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The Social Climb of Women  Virginia Woolf is a well-known female author that wrote of how women should be held to the same standards as men of the time with regard to intellect and talent. One of her most famous works is Shakespeare's Sister , a novel explaining what would happen if Shakespeare had a sister that possessed the same artistic and intellectual strengths. She believes that if this were to occur then she would not have been taken as a successful part of the theater industry. Woolf wrote this originally for the women population at Oxford colleges. One can discern this from the abundant use of common women stereotypes and topics that most women find insulting and the statements of how men wish to be superior to women. The chapter headings from Trevelyan's History of England reveal that historians are concerned that only great women receive credit for their work while average women are continuously left unrecognized. Woolf not only wrote of the suffrage of women b

The Human Mind The complexity of the human mind has always fascinated humankind. It is amazing how our brain is able to process thousands of things at the same time and still command motor functions. The study and hypothesizing about the human mind can be dated back as early as Plato. Plato is a well-known thinker and philosopher from ancient Greece. Being from such a privative time period, many of Plato's assumptions and believes are unreliable in modern science. One of these topics is the dependability of the senses. Senses are how we perceive the world around us, and we must rely on these senses to keep us safe; however, they often may deceive us. When it comes to praising the senses we are materialistic. However, we should avoid relying solely on the materialistic. We can do this by learning more about the science and history of things around us so that we rely more on knowledge instead of sight or hearing. If we can achieve this, we will be able to understand our world full

Social Issues Through the Works of Past Authors In recent years, the stereotypes of people based on their social rank, economical status, gender, and age have been nearly destroyed by the individual in the past and present that have spoken out against these assumptions. (1) The most prominent reasons behind this is because of the lasting negative effects or, as referred to by Mary Wollstonecraft, the pernicious effects left behind by this treatment and stereotyping. Some of these pernicious effects can cause people to lose faith in themselves and continue on as they are and not trying to rise above their current situation to better things by ethical means. (2) In her essay, Mary Wollstonecraft, states her strong distaste in regards to comparing women as property; however, in her time, many women were regarded as this in society by men of all classes. Despite the efforts of many women of the past, some women of high and lower classes alike would not stand up in order to help the ge

Techniques for the Best Education Education is one of the most important thing to instill in a child. However, one cannot force someone to want to learn more about subjects they may not be interested in. It is vital to the future that we not only instill an education, but we must also form a love for the pursuit of knowledge. Therefore, we must make the act of learning enjoyable from the earliest interaction with school. This means that one must study and try to improve the methods of teaching each age groups of children. This was very important to Maria Montessori, a progressive educator from the late 1800s and early 1900s. (1) She believed that if you wish to instill a love for learning you must study the past efforts and create newer and better methods of teaching that will engage even the most excitable children. One of the things that Montessori studied was the effect of school furniture on students. (2) Through her research, she discovered that the furniture used by the school

The Formation of Capitalism and the Role of Agriculture. Adam Smith was known as the "father of economics". This is because he is both credited and blamed for creating modern capitalism. His most well-known work is Natural Progress of Opulence . In this work, Smith writes of how he believes the perfect government should function and how it should handle the goods industry. He states that all societies should be focused around economic trade. He defends his argument by explaining how everything that makes a functioning society is reliant on the production and trade of all goods. I agree with this part of his idea because every seemingly small job has a very large impact on the rest of the country. One industry cannot thrive without the other industries existing. Through this work Smith explained, in great detail, how he believes the country developed capitalism type of functioning. He also explain how more developed countries are much richer than less developed countri

The Affluent and Government Help To be affluent means to have a great deal of money. People that fall into this category are often referred to as the upper class. Some people in this group are known to be selfish and uncaring; however, as in every group, there are people that are compassionate toward others. “An affluent society that is also both compassionate and rational would ensure a decent standard of income for all its members. Such a policy would prevent parents from passing on poverty to their children.” (Galbraith). With this in mind, there are people in the American society that hold true to this definition of affluent, but there are also those that are selfish. There are many signs to signify affluence, but the most prominent one is wealth. Often times this can cause a psychological disorder known as affluenza. This often occurs in young wealthy teenagers. They may display symptoms such as lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and isolation. It can cause them to act