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    The goal of SHAPE America is to develop physically literate students in the K-12 spectrum. These are national standards that prepare students for a lifetime of physical activity and wellness after secondary education. SHAPE presents objectives that will cultivate one’s cognitive function‚ psychomotor skills‚ and motor control skills. The premise of the SHAPE curriculum embodies the mind‚ body‚ and spirit. SHAPE presents national standards for local and state school districts to examine. There are

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    Language exerts hidden power‚ like a moon on the tides.” (Rita‚ Mae Brown) Language can be compared to the air that we breathe in every day in our lives‚ they both surround us and are important but we are not consciously aware of it at all times. However‚ language has its rules and it’s intended. Not every way of communication is a language. Language is rule-governed‚ yet it is still creative and open-ended‚ in which different people may have different perspectives on one statement. Language utilizes

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    Aquinas: Language and God At the beginning of class this week‚ we reviewed the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas‚ focusing especially on the fourth way‚ which involves degrees of perfection. Since it was discussed previously‚ I only took a few notes regarding things that had not been touched on before. Basically‚ no one can live in a way which denies degrees of perfection. There must be an objective gradation system in order to even simply say that one thing is colder then another. Something must

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    as reflecting on Fleance and the person he is to become. The nullify of Act III‚ Scene 3. After Banquos murder. (Lying) Here I lie‚ cold‚ wet‚ solely and betrayed on my death bed. Is this what I deserve? Have I been dealt a hand fair to the way I birth lived my life? No‚ I know that I lived my life justly. I acted on my beliefs and I was always loyal and honest to those I held dear. (Getting Up) I fought against the dreams of those predictions and proved myself worthy of what was told

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    Lady Macbeth. In ‘Macbeth’ Shakespeare repeatedly plays around with the word ‘sleep’ in ways that are both hidden and obvious. In doing this‚ he leads the audience to think of sleep as something that soothes the mind and is a release from stress. Macbeth talks of sleep as something precious‚ and peaceful that ‘knits up the ravelled sleeve of care’. Shakespeare portrays sleep in this sentimental way to make his spectators aware of the value of sleep so that Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s inability

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    of situations. In contrast with prediction as lengthy and boring‚ the experiment’s result shocked the world. The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) has indicated the significant power of roles‚ or situations‚ on human behaviors; thus‚ brings about many influences on society. According to Zimbardo in “ Obedience to Authority‚” he asked the students during the spring term to reverse role and lecture him a topic that would interest him. One group of students‚ led by David Jeffe‚ decided to do a lecture

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    Salena Robinson 1/25/08 Period 4 Writing Shapes the World Part one. When I become animated‚ I can’t talk. The words get sped up so fast my mouth has trouble keeping up. It’s a hyper speed flux of unparalleled stability- the words as they travel from cavity to cavity of brain‚ start out as ‘destruction’ but come out from the final pucker of lips and caresses of tongue as ‘noitcurtsed’. This is why I write‚ because making words and phrases flow from stem of brain to tips of fingers and onto

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    What is the basis of the authority of Scripture? The authority of the Bible is derived from its divine inspiration. God’s word has authority over that of men or spirits. Scripture comes to us as the only rule of faith and life‚ and demands of all people‚ that it be believed and obeyed. All other forms of authority fall second to it. The entire Scripture has this authority. "Scripture" and "Word of God" are names to us that mean the same thing. The whole Bible is the very Word of God. The recognition

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    Explore the ways in which Faulks uses nature within the novel ‘Birdsong’ Faulks uses nature as pathetic fallacy to mirror an individual’s feelings and emotions and to describe a setting with graphic vivid imagery in the novel ‘Birdsong’. He uses nature within the novel’s title ‘Birdsong’ to convey the idea that; all individuals are entitled to the right of freedom and bliss‚ we should all be able to sing and spread our wings just like birds. Alternatively‚ he might inferring that; the world is in

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    Explore some aspects of the ways your speech changes according to the context you are in. Recently it has become clear to me that I have not been using my speech in a particularly high register‚ this shows me that maybe I am not using my speech in a good enough way. I have found that my idiolect varies when I am in different situations this may be due to the company that I am in. you tend to hear a change within my speech especially when in a sociolect group of friends‚ when I listened to a

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