Chris Van Moorsel ENG3U December 18‚ 2012 Are you thankful for every day you have on earth? Well‚ you should be. In the First World War‚ one thousand six hundred and forty nine Canadian soldiers under the age of eighteen risked their lives‚ and three hundred and sixty five of these soldiers died for our freedom. In the novel‚ “A SEPARATE PEACE”‚ by John Knowles‚ The main character Gene undergoes various situations that are influenced by the war‚ including the incident
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and gentlemen‚ I am a worried healthcare worker wanting condom vending machines in government schools. First of all‚ if condoms were available to student then teen pregnancy rates wouldn’t dramatically decrease. This would cause both male and female student dropout rates to increase; students would not have to drop out school to take care of their children. The distribution of condoms in public high schools will lower the rate of pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease among teenagers. The incidence
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Should Schools Go Year Round? Over 3‚000 schools have switched to year-round schooling in 46 different states. This makes up nearly ten percent of all public schools. “Traditional” schools are starting to decrease in numbers as year-round schools start to increase to “save money” (“Schools Without Summer Break: An In-Depth Look at Year-Round Schooling”‚ 1). But I don’t agree with converting schools to year-round facilities because students may find themselves in a multi-tracked school system which
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concerned of what it could influence their children. Schools and libraries should be a place where students can openly assimilate and indulge in the values and attributions of literacy. Reasons: - the values and topics that are being discussed in these books are essential to the students’ success in society. - education should be open to everyone Evidence: - (EDUCATION) I believe that education should be open to everyone. Everyone should have a window of opportunity to read any literature
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get away from the reality of their school life. The students tend to gravitate towards the Devon river‚ but stray from the Naguamsett river. The rivers are complete opposites. The Devon river symbolizing innocence and the Naguamsett river symbolizing adulthood contrast through the consistency of the novel A Separate Peace. Because the devon river is clean and a safe haven for most of the boys‚ the river symbolizes innocence and the peaceful idea of the devon school campus. As a result of the Devon
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I want to achieve in the future. My main goals are to graduate from high school and attend college majoring in special education. During college I hope to get involved with my classes and get into the classroom to teach and sub before I get my degree. I also would like to get a job and campus or around the community. Upon receiving my degree and graduating from college‚ I plan on getting a teaching job at an elementary school or a daycare where I can teach young children. I would also like to help
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A Separate Peace The book‚ A Separate Peace was written by John Knowles. It was first published in 1959. It tells the story Gene Forrester‚ a former student at a prep school in New Hampshire‚ who returns to the school after he graduates. While he is there‚ He remembers the summer of 1942. When he walks up to a tree by the river‚ he remembers his friend and roommate Phineas. Phineas was the best athlete in the entire school. From then on the story moves back to 1942 at the school named Devon. Phineas’
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men have been removed. Coeducation refers to the education of boys and girls in the same schools. It was a modern concept first introduced in Switzerland‚ but now it has become popular in almost all of the countries‚ even Singapore. With that in mind‚ coeducation‚ which is based on that laudable theme of equality‚ seems like the right way to go. However‚ do co-educational institutes really benefit the students? While a co-educational school or college may cause more distractions for learning and prevent
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Shakespeare should not be taught in South African schools “To be‚ or not to be : that is the question :” To be taught in South African schools‚ or not to be … I say‚ TO BE ! Shakespeare provide us with deep insight in human behaviour by using poetry to express human behaviour in a personal‚ group based and universal situation. Thorough knowledge of his work can only be favourable to success for all students that study some of his marvellous work in South African schools as well as across the world
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In John Knowles’ novel A Separate Peace‚ it begins with the protagonist‚ Gene Forrester coming back to his alma mater the Devon School in New Hampshire. Wandering through the campus‚ Gene makes his way to a tall tree by the river; the reason for his return. From here he takes the reader back to the year 1942 during World War II when he was in high school. During the summer session of 1942‚ he becomes close friends with his daredevil roommate Finny. Finny is able to convince Gene into making a
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