The story “Two Kinds‚” written by Amy Tan‚ has a plot that many people can relate to while growing up as a child. The theme of the story is that there are two kinds of people: the one the mother wants her to be and the one Jing-mei (the protagonist and narrator of the story) strives to be. Both mother and daughter in the story have a very complicated relationship. The mother believes that you could become anything you wanted in America. The author emphasizes that Jing-mei’s mother tries to dominate
Premium Piano
Examples: • Examples: • • • Asking students to submit one or two sentences identifying the main point of a lecture Have students submit an outline for a paper. Early course evaluations • • Assigning a grade to a final exam Critique of a Senior recital University Faculty Course Evaluations The outcome of a summative assessment can be used formatively‚ however‚ when students or faculty take the results and use them to guide their efforts and activities in subsequent courses. Formative Assessment
Premium Assessment Evaluation Educational psychology
LECTURE 17/ 08/ 2012 DR ROCÍO ORTUÑO CASANOVA ------------------------------------------------- POST-BOOM‚ MCONDO‚ CRACK: LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER THE BOOM BOOM LITERATURE: García Márquez‚ G. One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) MANY YEARS LATER as he faced the firing squad‚ Colonel Aureliano Buenda was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. At that time Macondo was a village of twenty adobe houses‚ built on the bank of a river of clear water
Premium
Dear Selection Board‚ My name is ________ and I am excited to apply for the position of Sport Captain and Sport-Spirit Prefect. A key attribute of these positions is representation; the act of speaking and acting on behalf of someone. I feel that to adequately represent something‚ you have to have a good understanding of it. Firstly‚ a Sport Captain/Prefect represents the school. I have been fortunate to have been a member of the community for close to 11 years and during this course of time
Premium Leadership High school Sport
I was born and raised in West Philadelphia in a single parent home. I am the youngest of five children. At a young age I feared making the same mistakes as my mother‚ older siblings‚ family members‚ and peers. I believed that there was more to life than what I saw. A life far from poverty‚ violence‚ drugs‚ and teen pregnancy was all that I achieved for. Since there was no difference displayed in my family and community I weighed a lot of pressure on myself to make a difference. Everyone including
Premium Dance therapy Dance
standard American style and applies it to not only classical literature‚ but modern and jazz as well. His albums such as New York Counterpoint demonstrate his masterful interpretations. Performing with over 100 orchestras‚ in addition numerous solo recitals‚ Stolztman exemplifies what it means to be a true American
Premium Clarinet
(PTM) per talk minute. This Agency Agreement (hereinafter the "Agreement") is made between the "Booking Agent"‚ Tele Pay USA‚ and the undersigned principal (hereinafter referred to as "’Principal")‚ with reference to the following facts." RECITALS WHEREAS‚ Booking Agent offers services
Premium Login User Contract
in Japan‚ Holland‚ and Germany‚ among others. She has also earned a reputation as a specialist in Scriabin‚ having recorded all ten of his sonatas (for Connoisseur Society) along with other smaller works‚ and including this music frequently on her recital programs. Ruth Laredo won several awards throughout her career including a Grammy nomination‚ and was chosen as one of five pianists to perform at Carnegie Hall for its 90th anniversary
Premium Piano Music Musical instrument
to the professional world that they miss the important milestones of their children’s lives. Rather than play catch with their sons in the backyard on a sunny day‚ the parents make business calls from dawn until dusk. Rather than attend the dance recitals of their daughters‚ the parents work overtime to accomplish an (arguably meaningless) assignment. This idea is the very foundation upon which the classic Harry Chapin song‚ “Cats in the Cradle” was built. As Chapin so eloquently illuminated through
Premium Time English-language films Human
Getting to know Sadie Like any other college student‚ Sadie Hoffmann has many unique things about her that make her one of a kind. She has experienced all sorts of things from traveling‚ all the way to how she chooses her meals. These different journeys have helped shape who Sadie is today and who she will become. Having the opportunity to sit down one on one and talk with Sadie‚ you will see first hand the things she has learned in her short‚ but eventful 21 years of her life. Sadie used to
Premium Family Meat Black-and-white films