values which have been instilled in me from playing football and that will always be a part of me‚ specifically effort. I believe effort is timeless‚ it’s something that you learn at some point‚ and used for the rest of your life. Last football season was a trying time for me. After putting in countless hours of training over the preceding spring and summer I found out I finished third in a three way quarterback competition for the starting job‚ 6 days before the first game. I had many opportunities
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The short story‚ “Never Marry a Mexican” from the book “Woman Hollering creek” reimagines Doña Marina as sexually empowered woman who fears anglicanization. In the story “Never marry a Mexican” Clemencia witness culture mixing when her mother marries a white man who she committed several acts of infidelity with while Clemencia father is in the hospital. Motivated by her mother’s Anglicization she assumes a malevolent attitude toward Drew’s wife and engages in an interracial affair with Drew and his
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Last Thursday‚ November 12th at 10:00‚ I attended the play Never the Sinner by John Logan at the Derryberry Auditorium. This play was directed by Mark Harry Creter and Joe Clark. I thought this play was phenomenal‚ even thought it was 2 hours and a half long‚ I was able to stay engaged the whole time. Personally I enjoy crime solving performances‚ and this play satisfied my desire. It consists of two characters who committed murder for no apparent reason. The play goes about with characters trying
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Summary: Students with learning disabilities have always been present in our school settings. Unfortunately for many‚ many years it was an "invisible condition" that was not supported by educators and parents. No doubt little was known about why a child had a reading disability‚ now known as being dyslexic; or a writing disability now labeled dysgraphic. Many children even suffered from dyscalculia‚ a math disability. But think about the many years of frustration and embarrassment so many students
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SUMMARY OF LEARNING TYPES | | Learning Preference | Characteristics | Teaching Strategies | Sensory Learners | The learning experience is dominated by a single sense (primarily visual‚ auditory or kinaesthetic). | * Lessons incorporate visual‚ auditory & kinaesthetic components. * Encourage students to achieve outcomes using a variety of strategies. * Encourage co-operative learning activities‚ teaming students with differing learning mode preferences. * Visual learners: * Provide
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minutes. The report was on the physics of discuss throwing‚ I was in the 10th grade‚ and the assignment was worth 20% of our grade. It was to be collected Monday‚ so our teacher assigned Friday as a free day to work on our paper. When Mr. Z told us to begin working‚ the sound of shifting papers filled the room. I remember being amazed to realize that more than half the class had detailed outlines and rough drafts already written! Talk about some over achievers. I thought I was doing well to already
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The following is a response paper to the text “The Master’s Tool Will Never Dismantle The Master’s House”‚ by Audre Lorde‚ an African American lesbian feminist. She was also a writer who fought in the Civl Rights Movement. This text was written in 1984‚ eight years before her death and it was an essay answering to an event that took place in a conference in New York. The essay analyzes the role of minorities in the Academia and reflects about the concept of sorority and intersectionality in feminism
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What is Service Learning? Service learning is a method of teaching‚ learning and reflecting that combines academic classroom curriculum with meaningful service‚ frequently youth service‚ throughout the community. As a teaching methodology‚ it falls under the philosophy of experiential education. More specifically‚ it integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience‚ teach civic responsibility‚ encourage lifelong civic engagement‚ and strengthen
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Graphic Novels: Are They Worthy of Being Taught? Since the dawn of man to present day‚ illustrations have always been an effective way of storytelling. From cave paintings to graphic novels‚ this form of literature has always been able to tell stories the same way more traditional works have done. In Art Spiegelman’s graphic novels Maus I and Maus II‚ he looks into the horrid events of the Holocaust by interviewing his father‚ Vladek Spiegelman‚ who was a Jew living in Auschwitz‚ Poland at the time
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Applying Empathy in a Divided World After reading I Never Thought of It That Way by Monica Guzman‚ I have considered ideas and examples reflecting on the ways that sorting‚ othering‚ siloing‚ and/or making assumptions have created social problems. Using portions from the text and personal experience‚ I will show how and when we show empathy is a gift‚ not only for ourselves but for others as well. Guzman provides examples of what sorting‚ othering‚ and siloing are in simpler terms‚ stating‚ “We
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