When Danielle was in 1st grade‚ her elementary school chose a new method of teaching students how to read. Instead of the word “vase” being written on a flashcard‚ they wanted students to know what kind of A it was by writing “vās.” To her parents‚ it didn’t make sense. How would she would learn to spell if they spent the first two years of her education teaching her words spelled phonetically? As a result‚ her parents chose to homeschool. Because home schooling was so uncommon‚ the school didn’t
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Deane Ferioli Professor Gavin English Composition 1 29 June 2017 In the early 1900s‚ seeking for a way to improve the mobility and traction of his company’s steam tractors‚ Benjamin Holt replaced the wheels with wooden tracks bolted to chains. The simple change to the machine worked so well that a bystander was rumored to have said the machine crawled along much like a caterpillar. Holt agreed‚ and dubbed his new machine “Caterpillar‚” a name he eventually trademarked in 1910. In 1986 Caterpillar
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REACTION ABOUT CASHFLOW 101 by JERRY LEE: Cashflow 101 is an educational tool in board game format designed by Robert Kiyosaki (author of Rich Dad‚ Poor Dad)‚ which aims to teach the players concepts of investing by having their money work for them in a risk free setting (play money) while simultaneously increasing their financial literacy and stressing the imperative nature of accountability. There are two stages to the game. In the first‚ "the rat race"‚ the player aims to raise his or her
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Gloria Lopez 5th period 19 Nov 2014 2nd English Essay My sister is going to be a freshman next year. People compare us all the time. When they meet her‚ however‚ the find out that she’s actually completely different from me. I am more obsequious‚ while she is often more brazen and jejune‚ and not in a particularly good way. My sister is sporadically vocal about her feelings‚ or generally more vocal about things that I wouldn’t say aloud‚ whereas I’m more taciturn‚ albeit I’m gradually starting to
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Beowulf is the longest written epic poem in Old English. The creator of this classic tale is unknown. It is a story passed down from generation to generation and finally‚ a copy was made in an unknown location in Anglo-Saxon England. It is believed to be approximately 1000 years old. Grendel was written in 1971by John Gardner. Gardner wrote this epic in a different point of view from the original Beowulf. Grendel is told from the point of view of the character‚ Grendel. It is interesting how the
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Eugenics‚ meaning “well born” is a term coined and a field created by Francis Galton‚ a British scientist. In 1869‚ Galton constructed pedigrees of leading English families using biographical information from obituaries and other sources and concluded that superior intelligence and abilities were inherited with an efficiency of 20%. From this research Galton theorized that if the fittest members of society were to have more children then humanity could be improved. In the early 1900s the eugenics
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wife leaves him‚ and he has to find places to stay at night. Despite these struggles‚ he is determined to succeed and has a positive attitude. This helps Gardner at getting a prestigious job and Dean Witter and finding true happiness. In Weltner’s essay‚ a girl named Adrienne used some poor judgment and ended up having no backup support system. There are many ways to become homeless other than drug addiction and mental illnesses. For this reason‚ we need to continue programs to help our homeless
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attention in class because of all the distraction the internet and cell phones cause. What happened to the old fashioned notebook and pencil in class? Instead we use laptops to type down some notes and google any questions. Searching for research on an essay is all in one very simple search engine. The Internet has been and continues to be a wonderful source of information and resources. It gives us the ability to pay bills‚ do research for a school project‚ purchase items not available at your local store
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Jessica Taylor 13‚ February 2012 AP English Mrs. Mercer Self-Sufficiency and Individualism Can Harm a Community Henry David Thoreau goes to the woods to live away from duties and to live a life of leisure. He moves far away from any method of communication‚ such as the post office. He wishes to live independently and self-sufficiently. The quote “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life…and not‚ when I came to die‚ discover that I
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PAOLA RODRIGUEZ 2010-1556 CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY EFFECTS OF THE USE OF LSD: LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) a.k.a “acid” is an illegal hallucinogenic drug‚ which is widely used throughout the world. It is mainly used for the “trips” or potent hallucinations that it causes. Researchers aren’t entirely sure what the exact effects of LSD are on the brain‚ or how it manages to induce the hallucinogenic effects that it does‚ but we will learn more about those that are more obvious. Nevertheless‚ it
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