society a chance to join the cultural music community activities. For example, Chinese and Malay ethnics have the chance to join an Indian dance during Deepavali. Music in community is a learning platform for everyone to learn new things, new music knowledge and revise the music knowledge. One of the music community group in Malaysia called ‘Swara Community Arts Centre’. The goal of Swara Community Arts Centre is to develop an education for classical Indian music to who had the passion to learn. The
In 'Think About It' Frank Conroy tells of events in his life and how he did not understand the meaning of these events until later events brought them into focus. Starting with the shoeshine men he knew while selling hotdogs as a teenager, progressing to Jazz music and finally conversations with a chief justice and judge from the court of appeals, his understanding of what he saw did not arrive until sometimes years later as he came across new information. Conroy's stories are an interesting way
Education empowers and educates generation after generations. What is the result of educational standards not being met? In his essay, “America Skips School,” Benjamin R. Barber explains his views on America’s education crisis. In his essay, he talks about the absence of actions the government and society take regarding education. He expresses his views on the rise of illiteracy in America. The rising complacency in formal education leads(contributes) to an education crisis. The lack of resources
Ruined Music? Science and technology is continuously changing our life, since the Industrial Revolution which started from the middle of 19th century. And music, as an indispensable part of all the human beings’ life, is no exception. Digital technology has changed music in irreversible ways, while some people declare that technological advance is a devastating blow towards music. From my personal perspective, technology is not ruining music; indeed, it is boosting the developments of music in various
Kwasi. West African Drumming And Dance In North American Universities : An Ethnomusicological Perspective. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2014. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 22 Feb. 2015. This particular source provides information about the different universities in America that display the importance of how impactful Western African Drumming and Dance is to other countries besides Africa. The programs are not only for the black community, but it is also dispersed through other racial
"Education of a Knife" which is written by Atul Gawande, is an essay about the influence of deliberate practice in one's successfulness. In this essay, Atul Gawande explains that in the surgeon field, senior doctors are looking for someone "who are conscientious, industrious, and boneheaded enough to stick at practicing this one difficult thing day and night for years on end." In addition, she states that the talent for practice is more important than practice. In my point of view, deliberate practice
of success. This kind of important discussion leads us to find success factor of education because it is about the future of the generation. Government agencies and private educators alike in some countries have proposed that the length of the school day for children and teenagers be increased. Responds to that matter, there are many arguments about a longer school day. Some people will say a
Persepolis Essay Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic tells us about the loss of innocence of a young girl who grew up in Iran in the 1970s and 1980s. Marjane, the main character, was just 10 years old when the Shah was overthrown and replaced by the Islamic regime .The Islamic revolution began to gain power in 1979. Since Marji and her parents were very modern, they were against the Islamic government’s rules about personal behavior, so that’s why Marji starts to rebel against the Iranian
schema theory”. According to this theory, the way new information is processed depends significantly on previous knowledge that is stored in the brain in schemas. Schemas are “cognitive structures that provide a framework for organizing information about the world, events, people, and actions.” (1) The effect of schemata on knowledge can be seen through an experiment Bartlett performed whereby English background participants were asked to read and reproduce a Native American folk story. (1) The findings
English a big speaking language and how it compared to Indian movies In this essay, I am going to describe how English became such a big spoken language and how the English became a worldwide language. This essay will also include how the Bollywood movies have developed through the industry of Hollywood, and why India has the English as one of the International languages. English is the international language. Now 1,8 billion people in the world speak English. The most speaking language is Chinese