According to Amanda Ripley‚ there was a school district called Premont Independent and school sports have been eliminated there in the spring of 2012‚”There was all this extra time‚” says Nathan (10). According to Amanda Ripley‚ she says that “50% of students passed their tests‚ but now with the elimination of sports 80% passed” (10). This shows why sports should be taken
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most important features of academic writing is the use of words and ideas from written sources to support the writer’s own points. There are essentially three ways to incorporate words and ideas from sources‚ as shown below: Direct quotation: Amanda Ripley explains‚ “In valuing different lives differently—the first part of the equation—the fund follows common legal practice. Courts always grant money on the basis of a person’s earning power in life” (7). Paraphrase: In “Roger Ebert: The Essential
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value of life by our achievements‚ one’s past‚ or the salary one receives. This shouldn’t be the way we value one’s life. We as a society cannot assign a value on one’s life. Money cannot buy happiness. In the article “What Is a Life Worth” by Amanda Ripley‚ she argues that nowadays we base life on money. “The courts started to put a dollar value on a life-after death” (“What Life is Worth”‚ stanza 1). I do not agree with this because people expect money after a death occurs to a loved one. No amount
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18). In her book‚ The Smartest Kids in the World‚ Amanda Ripley (2013)‚ describes a scene in which a student from the American school system is placed into a Geometry class in Korea (p.75). He note that something was "very different" about how this math lesson was taught‚ which was ultimately due to the integration of trigonometry and calculus into the geometry lesson (Ripley‚ 2013‚ p.75 and 76). Ripley (2013) finally notes that "together‚ the different disciplines could solve
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The article “Why do American Students Have so Little Power”‚ written by Amanda Ripley‚ the author of The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way and a senior fellow at the Emerson Collective‚ acknowledges the idea that students have little to no real power when it comes to the “behind the scenes” involvement of their education‚ and it certainly is not due to lack of trying. Ripley adopts a contemptuous tone to advocate for the students trying to be thoroughly involved in their education
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essential to recounting the Wingfield Family struggles. As director of the updated production of The Glass Menagerie‚ one would first have to look at the type of speaking style and dialogue as a means to modernize the original content. In the play‚ Amanda‚ the mother‚ is characteristic of a southern belle. Her language reflects the stereotypical tradition and the polite nature of a southern woman. Tom and Laura‚ in keeping with their roots‚ also speak in this manner. To make the speaking style more
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High School Sports Should Not Be Banned Do you think that high school should ban sports? Well do you? I didn’t think so either. Some people say that we should ban sports from our school. I wouldn’t want to ban sports from high school at all. I wouldn’t because if we did then some students wouldn’t be able to find something that would make them want to come to school or get good grades. I’d say that sports make kids want to come to school and excel at it. I believe that kids that participate in
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Is it possible to put an actual dollar amount on the value on someone’s life? Many have different opinions. Amanda Ripley asked the question‚ “Is a poor man’s life worth less than a rich man’s?” (1). To answer this question‚ there is no definitive response. Our society has placed a dollar amount on life; however‚ I think the value of a person’s life should be determined by how happy we are‚ the experiences we have‚ and the relationships we acquire. Our society has its priorities in the wrong
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human’s health‚ and by the personality trait that they have acquired. “The concept of assigning a price tag to a life has always made people intensely squeamish. After all‚ isn’t it degrading to presume that money can make a family whole again?” (Ripley 1). After the tragedies of September 11‚ 2002 the federal government started a federal fund to help the victims and families who has suffered a loss. Meaning that the government will pay for the loss of the death that a family has had to face. The
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this program had been established after 9/11‚ so there was a certain degree of unanticipated anger directed at me that I should have been more attuned to.” (Ripley‚ 2) When people felt the amount
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