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There is a general belief among people that the main purpose of higher education is for getting graduates employment worthy and there are other who believe that under graduate and post graduate programs serves a higher purpose than minting out people with professional knowledge. This essay would take a peek at both these arguments. I would be also expressing my view on the subject in this essay.
Firstly the argument that university education helps to produce employable candidates is very much true in the sense that many of the skills required for pursuing a job could only be attained from university education. This can be proved correct if we are looking at professional courses such as engineering, paramedical etc. but it should be noted that this is a just a subset of all the educational possibilities that is pursued by students.

I would like to agree more with the notion that a campus style education serves an alternate purpose , that is molding the next generation. The age at which people usually pursue university education is a stage where they define their values. University education facilitate rapid idea transfers among the individuals that helps to reshape and progress the society. This is visible to us if we examine how views on subjects such as LGBTQ movement has changed rapidly. I would strongly argue that these changes are direct result of activism promoted in the campus.

To summarize this essay the statement that describes how university education helps graduates to get better jobs is very accurate however, the idea that education under these programs a lot more is gained for the betterment of society is more correct. Today’s youth is tomorrow’s society. Thus for proper nurturing of our new generation higher education that is based on a university is beneficial.

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<div> The given process diagram describes the recycling process of plastics.
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The cycle can be divided into eight namely proper disposal, collection ,sorting, compression, crushing , fine grinding, conversion to raw material and finally conversion to useful products. The change of state for each of these categories will be discussed here.

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The first four stages of these processes are described here beginning with proper disposal of the plastics which could be collected from the designated area to a sorting center. Proper sorting is necessary for effective recycling which determines the quality of end product. Furthermore the sorted materials are then compressed, which will reduce storage space and helps in efficient transport.

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The last five stages are more technically advanced, the compressed blocks are crushed and washed. The clean material obtained is further processed by converting them into fine pellets. These pellets are then heat treated which transforms them into raw material. The final stage of the cycle is conversion of raw material into useful produce that can be distributed back into the market.

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The financial requirements for maintaining a family has changed quite a lot compared to the past. The notion of keeping a single bread winner in a house has major drawbacks for maintaining a positive cash flow into the family reserve. This essay highlights why modern family structure demands both family members to contribute to the financial resource pool for sustaining a family in a financially stable situation.

Firstly, compared to past financial requirement for running a family has increased due to several factors including inflation. An argument can be made that for providing the best chance for children to stay competitive in rough and changing trends that is happening right now needs a huge money pool, therefore by cutting of one asset source it would be harder on the person that is designated as bread winner. This debunks what is generally said that your offspring’s welfare is at risk if both parents are working.

Secondly an argument can be made, that income from both the partners might help to keep the family dynamic stable where there is less chance for one dominating the other. This will set an example for stepping away from a society that is criticized of being male dominated which could help to normalize equality for both genders.

From the ideas presented we can summarized that it takes two to build a family and in this case a greater involvement of both male and female spouses to share all the responsibilities of running a family. It might not be the strategy that might work for everybody but still this approach significantly reduce the probability of collapse in absence of one of the family member who contribute to the resource pool that runs a family.

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Information technology facilitates the transfer of information which can be of any format. The influence of Information technology has grown to such an extent that penetration of these technologies has started impacting our homes , leisure and employment significantly. This essay would be a discussion on the pros and cons of Information Technology.

The increased dependence on information technology utilities has affected human lifestyle. We have been over reliant on the modern gadgets and the easiness that comes with it. The long term impacts have made us susceptible to lifestyle diseases such as obesity. There is also the influence of big techs who have targeted different strata of the population to push ads or monetize their free to use technology. There is also the issue of rapid spread of misinformation which at its worst may cause mob violence. Although we could find all these demerits, the rewards outweigh the risks.

Rapid growth in IT sector has boosted the appeal of service sectors. In an industrial perspective rapid development is taking place in key sectors such as automation, cloud and software services in general. This push has boosted productivity creating millions of jobs thus providing living means to a lot of people. These developments have also reflected in sectors such as defense, communication, media etc. Nowadays media is lot more accessible facilitating information and entertainment among the masses.

From all these observation it could be summarized that influence of Information technology has a constructive impact on course of humanity. We should be utilizing these to full extent however throwing a cautious eye to the problems associated with it is recommended.

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Studies conducted recently on ex-convicts released from prison indicates that majority of prisoner after serving their sentence returns to a life of crime. This essay is focused on addressing the reasons and solutions for the problem at hand.

Of all the reasons that could be thought on why this is occurring I have narrowed it down to two major points social stigma and improper rehabilitation. Once a person gets convicted and sent to prison society tends to brand him or her as a social outcast. Once they complete their punishments reintegration to society is proven to be very difficult. Employment opportunities are non-existent and finding an honest living becomes nearer quite impossible, such people find crime more rewarding and helpful for existence rather than going the tedious path to convince people of their atonement. Next reason is improper rehabilitation when they are detainees. They usually find the correctional institutions having very harsh environments where they find a range of people from small time crooks to hardened criminals. Surviving this harsh environment and going back to society without any rehabilitation programs might be reason for repeated offense even after jail time for many ex-prisoners.

Such people can be helped by a conscious effort by the governing bodies to starting a fresh life after their life in prison. Rehabilitation programs should include psychological profiling to make sure they are fit for joining back the society, labor opportunities exclusively for prisoners that guarantees them at least a minimum wage to get their lives together and general counseling for the release prisoners to keep their mental health in a good condition. Dealing with social stigma is a very big challenge because changing human beliefs take time. Making the masses understand that everybody deserves a second chance and a new beginning could be achieved by creating media to advertise how imprisonment might affect an individual seems to be a solution. The media could be of online videos, movies, plays or music. Changing core beliefs of humans is a daunting task but I feel this is a viable approach. We can summarize that life after prison is not easy in multiple levels and it is only fair if we could give hope to people who are genuinely repenting their past.

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The tables shown describes the percentage change of international students studying in Canada and United States by country of origin between the years 2002 and 2003.

Overall, it is observed that there was a general increase in number of international students. The data shows that increase in number of academics in United States is moderate whereas the increment observed in Canada is quite sharp.

International student trend in Canada could be described as such. The highest number of students who seek to study in Canada are from China. There is a sharp influx of students from China creating 45% increase that took the number of students from 5400 to 7850. Even though there is an increase in number of students from United States, it is not as pronounced as that of China. Increase shown by the number of students from United States is 6% which takes the number from 5000 to 5450. The lowest number of students is from India which was 2100 and the 35% increment took that number to 2835.

The trend shown in United States shows that overall student count in States was almost 10 times more than what the count was in Canada but the overall percentage increase is only 2%. The rise in number of students went from 581600 to 592230. The greatest number of students are from India but it is seen that there is a decrease in number of students. Indian student count dropped from 200,000 to 182,000 marking a 9% decrease. Canadian and Chinese students have gone on to increase 6% and 7% respectably these put their final numbers to go on from 110,000 and 31,000 to 116,600 and 33,170.