George Orwell's world of Nineteen Eighty-Four. In today's modern society one can see some of the characteristics of Orwell's dystopia. These characteristics suggest that while many saw novels like Nineteen Eighty-Four as, "attractive to the primarily fringe thinkers" (Science) they are still relative to this day. In essence Orwell gave signs through his novel so that people of the world can avoid destruction brought on by their own government like that of Hitler and Stalin. Gwyneth Roberts says in her article about Nineteen Eighty-Four that, “Some of Orwell’s Newspeak vocabulary (Newspeak itself, Big Brother, doublethink) has entered the English language; certainly his vision of a drab totalitarian future has entered the general consciousness, although it is difficult to know whether his warning [have] been fully understood” (Roberts).
This is essential if I am to avoid perpetuating the bad practice that has left Citizenship open to Ofsted’s charge. Assessment Literature Review Assessment can sometimes be criticised as being inaccurate and unreliable and responsible for distorting teaching the curriculum (Petty, 2004). This view of assessment regards it as a hindrance to effective learning that merely judges, labels and de-motivates a student by placing supreme emphasis on churning out high exam results and disregards those qualities which cannot be easily measured. However, such a view of assessment is narrow and uninformed and fails to appreciate the tremendous potential of assessment to enhance teaching and learning. In the right hands assessment can inspire, motivate and improve learning and there is a wealth of evidence to support this view.
My body language is very important. I use open gestures, friendly face and one to one eye contact. When I am speaking with people who I am the manager of I need to know they understand my instructions, and understand that as their superior they have to do the duties that I request of them, this also has to be communicated with a mutual air of respect to ensure people are happy to carry out the tasks I have requested of them. I am happy to use visual aids and also