Making the Grade Kurt Wiesenfeld Kurt Wiesenfeld is a physicist who teaches at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He wrote this essay for the “My Turn” column of the June 17‚ 1996‚ issue of Newsweek. It was a rookie error. After 10 years I should have known better‚ but I went to my office the day after final grades were posted. There was a tentative knock on the door. “Professor Wiesenfeld? I took your Physics 2121 class? I flunked it? I wonder if there’s anything
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Diana Manley Professor Ingram ENG 101 11/01/14 Are Grades Necessary? Are grades really necessary? Alfie Kohn attempts to persuade in his article called “From Degrading to De-grading” from Acting Out Culture‚ how he believes grades are ineffective‚‚ and should no longer exist‚ for many reasons. Kohn thinks grades are degrading and he provides examples and reasoning in support of why he thinks grades and de-grading (abolishing grades) is necessary. How does the mass of people think about this
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The typical convention of horror‚ specifically using the colour white‚ is shown in the typography. The colour white connotes the image of ghosts‚ spectral beings that haunt their victims. This connotation gives the audience the feeling of the ghost is gazing at the audience through the DVD cover through the blurry effect and the filter applied to bulge the text giving the text a spectral presence. This is also seen in the film “Entity” with the bold typography and a white figure in the background
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The 8th Amendment ‘Excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.’ 1. Introduction Imagine being hanged for a felony you committed‚ or having your tongue pierced with a torched spoon because you were caught for a mistake that could have easily been fixed. These are the types of things the eighth amendment protects us from. Without this amendment‚ people on death row could easily be brutally tortured for things they might not have
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Jill Knierim The Horrors of a Slave Ship History 1301-Villarreal Due Date: 3/8/13 The article‚ The Horrors of a Slave Ship‚ is first person point of view account of the capturing of Olaudah Equiano. He tells the story of how he was captured from his home while his parents were away to be used as a slave. The article starts off with Olaudah and his sister being captured while their parents were away. They were taken into the woods‚ tied up‚ and forced to travel bound without food. After
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The horror genre is perhaps one of the most identifiable aspects of the American film industry. So established is the genre that for many watching their first truly scary movie has become a rite of passage into adolescence. Though the horror genre has changed and evolved as have the times‚ the phenomenon of experiencing that first horror movie‚ or any good horror‚ is timeless and ageless. Even the location of this experience has changed but no matter whether a horror movie is experienced at a drive
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The Horrors of Guilt William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a story of desire‚ betrayal‚ and murder. As the play unfolds it becomes obvious that the guilty conscience of many of the characters in the play has a powerful effect on their personality and actions. In the opening scene of the play readers see Macbeth as a loyal and heroic man. A soldier describes his efforts in protecting Duncan’s throne during the civil war “For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name— Disdaining fortune‚ with his
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For generations‚ parents have pushed children to get good grades. Many of my classmates are given cash‚ iPods‚ and even cars as rewards for good grades. This obsession with grades comes from the belief that school success means more opportunities for higher paying jobs and a better life. Since grades are indicators of school success‚ good grades are seen as essential. But can grades in high school predict future success? While good grades may indicate the mastery of content‚ what they really demonstrate
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of Horror movies Many people would say that their favorite way to have fun is to go to a beautiful beach and build sand castles or hang out with their friends at the mall. But for me‚ put me in a dark theater with a murderous psychopath on the loose threatening teenagers and I am happy. I am a lover of horror movies. This is something that I don’t always tell people‚ because it seems kind of weird to enjoy being scared and grossed out by lots of blood and gore. But in fact‚ I love horror movies
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The Horror is Not Seeing This Movie Little Shop of Horror‚ the movie that made me fall in love with musicals. Before watching this movie I thought of musicals as plays on film‚ with long drawn out singing segments you struggled not to nap during. In my eyes musicals weren’t even on the same level as regular movies with all of its high tech effects‚ fast paced plots and trendy soundtracks. The movie Little Shop of Horrors changed my narrow minded way of thinking into dare I say‚ a movie musical believer
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