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    A Railway Station

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    off. But with the arrival of a train the station suddenly bursts into life. The ticket-checkers‚ the guard‚ move about in doing their functions. And then the train leaves‚ and the station once more is quiet. A railway station exercises a strange fascination on all of us. Children gaze with wide-eyed wonder as a railway engine puffs its way into the station as did Apu and Durga in ’Pather Panchali’. Grown-up people‚ particularly in the country-side‚ gather on the platform to greet the incoming or see

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    My ultimate career goal would be to become a medical pathologist. A pathologist is someone who diagnoses diseases in a patient by analyzing tissue samples and blood work‚ and interpreting the results in order to diagnose someone with a disease. I want to become a pathologist because I have always been fascinated with crime and crime scene investigation. I know that a pathologist is sometimes referred to as a medical investigator. They can sometimes work with police departments to help determine someone’s

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    Edgar J. Brown Biography

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    Edgar J. Brown is the artist that inspires me the most. I chose him because like Edgar I too have a fascination with sports. From a young age Edgar grew up in a family that was very sport oriented. From baseball‚ football too basketball and pretty much anything competitive they watched it‚ or played it. But sports were not the only talent young Edgar possessed. He was extremely good at drawing and painting. The paintings were mostly super hero related throughout his child. As he reached his high

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    On 11th September 2001‚ the whole world seemed to come to a standstill when the horrifying image of the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York blared across our screens. The event itself shook the foundations of modern society‚ with an impact that seemed to shatter what we know as reality. At first commentators focused on how this tragedy came about‚ on external factors‚ but not on why. Looking closely at the event and its aftermath reveals more meanings. Because it felt as though reality

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    Montessori Math Rationale

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    not in the major or minor child’s ability to understand or the age at which to learn mathematics. These are just prejudices of adults; rather the problem lies in the way in which we teach them. By contrast‚ in our schools‚ children show a real fascination for mathematics‚ which are presented from 4 years of age. Children learn in a few weeks what would take 2 or 3 years at a traditional school . Why is this difference so abysmal? What has education done to produce these reactions in children?

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    Miss Brodie’s reference to Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera (Allegory of Spring) mirrors Brodie’s attempt to demonstrate and teach the set how to live in its prime. The reference to this painting helps readers to better understand Miss Brodie’s fascination with the group and how it goes beyond the norm because she truly believes that each of the girl’s life depends on her teachings and life lessons. Primavera demonstrates irony with its failure to fulfill its primary purpose to represent goodwill as

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    Romantic Era was more of an era of rebellion as the world moved away from the “correctness” in literary art and religion. It was an era of artistic movement‚ in literature‚ music‚ and the visual arts‚ that emphasizes pleasure in the natural world‚ fascination with the legends of the past and supernatural beings‚ creativity‚ imagination‚ exploration of human emotions‚ human activities struggling and striving and even rebellion. (Frameworks‚ p91) Romanticism traits can be found in Francois Rene de Chateaubriand’s

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    The Birth Mark

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    Critical Essay 4 Close Reading “The ’Birthmark” that was written a little over a century ago by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ seems to be an early story of our modern fascination with physical flawlessness. In looking at today ’s society‚ it is simple to see that humans are fascinated with perfection. This fascination may be for physical perfection‚ emotional perfection‚ or career perfection. Unlike today ’s society‚ where flawlessness is wanted by the person directly involved‚ the character in this

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    Carmen Essay

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    CARMEN ESSAY – musical examples/more quotes/cut out heaps of writing!! INTRO and Conclusion The fascination with exoticism was more and more prevalent within romantic compositions as there was an increased yearning for far off lands within the composer’s imagination. ‘Composers of such works were not terribly interested in authenticity; their primary concern was to create a picturesque atmosphere that would appeal to audiences.’(Machlis p.190) Bizet romanticized gypsy culture in his opera and

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    Sea Story

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    Sea Story The short story Sea Story is written by A.S. Byatt in 2013. It is a story about the young Harold‚ who has a very significant relation to the nature especially to the sea. He falls in love with the beautiful woman Laura‚ but he does not reveal his love to her. Laura is leaving to study abroad and Harold is having a hard time without her‚ so he writes her a love letter in a bottle message‚ but the bottle does not get to the intended destination without being broken by the sea. In this

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