stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. Both of these quotes tell us about how fiction can teach you more than non-fiction. Fiction taught me many vocabulary words too. In the book Harry Potter‚ I learned the words indifferent‚ obscure‚ revere‚ and deride. If fiction can teach and audience so much‚ than why not “waste your time” reading it? It will teach the reader so many new
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New book explores literacy‚ reading among boys Generations of schoolboys who squirmed through lectures on symbolism in "Lord of the Flies" may want to thank Michael W. Smith for finally understanding their pain. In a new book‚ the associate professor of literacy education at the Graduate School of Education‚ and his University of Maine colleague‚ Jeff Wilhelm‚ document their research exploring why boys’ literacy test scores are consistently lower than girls’. The book‚ "Reading Don’t Fix No
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voice in what rules are upheld in the classroom‚ with a little guidance‚ of course‚ would be best for them. My plan is to set my room up with four tables of desks one for each of the houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter series. In the back of my classroom there would be eight large clear glass jars‚ two for each table. One jar would be empty the other would be filled with marbles that correlate to the house colors in the novel series. The houses are: Gryffindor
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romance with books started almost a couple of years ago. I used to read occasionally earlier‚ but it wasn’t a developed habit until then. I was‚ and still am‚ a huge Harry Potter fan and I loved watching its movies. But I had never thought about reading its book series. When its second last part was close to release‚ I was like any other Harry Potter fan‚ curious about what would happen next. It was then‚ that one of my friends‚ who had already read the entire series‚ started narrating me the story
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Connection of Church and State In Harry Brighouse’s On Education‚ he argues that schools are responsible for teaching students autonomy‚ or moral independence. Brighouse says that one important way for schools to do this is to expose students to people of all religious views; those who are extremely religious‚ agnostic‚ atheist‚ or anything in between. In addition to this‚ he says that these people should share how they have handled religious and moral conflicts and changes in personal faith. I
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character of Dorian Gray but also easily assimilate other traditional Victorian gothic characters including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde‚ Dracula’s Mina Harker and The Phantom of the Opera into today’s society. Similarly internationally acclaimed novel and movie Harry Potter and Philosophers Stone written by J.K. Rowling incorporates not only the original gothic theme of immortality and fear of death‚ but also many central motifs and character’s that parallel Wilde’s original text. Modern societies desire to live
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Finding Winnie‚ by Lindsay Mattick is about a Veterinarian‚ Harry Colebourn‚ from Canada that went to World War I in 1914 to take care of the soldier’s horses. On his way to War he bought a bear and took him to War with him. This book tells a story about the bear that inspired Winnie-The-Pooh one of the most famous bears in the world. The book is based on a real life story and brings the character to life. The book starts by introducing Harry as a sweet veterinarian that loves animals so much that
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immediately noticed their fall in the market‚ in order to keep up they did many innovations.As a result company was expanded with the aggressive innovations such as new amusement parks(LEGOLAND)‚ clothing lines‚ computer games‚ new lines/ kits (Harry Potter‚Star Wars‚Bionicle) etc. At first company’s sales and number of customers were increased but then they realized that their growth strategy was not working and there has been a dramatic decrease within their revenues and net income. In 2004
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Harry Truman had to make one of the hardest decisions any President ever had to make. He had to decide whether or not to spare countless American lives at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Japanese and drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was his responsibility as the President to protect the US‚ but the death toll in Japan was so horrific that it really makes you wonder if it was worth the killing of all the innocent people‚ many of whom were women and children.
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Kim Cummings February 21‚ 2011 Obamacare – Satan’s Healthcare Plan Healthcare reform is a very touchy subject these days. Presidential campaign promises have been made in the past to reform the healthcare system but like a lot of campaign promises‚ they were not kept. There is too much money and politics involved in the current healthcare system. Big insurance companies pay a lot of money to lobbyists to keep the status quo‚ which is more money coming in than paying out. Healthcare reform was
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