After reading the book “Becoming a Learner” by Matthew Sanders‚ I was able to better appreciate the effect that positivity has on learning in a college setting as well as throughout our entire lives. There were a few key points that stood out to me‚ that I want to touch on briefly. Sanders said‚ “The primary purpose of college isn’t learning a specific set of professional skills‚ the primary purpose of college is to become a learner.”‚ I think that this statement is so true. Often times as young
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solve the problem of the French invasion of Ruhr‚ workers went back to work and meant that France could get the goods to pay the reparations‚ so Germany left the Ruhr. Stresemann also solved hyperinflation as goods were being produced. Because of his willingness to solve the problems of Ruhr crisis‚ the Allies were willing to open negotiation on reparations. Gustav introduced a new currency and changed the useless German marks to a new currency called the rentenmark. This solved the problem of the
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A child who is an English language learner (ELL) requires a positive‚ supportive‚ and secure environment in order to learn the second language (Gunning‚ 2013‚ p. 35). If the child feels a strong support system‚ he/she will have the confidence to attempt and work on their English skills (Gunning‚ 2013‚ p. 13). Educators must “know about and understand diverse family and community characteristics‚” which is NAEYC’s standard 2a. Acquiring knowledge on diverse characteristics that families exhibit will
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Stephan Crane’s "The Open Boat‚" is based upon Crane’s own experience of being in a dinghy after the ship he was on sank. This story was largely about hope‚ working together‚ and not giving up despite the hardships you face. One of the expressed ideas in this story is the feeling of community and working together for a common good‚ survival! He communicates the importance of each individual’s role within the group. Crane uses a frightening situation indicating that the lives of these individual men
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The Audience and Uncomfortable Distance What can be problematic about this collective knowledge that the narrator and audience share is that when the distance between narrator and narratee is so collapsed—and the vein of collective knowledge laid bare—some readers (and scholars) grow uncomfortable with the narrator and‚ as a result‚ Stowe’s text. For Thomas P. Joswick‚ this feeling originates from a collective negative experience‚ rather than the positive experience of identification that the narrator
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DISTANCE LEARNING “Running Head” page 1 DISTANCE LEARNING: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Angel Duncan ENG122: English Composition II Sasha Rae September 3‚ 2014 Distance Learning page 2 High school is a period of important social and emotional development in a young person’s life. While in high school‚ we metamorphosis‚ learn‚ and grow socially as well as intellectually. The traditional model of high school provides social interaction between
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‘What problems confronted William I on his accession to the throne in 1066 and how successfully were these overcome?’ At Hastings William won a battle- admittedly a decisive one. William’s problems however had only just begun- William had to face several revolts over the next four years‚ William was going to have to watch out for hostile foreign powers such as Scotland and Denmark that were going to prove to be an issue before and after his reign of England and Normandy. Which leads to another
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ULTRA-SONIC DISTANCE METER. Introduction to Ultrasonic Distance Meter The project Ultrasonic Distance Meter is a very interesting and useful project for many industrial applications. In this project we have used the ultrasonic waves to measure the distance in between two points. The basic principal is based on the speed of ultrasonic waves in open air. We have used a microcontroller AT89S51 to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves through 40 KHz ultrasonic receiver and transmitters. By measuring
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“Open/Closed Source” Steven Arbizo University of Phoenix POS/355 INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEMS THOMAS KRAWCZYK 03/23/2013 Over the past twenty or so years‚ there has been a never ending debate within the computing social realms‚ on whether software operating systems should be developed as open source or whether private companies should keep their source code closed from users of the software. This paper will define open source and closed source software models. In addition‚ a comparison
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Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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