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    Do what is right “Don’t give up for your rights‚ stand up for your rights‚”Bob Marley. In Among the Hidden‚ by Margaret Peterson‚ standing up for rights was demonstrated by one of the main characters‚ Jen Talbot. Twelve-year-old Jen‚ who lived in a wealthy family‚ was illegal for being a third child. If she got caught by the population police‚ she would be sentenced to death immediately. Throughout the story‚ Jen tried to solve the problem of 3rd children not being allowed‚ in order to experience

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    Maya Angelou once said‚ “Freedom is never free.” This is true because a person always has to pay some sort of price in order to be free‚ whether in a literal sense or not. In the book Among the Hidden‚ by Margaret Peterson Haddix‚ Luke Garner is an illegal third child in a place where overpopulation forces the government to make unfair laws. Each family is allowed to have two children‚ so Luke envies his older brothers and cannot live his life the way he wants to. This is similar to in “Two Sisters

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    Frankenstein‚ a book by Mary Shelley about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein‚ exhibits many elements and has lots of hidden symbolism within the text. My creature really shows just how unique this book is by having each body part represent some element of the book. The head of the monster is supposed to represent how quick the monster learns and how reading affected his growth. The monster learns language very quickly “My days were spent in close attention‚ that I might more speedily master the

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    The Naturalistic elements in Mercy Among the Children the text establishes setting as a symbol‚ characterization‚ and theme. Since it is has the Naturalistic characteristic of nature‚ Arron Brook is indifferent toward Lyle. It has “water [which] continues on...the uncertain stream of life” (Richards 326)‚ which emphasizes that reacting to oppressive power tends to be destructive. Arron Brook represents Lyle. He tries to progress in his life by using force and violence‚ while the river symbolizes

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    Anna Willingham Dr. Joan Kennedy English 1302 April 8‚ 2011 The Hidden Personality The essay “He Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague” Written by Slavenka Drakulic in 2004 recaptures the life in Yugoslavia during the ethnic War and a crucial period of the dissolving country. This period of life was the 60’s and the generation was healthy there was no formula‚ cotton diapers‚ and no danger (Drakulic 1118). The essay is told by a native of Croatia‚ who uses

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    Hidden Curriculum

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    Running head: Hidden Curriculum; Forces That Impact Instruction Hidden Curriculum; Forces That Impact Instruction S. Duncan University of Phoenix EDD 558 Jennifer Wordell Monday‚ June 12‚ 2006 Hidden Curriculum; Forces That Impact Instruction Students who go to college to become teachers are taught a general course of subject matter that when they become teachers they will teach to their students. They are given new ways to teach the same curriculum that has

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    The Hidden Curriculum

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    The hidden curriculum American Marxist economists and sociologists Bowles and Gintis (1976) believed that through education there is a “Hidden Curriculum” which helped to achieve the objectives of the capitalists. (To provide capitalists with a hardworking‚ subservient‚ docile and obedient work force.) The hidden curriculum consists of those things that pupils learn through the experience of attending school‚ not educational objectives. Bowles and Gintis state that the hidden curriculum shapes

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    A Hidden Hero

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    A Hidden Hero You’ve heard of Spider-man‚ Super-man‚ Wonder Woman‚ and maybe even the Wonder Twins. But‚ have you heard of Harriet Tubman? In terms of integrity‚ charity‚ endurance‚ perseverance‚ and courage‚ she beats them all! Harriet Tubman‚ also known as Moses‚ risked her own life repeatedly for the lives of others. Harriet Tubman is the most well-known for her use of the ‘underground railroad’. On this dangerous mission she took upon herself‚ Harriet rescued three hundred slaves. She traveled

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    Hidden Curriculum Education is designed to serve many purposes towards the youths of today. It teaches the youth how to be better people and it prepares them for life. Education teaches its pupils knowledge in more that one way‚ by looking at life in different directions. There is a curriculum that is taught by the teachers and the textbooks‚ and in addition to the standard schooling there is also a "hidden curriculum." Gatto and Rose each have their own style of teaching and learning and their

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    The Hidden Dimension

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    Books by Edward T. Hall THE SILENT L A N G U A G E THE HIDDEN DIMENSION H A N D B O O K FOR PROXEMIC RESEARCH THE FOURTH DIMENSION IN ARCHITECTURE: The Impact of Building on Man’s Behavior (with Mildred Reed Hall) THE DANCE OF LIFE: The Other Dimension of Time HIDDEN DIFFERENCES: Doing Business with the Japanese (with Mildred Reed Hall) BEYOND CULTURE ANCHOR BOOKS EDITIONS‚ 1969‚ 1990 Copyright © 1966‚ 1982 by Edward T. Hall All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright

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