Summary 3: “Against School” In the essay “Against School” the author John Taylor‚ Gatto claims boredom has made a big impact in schooling systems all around the United States not only in Manhattan‚ New York. Gatto believes that boredom affects the capability of ones education and also states that boredom is a common condition not only in students but also in schoolteachers. Gatto is against schools all together‚ saying that our school system is to blame‚ a school system not designed by the United
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books‚ but there is one‚ by the American blogger and writer‚ John Michael Green that I adore. In 2012 The Fault In Our Starts was published that same year was when I discovered my passion for reading. Green was born in 1977 in Indianapolis‚ United States. He studied English language and Literature‚ also theology‚ both in the Kenyon College. He won the Printz Award for his debut novel‚ Looking for Alaska that has not yet had a movie. John Green has also written others books such as‚ Let is snow‚ Paper
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The first one‚ “Seventh Grade”‚ the main conflict is internal. Meaning it takes place inside your mind or body. Victor‚ the main character‚ has a crush and every time he is near her he seems to always say something dumb. The second one‚ “The Melting Pot”‚ main conflicts are external and towards different groups of people. Anna‚ the main character‚ lives in a neighborhood that is ethnically diverse. Some of the people are new comers and the rest are old timers. Ann is one of both because she
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The book is about the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It reviews all aspects of his life from the time he was born until he was assassinated. The book in total is a review of John F. Kennedys life as a whole. This book uses the collection of papers‚ documents‚ and artifacts from "The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum" to tell his life story. The beginning of the book‚ mainly the first chapter "Carry On"‚ tells about his life up until the presidency. It describes Kennedy as a very sick child‚ often
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The realm of light In the essay "Light‚ Our One Absolute” by Hugh Kenner‚ the topic of discussion is the commemoration of Albert Einstein and his Theory of Relativity. The author seems infatuated with light and its properties. In fact‚ it seems that he thinks that before the world was created there was the notion of just light. After this fact‚ he divulges into a story about the child Einstein which is the inspiration behind why Einstein might have done what he did. Young
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In the melting pot of cultures in the United States‚ Hmong people are among the most misunderstood and enigmatic ethnic groups. Throughout history‚ during the most uneasy and difficult time‚ when Laos experienced civil war in the 1950s and 1960s‚ the Hmong sided with the government‚ fearing a communist regime would disrupt their independence. The Vietnam War resulted in the Hmong to siding with the United States to oppose Vietnamese and Laotian communists‚ lose a huge percent of their population
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everything around him. Longfellow then goes on to talk about how him counting is compared to God when he says. “ I count‚ as God of avenues and gates‚ The years that through my petals come and go.” (Longfellow’s lines 1-4) Following that Longfellow talks about the hazards snow can bring. I block the roads‚ and drift the fields with snow; I chase the wild-fowl from the frozen fen.” This is describing how harsh snow can be by blocking off the roads. However with snow cones ice and the ice spreads
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Michael Moore Intro to Ethics Reading Summary #18 John Stuart Mills‚ Utilitarianism Utilitarianism brought together a lot of ways of thinking that were out there at the time of Mills‚ but no one sort of gave it a name. I believe Mills makes some improvements on utilitarianism; Shifting the wave of quantitate which is calculating pleasure and pains on an even basis‚ somewhat like a balance sheet‚ to qualitative. He’s in fact saying utilitarianism can address any of the things
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Part 4 Cultural Differences between China and England in Teaching Methods in the Documentary Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School Teaching methods consist of four aspects‚ which are the guiding ideology‚ basic methods‚ specific methods‚ and teaching way. The teaching methods include teachers’ teaching methods (pedagogy methods) and students’ learning methods (learning methods) two aspects. It is unity of the didactic and the learning methods. Didactic must be based on learning methods‚ otherwise
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In Robert Redford’s article‚ “Protect our WIld Horses”‚ Redford uses ethos and statistics to construct and argument regarding the protection of wild horses and why congress should do a better job at protecting them. Redford appeals to the reader’s sense of ethics by stating that “ any infringement on [a horse’s] legally protected right to live is an assault on American principals.” Redford uses states this to make the reader feel as if the mistreatment of wild horses was breaking the constitution
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