Dear Robert Scott‚ I am a freshman from Seguin High School in Seguin Texas; I feel that the Texas education system is corrupt that we as students are learning to test and not to actually learn. We as students retain information for short periods of time to take a test then forget which is one of the reasons I feel that the United States of America is falling behind in the education system. However Texas does not have to be like the rest we need to take away a lot of the tests and not learn to test
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Professor: Dr. The History of Police The Law enforcement officers and many of their policies are centered on the twelve principles constructed by Sir Robert Peel‚ and his statement of‚ “the people are the police‚ and the police are people” (Johnson‚ & Wolfe‚ 2003). Robert Peel perceived that officers did not need to encroach into citizens lives when preventing criminal activity in communities. Peel created the principles that attributed to Community policing
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Robert Frost is a well-known American poet that often includes the element of nature’s beauty. As you read a poem by Robert Frost‚ what seems to stand out the most? Is it his ability to paint a mental picture in your mind that can shift and change? Generally‚ his writing includes nature that shows reality and how it represents life and human experience. However‚ because the deeper meanings of his poems are usually overlooked‚ many people use words such as loneliness‚ anguish and frustration to describe
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Martin Weinsteins’ Sun Dogs is a beautiful art piece. It would bring your mind to ease looking at this piece and have you imagining that you are there. The art depicts a field of green nature‚ with a gorgeous view of two mountains with bodies of water in front of them‚and bright blue slightly clouded sky. It reminds me of something that can be seen in a country like Norway where it is full of greenery‚ vast mountains‚ and bodies of water. Imagine yourself standing in front of a large canvas and
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Robert Wilson lynd [pic] Born in Belfast and educated at R.B.A.I. and the then Queen ’s College‚ where he studied classics. He worked briefly for The Northern Whig before moving to Manchester and then to London as a free-lance journalist. In the capital he shared a flat with the artist Paul Henry (q.v.)‚ with whom he had graduated. Lynd became a staff writer for the Daily News (later the News Chronicle) and from 1912 to 1947 was its literary editor. He also wrote for the Nation‚
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the throat... A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”(Robert Frost). Robert Frost became one of the most famous poets of his time and still is today. In one of his more popular pieces‚ The Road Not Taken‚ Frost uses imagery‚ tone‚ and metaphors to convey that by making certain decisions will affect you for the rest of your life. Robert Frost was born on March 26‚ 1874 in San Francisco‚ California. His interest in poetry began in high school and
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lives harder than it is. “What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty‚ and every difficulty has an opportunity”. (J. Sidlow Baxter) But‚ According to the IMDb.com biography Robert Thurman was born on August 3‚ 1941 in New York City. "Thurman is known for his talented popularization of the Buddha’s teaching at Columbia University" ("Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies"). Later in the biography we learned that in the late spring
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In the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon‚ I interpret the main character Christopher as contradictory. He is shown to be a really smart kid‚ but he’s also pretty clueless in other subjects. He’s a really nice kid‚ but he can be really rude and insensitive. Lastly‚ he can come off as being really mature – and he does act like it – but he is actually really immature at times. Christopher is a brilliant kid. He knows his prime numbers‚ explains how Marilyn vos Savant
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If you don’t ask‚ the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward‚ you’re always in the same place" (Nora Roberts). Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10‚ 1950) is an American bestselling author of more than 213 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in-Death series‚ and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications
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IT WAS NOW LUNCH TIME AND THEY WERE all sitting under the double green fly of the dining tent pretending that nothing had happened. “Will you have lime juice or lemon squash?” Macomber asked. “I’ll have a gimlet‚” Robert Wilson told him. “I’ll have a gimlet too. I need something‚” Macomber’s wife said. “I suppose it’s the thing to do‚” Macomber agreed. “Tell him to make three gimlets.” The mess boy had started them already‚ lifting the bottles out of the canvas cooling bags that sweated wet in the
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