Taking on the World Background Ellen MacArthur achieved fame as a yachtswoman‚ breaking the world record for a solo circumnavigation of the globe by a woman in 2001 and by anyone in 2005. Her writing is autobiographical‚ a true story in which she describes her attempt to repair the mast. The key to understanding this passage is being able to appreciate the dangers that Ellen faced‚ how she reacted to them and what this tells us about her character. Understanding the text Ellen faces
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Writers provide glimpses of other worlds‚ giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world To what extent do you agree with this view? The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and a boy travelling down across what seems to be a bleak and dull land. In this book‚ we see a world that seems to have a bleak and dark future without a lot of hope. Land is somehow destroyed‚ perhaps by a natural cause. The cycle of seasons has been completely altered and
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UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION AND TEACHER MORALE IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE DANGBE WEST DISTRICT OF THE GREATER ACCRA REGION VICTORIA YEBOAH 2011 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION AND TEACHER MORALE IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE DANGBE WEST DISTRICT OF THE GREATER ACCRA REGION BY VICTORIA YEBOAH Dissertation Submitted to the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration of the Faculty of Education
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The Taking of Christ A good artist needs only a solitary moment in time to illustrate a story authors spend pages telling. A freeze frame‚ an instant: all that is necessary for a painting to reveal the intricacies of a subject’s thoughts and emotions and the general themes that surround them. An artist must choose a significant moment and portray it in a way that captures its essence‚ while promoting the contemplation and discussion of its viewers. Few moments have more significance in Christian
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Risk Taking “C’mon! Another can’t hurt!” called Bob. At only 17 years of age I had been reluctant to have a drink‚ but I couldn’t stop the might of peer pressure. I hesitantly took another can‚ but before I knew it Bob was on the ground‚ moaning and bleeding all over the place in the midst of a brawl. We’ve all been in this situation before where there’s been too much alcohol consumed but how often‚ especially for teenagers‚ does this apparently harmless fun‚ end in tragedy? Young people are hospitalised
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Risk Taking: A Corporate Governance Perspective ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The genesis of this book lies in the teaching materials prepared for IFC’s Risk Governance Workshops conducted in 20 developing countries during the 2010–2012 time period by the book’s authors. The book and workshops also benefited from the contributions of Torben Andersen of Copenhagen Business School and Zur Shapira of New York University’s Stern School of Business. The contents of the book reflect this team’s years of risk
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to swim‚ for example. In order to learn to swim we must plunge into the water first. Initially‚ we might swallow a bit of water and become disoriented‚ but gradually our natural ability will take over and we feel at home in the water. If instead of taking the risk of plunging into the water‚ we take elaborate steps in studying about all aspects of swimming‚ theorizing about it and then carefully testing things out‚ we would probably never get to the actual process of swimming. Even if we do learn to
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The poem "South" repossesses ideas of African heritage through the hybridity that "occur[s] in post-colonial societies both as a result of conscious moments of cultural suppression‚ as when the colonial power[s] [...] dispossess indigenous peoples and force them to assimilate to new social patterns" (Ashcroft‚ et al. 183). Hybridity is the force behind repossession in "South‚" and Brathwaite plays up what must remain from a hybrid (or colonized) identity. The poem reads‚ "But today I recapture the
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On the Road by Jack Kerouac has many themes. One theme that stood out was the rebellion against Corporate America. The main characters for this theme were Dean Moriarty‚ Sal Paradise‚ and Marylou. Each of them had behaviors that conflict with an ideal‚ working American. These characters also represent a longing for something they want‚ but can’t find or are incapable of getting. The first character that was the biggest cliché against the ideal‚ working American was Dean Moriarty. Dean was
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Qualities of Effective Principals Cross-posted at the Huffington Post: Effective Leadership in the Age of Reform. School improvement efforts rely heavily on quality leadership. Educational leaders are tasked with establishing a collective vision for school improvement and initiating change to spur innovation‚ ensure student learning‚ and increase achievement. On July 13th I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. James Strong‚ from the College of William and Mary‚ deliver a keynote address at the
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