English 12 Summer Reading Teachers: Helen Dunning hdunning@kis.or.kr‚ Jim Burwell jburwell@kis.or.kr Here is the summer reading list for English 12—A Thematic Study of World-wide Literature. This is required summer reading. Reading these books will expand your vocabulary‚ build your personal library‚ start preparing you for university study‚ and guide the discussions for much of the first semester. 1. Order the TWO books and order them early. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A
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July 21‚ 2011 Merit or Mistake In today’s society one of the most important factors in selecting a career field is rate of pay. No matter whether the profession maybe‚ the dollar figure must be within a range that allows the employee to maintain a substantial lifestyle. The debate of teacher pay scales has raged on for years. Many argue that the current pay scale for teachers is a scale which rewards teachers merely for seniority. They argue that the current pay scale overlooks those educators
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Victoria was the longest reigning British monarch and the figurehead of a vast empire. She oversaw huge changes in British society and gave her name to an age. Victoria was born in London on 24 May 1819‚ the only child of Edward‚ Duke of Kent‚ and Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg. She succeeded her uncle‚ William IV‚ in 1837‚ at the age of 18‚ and her reign spanned the rest of the century. In 1840‚ she married her first cousin‚ Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. For the next 20 years they lived
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Upon reading the case study on allocating the merit raises among the professors at Small State University‚ I have decided to use the attribute approach. The attribute approach is defined by Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage as: “ Focusing on the extent to which individuals have certain attributes (characteristics or traits) believed desirable for the company’s success. The techniques that use this approach define a set of traits-such as initiative‚ leadership‚ and competitiveness-
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several different types of rewards or incentive systems to compensate employees. Merit pay is the most frequently used system which rewards teachers with base increases or bonuses for acquiring and demonstrating specific knowledge and skills needed to meet educational goals such as improving student achievement. The million dollar question is‚ does merit pay increase teachers’ performance? Those in favor of merit pay argue that teacher performance should be based on a broad range of factors that
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APUSH: DBQ 1st Semester Final DISCLAIMER: This is NOT the only way to do this essay‚ don’t take any of this as gospel. We are people. If you disagree‚ go ahead and do it your way. That will work too. We are not responsible for your essay‚ that is your job. We are simply here to get a headstart. What is needed for a better DBQ ● more analysis beyond the basic information from the documents. ● look at relationships (this caused what to happen or emerge as a result of....) even if the DBQ doesn’t ask you to
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regional list system is a variation of party list proportional representation. In this system multiple candidates are elected through preferentially-ordered placements on an electoral list Each party makes lists of candidates to be elected‚ and the seats go to each party proportionately to the number of votes the party receives. Voters may vote directly for the party‚ like in Israel‚ or for the list of candidates‚ such as in Hong Kong. The ‘closed’ part of the name ‘closed regional list system’
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Linked List Basics By Nick Parlante Copyright © 1998-2001‚ Nick Parlante Abstract This document introduces the basic structures and techniques for building linked lists with a mixture of explanations‚ drawings‚ sample code‚ and exercises. The material is useful if you want to understand linked lists or if you want to see a realistic‚ applied example of pointer-intensive code. A separate document‚ Linked List Problems (http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/105/)‚ presents 18 practice problems covering
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What are personality assessments? These are a range of tasks and duties that are used to determine various aspects of a singles individual personality or emotional status .The most common of these tests is The Big Five Locator. It is mainly based on values‚ lifestyle and attitude .The theory was initially created by Paul Costa and Robert McCrae in 1970.The assessment involves a questionnaire that outlines five main traits namely openness‚ conscientiousness‚ extraversion‚ agreeableness and negative
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What‚ in your opinion‚ are some of the purposes of this opening soliloquy? Provide at least three possibilities. Explain your answer by making specific references to the soliloquy and to the events from the play so far. (6) There are several purposes for this soliloquy. This soliloquy aids the audience in gaining a more accurate insight into the character of Hamlet and his thoughts and feelings. The opening lines showcase Hamlets lack of self-worth and that he is a religious man
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