MIXED TENSES EXERCISES + KEY Fill the gaps with the correct tenses. 1. I (learn) [pic]English for seven years now. 2. But last year I (not / work) [pic]hard enough for English‚ that’s why my marks (not / be) [pic]really that good then. 3. As I (pass / want) [pic]my English exam successfully next year‚ I (study) [pic]harder this term. 4. During my last summer holidays‚ my parents (send) [pic]me on a language course to London. 5. It (be) [pic]great and I (think) [pic]I (learn)
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Summary 3: “Against School” In the essay “Against School” the author John Taylor‚ Gatto claims boredom has made a big impact in schooling systems all around the United States not only in Manhattan‚ New York. Gatto believes that boredom affects the capability of ones education and also states that boredom is a common condition not only in students but also in schoolteachers. Gatto is against schools all together‚ saying that our school system is to blame‚ a school system not designed by the United
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The history of mixed-race individuals is one that has been overlooked and underrepresented for centuries. Some have constructed research regarding this topic‚ yet Mixed-Race people seem to fall between the cracks of the over-discussed and typical themes in history—such as slavery‚ the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade‚ and the creation of the United States Constitution. Many know of the enslavement of African American’s in Jamestown‚ Virginia along with knowing the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade began in the
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segregated. A Federal judge ruled on November 20th in 1985 that city and school officials in Yonkers had ’’illegally and intentionally’’ segregated the city’s public schools and public housing along racial lines. According to the‚ Judge Leonard B. Sand of Federal District Court in Manhattan said that in his 600 page decision that the segregation that existed in the Yonkers schools resulted from actions taken since 1949 by city and school officials(Williams 1). Moreover‚ he said that these included the deliberate
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English 10 Enriched 10 February 2010 Against the Idea of School Uniforms All around the United States more and more schools and switching to the idea of school uniforms. Schools think that this uniform policy will help bring down crime rates‚ gangs‚ improve the schools over all academic achievement‚ and level out social discriminations among students. Although this theory may become true to someone who wants it to be true‚ other skeptics looking into this are finding that these positive influences
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sense of security. Vaccines came about many years ago; they have made their way into schools and have become requirements upon enrollment. Individual schools get to decide which and how many vaccines to require for their students. Recently‚ there has been a large increase in the number of people that opt out of receiving vaccinations. Schools need to create barriers to lower the nonvaccination rates in public schools. Compulsory vaccination laws have been around for nearly 30 years. These laws are
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Wooten Advanced Composition 12 February 2015 Who’s Against School Uniforms? The use of school uniforms is one of the greatest debates on the school board as we speak today. Enforcing school uniforms will have many negative results. Firstly‚ school uniforms interfere with children’s self-expression. Secondly‚ they create obstacles for dealing with low and high tolerance and acceptance towards people and people’s lifestyles and outlooks. Thirdly‚ school uniforms may be rather expensive for some people
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Two Opposite Perspectives of School In the article named “Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education” by Horace Mann‚ the author explains that school is an integral step to prepare for students to be aware of the responsibilities of becoming good citizens. On the other hand‚ the text “Against Schools” by John Taylor Gatto emphasizes that the role of the school system is not necessary in society since it forces students to go to school and sit around in classes for a certain amount of hours for
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both works‚ ‘Against School’ and ‘Against Love’ I thought over the two and the connections that could be made between them. In ‘Against School‚’ Gatto proclaims his opinion of the education system through years of hands-on experience. He goes on to address how schools do not properly education children‚ but instead leave them bored with themselves. Gatto allows the reader to understand from his point of view from the use of past experiences that he foretells. However‚ in Kipnis’s ‘Against Love‚’ we
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forced upon the youth is school. In the article “Against School” by John Taylor Gatto‚ states the unimportance of schools and that school should be avoided. As Gatto talks about his personal experience and the concept of schooling is an absolute boredom persuades me to agree on this fact. The idea that students have to attend school without having interest to the students makes it really boring. Students learning in schools must be interested in the subjects. In my High School students‚ along with the
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