I am the librarian of the school‚ and I see your worries with the context of The Chocolate War. With all due respect‚ Mr. or Mrs. X‚ I think offering this book at the library as a reading choice is a better decision than taking it off the school library shelf. If I had not mistaken your letter‚ you have are three main concerns with the novel‚ too sexual‚ disrespectful to Catholic priests‚ and negative minded influences that the novel brings to the readers. According to our school’s mission statement
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Jack‚ Andrew and I presented on Fog of War. The documentary on Robert McNamara gives us his perspective on the situations the American government faced in the 20th century. Along with that‚ the documentary provides us with 11 lessons that could be taken from McNamara’s life. I myself focused my presentation on McNamara’s first lesson in the movie which was “Empathizing with your enemy.” In this lesson I learned how beneficial it could be to see from the enemy’s point of view. In the movie McNamara
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Top Five! One of my favorite books in third grade was‚ The Lemonade War by‚ Jacqueline Davies. This was one of my favorite books because‚ I enjoy doing lemonade stands myself with some of my friends in the neighborhood. Also‚ because this book had me very interested and I felt very drawn into it. A short summary on this book is‚ there are two siblings named‚ Jessie and Evan. Jessie is a grade behind Evan in third. But‚ when Evan hears that Jessie is skipping third grade‚ and coming into his fourth
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was still suffering the affects of World War 1‚ so communism could spread easily if nothing was done. Marshall said that Eastern Europe would need $30 million to stop poverty and be contained using the Truman Doctrine. This was known as Marshall aid. These policies together were the actions led by the Americans to contain Eastern Europe and not spread communism any further. To a certain extent the USA were responsible for starting the Cold war for several reasons. Firstly Roosevalt
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"Chore Wars"‚ written by Ruth Davis Konigsberg shows that‚ despite the newfound data that males are putting in more housework and child care than they have in the past‚ there still exists an inequality between men and women and their involvement in both the workforce and the home. The Difference Analysis of inequality by Saul states that women are discriminated simply due to their sex and its traditional attributed responsibilities of motherhood and home-making. Moreover‚ the Dominance Analysis provided
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The story “The Chocolate War” is a great story that teaches a truth that teenagers experience in their lives. The story was first a book then later adapted in to a movie. The ending and moral of the book and movie are both very different. The story talks about a young boy named Jerry that is having a hard time going through his freshman year because of a secret society named The Vigils and a teacher named Brother Leon. The moral of the book is that it is best not to muddle with how the universe
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Civil War Era What is Divine Spark? That’s a good question. Divine Spark is having ownership or having the mindset that’s there is a God‚ also having a connection with him. In this excerpt the Divine Spark that Chamberlain described by saying “you looked in the eye and there was a man. There was a Divine spark as mother used to say. That was all there was to it.. All there is to it.” Divine Spark was being used to define the idea that every human has a soul and that every one has a spirit that
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The Revolutionary War was a period of time when America would free from its constraints of Britain‚ and become their own independent nation. The men‚ the soldiers in the war were credited mainly for the pathway to freedom‚ but what about the women who also made efforts? Most of the women who stepped forward to help out and pave the way for freedom were looked past‚ or down upon because women were looked to be subordinate to men. Though the Revolutionary War opened opportunities for minority groups
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Rumors are a type of special communication. They are naive pieces of information that helps people to make sense of things that they are confused about. They usually are not wordy or complex. It would only take a few words for them to be descript. Rumors also can help and satisfy people emotionally and psychologically. When it comes down to it‚ they can both help or cause problems. There are three basic characteristics of rumors. First is how do they get around. The second characteristic is providing
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significance of events in Korea (1950-1953) on the development of the Cold War In July 1953‚ an armistice was signed at Panmunjom to signal a ceasefire between the Sino-Soviet backed North and the US-UN backed South Korea. Although the Korean War was not the beginning of Cold Wa‚ the events from Korea are important in assessing the development of the Cold War. Whilst it is sometimes seen as a watershed in the development of the Cold War‚ a more compelling analysis is that it was a catalyst which accelerated
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