walked into the first class that I have ever took and confronted chaos. The four students in my Spanish class were engaged in a heated spitball battle. They were all following the lead of Andrew‚ a tall eleven-year-old African-American boy. Andrew turned to me and said‚ "Why are we learning Spanish if no one speaks it? This a waste of time." I broke out in a cold sweat. I thought‚ "How on Earth am I going to learn this?" It was my first day of Winterbridge‚ a nationwide collaborative of thirty-six
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Katsumoto was a Japanese warlord in the 1500s. There was never an American soldier who had fought against the Native Americans that had gone to Japan to help the Imperial Army. Captain Nathan Algren is a fictional character that is loosely created from the life of Jules Brunet. a French military officer who was sent to Japan to help westernize. Brunet fought in the artillery division and won the French medal Légion d’honneur for his services. He was sent to Japan by Napoleon to help modernize
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Knowing that there is a greater chance of having a better life‚ would you take it? If there is a little voice telling you to take a class that would positively impact your intelligence and experiences‚ would you listen to it? Attending and passing Spanish courses would make life surprisingly fun and easy for you. As a source of‚ on this important topic‚ this class does more for students than passing Spanish. Also‚ foreign language is more effective than just knowing your birth language. Taking and
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trip to remember! Contributing nice photographs from our class trip would be the great challenge to complete an album‚ which is the photomontage and part of parcel of our portfolio assignment. We planned beforehand the journey to Damai Puri Resort and came out with a list of interesting activities and equipment that we will have to bring along. Out of expectation‚ it was just the start of the disaster that we could never imagine. The class trip was fun‚ memorable‚ and enjoyable. The day of the
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Mission Control: This is mission control to Captain Jay Wright are you ready for lift off. Just get those egg heads to do the annual maintenances. It should be nice and simple. Jay: How boring Mission Control: Maybe you will run into some aliens Jay: Hah that funny aliens don’t exist you read too much manga Miyabi Miyabi: You never know. The universe is a big place Jay: You’re such a nerd Miyabi Miyabi: Says the guy that went on a trip to find a sasquatch Jay: What I do
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to all forms of leadership- from being a captain of a sports team to being a Lead Scholar. This quote has truly resonated with me throughout the experience of being my cheerleading team’s floor captain. The definition of cheerleading is‚ “a person
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Allowed in the Classroom? Devon Leggott thought he had a lot of time to do his social studies project in class. He worked for so long on the drawing part‚ he lost track of time and had zero time for the essay part. With a timer on your cell phone or a measuring productivity app‚ this would not happen. Many people believe that students should not be allowed to have access to their phones in class. There are many reasons why this statement is wrong. Some of those reasons are that they can be used for
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After watching the video A Class Divided‚ there are a few things that jumped out at m. The questionable ethics of the experiment and the blatant discrimination that occurred was used as a learning tool. the use of these questionable methods were an attempt to illuminate a dark area of social learning an understanding while trying to break the bonds of racism and prejudice. The results call to light human nature and the effects of racial inequity. The videos were broken into parts and the parts
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A Class Divided: Frontline The 3rd grade teacher’s use of the discrimination experiment really taught me a lot about racism and discrimination and opened my eyes to many things. First‚ I couldn’t believe that the 3rd graders were so aware of racism and discrimination. Those children knew that people of different color were looked down upon‚ called stupid‚ etc. I never imagined that a young‚ innocent child could be so hatful. Once the students began the experiment‚ it was crazy to see how their
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Danielle Rodriguez December 6‚ 2012 Comp I T/TH 11:00 a.m. Creative Essay “The Class Ring” Picture a beautiful‚ young‚ loving‚ smart girl with caring parents and one amazing boyfriend. Now picture that becoming all a lie. Picture a seventeen year old falling in love with a psychopath‚ and having no clue about the situation. Having your perfect world torn apart right in front of you with no control of stopping it. . Ask Natasha Kennedy just how that happened to her. She was in a picture-perfect
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