Giving Voice to Our Values the thought experiment Afundamental premise of many Eastern philosophies and martial arts is to move with one’s momentum and energy‚ rather than fight against them. The approach to voicing and acting on our values described in these pages a ttempts to build on that same principle. Rather than taking a preaching stance wherein we might try to coun- ter temptations with all the moral reasons why we should behave ethically‚ or taking a persuasive stance wherein we might
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In ‘All Summer In a Day’ the orientation causes conflict to occur in the story. In the beginning of the orientation‚ it introduces the school children on Venus. The reader gets the impression that the school children on Venus are very different to the school children here on earth. A quote introducing the school children is when the narrator says‚ “ And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus‚ and this was the schoolroom of the children of the rocket men and women…”(p.g. 155). This
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Margot is a girl on Venus that wants to see the sun more than anything. In “All Summer In A Day” by Ray Bradbury explores the subject of jealousy. Jealousy can bring people to do many things that they might regret later. All of her classmates don’t like her since they are jealous and she is different than everyone else. Before she was on Venus‚ she was on Earth. She was born‚ barely grew up there‚ but she still lived there and that is one reason why her classmates are jealous of her. And since
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“Summer Is My Favorite Season of the Year” My favorite season of the year is summer because of the warm weather‚ the school vacation‚ and the endless fun. I really enjoy the warm weather because it’s the perfect atmosphere to do outdoor activities. My favorite part about summer has to be the fact that school is closed for two months. During summer‚ you’re free to do whatever you want‚ not worrying about curfew or waking up early for school. Summer time is a great time to relax with friends and
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the summer holidays. I am eagerly awaiting the day I go home from school knowing that I will not be expected to enter my classroom for two long months. There are many things that I would like to do in my holidays. First of all I will visit all my friends turn by turn. They keep pestering me to visit them at home but school keeps me too busy‚ my friends and I will play the whole day long. Cricket is my favourite sport and my friends have organized cricket matches during the holidays. I am looking
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The author Ray Bradbury‚ wrote the dystopian short story “All Summer in a Day” and he includes many themes throughout the story. The one that stands out the most is don’t let jealousy take control of your actions. In the story Margot‚ the main character‚ has classmates who act on her out of jealousy and hatred. The author points out many times how the children act out of jealousy and hatred. In the end‚ the children realize what they did after their jealousy and hatred melts away. The theme don’t
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Turning my face to a nearby window‚ I began to watch the dance performed by the raindrops. I took a momentary distraction from this image by picking back up my 4B charcoal pencil and skilfully tracing over a faint pattern. I put my pencil aside and spotted the weather outside. I was sorry for the people outdoor who were not allowed inside‚ regarding ‚ once‚ I was stuck external‚ too. I had only very recently found comfort in this classroom ; in this comforting place I call my refuge. Thanks to my obstinacy
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something‚ it results in a bad or good way. Well then. I read a story called‚ All Summer in a Day. The story is about a girl named Margot‚ who lived on Venus‚ and believed the sun was going to come out every 7 years. Well‚ you see‚ it rains every minute of every day for 7 years‚ then the sun comes out for about 2 hours‚ then it starts to rain again. Willam locked Margot is the closet---. I choose a piece of artwork called‚ “Pointing Fingers‚” to compare to my theme of‚ “Every action has a consequence.”
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In the short story “All Summer in a Day”‚ the author Ray Bradbury uses sensory imagery such as sight and sound to describe the setting of his version of planet Venus and to describe the children. He then uses the absence of sensory imagery when describing Margot to create contrast which helps us understand the idea that people who are different are ostracised and hated. With the use of sensory imagery‚ Ray Bradbury paints a picture in our minds of how the planet Venus in his story looks and sounds
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the floors that winter brings. In America‚ summer and winter are both America’s noticeable season change: clothes‚ climate change‚ sports‚ activities‚ food‚ and more. Though those ideal things people like to do in summer and winter is different from this specific topic: driving. Driving in the summer and winter both have its ups and downs‚ they can be compared as the same and looked differently in a different perspective. For example‚ driving in the summer means heat‚ while driving in the winter can
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