World War Two (WWII) affected many people including Louie Zamperini and Mine’ Okubo. The vast majority of camps such as Prisoners of War (POW) camps or interne camps made their prisoners or guests feel invisible but‚ they do try to resist the feeling of invisibility. Louie Zamperini was an American POW and Olympic athlete than went to war and got captured after this plane crashed. The POW camps he went to tried to make him feel invisible. Mine’ Okubo was an American citizen before the war and then
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“History is Bunk” Discuss. Henry Ford was an American industrialist‚ engineer and founder of the ‘Ford’ motor car company. Ford was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune‚ on May 25th 1916‚ and was quoted saying; “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the history we made today.” While this viewpoint has its merits‚ it does not fully recognise the importance of history in the present
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After reading the chapter 6 “Harry and Rosemary Wong on the first thing you should teach” along with watching Wong video‚ I found his information insightful and intriguing as Wong has an unique way of providing the information to teacher which allows them to think about what they have been doing in their classroom to be effective in their management. Wong made a couple of statements that I took note for future references‚ but the ones that stuck out the most where “Effective teacher have a plan‚
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of the Wong and Zoellner Essays Different essays can have different purposes and audience‚ but that doesn’t mean that they can’t have similarities. Two short essays written for the newspaper by two different writers tell of their personal experience to convey their message. The essays by Wong and Zoellner relate the writer’s personal experiences and have similar genre‚ but have different readers and social and cultural contexts. In The Struggle To Be An All-American Girl‚ Elizabeth Wong writes
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Wong compared the Princess Barbie she longed for with blond hair‚ a beautiful shiny gown‚ and a shimmery white tiara (Wong 246) with a unfamiliar‚ black-haired "friend" of Barbie as a gift for Christmas (Wong 246). Wong originally found her dull compared to Barbie (Wong 247). As the essay continues‚ Wong realizes that this black-haired doll she disliked actually looked like her‚ while the more "prettier"‚ blond Barbie looked like Wong’s best friend‚ Sarah. This is the point of comparing. (Wong 248)
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by his terrific methods. Although being a very funny guy‚ Harry Wong is obviously very passionate about making us effective teachers. Harry Wong makes very valid points about effectiveness in the classroom and a new road to teaching. Wong explains in his video that simple things some teachers brush off can make all the difference to the kids. First time teachers make the most mistakes on the first day‚ such as a seating chart. Wong suggests that it saves time and helps keep the students calm. You
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Louie Zamperini was born on January 26‚ 1917. At a young age he was introduced to track by his older brother. He went on to compete in the 1936 Olympics. Afterwards he joined the air-force. During a mission his aircraft crashed into the ocean. He drifted for 47 days until he was captured and imprisoned in a POW camp where he endured abusive treatment until he was liberated. Louie Zamperini died on July 2‚ 2014. Louie Zamperini’s story had the purpose of providing hope to those who need it. It demonstrated
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John Mullin Audit 5610 Case 6.7 9/25/12 Hamilton Wong‚ In-Charge Accountant 1. If I were placed in Hamilton Wong’s position I would report all of my time worked during the audit of Wille & Lomax. This practice of “eating time” is unethical. While most accounting firms probably feel this type of practice is unacceptable‚ it still happens. If you don’t report all your worked time‚ how does the firm bill their clients properly? What about future audits for the same company? If underreporting
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She was born on April the year of 1988.(McFarland 1)Her name means beautiful jade in Chinese.(McFarland 1)They lived in a village called Goon Do Hong.(McFarland 2) She moved to America on Gold Mountain.(McFarland 21)She had a chance to win the lottery.(McFarland 93)Than the celebrated something called a yaka bong. (McFarland 31)She soon learned English.(McFarland 95)She also had children she was hoping her first was a boy.(McFarland 97)Li keng’s mom wished she was a boy and not a girl.(McFarland
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Young Louie Zamperini was by definition‚ a trouble maker. Making messes‚ stealing food and causing mischief in Torrance‚ California since he was a little boy but was always able to run surprisingly fast away for pursuers. Louie was known for starting trouble but those days built him into an intelligent clever man that could always find himself out of trouble. Louie looked up to his older brother Pete and wanted to be exactly like him. However‚ his family never gave up on him during his trouble maker
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