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    In the “Proposals Relation to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia‚” 1749‚ Benjamin Franklin reconciled public service‚ the benefits of classical learning‚ and the necessity of practical training for young people in the colony. Mr. Franklin discussed that knowledge helps to give honor. Not just honor to yourself for knowing what you are doing and talking about but‚ also an honor for your country to represent them if you were to become a part of office and have to communicate with

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Douglass In the excerpt “Learning to Read and Write”‚ Frederick Douglass talks about his experiences in slavery living in his masters house and his struggle to learn how to read and write. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer‚ orator‚ writer‚ and statesman. Some of his other writings include “The Heroic Slave”‚ “My Bondage and My Freedom”‚ and “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass”. In this excerpt‚ Frederick Douglass uses an empathic tone

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    Martin Luther King and Benjamin Franklin are two well known significant figures throughout American history. King and Franklin are both similar and different in many aspects of their lives when it comes to their personal lives‚ such as‚ spouse‚ life‚ and education‚ their political movements‚ and their awards. They are good influential leaders to their followers. They both are dedicated and hard workers in what they do. Martin Luther King and Benjamin Franklin’s lives can be compared where both

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    How to Read Drama

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    How to Read Drama Reading a drama is like going to see a play but instead of watching the play unfold with your eyes‚ you see it unfold in your head. To read a play you must follow a series of steps so you can fully understand what you’re reading and so you won’t get confused. The first thing you must do is look at the title and think to yourself what does the title say about the play. Thinking what the title first means usually affects your thoughts throughout the drama. This is an important step

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    How to Read a Table

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    Written Assignment 2: Reading a Table Download a word document of this assignment. Read pages 38 to 39. Use the information from the table to answer the questions. Do all your work on the downloaded assignment and submit as a word document in Moodle. Due 5/30 by 11:55pm. No Extensions Median Earnings Based on U.S. Population 25 Years and Over Educational Attainment Male Female Total population 25 years and over $40‚839 $28‚009 Less than high school graduate $22‚956 $14‚341 High school graduate (includes

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    Malcom little‚ known as Malcom X was human rights activist and Muslim minister‚ Malcom x‚ autobiography tittle “Learning to Read‚” recounts his self-education and his endeavors to learn how to read and write while he was prison in Charlestown prison for a robbery he committed in 1946. Malcolm X’s purpose was to illustrate the struggle to educate his mind and his people from the pervasive racist ideology of the 1960’s. He experience and emotions of African Americans engaged in struggle of the civil

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    Benjamin played many roles in Philadelphia‚ New York‚ England‚ and France. Ben helped us in many ways with his pamphlets and quotes. Most of his inventions and scientific research is used today. But‚ from his first to his last years‚ Ben’s inventions and theories are used everywhere today. Benjamin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He was the eighth child in his family. He had about 12 siblings and he was his father’s 15th son and his mother’s 8th. Ben’s father‚ Josiah‚ was married

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    In “Learning to Read” Frederick Douglass recounts his journey of becoming educated as a slave. Douglas describes how his slave owners wife treated him with compassion‚ as one should treat another human‚ and began teaching him how to read. Under her husband’s instruction she stopped‚ and treated him the same as any other would treat a slave. She would not allow to even hold a newspaper let alone read it. She soon adapted the mindset that slavery and education were incompatible. “If I was in a separate

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    Learning to write essay is harder or learning grammar Learning grammar is harder than writing an essay in English. You have to put a lot of time and effort in‚ that you can write a good passage without any grammar mistakes. You can not learn grammar in one or two years‚ because grammar is very difficult in English. The ways that you can improve your grammar are writing and reading more. However‚ learning to write an essay is not an easy thing to learn too. You also need to put a lot of effect

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    main pieces‚ “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato and “Learning to Read” by Frederick Douglass‚ that describe how overcoming obstacles and hardships of losing love ones will come when reaching towards enlightenment. These difficulties attract to the change that you decide to take‚ which will be unaccepted by the people who surround you. Making you feel alone and weak‚ regretting to every have been enlighten. First‚ Douglass’ enlightenment of learning the alphabet gives him hope to building a stronger

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