Food for Thought

Title: Heritage:   A Creative Mess Amena Jabak (9B)         I.             . After all, maintaining cultural heritage have indispensable importance in one’s cultural, educational, and financial lives.      II.             A. To start with, maintaining cultural heritage influences one’s life culturally by reflecting the culture and the tradition of a certain reason and shaping one’s personality. 1.      showing how some crafts and traditional heritages made India the first country in this domain 2.      highlighting how Jedda followed her dreams and became an online crafts seller             B. In addition, maintaining cultural heritage encompasses a myriad of educational advantages such as shaping the way stude...

No Past…No Future Nour Hamadeh (9A) Outline: Title: No Past... No Future        I.             After all, cultural heritage, the maintenance of an advanced community, has an effective significance on the social, educational and financial domains.     II.               A.      To start with, cultural heritage can afford people a connection to certain social values, beliefs, religions, and customs. 1.      Showing how media and public culture assures that culture provides a sense of unity 2.      Stating that future generations benefit from cultural heritage B.       Moreover, cultural heritage plays a substantial role in education. 1.      Explaining how students take advantage of the culture 2.   ...

                             Handicrafts: A Genuine Work of Art Mohammad Hammoud (9A)   “Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history.” This quote highlights and alludes that crafts, which are inherited and passed down from previous generations, represent our history, our identity, and our bond to the past, to our present and the future. Hence, it’s important to respect and safeguard all cultural heritage including handicrafts. In fact, handicrafts are vital assets for several reasons counting social and economic ones. It goes without saying that handicrafts are important socially as they promote one’s cultural heritage and build values of perseverance . To start with, preserving handicrafts is a way to know about specific traditions, art, heritage, skills, and talents that are associated...

Superstitions: The Therapy of Powerless Minds Nour Hamadeh (9A)        I.              I.    If  truth to be told, superstitions, the religion of powerless minds, encapsulate a plethora of disadvantages that fall into the social and psychological domains.   II.                II. A.   To begin with, superstitions entail a bunch of drawbacks on the social field such as changing behavior and state of mind and leading to bad decisions. 1.     Showing how superstitions affect one’s social life in losing his bonds and communications 2.     Highlighting how Taiwanese people buy their needs depending on superstitions characteristics B.   Furthermore, superstitions have various psychological negative impacts such as causing emotional inhibition and leading to depression. 1.     Showi...

Fashion Archives  Carla Hamieh (9B)     Title Fashion Archives Characters ·        Major: writer ·        Minor: my family Setting ·        Place: Lebanon/ a store in Beirut ·        Time: Summer morning Major Events ·        learning various types of handicrafts ·        being amazed by their beauty and history ·        buying a unique piece that froze me from its magnificence  Goal ·        Showing the greatness of the Lebanese culture and the extinction of its handicrafts Conclusion Handicrafts are being underrated and not practiced enough but instead they’re being replaced by technology a...