THE BLIND SIDE HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR LEADERSHIP MATTHEW HOOGVELD PERIOD 1-2. 1. After a late night Thanksgiving school play‚ Leigh Anne notices Michael walking on the road‚ shivering in the cold; when she learns he intends to spend the night huddled outside the school gym‚ she offers him a place to sleep at her house. The next morning‚ when she sees Michael leaving‚ she asks him to spend the holiday with her family. Slowly‚ Michael becomes a member of the Tuohy family‚ even as Leigh Anne’s
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Macbeth Questions Act 1 1. What are the witches planning at the beginning of the act? 2. What does the Captain report about the battle to Duncan? 3. What title is given to Macbeth for bravery in the battle? 4. What happened to the original Thane of Cawdor and why did he lose his title? 5. How do the witches greet Macbeth after the battle? 6. What do the witches mean when they say‚ ’Lesser than Macbeth‚ and greater. Not so happy‚ yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings‚ though
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The Book of Job The Book of Job illustrates a question that has been asked countless times: “Why do innocent people suffer?” Job was a man of great wealth‚ and blessed with a huge family of seven sons and three daughters. Job was not only an affluent family man‚ he was also defined as being “blameless and upright and feared God and shunned evil.” Despite Job’s righteousness‚ he encountered great loss and tragedy. Although a direct answer is not provided for why innocent people are allowed to suffer
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Hum of insects According to the author the humming of the insects in the bedroom is as good as the buzz of the dentist’s drill or the sawmill. The bee and the wasp are considered to be the noble insects ‚ the bee is morally higher because it does not bite without provocation and does not give malaria like mosquito but give honey instead. It helps in multiplying the fruits and aims at living a quiet life. The victims of the angry bee in the lesson were – a dog‚ a turkey – as it doesn’t see
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1. From what point of view is Poe’s story told and why is this view particularly effective for this story? The story is being told from a first person narrative point of view. Poe chooses the first person narration to give the reader a better level of understanding of the characters emotion‚ mental state and setting the plot for the story. With the narrator’s sick and twisted mind‚ the story becomes more interesting. The most important effect the narrator portrays is his mental state. Without his
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Country competitiveness is determined by a multitude of factors that ‘measures and compares the effectiveness of countries in providing firms with an environment that sustains the domestic and international competitiveness of those firms’ (Shenkar & Luo: Ch. 5‚ p. 130). How a countries excel in bringing firms to contribute to the country’ competitiveness is the result of many factor that are evaluated yearly by the Forum in order to rank almost every country. The report is called Global Competitiveness
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Voltaire’s Letters on England 1. Why hasn’t the Quaker religion continued to grow? Voltaire highlights on the different and interesting ways of the Quaker religion. He seems even favorable to them despite his feelings towards organized religion. If the religion was so great‚ how come it hasn’t grown? The other religions Voltaire highlights on have done so. What made the Quaker religion not prosper? 2. Why were the governments of France and England so vastly different? Voltaire stated
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What gift is given to the animals for their victory? -- One apple‚ two ounces of corn for each bird and three biscuits for each dog. 2. What announcement is made by Squealer one night? -- That Comrade Napoleon was dying. 3. An unusual incident happens at midnight one night. What happened? -- The animals caught squealer trying to change the commandments. 4. True or false? The animals knew what Squealer tried to do. -- False. They had no idea‚ except for Benjamin‚ who seemed to
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Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man with an IQ of around 68. For his whole life‚ he has only wanted to be "smart" like everyone else. Charlie has two doctors named Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur. The doctor’s want to use Charlie as a test subject to test out a surgery to increase the Human IQ. Ethics are if you really did the "right" thing‚ so Charlie’s doctor’s did not act ethically when performing the surgery on Charlie. They had not kept their choices opinion free‚ they had not put Charlie’s social
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Ch. 18-20 1. How does Edna spend most of her time in this section of the book? 2. What is Leonce’s reaction? 3. How does Edna feel about her painting? 4. If Edna recognizes that she is not an artist‚ then why does she paint? 5. What is the significance of the song Edna sings while she paints? 6. How sympathetic toward Edna does Chopin seem? 7. How is Victor a kind of exaggeration of Robert? 8. What does Edna learn about Robert while she is there? Why does this depress her? 9. What has
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