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    In recent years, Montessori Education draws renewed attention from people. One reason that has attracted the attention of people in Japan is that Souta Fujii, who became the youngest professional Shogi player the first in history this year was getting a Montessori education in his early childhood. Although Montessori education itself has drawn attention, people take particular note of the contributions of Montessori education as a means of establishing character building. In Japan, the policy of

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    Past,” is of special interest because of its possible applicability to other works of literature which focus on the composition of life. After reading the fictitious “Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” by James Weldon Johnson, one could wonder how Woolf’s concept is evident or not so evident in Johnson’s narration in order to test the concept’s applicability. Well, Johnson’s moments of clarity or “being” seem to be reminiscent of Woolf’s own “moments of being” in the way their senses interacted with

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    In reading the Enquiry, we have to consider on how Hume’s position is on human understanding and how knowledge is obtained, will provide a distinct relationship. We know that he believes that humans gain this knowledge through our senses. Hume has provided two phrases on knowledge and how they are provided. He had stated that the experience that we gain is known as “Matters of Fact” and “Relations of Ideas”. Hume is telling us that the “matters of fact” is how we interact with the external world

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    of the Past, is of special interest because of its possible application to other works of literature which focus on the composition of life. After reading the fictitious Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson, one could wonder how Woolf’s concept is evident or not so evident in Johnson’s narration to test the concept’s applicability. It seems that Johnson’s moments of clarity or “being” are reminiscent of Woolf’s own “moments of being” in the way their senses interacted with the

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    our narrator tell us his story almost in a satirical sense, “calmly” as if it was something casual. The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Second, it’s clear that our character suffers from schizophrenia and paranoia, his deluded mind made him believe that he has special powers. It also shows how paranoid he is, when a person

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    conversation going by either continuing to read directly from the Background Information or by letting the discussion flow more organically, adding info or ad-libbing in your own words every step of the way. Then, dive into the world of animal super senses. Superheroes and villains come in all shapes and sizes, but did you know that many of their superpowers are based on animals? Take the

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    “It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them” (Alcott). A woman by the name of Louisa May Alcott said this in one of her books titled Marjorie 's Three Gifts. When Alcott mentions this, she brings up the idea that everyday objects can be beautiful, and that it depends on how you look at them. This difference in the way people view everyday objects is the difference between just walking past something or stopping to admire the object. There are many ways

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    Many of us have heard of the neurological disorder called autism, and have a general sense of what the term "autism" means and all of the typical behaviors that belong in its category. Yet, I must question how many of us out there who do take an interest in autism really understand how having this disorder can totally distort one's perception of what one experiences in the world. A person with autism senses things differently than we normally do, and also responds to them in other ways – what we

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    As the principal question is to examine how we experience, perceive and interact with the site through our senses and body, in this section I present excerpts from the interview transcripts which are then analysed to obtain an understanding of sensory qualities of the site. In any site dance, it is not only the performers who are interrogating space through movements, but it also extends to an audience who experiences it. For a better structuring, I have divided this section into two parts: the first

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    At the end of the dark passage was a room identical to the secret alcove in his court. For all of Jingyan’s trepidation and anticipation, nothing happened. He kept a hand on the wall and followed the sound of Su Zhe’s footfall through the unobstructed passage until dimming sunlight split the darkness. They exited into a crumbling structure with moldy beams and tangled spider webs, a deserted court with a backdoor into the mountains that rose on the east border of Hua. Jingyan followed Su Zhe through

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