Christian monks lead a life away from the average society which is based on the spiritual disciplines of obedience, silence, vigils, good works, fasting, chastity, confession and prayer. This pillars of God oriented behavior make them have an inner existence instead of being in touch with the corruptions of the ordinary world.
Catherine Ross believes that freedom of expression is critical to the functioning of a democracy.
However, she states that the educational system of the country is failing to promote freedom of speech among students. She believes that teachers are not doing enough in order to respect students right to express themselves and even engage in acts that aim to restrain youngster's expressions.
As a result, students graduate from school with a notion that authorities are distant and would be reluctant to listen to people's views. This produces citizens that are uninterested in participating in politics.
In the 1400s, European explorers benefited from "improvements in map-making skills," since these allowed for greater location accuracy. GPS and steam ships would not be invented for quite some time.
The USS IOWA, in the year 1989, brought an increase to public attention for the use of psychological autopsies. This involves the depth of the reason why many people commit suicide and depression in that time. This will test the psychological thinking of a person towards certain situation.
During this period a Military Dictatorship ruled over Brazil's population, this meant the government persecute and killed the liberal and socialist leaders that stood against the dictatorship. Despite the Dictatorship in Brazil was not as cruel as in other South American countries like Argentina or Chile, it implied the violation of human rights and democratic values.
