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Should Chimpanzees Be Considered ‘Persons’? Whose viewpoint is expressed? How we can relate the word personhood with other non-human species, since the word personhood includes conscious experience, emotionality, a sense of self and links of care and interdependence. In this case that of the  chimpanzees  Kiko and Tommy, are two non-human that meet conscious experience, emotionality, a sense of self and links of care and interdependence, which makes them a kind belonging to the personhood. What does the author want us to think? The author wants us to think if the chimpanzees are non-human beings, but if they belong to the personhood, they can access the rights that human beings have. In this case, the laws of the United States, which were created for "person" and "things", but as non-humans (sensitive and reasonable beings) meet the expectations of the personality, can access these rights as the right to freedom, right to property, right to free expres

What should I know about Colombian Spanish?

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What should I know about Colombian Spanish? Colombia, a country with a lot of cultural diversity and biodiversity. This country is known for having the best fauna and flora worldwide and obviously for its great natural resources. Here people do not live but enjoy their traditions such as dance, food, customs and of course their beautiful women. But what does a tourist need to know before coming to Colombia? The tourist must know its official language which is Spanish and English in the archipelago of San Andrés; although 68 ethnic languages and dialects are also spoken in Colombia. As in Colombia, there is great cultural diversity, this greatly influences the official language, which makes it a different way of speaking Spanish in each region of the country. Colombia is divided into 6 regions where each of them has its own sayings, jargon and of course its accent (The Andean Region, The Orinoco Region, The Caribbean Region, The Pacific Region, The Amazon Region, and The

Critical and creative thinking

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Underlying skills and attitudes Emotional self-management It should respect people's opinions when you are talking about a topic. If you disagree with them or they disagree with you, you should manage your emotion and understand that everybody thinks different. Normally, when I'm in a discussion meeting, I always try to everybody gives their opinion and after I give my opinions. When I feel another one who disagrees with me to try offending me with their opinion, I look for reasons which support my ideas or on the contrary, I leave the discussion meeting. Influences on my thinking Emotional balance is very important because of this influences in my thinking which makes me a more reasonable and critical person. Based on them I can become aware by myself. There are times that we do not want to accept that we are wrong and we lose our control.  For the same reason, I try to think very well the circumstance and thus look for reasons that make me realize that