’The three-day weekend by law.’ Lower transportation costs. Less money spent on facilities and overhead. Increased teacher and student attendance. And...higher test scores? New research suggests‚ perhaps that the four-day school week not only doesn’t hurt student achievement‚ but seems to help! The four-day school week has some appeal when budgets are tight‚ especially in rural districts where students and teachers may travel a long way to get to school. In America schools in 17 states have four-day
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One day every year‚ we celebrate Teachers’ Day in honour of the teachers who spend so much time teaching us so many things. This year‚ Teachers’ Day began with a school assembly in the hall where the headmaster delivered a speech. After that we adjourned to our classes‚ not to have lessons‚ but to enjoy ourselves. My classmates gave a small party for the teachers who taught us. Each of us contributed a small sum of money to buy cakes‚ drinks and other titbits. On that day we arranged the chairs
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Remembrance Day essay Why is Remembrance Day so significant? It is significant because it is a day in history where the world mourn the deaths of people in the war. And on this day people show respect by wearing poppies and also taking a 2 minute silence from their busy lives. Remembrance Day is about remembering the many soldiers who were killed‚ the innocent civilians who also died and also to reflect on the cons of war. World War 2 was a witness of one of the most deadly wars in history and
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Calcutta‚ India‚ Aug 26‚ 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) In India 5th September is celebrated as Teachers’ day as a mark of tribute to the contribution made by teachers to the society. 5th September is the birthday of a great teacher Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan‚ who was a staunch believer of education‚ and was the well-known diplomat‚ scholar‚ president of India and above all a teacher. The day commemorates the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan‚ a philosopher and a teacher par excellence‚ and
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Republic Day is one of the three national holidays of India and the greatest festival celebrated in the country. It is celebrated every year on January 26‚ in New Delhi with great pomp‚ fanfare and pageant. While in the capitals of the States and other headquarters‚ it is marked with patriotic fervor. The most spectacular celebrations are marked by the Republic Day Parade that takes place in the capital of New Delhi at Rajpath. It includes march past of the three armed forces‚ massive parades‚ folk
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Chris Phillips Professor Kirkpatrick English 1C March 31‚ 2010 Hollywood Illusions In The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West‚ illusion verse reality is one of the main themes of the novel. Hollywood is known for it’s acting‚ but the town and everyone that inhibit it seem to get carried away with trying to be something they aren’t. Nothing is really indigenous in Hollywood and everything is borrowed from another place. The houses have been designed to look like Irish cottages‚ Spanish villas‚ or
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Introduction A manager needs a specific set of skills to effectively and efficiently accomplish their organization’s objectives and perform the roles expected of them in their organization. One of the skills that a manager will need is the skill of decision making. Decision making can be considered as a cognitive process which results to choosing something from two or more alternatives. A final choice or verdict is produced after every decision making process. The result can be an action or an opinion
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Our country celebrates our Republic Day on the 26th of January every year. This day is of a great importance in the history of our freedom struggle. On this day in 1930 we took a pledge on the banks of river Ravi at Lahore that we will struggle for the achievement of complete indepen-dence ( Poorna Swarajya ) of India. We became independent on 15th August 1947. We chose 26th January 1950 as our Republic Day. Our new Constitution came into force from this day. India was declared to be a Sovereign
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While I was sitting in the reticent bathroom pacing back and forth‚ scared‚ tense‚ and quivering I was scared to even look at the results. Sitting here thinking back and wondering to myself if that was the right answer. How could I do this to someone that I should have loved? Going back to an outstanding year in 2004‚ full of excitement and joy but ended in agony and sorrow. I was with a boy that I thought was my knight and shining armor‚ I mean this is really the first time I ever felt loved
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Nursing Careers Overview of Objectives • • • • • • What is a Nurse Advantage of Nursing Qualities Opportunities Role of Education How to Become a Nurse NURSING VERSITILITY • • • • • • • • Foundational Concepts/Applications Theory Policy Informatics Advanced Research Leadership/Organizational Managerial Communication Decision Making/Change Florence Nightengale Dream What Interests You? • • • • • • • • Working with others Working alone Reading
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