Essays on Cocoons

Purpose: To Persuade

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that school children do not need to wear uniform Thesis Statement: I want to persuade my audience to abolish school uniforms among school going children because 1) it limits the ability of school children to express themselves in color 2) removing the requirement to wear uniforms enhances children’s esteem and 3) the benefits associated with abolishment of school uniforms are many.

Questions

What are the limitations of having school uniform requirements for kids? Does school uniform play any part in the learning process? What are some of the problems associated with having a ...

For hundreds of years, silk industry flourished in China and the process of silk cultivation and weaving became an integral part of the Chinese society. Even today, many fashion designers from all over the world still covet silk fabrics because of its smooth and soft texture; the fibers are either plain white or tinted with various colors depending on the customer’s preferences. The traditional Chinese silk consists of many patterns mostly based on abstract designs such as Chinese knots, flowers, dragons, and other imagery based from the Chinese mythology and nature. Silk is a type of fiber originating ...

Impact of Child Sexual Abuse Trauma

Impact of Child Sexual Abuse Trauma The subject of sexual abuse in children has elicited heated debates for decades now. Presently, virtually everyone claims to know what child sexual abuse is, what it entails, and why it is wrong. There exists an extensive literature on the traumatic effects that the vice has on both the victims and those connected to them. Ironically, knowledge of child sexual abuse seems to reinforce the vicious. Only a few decades ago, this subject was non-existent in scholarly debates yet the rate at which the cases occurred, and subsequently reported, were significantly lower. Today, ...

Introduction

Pongee fabric is a soft thinly woven cloth. It is usually a plain weave of light–medium weight fabric that has slubs (small lumps of yarns) on the surface and comes in natural light tan color. The slubs cause pongee to have a warm feel on the skin. Pongees originated in the 16th century from China along the banks of the Yangtze River in Sichuan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces where it was usually home woven (Datta & Nanavaty, 2007). Some places in Japan such as Kyoto and Joshu can also be credited with the invention of the pongee (Japan Traditional Crafts Aoyama ...