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    present the curriculum for Grade – I to III‚ the medium of instruction used in the classroom is the mother tongue. Mother Tongue‚ also known as native language or first language is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period or that a one speaks the best and so is often used as the basis for sociolinguistic identity. In some countries‚ the term native language or mother tongue refers to the language of one’s ethnic group rather than

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    Literature of America April 27‚ 2012 The Life of a So Called Lesbian Amy Lowell was born in Brookline‚ Massachusetts on February 9‚ 1874. She was the daughter of Augustus Lowell and Katherine Bigelow Lawrence. Both her mother and father were from New England aristocrats. Aristocrats are wealthy and prominent members of society. Her father‚ Augustus‚ was a businessman‚ civic leader‚ and horticulturalist. Lowell’s mother‚ Katherine‚ was an accomplished musician and linguist. Lowell was‚ although

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    Gloria Anzaldua (“How To Tame a Wild Tongue”) and Richard Rodriguez (“Aria”) have written powerful‚ painful‚ and very personal stories about their attempts to fit into American society while being taught a language that is not of their ancestors. There are significant differences in the tone of the each reading and the feelings evoked. The methods used by each writer to describe specific points (Anzaldua‚ with force and anger; Rodriguez‚ with a resigned acceptance that only thinly veils his sadness

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    daughters that Jing-mei’s mother mentions: an obedient daughter (one that can live under her mom’s roof) and a daughter who follows her own mind. Jing-mei’s discovery about the two Schumann songs relate to the story because the two were “two halves of the same song” (Tan 107). The title means that Jing-mei’s mother wants one kind of daughter – an obedient one – but instead received another – one that follows her mind. Jing-mei tried to be the obedient daughter her mother wanted‚ but later saw that

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    different families to demonstrate how parents natures their children’s talents. The narrator‚ Amy Tan‚ has been used by the author to show how parents dictate what the child shall be. The mother of the narrator has been watching television and seeing how young people have obtained fame and she forces her daughter to obtain hers also. The mother tries acting where the narrator is finally defeated for the mother has just forced her. Secondly‚ she works the housecleaning job in exchange to the piano lessons

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    Amy Winehouse Abbie SK ‌•Amy Jade Winehouse ‌•Born on September 14th 1983 ‌•Died on July 23rd 2011 ‌•Talented musician who was a drug addict and an alcoholic ‌•People say that she could have lived longer if she went into rehab ‌•Her father introduced her to jazz classics at a very early age ‌•Amy started the Sylvia Young Theatre School when she was 12 ‌•14 years old she was expelled for piercing her nose and ‘not applying herself’ ‌•Dropped out of school‚ and got a part time job ‌•It was

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    Page 83 THE LITTLE BEE THAT COULD: JOLLIBEE OF THE PHILIPPINES V. MCDONALD’S Charles Rarick‚ Purdue University Calumet Gideon Falk‚ Purdue University Calumet Casimir Barczyk‚ Purdue University Calumet CASE DESCRIPTION The primary subject matter of this case concerns the growth of a Filipino fast food chain. It started from a single ice cream store‚ which later moved into hamburgers‚ Filipino style. Over the years Jollibee‚ a multi-national corporation in the restaurant industry‚ expanded its

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    Amy Sze’s company downsized three times in two year s. As she had been a productive and dependable employee‚ her bosses managed to find a job for her each time. Amy was assigned three different jobs over the two years pe riod. Johnny‚ Amy’s current boss‚ thought she was smart and the kind of employee the company had to keep once the economic crisis was over. Johnny and the other mana gers thought Amy was lucky to have a job in the company. However‚ as far as Amy was concerned‚ the last

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    Trevor Bryan Professor Bisirri ENC 1102 September 24‚ 2013 Character Analysis of Jing Mei In the short story “A Pair of Tickets” by Amy TanTan portrays the story of an Americanized Chinese woman trying to reconnect with her culture. In the story‚ the character Jing Mei is conflicted over the loss of her mother and the feeling that they never fully connected with each other. For years she resented her heritage‚ but as part of her life passes‚ she feels the need to reconnect and learn who she

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