Representation of two Contrary States of Human Soul: Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake

It is difficult to ignore the basic point about William Blake that though chronologically he is an eighteenth-century poet, he is a highly gifted and immensely successful lyric poet. While Blake’s poetry may or may not have the pleasantness of great poetry, it is perhaps true that Blake has no notable predecessors and no followers. He consistently stresses the importance of freedom, as opposed to the tyranny that he feels to be characteristic of the government of his day, and attacks negative moralizing, which he associates with the church, as opposed to a true sense of religion. The Songs of Innocence and of Experience occupy a vital place in the corpus of Blake’s poetical writings. This is so because these Songs are as much the product of Blake’s earlier writings as the pointer to his future writings. The kind of philosophical tone that we encounter in The Songs of Innocence and of Experience is indeed astounding. It is said that Blake looked upon poetry as something that is dictated by spirits, or as the result of inspiration, but he was also aware of the role of the poet to bring out certain truths of human life in front of the people in a symbolic way. There is no doubt about the fact that in the corpus of English Poetry no other poet has got as much success, if equal but certainly not more, as Blake. The present paper is mainly focused on the philosophical appeal and symbolic portrayal of human existence that the Songs of William Blake illustrate to us

Management Challenges Facing School Administrators and Pupils’ Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Sengerema District Mwanza, Tanzania

The study sought to establish the management challenges facing school administrators and pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools. The study was guided by the following objectives; to identify management challenges facing school administrators and pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools, to find out how management challenges affect pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools, to determine the possible measures to curb management challenges facing school administrators and pupils’ academic performance in public primary schools. A sample of ten public primary schools from a population of ninety-eight schools was selected for the study. The participants were teachers, school committee chairpersons, ward educational officers, district educational officer, and district school quality assurance. The data gathering was done through the use of questionnaires and interview guide. The findings revealed that there were management challenges facing school administrators and pupils’ academic performance in public primary school which included insufficient budget, poor cooperation with education stakeholders, over[1]enrollments of pupils, shortage of infrastructure, lack of teaching/learning resources and shortage of teachers. The identified challenges had negatively affected the schools\u27 and pupils\u27 academic performances because it has lead to pupils’ absenteeism in schools. To curb these challenges educational stakeholders had to invest more in education by establishing different income-generating activities in school. The researcher concludes that educational stakeholders could help in building school infrastructures and finally recommended that, the government should allocate more funds to schools, employ more teachers and school administrators should cooperate with all educational stakeholders in curbing management challenges

A Study on the Strategies for Translating Modern Chinese Essays into English: A case Study of Zhang Peiji\u27s Selected Modern Chinese Essays

Chinese prose has a long history. During this period, various famous artists have created many excellent works. Prose is a very important literature and art form which takes writing as creation and aesthetic object. In ancient Chinese literature, prose just like verses and parallel writings, does not pursue rhyme and sentence pattern. This is prose in a broad sense. And I would like to talk about prose in a narrow sense. In modern Chinese literature, prose refers to a literary genre which is in parallel with poetry, novel and drama. The major characteristics of prose are the sincere feeling and the beautiful language. After May 4th Movement, the social literature form was influenced by the New Culture Movement, a number of splendid writers in our country created a good deal of excellent works of prose. These are the precious treasures of Chinese literature, carrying the Chinese spirit and culture. But it is a pity that academics at home and abroad have done few researches on the modern Chinese essays translation, and the study about it is rare. The research on Chinese prose translation study, however, is far from enough. The Chinese prose translation study has lagged behind the other literary genre study all the time. Mr. Zhang\u27s two series of "Modern Chinese Prose Selection" translations are his classic masterpieces. The selected works are all famous prose of young intellectuals after the May 4th Movement in China. The essays in them are of profound significance and full of characteristics of the times. So this article tries to explore Professor Zhang Peiji\u27s translation art style in combination with prose selection. The fact that Professor Zhang has successfully translated also proves that the Chinese can make a great contribution in the Chinese-English translation career. The author also expects that Chinese scholars and translators will actively participate in the translation career, and to learn from each other\u27s strengths in future translations. Really let Chinese culture go to the world as soon as possible

Impact of learning, exclusively online, during a pandemic

This study focuses on the use of a distance learning platform to deliver on-line classes, during the second semester of the 2019-2020 academic year, in a higher school in an urban area. The study is carried out mainly with, the aim of understanding on the perception and admissibility or not of distant teaching, in its entirety, by students accustomed to on-site teaching. The data were collected by the course activities reports and a questionnaire survey carried out among the 207 students registered on a distance learning platform; the results obtained allow to deduce the interest of the learning environment and of the interactions between actors during teaching practices using technological tools in a distant teaching process

Turkey and the Balkan States: Justice and Development Party’s role in filling the void with Balkans

A century after the collapse of Ottoman empire, Turkey is trying to bridge the gaps again with the Balkans, some calling it a way of reviving the Ottoman empire, while as few see it as a way of making allies in the region to join European Union. There are many such narratives.  This paper will try to analyze how Turkey is trying to make its presence strong in Balkans, whether it is investing in their education, building religious monuments, or bringing stability and peace in the region. This paper will also focus on the growing relations between Turkey and Balkans during the ongoing governance of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Evaluation of Computerized information systems of small business Organizations

Computer is an important tool in which business organizations use in financial reporting and operational methods to obtain data recording systems as well as computer literacy is treated as an important asset in the modern business world. The study described the computer literacy of Small business staff and owners, the level of usefulness and seriousness of problems encountered in using computers. Further, the study determined the significant difference among the level of literacy, usefulness and seriousness of problems encountered by small business staff and owners in using computers. Rejecting the hypothesis, there is significant difference on the responses of Small business staff and Small business owners as to literacy, usefulness, and seriousness of problems being encountered by respondents in performing their work with the use of computer. Based on the findings, the extent of literacy on computer especially on the context of information systems that are present in the computer is very much literate. The level of usefulness of computer especially on the information systems in making financial reports according to the response of Small business staff is moderately useful. While for Small business owners, it is very much useful. The respondents commonly experience problems with their advancement using computerized information system. It implies that there are no serious problems being encountered by respondents in dealing with the aid of computer. The researcher recommends that Small business organizations (SBOs) should develop a different approach especially designed for the respondents. This could be done in coordination to multi-agency to provide adequate knowledge in utilizing the information systems that are being installed in the compute