Chapter I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The National Achievement Test (NAT) is an examination given annually to assess the competency of both public and private school students. The students’ knowledge and skills are tested in the subjects of Mathematics‚ English‚ Science‚ Filipino‚ and HEKASI for grade school and Mathematics‚ English‚ Science‚ Filipino‚ and Araling Panlipunan for high school. The test is administered by the Department of Education’s National Education Testing and
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There is a variety of repetition in the passage. Phrases like ‘Dead and Buried’ are repeated to remind us‚ as readers‚ that most of Pip’s family is dead. The word ‘buried’‚ suggests that it happened some time ago and that he never knew them‚ which makes us feel pity and sympathy for the character. Pip talks about his life in the marsh country‚ where he resided by the river and near the sea. This could possibly highlight how Pip (small like a river)‚ may be connected to something greater than he
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Nat Turner Taking a Stand Against Slavery. Nat Turner was a preacher that pushes many slaves to rebel against their masters. Due to Nat Turner’s religion‚ belief‚ Nat Turner felt capable to lead a troop of slaves that resulted in a total failure‚ but he took a stand against oppression for the cause of abolition. One of the most pernicious allegations made against the African-American people was that our slave ancestors were either exceptionally docile‚ content‚ or loyal‚ thus‚ explaining their
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A. Collective There are a number of possible responses to these forecasts. We could do nothing in particular about them. We could decide to continue emitting carbon dioxide‚ but to study its effects closely‚ planning to take some action if effects begin to look dangerous. We could decide that some change in the global mean state is acceptable‚ and limit carbon dioxide emissions to an amount that we think will prevent change in excess of the acceptable limit. We could decide that no human-caused
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Among issues of campus safety‚ sexual assault has become a big problem. This issue of sexual assault has recently gained more media attention as prevalence rate and statistics have risen and politicians have started to address the disconnect between victims and school administrators. Statistics for sexual assault on college campuses are surprising‚ but most incidents go unreported for various reasons. Last month‚ President Obama launched his “It’s On Us” campaign in order to shed light on this problem
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graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization and importance to the issue of why he was there. From the commencement of the speech‚ Billy Joel set a personable and comfortable tone. He spoke
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War was a war against the North and the South. The first shots were fired in 1861 and the last were in 1865. However the three most important events of the Civil War were the Nat Turner’s rebellion‚ the Fugitive Slave Act and Bleeding Kansas. One of the bloodiest uprisings during the Civil War was Nat Turner’s Rebellion. Nat Turner and his followers set out to massacre every white person they came across. Turner’s rebel slave killed anywhere from 55 to 65 white people‚ the highest number of fatalities
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Does free speech give people the right to use hate speech? Does free speech give people the right to use hate speech? I choose this topic in particular because I feel very strongly about this and feel it’s a good discursive topic to argue my point. The points that I’ll be talking about in this essay are: -what is free and hate speech -who are mostly victims of hate speech -why people argue hate speech shouldn’t be banned -why I think hate speech is wrong -how hate speech can turn to violence
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college professors and other staff members to carry weapons on campus. It’s been said that Texas has already made it legal. There are so many questions I have‚ with me being a college student myself. I’m not sure I agree that guns should be paraded around by our professors. After the tragedies that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ guns have no place in our nation’s schools. allowing college professors to possess guns on campus will only lead to more gun deaths and injuries‚ not less. Federal
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2012 Annual Summary Simserv-Pitka Enterprises January 2013 Corporate Overview The consumer products industry has seen dramatic change in the last decade‚ due to increasing costs in manufacturing‚ need for innovative products‚ and decrease in brand loyalty. These changes have created the need to modify previous tactics to continue operating in this competitive industry. Acquisition of Pitka Industries In November‚ Simserv completed the process for acquiring Pitka Industries to form Simserv-Pitka
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