life has had a tremendous impact. The education is not just of an academic curriculum of English‚ Chinese‚ math‚ and science‚ or even of character development. There is something even more unique than this combination at the schools; we are given the stories‚ the lessons‚ the examples‚ and the accessible teachings of The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. I was fortunate enough to see the Master in his physical form‚ once when he came to our classroom‚ and once in the Buddha Hall. However‚ I was able
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Is torture ever acceptable? According to the UN Convention Against Torture‚ any infliction of torture1 i.e. waterboarding is banned under international law and the domestic laws of most countries in the 21st century. The point of contention is whether torture under any circumstances should be entirely prohibited. This opinion piece will be centered towards the debate regarding interrogation using torture methods and argue that torture is never acceptable from the moral and utilitarian perspectives
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THE HEART OF A TEACHER By Paula Fox The child arrives like a mystery box… with puzzle pieces inside some of the pieces are broken or missing… and others just seem to hide But the HEART of a teacher can sort them out… and help the child to see the potential for greatness he has within… a picture of what he can be Her goal isn’t just to teach knowledge… by filling the box with more parts it’s putting the pieces together… to create a work of art. The process is painfully slow at
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Sandwich Central School and I was so ready the morning. I never went to pre-school or daycare‚ I spent the days and nights with my mom and dad. My mom packed my lunch box with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich‚ animal crackers‚ cheese sticks‚ a juicy juice‚ and every other possible snack for a spoiled kindergartner. Like every other night my mom helped me brush my teeth‚ take a bath‚ and lay out my clothes for the next day‚ but there was a new and exciting energy in the air. I was nervous‚ scared‚ and
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Le 1 Calvin Le Mr. Brazee World History Honors 23 October 2011 Is war ever justified? "Never think that war‚ no matter how necessary‚ nor how justified‚ is not a crime." - Ernest Hemingway. Is war ever justified? Well that depends on how much you value your freedom. When the United States entered the war in Afghanistan‚ many people criticized President Bush as if he was the responsible for the war itself. What those people don ’t see is that if we hadn ’t entered the war‚ we ’d be ducking
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Where the Streets Had a Name‚ a realistic friction novel by Randa Abdel-Fattah‚ is a compassionate story of the sights‚ sounds‚ and smells of a Palestinian Family whose daily lives are governed by curfews and security check points. Hayaat‚ a Muslim‚ and Sam‚ a Christian‚ skip school together to take a journey through the war-ridden territory of West Bank‚ then gets caught up in a deadly protest where they become injured‚ and they end up back with their families where they witness Jihan‚ sister of
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Torture: Is It Ever Justifiable? By: Michael Levin In this essay Michael Levin is trying to convey that torture could be good. He believes in this theory because he thinks that if someone has done harm to another person than doing harm to the criminal is only natural. Michael Levin said “I am advocating torture as an acceptable measure for preventing future evils.” What he means by this is that‚ by showing people that others have been through the death penalty it gives the public the thought
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And there goes her Happily Ever After Cinderella & Alice in Wonderland Have you ever wondered why Cinderella’s stepmom locked her high? She must be contained within her cell because of Alice D. Alice was in Wonderland in a dark‚ dark cell. She claimed that rabbits talked to her but even you can tell That there was something wrong with her and she shared it with Elle. Ella claimed that there was one who came to her late at night. This one had wings and shiny things that never
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enough in going to school‚ if they have teachers that are not interested‚ or qualified to teach them. This has become the problem with the American education system today‚ when educators are protected by tenure laws‚ and continue to poorly educate America’s youth. Everyone will end up paying the difference. As long as there is no standard criterion to rate our teachers by‚ America’s education status will continue to fall. This paper will inform you on what teacher tenure is‚ how it started‚ and how it
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The Characteristics of a Teacher I was told in my earlier years that a teacher is one who imparts knowledge. If that definition is accurate‚ then all of us as human beings qualify as teachers. In fact‚ we all impart knowledge at one point or another in our lives. However‚ a professional teacher is one who is trained and assigned the job to impart knowledge in exchange for an income (my definition). I believe anyone who has chosen the profession to teach has an outstanding responsibility‚ regardless
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