“What do you mean all of this work is preparing me for life?” cried Melissa‚ one of my young trumpet players. “This is just a band concert!” The Beginning Band class had stalled in its progress toward their first performance and I could see it was time for me to convince her how preparing for a concert was about much more than playing the pitches and rhythms. There were lessons to be learned that would be applicable throughout her life‚ regardless of her eventual interests or careers. In the
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In The Beginning of Everything‚ Robyn Schneider states‚ “If everything really does get better‚ the way everyone claims‚ then happiness should be graphable. But that’s crap‚ because better isn’t quantifiable.” The reason why better is not quantifiable‚ because not one person is best at one subject‚ sport‚ or provision‚ we forget how easily everything can go to hell just as easily as a second goes by. This is referred to as a tragedy. As defined by Webster‚ tragedy is an event causing great suffering
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Representation and Summary of data [10/09/12] Histograms * To be able to draw and interpret histograms. * Continuous Data:- * Measured [Rounded off to a particular degree of accuracy] * Time * Length * Speed – Velocity * Mass – Acceleration * Volume * Density * Area * Most suitable for a histogram. The area of a histogram is proportional to its frequency. Area ∞ Frequency
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1) How was ‘man’ able to reach North/South America‚ and what skills were needed to thrive towards a Civilization? (CH 1‚ SEC 1) Some scientists say that man came from Asia‚ like the Aztecs‚ Mayans and Incas. And when the came from Asia‚ they came on land‚ chasing big land animals like buffalo through a passageway called the Bering straight. Now that’s only one theory‚ another theory is man came by sea‚ passing through the Pacific Ocean sailing with land in view. When they arrived‚ they needed
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Chapter 1 – New World Beginnings‚ 33‚00B.C – A.D. 1769 New World Beginnings – the human history of the new world began during the ice-age when‚ because of lower sea levels‚ Asiatic tribes were able to cross the Bering Strait and populate the Americas. Eventually‚ these peoples migrated and dispersed to form tribes and some advanced civilizations on almost every corner of these two continents. Bering Strait – a land bridge connecting modern-day Alaska and Russia. During the Ice Age‚ low ocean
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1. What was the Cold War? The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States (and its allies) and the Soviet Union (USSR‚ and its allies) between the end of World War II and the demise of the Soviet Union; i.e. the years 1945-1991. This war was unlike other wars in that two sides never clashed directly in battle. 2. Why did the Soviet Union want to have a buffer zone between itself and Western Europe? The Soviet Union wanted to have a buffer zone between itself because they
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Section 8.1 - Beginning a New Job 1. How can you prepare to have a good first day on the job? Figure out how long it will take you to get ready for work. Then get up even earlier. Don’t make yourself more nervous by running late and then hurrying to get to your job on time. 2. What is a trick to try to help you remember people’s names? Repeat each person’s name out loud as you’re introduced. Then use the name again while talking to
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10 Writing Hooks Writing Class Notes: Beginning Hooks - Strategies to use to catch your reader’s attention 1. Begin with a smile or a metaphor. My life has been a carnival. My family is like an open book. 2. Begin with a question. Who is the greatest athlete of all times? 3. Begin with a definition. Friendly is the best way to describe my personality: I am friendly and caring. Perfect is the best adjective to describe me: I am flawless in every aspect of my life. 4. Begin with
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Moral Struggle and Moral Sense The novel It’s Beginning to Hurt is a collection of several pregnant stories. The author James Lasdun vividly shows us the moral struggle the characters undergo‚ and he also indicates that the importance of moral sense‚ the powerful tool to help people pass the existential vacuum. Some protagonists triumphs in the moral struggle and some fails because different people have different moral sense‚ The key to overcoming ennui or the existential vacuum is that you must
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critical thinkers at different points during the movie. Critical thinking played a key role in Twelve Angry Men. In order to be able to think outside the box‚ one must possess the ability to think unbiaslly‚ not bring personal issues into play‚ not be scared to put the ideas and doubts on the table‚ and to be level headed. The juror who possessed these skills the best and applied them better than his eleven other companions was juror number 8‚ played by Henry Fonda. At the beginning of the movie
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