May 1994 | Volume 51 | Number 8 Educating for Diversity Pages 50-54 Why Some Parents Don’t Come to School Margaret Finders and Cynthia Lewis Instead of assuming that absence means noncaring‚ educators must understand the barriers that hinder some parents from participating in their child’s education. In our roles as teachers and as parents‚ we have been privy to the conversations of both teachers and parents. Until recently‚ however‚ we did not acknowledge that our view of parental involvement conflicts
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Can a woman be true to one man? Is a pure and virtuous woman anywhere on the ends of the earth? John Donne‚ a poet of the Renaissance and a contemporary of Shakespeare’s ponders this dilemma in the poem "Song" or "Go and Catcha Falling Star". Structurally Donne is unique in the structure of the poem. The poem has a rhythm and a rhyme scheme a‚b‚a‚b‚c‚c‚d‚d‚d. With lines 7-8 Donne has two word lines which add impact to those words "And find/What wind"‚ "And swear/no where"‚ and "Yet she/Will be"
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Queen Arete and her maids. In Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad the intended audience would be people that are probably already familiar and enjoy her work. This book would also appeal to people who have read the Odyssey as it gives another pe3rspective on Penelope and her maids that some people may find curious. Even so‚ the most
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In Margaret Atwood’s short story‚ “Happy Endings‚” she explains that no matter what kind of story someone has‚ death is something that everyone has in common. Atwood states “So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun.” She means that the end does not matter because eventually everyone will die‚ the beginning is the important part of a story. Atwood says that the beginnings of a story are more fun because that is where all the details are. The beginning can happen however it wants to‚ but
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Margaret Are You Drug George Starbuck’s‚ “Margaret Are You Drug”‚ is an excellent example of a colloquial poem. The term “colloquial” simply is a poem that has a style so informal‚ it gives the readers a feeling the speaker is having a casual talk with his subject‚ in this case Margaret. The speaker‚ in this case‚ comes across as one apathetic drug user who talks to another (Margaret or “Mag”) about his attitude towards premature drug-induced death. By incorporating the colloquial characteristics
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Too Jaded to Write about Love An allusion is a casual or passing reference to a famous historical or fictional character. In poetry‚ allusions are often used to help reinforce a point or characterize the speaker or the addressee. In the case of Margaret Atwood’s poems‚ “Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing” and “Sekhmet Lion-Headed Goddess of War”‚ allusions are used to empower and change the way we view the female speaker. This is especially obvious in “Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing”
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Plato’s Symposium is a book of speeches given in honor of Eros‚ the god of love. Aristophanes‚ a comic poet‚ gives the first speech‚ and the second is given by Socrates. The first speech tells a humorous history of mankind and how it became “whole‚” addressing gender issues and sexuality. On a more serious note‚ the second speech addresses the origin of Eros and his use to humans. Before launching his speech‚ Aristophanes warns the group that his eulogy to love may be more absurd than funny
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In Margaret Atwood’s poem You Begin‚ we are given the sense that she is trying to explain something to us. She describes to us seemingly random objects and how they are perceived as if trying to get across an important point. This is accomplished with a lot of repetition‚ within her poem she repetitively uses the phrase “this is” and then later “this is your hand.” By doing this it leaves the impression that she wanted us to look closely at the words she was saying and determine the significance
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The link I post is a lyric song other than normal music video and it named ‘The Gay Song’. The singer is apparently a girl who clearly expressed her not interested in men at all but a completely gay in graceful melody. I was undergoing a complicated time and didn’t decided my representation until I found this song. I finally make determination on this song because of the lyrics ‘sue me if I’m different‚ or sue me if you can’. Firstly‚ She’s being a member of the non-normal sexual group and also brave
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Re (claim) of Identity: A Feministic Perspective on Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace Margaret Atwood has published many volumes of poetry and short stories‚ but is best known as a novelist. Her Alias Grace (1996) is one of several novels focusing on women’s issues. Initially‚ Margaret Atwood’s all leading characters are victims of quest of survival but their quest of survival make them able to face the challenges of their life. As a result‚ in her world of fiction quest of survival is agony for the
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