Dear Robert Scott‚ I am a freshman from Seguin High School in Seguin Texas; I feel that the Texas education system is corrupt that we as students are learning to test and not to actually learn. We as students retain information for short periods of time to take a test then forget which is one of the reasons I feel that the United States of America is falling behind in the education system. However Texas does not have to be like the rest we need to take away a lot of the tests and not learn to test
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Golding’s novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ the character Simon portrays many characteristics similar to those demonstrated by Jesus in the bible. He is shown to have all the qualities that Jesus has: determination‚ intelligence and resilience. Even his physical appearance portrays Christ since he is skinny and not much of a tough person. Simon was very calm and caring for others‚ especially with the little children and enjoyed being alone when he could. Simon embodies a pure spiritual human goodness that is
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Simon has the power of "seeing" and understanding what the other boys cannot. When the boys worry about the beastie‚ it is Simon who suggests that the beast might be within them‚ and it is he who has the encounter with the "lord of the flies‚" which is so powerful that it makes him faint. He is killed as the other boys celebrate after a hunt. Because his name is associated with Christianity (Simon Peter‚ Christ’s chief disciple)‚ we can understand his death as a sacrifice resulting from the pagan
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“Dear John Wayne” by Louise Erdrich is about the stereotype of the Native American‚ being a savage race on film and how the Native Americans watching the film react to those stereotypes. The Characters in the play are the movie goers who happen to be Native American and John Wayne in the movie. The movie was written for a different audience than the one watching. Let’s start at the very beginning… the name of the poem is “Dear John Wayne”‚ it occurred to me that a lot of these authors put a great
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On April 23rd‚ 2011‚ I went to Simon Sun’s concert at Presbyterian Church‚ Williamsburg. Simon Sun is a senior at the College of William and Mary majoring in Neuroscience and music. He has played piano for almost seventeen years and was a finalist in the Young Artists International Piano Competition. I was so impressed by his performance on that day‚ because I have started to learn piano at an early age also‚ but I could never be as good as he is. Simon is a skillful‚ dynamic‚ and energetic player
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individuals refer to this album as the paramount opus of his career. It is number four on the list of his top grossing albums. This album sold 3‚524‚567 in the United States as of 2011( 13) "Dear Mama" was circulated as the CD’s first single release . The single was released in February of 1995."Dear Mama" would grow to become the album’s most efficacious oeuvre. Surpassing his competitors‚ and cresting at the ninth position on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was sanctioned platinum in July
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There are many or few who over pass leaders of justice who have fought not for vengeance but for justice of equality for those who have done wrong. A man named Simon Wiesenthal is one of those leaders who brings the name of justice to Nazi war crimes to those held responsible for the death of approx. 5.93 million Jewish during the holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal
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Simon Schama begins with rhetorical questions to make the readers thinking about the power of art and give a statement of how most of art’s history being assumed. He moves on to give detailed description of Mark Rothko and his arts. Schama then uses his personal experience of not being interested in Rothko’s arts to illustrate the process of the change of his perspective. Schama purposely writes‚ “The longer I started‚ the more powerful was the magnetic pull through the block columnar forms towards
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Mr. Lindhurst English 11 3 Mar 2011 Simon In all humans‚ there is some form of evil. This theme is expressed throughout the novel of Lord of the Flies. The only character to realize this is Simon. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies‚ nature resembles the unfortunate events to come and the character‚ Simon‚ foreshadows these events. When Simon is introduced in the beginning of the story‚ he is fainting. Physical weakness becomes a hallmark of his character‚ from
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Dear host family‚ First of all‚ I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I’m really excited about the idea of spending a year in the US‚ and getting to know more than just articles about the Americans lifestyle by living with you as a member of your family. By this letter‚ I’ll try as much as possible to describe my family‚ my friends‚ my life‚ and of course myself in a way that you’ll get closer to my life. My name is Imane Kassab; I’m a 16 years old girl and I live in
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