By Wilbur A. Smith
Manfred Steyner is married to the daughter of the chairman of 1 of Africa's richest gold mines, and he desires to take over his wife's father put up - it'll make him probably the most strong males in Africa. yet to accomplish his target, he wishes Rod Ironside. Neither of the 2 males be aware of that they're basically pawns in a video game to lead them to scapegoats while a small crew of speculators start to use human lifestyles as efforts to spoil the African gold exchange ... a harsh and unforgiving global, the place funds is energy, and the place human existence capability not anything.
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Open up to diversity. Sometimes students can create their instructors by letting go of pictures about different races and ethnic groups. According to one picture, a Hispanic person cannot teach English literature. According to other pictures, a white teacher cannot have anything valid to say about African music, and a teacher in a wheelchair cannot command the attention of a hundred people in a lecture hall. All of those pictures can clash with reality. Releasing them can open up new opportunities for understanding and appreciation.
Some of the most important qualities managers valued in employees were communicating well, taking risks and learning from mistakes, and working with people of diverse backgrounds. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Long ago, before the advent of printing presses, televisions, and computers, people educated themselves by conversing with one another. Students in ancient Athens were often called peripatetic (a word that means “walking around”) because they were frequently seen strolling around the city, engaged in heated philosophical debate.
This quip makes a point: As workers in different fields become more specialized, they run the risk of forgetting how to talk to one another. Higher education can change that. One benefit of studying the liberal arts is the chance to gain a broad vision. People with a liberal arts background are aware of 14 Introduction • The Master Student MASTER THE LIBERAL ARTS According to one traditional model, education means mastering two essential tasks: the use of language and the use of numbers. To acquire these skills, students once immersed themselves in seven subjects: grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.