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    Educating Rita

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    How does the opening scene of ‘Educating Rita’ prepare the audience for the rest of the play? Willy Russell; the author of educating Rita was born in Whinston which is just outside Liverpool. When he was at five years old he moved to Knowsley. He went to a school just down the road from his Grandmas grocer. He took gardening up as a hobby and played football regularly. At eleven years old he went to a secondary school in Huyton. Then a year later he moved to Rainford School‚ when he was there

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    Sallie Mae

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    Problem 1 The client shows symptoms of Iron deficiency anemia‚ evidenced by the preliminary work up and symptoms. Microcytic anemia is defined as the presence of small‚ often hypochromic‚ red blood cells in a peripheral blood smear and is usually characterized by a low MCV (less than 83 microns). Iron deficiency is the most common cause of microcytic anemia. The absence of iron stores in the bone marrow remains the most definitive test for differentiating iron deficiency from the other microcytic

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    educating rita

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    Educating Rita Discuss the ways in which an individual’s knowledge‚ values and beliefs develop as they travel into a new world. Transition is the process or period in which someone undergoes a change and passes from one stage to another. Within this time the individual is exposed to new experiences that allow them to grow in maturity and develop a broader understanding of themselves and others. However an individual’s past experiences may also challenge their existing knowledge‚ values and beliefs

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    Educating Rita

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    Rita was reaching for a better life‚ as she was frustrated with the limitations that her old life had to offer her. Rita wanted to close the gap that existed between the world she had lived in all her life and the richer world that she had aspired to live within. Rita desired to find herself through education with Franks help. In making this transition into the new world Rita resulted in change‚ both physically and mentally. The setting of this scene takes place in Frank’s office. This room serves

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    Educating Rita

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    Scene I: Close up of Frank in his office in Australia (The lights come up on Frank seated in the swivel chair at the desk and he smiles as he opens his video message) G’day Rita‚I ‘m Frank. Time has gone by so quickly and I have been in Australia for one year already. I have missed you so much. How have you been? Thank you for your encouragement. Now I am continuing to write poems using the pen you gave to me. I believe that I need to respect myself and live up to your expectations. I work at

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    Infant and Rita

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    government security officer—the boy Tendai‚ his younger sister Rita‚ and their little brother Kuda. They were kidnapped on a trip through the city‚ and have just escaped from a toxic waste dump‚ where they were enslaved by a monstrous woman called the She Elephant. NARRATOR 2:  Now‚ while they wait for their chance to go home‚ they enjoy the beauty and idyllic life of Resthaven—or at least‚ Tendai does. Rita has a different view of it. * * * RITA:  (upset) It’s all right for you. You’re a boy. You get

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    Mae C. Jemison

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    Mae C. Jemison Her Birth Mae C. Jamison was born in on October 17‚ 1956 in Decatur‚ Alabama. She was the youngest child to Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green. Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity and her mother was a elementary teacher. When Mae Jemison was three years old when her parents moved to Chicago‚ Illinois so there kids can get a better education. At a very young age Mae Jemison expressed an interest in science and astronomy. In elementary she was asked what she wanted

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    Acts of terrorism are present in modern day life and have been going on for centuries. John Brown’s warlike tactics at Pottawatomie Creek and again in Harper’s Ferry were acts of terrorism. He had an evil mind and chose to bring harm to the innocent instead of addressing his beliefs in a civil way. Brown purposely brought violence upon many people of the state with his goal to abolish slavery. John Brown believed that he was chosen by God to destroy slavery and start a holy war. Brown’s violent

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    Comedy in Educating Rita

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    imitation of inferior people’’. How far do you think that this applies to the character of Rita in the play ‘Educating Rita’? Educating Rita is a play that uses the colloquialism of the main protagonist‚ Rita‚ to create the comedy element for the audience when she is being tutored by Frank‚ an untypical university lecturer who works in the setting of 1980’s northern England. In interpreting the characteristics of Rita‚ it can be identified that comedy is indeed an imitation of inferior people as highlighted

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    Fannie Mae Case

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    Fannie Mae case. Federal regulators noted a growing string of high profile scandals at major U.S. corporations in recent years. The number of fraud cases investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission jumped 41 percent in the last three years (112 cases in 2001 compare to 79 cases investigated in 1998)‚ resulting in tens of millions of dollars in fines to settle the charges. I have decided to take a closer look at Fannie May. This company operates in the residential mortgage finance industry

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