DIVERSITY DAY (MS AND US) On Friday‚ January 20‚ upper school students and faculty participated in the fourth annual Diversity Day. The day began with personal insight from faculty member Jeff Kirkman. He shared how embracing diversity had shaped him into the person (and Spanish teacher) he is today‚ and spoke to students and faculty about how accepting people different from us helps us to become better people. Students listened to members of the student group “Leaders Empathetically Affecting
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A Rainy Day A sudden gust of wind swept through the house. Sounds of things dropping heavily onto the floor and doors and windows slamming shut echoed throughout the estate. Irene looked up from her book‚ which she had been deeply engrossed in for the past hour. Anna‚ the maid‚ was running to and fro‚ picking up fallen items and collecting the clothing from the clothesline. It seemed that a heavy downpour was imminent. Reluctantly‚ Irene put down her book and got up to help. She shivered as another
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3 Research-based Principles Guiding Watershed Management The purpose of this section is to identify various principles of watershed management that form the basis for the specific goals and implementation objectives for management of the Sudbury watershed lands during the period covered by the plan. These principles are distilled from a literature review of nearly 400 different sources‚ many of which are included in the Literature Cited listing at the back of this plan. 3.1 Principles
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"An Astrologer’s Day" has a deceptively simple plot‚ although the full significance of the story becomes evident only after a second or even third reading. Part of the difficulty arises from the fact that the author deliberately avoids markers that would benefit the reader: there is no clear indication where the story occurs or when it does‚ although it is possible to make an educated guess about both. The story begins almost in medias res (in the middle) and concludes on what appears to be an ambiguous
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A memorial day is something that is a memory that you will remember for the rest of your life. A memory that is never going to be forgotten. Most of us can’t enjoy our memories because of age. You lose your memory as you get older. Your mind starts to forget the best things that’s ever happened. Now‚ a memory doesn’t have to be a good thing. Sometime a memory can haunt you. I could destroy you inside forever. Sometimes you regret tings in the past that is not even relevant anymore only because that
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Trieber 4-Day-School-Week: Less is not always more Problems occur when policy makers tend to make changes when they don’t need to be made. The public school system has many ways that it can improve but changing the time frame of the original school week from five to four days will not solve all the issues‚ instead‚ it will create newer unforeseen problems. It has been a controversial issue whether or not the school week should shorten by a day. Some are of the opinion that a four-day school week
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With Columbus Day rapidly approaching us‚ a day celebrated by millions upon millions of people who dearly believe that he is a hero‚ you begin to wonder. Do these people know what they are celebrating? While yes‚ he “discovered” the New World‚ however people fail to acknowledge that Columbus was in fact a mass murderer. In all likelihood‚ he brought to life “the worst case of genocide imposed on one nation of human beings by another”. Instantly you may have asked yourself why I placed quotation
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Isabel Serrano Expository 5/14/13 Memorial Day History Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday which occurs every year on the final Monday of May. Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Formerly known as Decoration Day‚ it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have
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meaning behind the history and celebration of Memorial Day… Iyesha Bush SSC 101 Professor Walker June 1‚ 2011 Memorial Day‚ originally called Decoration Day‚ is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation ’s service. It is a day to remember and honor all those who gave their lives in defense of our country. Traditionally Memorial Day is celebrated in the United States on the 30th of May every year; this three-day weekend is a time for celebration and family outings‚ it
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theory‚ and ideas. One of these writers and philosophers was Hannah More‚ eighteenth-century playwright and poet; More dabbled in many fields throughout her life. She also visited France during the Revolution‚ producing poetry and essays regarding France and its players of the Revolution that are still read today. One of her more recognized contributions to English Literature is her poem regarding sensibility: “Sensibility: A Poetic Epistle to the Hon. Mrs. Boscawen” (Hannah More)‚ in which she praises
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