This house believes school exams be replaced with different ways of assessing skills and knowledge? Pros Schools need a different way of assessing skills and knowledge‚ rather than using standardized tests. Tests are biased and unfair in many ways‚ teaching to the test can limit creativity and dampen enthusiasm for learning. There are different ways to show knowledge‚ such as oral examinations. There is also the risk of anxiety in students. some might sit in front of the exam
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"If at first you don’t succeed‚ dust yourself off and try again‚" is a saying I have said to myself since elementary school. One of my most cherished assumptions is that all goals are reachable if you work hard to achieve them. I believe with dedication and faith‚ any person can accomplish what they set out to do in life and become a winner. Throughout history there were many people we considered winners‚ who‚ in fact‚ lost many times in their lives. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because
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Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave can be said to be comparison pieces. Despite that Huck Finn is a fictional character and Douglass was a physical being‚ certain characteristics and developmental processes are very similar. Firstly‚ in the initial stages of their lives‚ both Huck and Douglass faced repression‚ though in different forms. While Huck is a character whose spirit longs to fly freely
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TO WHAT EXTENT CAN WE CONSIDER ETHICAL A PIECE OF ART BASED ON A HUGHLY CONTROVERSIAL EVENT (OR FIGURE) FROM CONTEMPORARY HISTORY? "I cannot see how to refute the arguments for the subjectivity of ethical values‚ but I find myself incapable of believing that all that is wrong with wanton cruelty is that I don’t like" (Bertrand Russell). To begin answering this question‚ and before defining any terms‚ I would make clear how I will be using the case of Imelda Marco’s history and life‚ and regarding
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“Volcanic and seismic events are major pieces of evidence towards proving that plate tectonics theory is valid’ Discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement (40 marks) The plate tectonics theory was made by a German named Alfred Wegener. He stated that a single continent existed about 300 million years ago named Pangaea and that it split into two continents of Laurasia in the north and Gondwanaland in the south. Today’s continents were formed by further splitting of the two masses
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Constantin Stanislavski was a Russian actor and theatre director. Stanislavski is very famous for his acting system that he developed through the years‚ known as the Stanislavski system. The Stanislavski system has many steps/elements to help an actor prepare a role. The steps are‚ units and objectives‚ magic if‚ before and after‚ emotional memory‚ motivation‚ and subtext. Stanislavski thought that with these steps the actor would be able to prepare a role that was true and realistic‚ and in turn
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year‚ when I took my first art class. Since then‚ I have been to many museums in Baltimore‚ New York and the DC area‚ however‚ the Walters Museum is by far my favorite. I looked forward to going again‚ and reacquainting myself with my favorite art pieces‚ as well as doing the assignment. However‚ the blissfulness I expected from this encounter turned out not to be‚ as the Eternal Egypt collection from the British Museum was in town‚ and the museum was crowded with people. After paying the required
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Descirbe what the piece was about including the style‚ performance space‚ period and genre. State what theatrical skill you contributed to it. (10 marks) My theatrical conrtibution was as an actor. What Was The Play Called? My piece of Devised worked was called‚ The Rise And Fall Of Marilyn Monroe. Was It Devised Or Scripted? The peformance was devised. What style/s did you perform in? Our peformance was in a naturalistic style with some abstract ideas included. Why did you choose to perform
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“Volcanic and seismic events are major pieces of evidence towards proving that the plate tectonic theory is valid” Discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement (40). The theory of plate tectonics explains the structure and motion of the Earth’s lithosphere. The theory states that the Earth’s crust is split into large sections called tectonic plates‚ and these move relative to one another creating boundaries at which the plates converge‚ diverge or move past each other. These plates
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Kenneth Branagh takes Hamlet from play to screen in an intense‚ full-length adaptation and he got it right! Gregory Doran also takes a whack at bringing Hamlet from the stage to the screen but with a more modern-day interpretation. Branagh restores Hamlet’s greatest scenes and brings out the most in Shakespeare’s awe-inspiring revenge-tragedy plot; in both performance and direction‚ Branagh displays energy and cogency. The language has the upmost clarity and makes the film feel accessible
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