School vs Family in Shaping One's Personality

by Diana-Mara Anghelina - From the first days of our lives, each and every one's family plays a very important role in defining the future grown-up's personality. It is the family who we look up to, from the very beginning of building a character. When they are very young, all the children tend to copy the behavior of their parents. Therefore, when the family does not have a proper attitude tow ...

Date added: 22 February '07

Romanianness Versus the Other

by Cristina Nuta - When imagining the term of 'other' compared to the one of 'Romanianness' we have to refer to the concepts of inside and outside. These two terms depend one on the other because of their existence, as there can only be an 'inside' if there is an 'outside', too and the latter is also called 'the other'. Therefore, in Romania, which can be considered an 'imagined country', th ...

Date added: 26 February '07