To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.

To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

To understand the most important characteristics of a society, one must study its major cities is an argument which brings forward a range of issues to be explained in this writing. A society consists of its people, soil and time. Since the society at present has been segregated by national borders, we have to really focus on internal mechanism of a society.
As I said the society consists of people, soil and time, we cannot by any means ignore any part of it; for example if we just study the major cities, we in a sense taking a bits of pieces from a society as a whole. Now-a-days, major cities have been dramatically changed to follow up the pattern of any developed society, so they lack the originality of that particular society to a great extent. To find the characteristics of a society through the study of the major cities, one has to visit the museum, the old dilapidated buildings remnants and so on. Rather one can get a better view of a society through the study of the sub-urban and rural traits along with major cities to perceive a comprehensive characteristic of a society.
In contrast to the present situation, the past especially before the industrial renaissance could have given someone a full view of a society through studying major cities, for the civilization at that very time particularly built up the major cities incorporating their own cultural and societal norms and values.
For example, if we take any capital from any of the LDC (least developed countries), we will find most of its societal formation is based on western pattern. But if we get into deeper I mean in the remote region of that particular country, we will find how that particular society evolved from those particular geographical, economic, and demographic regions. However, the study of the major cities alone cannot bring forward the holistic characteristic; similarly the study of its sub-urban and remote area cannot produce a complete view either.
So to know the characteristics of a society one has to study major cities along with sub-urban and remote areas as well; that is to say, one cannot ignore any of its people, soil, and time to know the society in particular. If one is removed, the society as whole becomes impaired

A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college

A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation above and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how those examples shape your position.
Napolean Bonapart says, "Give me an educated mother, I will give you a prosperous nation". Actually, development of any country is proportional to its education system. Hence, to have a developed education system, a national curriculum is prescriptive, but it does not mean that the national curriculum must be monotonous. As stated above in the provided statement that a nation should require ALL of its students to study the SAME national curriculum until they enter college invokes some issues to be resolved.

Firstly, a monotonous curriculum may be easy for government to implement at the detriment of many prospective successes of students. By nature, human being specially children are fond of inquisition, and one of the major aspect of education is provide these inquisitive kids with most realistic tools and kits whether it may may be in the forms of books or so on. Given the proposed issue at hand be implemented will block the students aspirations to know what exist beyond the prescribed boundary. So, it is prescriptive to have a heterogeneous yet homogeneous national curriculum.

Moreover, a nation at present needs diverse expertises from different experts to continue its development which undoubtedly will be hardly possible to receive from indigenous people if the monotonous national curriculum is brought into reality. It will cause the rich people to send their kids to private school to flourish private institution, whereas the poor people will start hue and cry to bring anarchy in the society as a whole. This sort of dilemma can easily be eradicated if a heterogeneous yet homogeneous curriculum is introduced, which will definitely lower the gap of discrimination and broaden the opportunities for the young learners to explore.

For instance, Taliban regime forced every student to go through unified madrasha education system, which became a bane for Taliban at the end of the day. Because, students did not like the unified systems and many of them dropped out due to frustation. So, frustation in young minds causes psychological trauma which has very lasting effect on generation. As a result, we saw Taliban could not raise a nation independently due to their bigotry.

There are many examples can be brought out, but it is in vain to discuss them here elaborately. In a words, diversity in education helps young minds to be creative, and creativity which is badly in need on which depends a nation's prospective future and leadership. As we can see from the life of Albert Einstein, who was eagerly thinking of the indicators of campus aligning to north pole. Astonishigly, he was assigned as a professor from the very school he was rejected. Here comes the issues of teachers and instructors who nurture the future generation. When an unified curriculum is implemented, every instructor and teacher becomes so much obsessed with the particular subject that they cannot simply ear to any extraordinary question.

So, I am deadly against the proposed same national curriculum for every student, because it tarnishes the creativity and inquisition from the young minds; at the same time it makes the instructors or teachers blindly prone to that particular curriculum. So, to nurture creativity and inquisition along with to diminish the discrimination among social strata, nation must have heterogeneous national curriculum.

Doctors and Patients

Once a patient went to a famous doctor to get treated for his problems, he said the doctor that his body was built of glass.

So the doctor wanted to touch his body, but the patient cried out saying “don touch my body it will break”. Doctor understood his Psychology, so he asked the patient to go out to breathe fresh air. By this time, he asked his associates to manage a thick blanket and broken glasses. At the same time, he asked them to help the patient lie down covering his whole body with the blanket, when he comes back.

Anyway, like words, like job. Just get it done. Once the patient was found under blanket, the doctor pressed him and spreading some broken glasses on the blanket simultaneously.

Now, the doctor told the patient that he had broken the glass covering. The patient touched his body several times and cried out, YES, YES, YES, there is no glass covering.

Morals: take the action accordingly (this is my isometric view). But this story has only six DOF, so it’s ur turn to decide.

(Bangladesh) Onnaipurer (town of injsutice) Kahini

Once a master and sagred went out a tour, they visited many places on their way. But they found a very absurd town Onnaipur where justice flailed away. Anyway, one important aspect of this city everything is sold at same price. For example, 1 kg dalda=1 kg garam=1 kg cini=1kg kambing=1 kg rosogulla= 1 bottle shampaign=TK10(ja niben dosh taka, niyle nen, na niyle angul cusen).

