.... do not encourage freethinking. On an average school day, US teachers encounter harsh behavior and disrespect from the students. They put up with disrespectful behavior: cursing, talking back, and talking while they are speaking. For this type of behavior, an Asian student would receive caning and other forms of punishment. The student would not feel any resentment towards the teacher. Teachers are held in high esteem. On the other hand, students in the U.S say and do anything they want without any regard for elders. They are encouraged by the media to think .....

.... instrument made of cow gut and tortoise shell, it was then understood that young Hermes had taken the herd from Apollo. Formal charges were brought to Mt. Olympus. Apollo, while going to get his remaining cows discovered Hermes' musical invention. Intrigued by this astonishing invention he offered his whole flock for the musical instrument. Hermes agreed, after which he invented a shepherd's pipe, which also awed Apollo. He offered Hermes his golden staff in exchange for the pipe but to no avail. In addition to the golden staff Hermes wanted the kno .....

.... and physical education classes. Actually, gym class used to give him fainting spells (neurosis) and his father worried that Jung wouldn't make a good living because of his spells. After Carl found out about his father's concern, the faints suddenly stopped, and Carl became much more studious. He had to decide his profession. His choices included archeology, history, medicine, and philosophy. He decided to go into medicine, partly because of his grandfather. Carl went to the University of Basel and had to decide then what field of medicine he was going to go i .....

.... a 'standard' way everyone uses. This may be thought of as the 'proper' way but rebels will use no periods and have one long paragraph in a 400 page book. Maybe the culture says it is mandatory to have everything in one continuous sentence, while others more civilized or advanced will follow the rules to the very letter. Accents also have different languages linked to them. Different letters, phrases, and even a whole new language may be created in the process of learning the language, over time and a metamorphosis to keep up with the changing world. .....

.... order to jump-start your car properly, you would first need to position the cars so the cables can reach between the two batteries. But make sure that the cars are not touching. The ignition and the electrical equipment in both cars must be turned off. Then you have to shift both cars into Park or Neutral, and put their parking brakes on. You want to double check that both the cars have the same amount of voltage (usually 12 volts). You should remove cell or vent caps if the battery has them. Then check again to make sure that your dead battery is not f .....

.... or incomplete, in the context of the situation, it is quite adequate. That is what van Fraassen is trying to say with regard to scientific explanation. According to him, there are two problems about scientific explanation. Both are very easily seen in our example. The first is, when is something explained? Some argue that we should not explain a phenomenon unless we have the full, unifying, true-to-the-last-miniscule-detail explanation, which will also cover all the cases which correspond to our case, cases similar to our case, or distant variants of our case .....

.... laughing and smiling, all with a whole-hearted carefree attitude, all while wearing IZOD clothing. In fact, they aren’t just socializing, but are also playing strip poker. This is where the sex appeal comes in; “Hey, wear IZOD clothing and you’ll be in this situation too—half naked women, beer, and more fun than you can handle.” Yeah right. Reality check! Although consciously we know this to be untrue, this concept is what the ad inscribes into the reader’s brain, and is what the reader walks away with - a pretty sleazy deceit. IZOD’s ad also promotes not on .....

.... cups for a cheap price. Any sporting goods store carries Ping-Pong balls. Pieces of plywood on some cinder blocks work for a good table. Picnic tables make great beer pong tables. Lastly, beer pong requires massive amounts of beer. Usually this beer costs very little money and tastes like garbage. Busch Light and Milwaukee's Best fall in that category. The rules of beer pong portray the simplicity of the game. The game requires four players, two on each team. Each team stands on one side of the rectangular table. Both teams assemble a pyramid of ten cups at t .....