Essays on Personal Beliefs

Introduction Training is a learning process which implies that current performance needs to be improved and there is a gap between what we know and what we don’t know. We as an adult learn by many ways as we have tendency to learn in a…

The word “post-truth” defined as “circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief” was selected as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2016. In the same year, an article named “The Age…

Introduction All my life I wondered which of the thousands of religions, if any, is the right one to believe in. Do you have to believe in a religion to be considered a better human. The definition of religion means to believe in, worship, and…

Preface “Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!”― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby The American Dream is a lifestyle, or a wish…

The Main Thing We must rely on the way we were brought up, specific cultural norms and our feelings. When there’s a bad behavior at a very young age that we don’t agree with, the first reaction might be a stern “no” followed by an…

Why did you choose to study in Australia and not in your home country? My choice on the University of Adelaide varied on a number of advantages and what impact it will have on my professional status. In Kenya, there are quite a number of…

I was born in Eritrea. I have had my elementary and high school in Asmara. I was really good in maths and science subjects like biology, physics and engineering. Growing up I was one of the very few people who had access to the computer…

In the current information age, driven by the Internet and other so-called “reliable” sources of media, misinformation spreads like wildfire. Manual fact-checking and traditional technologies cannot be scaled to deal with this menace. Data needs to be interpreted more objectively and this can be achieved…

I am fascinated by the ever-evolving nature of law and how it can be used to respond to the challenges facing the society today. This first occurred to me when I had the chance to participate in an international workshop-based event called “Debating Threats to…

The authors did not rely heavily on factual evidence to support their arguments. In fact, I found it difficult to locate two specific facts from either author. However, I do agree that the following statements are at least based on fact. “That US Courts today…