5: “In praise of the F word” by Mary Sherry In the passage “In praise of the F word” by Mary Sherry she talks about how she teaches high school graduates that have been “cheated” by the education system. Students were just passed along to the next grade whether they understood the material or not. I know many people who have graduated from high school and still have trouble spelling some words and simpler grammar. Mrs. Stifter made a big change in some students lives‚ instead of just passing
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The ’Good Nazi’? Many historians such as Alan Bullock praise Speer’s performance at the Nuremburg Trials and were convinced that Speer had told the truth. They label Speer an ’apolitical technocrat’‚ ’more concerned with the job he had to do than the power it brought him.’(1) American journalist William Shirer reported on his trial at Nuremburg and came to view him favourably (2)‚ whilst British academic Hugh Trevor-Roper interviewed Speer‚ and in his book The Last Days of Hitler‚ describes Speer
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Promise – a creative response to ‘Praise Song for My Mother’ Teaching notes The aim of this task is to encourage students to write creatively using some of the ideas from ‘Praise Song for My Mother’ before reading the poem as a way of helping sensitising students to its ideas and language. The task could be developed by asking students to give feedback to one another on their work‚ and the most able or creative could be asked to redraft‚ then analyse and explain aspects of their work.
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History praises Christopher Columbus for his discovery of the Americas in the 15th century. Though‚ he was not the first explorer to reach the Americas his voyages led Europe to explore‚ conquest and colonize these lands. While it is true that his voyages had an immense effect on the historical development of the Western world‚ little is told how this was accomplished. Similar to any Spanish conquistador‚ Columbus voyage aspired to obtain gold‚ glory and to spread Christianity by converting the
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Euripides‚ Jason possesses many traits that lead to his downfall. After Medea assists Jason in his quest to get the Golden Fleece‚ killing her brother and disgracing her father and her native land in the process‚ Jason finds a new bride despite swearing an oath of fidelity to Medea. Medea is devastated when she finds out that Jason left her for another woman after two children and now wants to banish her. Medea plots revenge on Jason after he gives her one day to leave. Medea later acts peculiarly as a subservient
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JUST ONE WISH Chapter 1 I would have expected to see this sort of line if‚ say‚ Elvis had returned from the dead to give a concert. Or if some eccentric yet ultra-cool billionaire was blessing the lives of deserving teens by handing out free sports cars. But I hadn‟t expected to see this many people lined up in the dark waiting for the Day-After-Thanksgiving sale at Toys “R” Us. Really‚ whatever happened to good oldfashioned procrastination? Apparently every resident of Henderson‚ Nevada‚ had
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In “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” the author James Agee and the photographer Walker Evans used both their abilities to attempt a recreation of the conditions for the reader to attempt to have a better understanding. They did this in such a way that James Agee said the pictures could stand independently from the text (Agee and Evans 87). Doing this causes the reader to refrain from making their own visualizations’ of what is being described in the text. Therefore‚ helps the reader get a clarified
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Compare and Contrast 3 poems from AQA GCSE Anthology‚ Moon on the Tides. In this piece of writing I will be comparing and contrasting 3 poems. Which are ‘Praise Song for my mother’‚ ‘Harmonium’ and ‘Nettles. The title of each poem describes exactly what it is and what is about. ‘Praise Song for my Mother’ is not actually a poem‚ it is a praise son. Which in Guyana (where Grace Nichols was born) it is something written after a person close to them has dies. It is written to commemorate and rejoice
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Children learn through encouragement and praise rather than punishment Children are said to be the world’s most fascinating creatures‚ with the way they think‚ respond and behave. Children are known for their many talents and their way of understanding. A child may try to do many things on their own but will still seek advise form their parent‚ teacher etc‚ so the question lies‚ do children learn through encouragement and praise rather than punishment? Of course they do‚ of course we know that a
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Just One Click Away Why go to the store when shopping is just one click away? In today’s generation has been taught to rely on technology. One even has the option to take online classes rather than physically attending school. The internet has not only transformed‚ but also shaped today’s society. Will everything that occurs in society one day be online? This is a big pondered by many today‚ many people believe the answer to be yes. The internet has truly molded the way people live in ways
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