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    STILL SEPARATE STILL UNEQUAL The newest CPS leadership frames the district’s current inequities as an inevitable result of demographic trends. Their fraudulent attempts to absolve corporate reform of any culpability in our separate and unequal school system are an extension of the resistance that enforcement of desegregation faced in the decades after Brown v Board. The constitutional principles of Brown were narrowly intended to eliminate de jure segregation‚ segregation that was approved and

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    The past and the present are two verb tenses that are very familiar and heavily used when describing something from our childhood‚ or our plans for when we grown up. The past is constant and the future is a variable. We can remember our past and dream about our futures. They are as different as water is to a cave‚ and yet they can be compared that they are both something of the unknown. The past is a verb tense that expresses something that happened or was done in the past. It is used to express

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    In the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison‚ the past has a crucial effect on individual’s futures. Throughout the novel‚ each individual’s history brings an impact to the four main characters: Sethe‚ Paul D.‚ Denver and Beloved. Morrison presented each character with different traits to present his theme‚ don’t let the past affect the future. Sethe is one of the four main characters that lets her past play a harsh effect in her individual future. In 1855‚ Sethe escaped from the cruel occupation of

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    readers some insight of what the story will be about. This important concept is seen in the novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ written by John Knowles. In general the setting is its own separate peace. There are also specific examples of when characters in the novel try to create their own separate peace. The winter carnival is a good example‚ which shows the students at the Devon School creating their own separate peace. After being severely maimed‚ Finny enters his own state of mind‚ where there is no war occurring

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    I remember the first time I saw Gene. I had just arrived in South Carolina after moving from New Jersey when my dad was offered a promotion. It was a rainy day‚ I spent most of it driving‚ trying to figure out my way around town. For lunch‚ I stopped at some sort of pub that’s been closed down for years now. When I walked in‚ it was completely empty except for one boy sitting at the counter all alone. I sat on a barstool‚ a few down from the boy and ordered a cheeseburger. Trying to remember which

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    To most people a dream is just a part of the imagination‚ of course it would be ideal for it to come true‚ but the average person can see the difference from a dream to reality. The average person knows not to trust people blindly‚ knows to do what is best for them‚ they understand that occasionally one must put their dreams aside for it will not work with the world around them‚ they understand how to adjust their dream to reality. Of course this is just the average person. The characters Finny and

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     The present perfect tense is made up of : 1. has / have + past participle (active form) 2. has / have + been + past participle (passive form)   Present Perfect Tense is used: 1. To refer to a recently / newly completed action.       e.g.      I have just completed my homework.                   My neighbours have recently sold their car. 2.   To refer to an action that occurred at an unspecified or unknown time in the past.       e.g.      The Jones have been to Australia many times

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    Past time Preference of Teachers in Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School Research Method and Statistics Presented to Dr. Gaudencio G. Abellanosa University of Southeastern Philippines Advance College Division Obrero‚ Davao City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject in EDFD 211 Joan A. ASoY October 2009 Acknowledgment The researcher would like to convey her profound gratitude to the following people who

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    Some people claim that the living in the present can actually cause more harm than good. They say that in order to lead a productive and profitable life‚ one must study both the past and the future‚ the present is only a stepping stone. I think that this is quite the opposite. The past must be learned from‚ the future must be looked at‚ but the present is where things happen‚ where a person can make things happen. In each persons time‚ he has the chance to make a mark upon the world. Each

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    the Outer and Separate Circuit societies have just as much story to tell‚ especially when examining the environments of these civilizations. The climates and geography can be looked at to see a distinct barrier from the Inner Circuit Societies‚ the challenges that the Outer and Separate Circuit hierarchies faced‚ and also their networking capabilities. First‚ it is important to look at what differentiated the Separate and Outer Circuits from the Inner Circuit. The Outer and Separate

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