Theory of Fernanda

Dear Math Teacher, Before I even start this letter, I want to reiterate that my criticism doesn't stem from my lack of preference for math but rather, from a constructive standpoint from which I genuinely want to make my (and my peers') learning experience better, and help you be a better teacher as well. I understand that math is basically just numbers– that is it's nature. I can also understand how constantly being exposed to this nature may create a bias for yourself, in which you value quantitative data more than qualitative data. But here is what I want to make you understand– we too are humans, and often times, a bunch of numbers are not a true reflection of who we are as students or of our future potential. I find it unfair that just because of one bad grade, the rest of our average also drops– specially now that we are in the final years of high school, we can't afford to have an unfair grading system as that can affect our university applications. As a tea...

-Are all the human sciences about the mutual interaction between observation and theory? --> In economics, the methodological relationship mostly relies on the theoretical. Although observations had to be made in order to arrive at those theories, unlike psychology, there isn't that consistent derivation of theories based on observations. It is more a matter to applying the already existing theories rather than constructing new ones. --> In psychology, there is a more consistent and recurrent relationship between observation and theory, where studies and experiments continuously make observations and derive theories based on the conclusions -How does the fact that the object of our inquiry is human affect the way we pursue it? How does it impact the ethical limitations imposed on it? --> We have to pursue it by keeping in mind the subjectivity of humans. There will be a lack of objective consistency when testing. --> participant bias= a subject will act according...

The personal history of an author can have significant influence on the way meaning is constructed in his/her writing It could be said that when the pen of a writer makes contact with paper, every stroke instantaneously becomes a reflection of the author’s personal history– for Chinua Achebe, this is held true as his work Things Fall Apart is an ode to his cultural and racial Christian and Igbo heritage, that was a result of colonialism in Nigeria. Written on the even of Nigerian independence in 1958, Achebe’s aforementioned work functions as his diversification of narratives of pre-colonialist Nigeria, in which he portrays that the Igbo were neither as savage or benighted as colonialist portrayed them. Furthermore, the novel exemplifies the need for flexibility and duality in a pre-independent Nigeria, in order to construct a national identity. The novel narrates the story of Okonkwo, whose internal and external conflicts against his community and the colonizers serve as a too...