So, sagred told master ,”I wanna stay here and wanna become fat eating dalda dan kambing everyday”. Master warned his disciple indicating the rules and regulations of this city. But sagred was insistent and he dared stay there. Anyway, he started eating so much that he became the fattest guy in the city.

Sagred was passing his days very happily. But an unwanted incidence took place when a burglar filed case against the house-owner.(I told u that this is Onnaipur!!!!)

Burglar: The lord of the ring our King, my friend died from wall-breakage while removing bricks from house-owner wall.

King: summon the house-owner.

House-owner: Our majestic lord, I did not know anything about the wall, I just paid the contractor to build my house.

King: Summon the Contractor

Contractor: Sire, I do not know anything about the wall. I ordered the head wall-builder to implement the design I got from house-owner.

King: Summon the mason (head-mistri. RajMistri =? Jana thakle post kore diben).

Mason: Jahapona, I think the mashla (concrete mixture) had some problem since my associate added much water.

King: Summon the associate

Associate: Jahapona, amar choddo gostir kosom(swearing by his predecessor), I did not do that willingly. It took place because an elephant was running towards me and I tried to put the water in pail aside, but alas! It fell down.

King: Summon the elephant.

Elephant: Ore ghirel raja!!!!(ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo). I heard a buzzing sound from the nupur(an ornament made of silver which is worn on ankles).

King: summon the nupur

Nupur: Is this my fault that the beautiful lady worn me and danced times to times while walking.

King: Summon the Lady.

Lady: Sire, wt can I do? The goldsmith made this to create buzzing sound.

King: summon, the goldsmith.

Goldsmith: Jahapona, please forgive me because I did not know this silver can create so much sound though I added up much bronze to it which I brought from Africa.

King: thinking so much about the issue and found no one to summon. So he asked his state-attorney (Current BD attorney general) to hang goldsmith.

State-attorney: Hey, take him to the stage.

But the goldsmith was so thin that they could not tight his neck to the swapping plates. So they planned out to bring a fat man so that they can at least hang someone. As words announced, soldiers started looking for a fat man. At last they got the fattest man in the town who was none but sagred. Sagred understood his ustaz was correct. So he immediately wrote to him to save him anyway.

You all know an ustaz never wants to lose his sagred. He came to the spot immediately. Then he taught the sagred to act whatever he says. So, ustaz said that they would start bargaing to be hanged.

Then, sagred was brought to the hanging stage, suddenly ustaz came out and started saying, “hang me, hang me, hang me”. Besides, sagred insisted no no no,”hang me, hang me, hang me”

King was puzzled and asked what is going on. The ustaz was so clever, he told this is the season of paradise, that’s to say, whoever dies this time will be placed in paradise.

King: Oh! This is the golden time. I can not spare this moment. Hang me, hang me. At last king was hanged.

Background: I am thinking BD is almost getting into Onnaipur. So when it will turn into full-fledged form, the prime minister will have nothing to do but ….

A story with insight

All of you here know prophet Ibrahim (as) (Abraham). He is as a whole a man with all humane qualities. Anyway, his life is full of kind aspects. One of that he was used to hospitalizing at least one person everyday.

One day he came back home and found nobody to entertain, but he was expecting someone to come. As the sun was rolling down to the horizon keeping one side of the world in the darkness just for 12 hours, a beggar, very hungry, came to prophet’s house.

Prophet Ibrahim cordially accepted him and arranged very delicious meal for the beggar. Once the food was presented in front of the beggar, he started devouring it without saying “Bismillah(with the name of Allah)”. So prophet Ibrahim(as) was shocked and he asked the beggar to say “Bismillah”. But the beggar refused to say showing the reason that he was not used to saying this. In addition, he said,” if food is available, I eat it, otherwise I don mind”.

Anyway, the beloved prophet was shocked and he said the beggar to stop eating and anyway the beggar found no way to get food back, so he left.

By this time, the most Merciful, the most Kind, the most Compassionate sent down message to our beloved prophet. He said, O Ibrahim, We have been feeding this atheist for 80 years, but you could not tolerate him for a single meal. Prophet was shocked and afraid of Allah(SWT). He went out to look for the beggar, but he could not get him.

Anyway, many men, many minds. So people can judge this story from different perspectives. So it’s our turn now to practice what has been established in Islam. If we can embody this virtual fact in our lives, people will again follow us. That’s to say, we should not take care whether someone is believer or not until one is eligible for the thing he needs.

Similar story happened to my maternal grandfather’s life who, with the grace of the most Merciful, was a very pious man. Anyway, he asked the beggar to lead the prayer thinking that the beggar was more knowledgeable than him, but alas! The beggar even did not know Surah Fatiha.

Anyway, one should not push someone forward to lead prayers since he may have some problems. Sometimes, I face this problem though I like it while I am afraid at the same time of torment for my mistakes and weaknesses.

May Allah(SWT) strengthen our hearts with IHSAN so that we can judge our souls properly and can act accordingly. Ameen