Education vs. Experience: No Easy Options

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Slowly but surely, at the end of my undergraduate life, one thought occupies most of my time. What do I do when I graduate from university? Do I enter the job market and focus on gathering as much experience as I can or go for higher education? Will higher education give me an edge in the job market?

Schooling without learning is a wasted opportunity

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Bangladesh has a reputation for improving access to education. Over the last few decades, there has been economic growth, increased investment in human development, poverty alleviation, access to microcredit, and improved education and health. Despite lifting many people out of poverty, however, there are still millions, especially children, who lack amenities such as clean drinking water, two nutritious daily meals and basic schooling. This points to challenges which can be overcome with the

School Choices for Better Jobs - Debate

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One of the reasons why students and their parents choose Sciences, Social Sciences or Humanities as the most suitable areas of study at school and university is employment prospects, rather than their natural talents or interests. Many believe that, with great scores in their school-leaving exams or degrees, they will be recruited to lucrative posts in well-reputed companies or government, leading to secure careers.

The American War of Independence

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In 1620, a ship called The Mayflower crossed the Atlantic Ocean from England to Massachusetts on the north-eastern coast of America. It was carrying 102 passengers who had decided that they could no longer live under the authoritarian rule of the first Stuart king, James I, who reigned from 1603 to 1625, but needed greater religious freedom to carry on their lives according to their consciences. In the American colony, the ‘pilgrim fathers’, as they have since been called, established a primitive form of democracy, where all men – no women – voted on community decisions and each man gave what he could to improve life for all. European colonization of North America was, therefore, based on freedom of conscience and belief and the right of all men to influence decisions.

The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in America in 1860. Her father left home when she was very young, leaving her mother penniless – she did not even have enough money to look after her children, forcing them to live with relatives. Charlotte often stayed with Harriet Beecher Stowe, her aunt, a feminist and the author of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’. Charlotte read a lot but was never a very successful student. In 1884, she married although her instincts told her that this was a mistake. The couple had one daughter, but Charlotte became so depressed after the birth that she had to consult doctors. It was one of them that advised her to take up writing as a cure. Out of this, her most famous work, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, was born. Perkins Gilman left her husband for her mental health, but later married again, more successfully.

Kate Chopin - The Story of an Hour

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Kate Chopin was born in 1851 in the USA. She married at twenty and, before she was thirty, had six children. Her husband’s business failed. He got a job where he managed other people’s houses and opened a shop. This did not make enough money, however, to pay his debts and, when he died, Chopin was left penniless and moved back with her mother, who soon died too.

Case Study on War The Enemy Bomber

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It was a cool day and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky over Chattogram, when an enemy bomber from Myanmar, circled over the city centre. The war had been going on for several months already, sparked by the Rohingya crisis and Myanmar soldiers making raids inside Bangladeshi territory to kill Rohingya activists. There had been bombs dropped on the port and industrial areas but it was unusual to see a plane circling the skies above GEC.

The US Invasion of Iraq: A War for Oil

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Yes, the Iraq War was a war for oil, and it was a war with winners: Big Oil Companies. It has been nearly twenty years since Operation Iraqi Freedom's bombs first landed in Baghdad. While most of the U.S.-led coalition forces have long since gone, Western oil companies are only getting started. Before the 2003 invasion, Iraq's oil industry was fully nationalized and closed to Western oil companies. A long, long war later, it is largely privatized and dominated by foreign firms.

Hijira: the Third Gender in Bangladesh

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This article is adapted from a report by BBC Bangla service. More than 150 transgender students will study Islamic and vocational subjects free of charge at a privately-funded madrassa in the capital, Dhaka. Many in the transgender community identify as a third gender which is now officially recognised in Bangladesh. They have the right to vote and to stand for election as councilors and MPs, but conservative social attitudes still make it hard for them to access jobs and education. Some migrate to cities and support themselves by singing and dancing at weddings, by begging or through sex work.