Write a reflection journal of 300-350 words that addresses the following questions: a. What are the 5 key points in the assigned readings? • Special needs children’s discipline often differs from regular education students. • Case laws have helped set the standard for special education student’s discipline. • Discipline is not an easy matter with special education/needs students because the circumstances are different with each child (GCU‚ 2012). • Expulsions are not recommended because
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This article is about the Obama administration saying that it would give people eight more days‚ until Dec. 23‚ to sign up for health insurance coverage that takes effect on Jan. 1 under the new health care law. The administration also said it would delay the 2015 insurance enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act by a month‚ pushing it beyond the 2014 midterm elections. The decision means that people who have not signed up for insurance by the end of March will have to wait
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living? What justification does Plato offer for advocating communism? Offer a brief critical evaluation of Plato’s communism. PHL 107 | study guide for exam 2 | page 4 2. (1) Briefly describe Plato’s allegory of the cave. (2) Then state how the allegory expresses Plato’s position on (a) the place of the Philosopher-Kings in Plato’s utopia‚ (b) Plato’s distinction between opinion and genuine knowledge (wisdom)‚ and (c) Plato’s position on the motives of the Philosopher-Kings
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not in any way an allegory of World War Two. Tolkien wasn’t a huge fan of allegories‚ to the point where he usually considered them detrimental to the story (and also the biggest flaw of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion‚ The Witch‚ and The Wardrobe). Rather‚ he liked the idea of ‘applicability’; there is a point to it all‚ but it’s one for the reader to make up. The Lord of The Rings does have major themes: the smallest can accomplish the biggest‚ teamwork over competition‚ war is bad‚ good
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use of allegory throughout the novel is highly developed and effective. An allegory is a representation of a complex idea through more concrete forms. Martel’s novel is a perfect example of this; the use of one story to represent another in a more believable way. However‚ in the novel‚ the reader is not told which story is the truth; they must decide that for themselves. Through this choice themes such as ‘reality versus fiction’ can be identified. Many people would argue that the allegory is conveyed
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Unlike Socrates‚ “who wrote nothing at all”(Magee‚ 2016‚ p.24)‚ his pupil‚ Plato‚ had left written work famously in the form of dialogues. One of Plato’s main philosophical ideas is explained through his writing on the Allegory of the Cave‚ where prisoners are used to convey the message of illusions as well as representing the idea of us as human beings being “imprisoned in our own bodies” (Magee‚ 2016‚ p.31). For instance‚ as one of the prisoners succeeded in escaping the cave‚ and consequently
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is Plato talking to Socrates and Glaucon about the idea of human being. Plato‚ being a philosopher‚ wondered about a lot of things. He‚ of course‚ had meant to put meanings behind the dialogues that he writes down‚ Allegory of the Cave being one. The central idea of it is that he believes humans are creatures that only wander around in places that they know‚ and whenever they leave the cave‚ they see a whole new world. Throughout the entire text‚ he develops the idea
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created belief. This is the idea that the movie Matrix‚ with its main character Neo‚ and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ with the slaves‚ try to present as they question our perception of reality. In both publications‚ human beings live their lives experiencing what for them is reality until some of them are able to see reality and realize that all their lives were based on illusions. The Matrix and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave are very similar for both involve men who live unreal lives that are controlled
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Frank Diez 9/25/08 Humanities Prep Jeannie The Allegory of the Cave The Allegory of the Cave is a story that was written down by Plato‚ and told by Socrates many‚ many years ago. It tells of a cave containing prisoners who have been there since they were very young. Behind them is a fire that is burning‚ and between the fire and the prisoners is a road with a curtain-wall. Behind this curtain-wall are figures of wood and stone‚ including animals and men. Socrates asks if they had
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In Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ there are many examples of allegories. An allegory is a story that can be interpreted into having a different meaning. For instance‚ the novel starts off in a farm milieu with an erudite boar named Old Major who was very renown in the farm. He then begins to give a speech denouncing how the farm is run and saying that all the farm animals need to rebel against their owner‚ Mr. Jones‚ because the farm is becoming increasingly barren and incommodious and they would
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