13-1-22 harkness The Harkness Discussion The Harkness Discussion is a method of conducting and evaluating group discussion which was developed at Phillips Exeter Academy. The teacher acts as little as possible‚ serving mostly as an observer. The students participate in the discussion as a team: this is not a competition. Everyone is expected to contribute in such ways as the following: - organizing‚ leading - summarizing‚ restating‚ clarifying - offering examples from the text - asking questions
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Dear Friends‚ I have been reading all your discussion posts‚ immensely informative indeed. For me‚ Plagiarism is copying any non-tangible asset (various art forms‚ text‚ design‚ lyrics‚ concepts etc.) without formally acknowledging the source. It is a paramount concern in the information age‚ calls for need of stringent laws for protection of intellectual property. It is a serious issue not only in the academia‚ but also sports‚ journalism and entertainment business. It poses serious questions
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Sonny and his brother are a great example of how suffering can ultimately unite people. Throughout “Sonny’s Blues”‚ there is a constant issue between the narrator and his brother because the narrator cannot accept his brother’s drug use habit. However‚ this changes when the narrator realizes that his brother is taking drugs in order to cope with his own suffering. James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” shows that the narrator realizes that not everyone copes and suffers like he does‚ therefore accepting and
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Analysis Refugee Blues "Refugee Blues" is a poem written by the U.S-British poet W. H. Auden in March 1939. This poem is set in 1930′s when Nazi people were prosecuted the Jewish people. Refugees were people who were driven out of their home or country because of war. Blues is a slow‚ sad‚ rhythmic music developed by black Americans. The poem dramatizes the condition of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in the years before World War II‚ especially the indifference and antagonism they faced when
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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is an historical mosque in Istanbul‚ the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616‚ during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques‚ it also comprises a tomb of the founder‚ a madrasah and a hospice. While still used as a mosque‚ the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become
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happened‚ and why characters acted the way they do. The exposition of the "Sonny’s Blues" starts when the narrator introduces characters‚ scene‚ and situation of the story. The narrator learns from a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ has been arrested "for peddling and using heroin." (Baldwin 83) The narrator is a high school teacher‚ and his wife is Isabel. Leaving the school‚ the narrator comes across an old friend of Sonny’s in the schoolyard. They talk about Sonny’s arrest and
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The Blue Boy Summary: In Gary Stephen Ross’ excerpt‚ “The Blue Boy‚” he describes Vancouver through the eyes of the main character. The character recounts a story of his travels that he would take with his father and brother from Toronto to Vancouver. The character highlights the ongoing transformation of the city and describes how it has evolved over time. In the beginning of the excerpt‚ he describes what he saw Vancouver to be in the 60s: a small city with little to offer. Contrastingly
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Strategy Discussion This section of our Project Charter includes all the documents that we have completed as part of our analysis of the systems that the ICC Board of Directors has asked us to investigate. This strategy discussion summarizes the main points from the detailed documents that follow. Problem Chain Analysis This document serves as an overview of problems in the current system. It outlines the problem symptoms and indicates the root causes of those symptoms. It also covers objectives
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Reservation Blues‚ a novel by Sherman Alexie‚ depicts the story of an unlikely group of Indians coming together to chase their dreams with the help of a magic guitar‚ Big Mom‚ and their Indian blood as they struggle with the realities of being Indian in a white world. The protagonist Thomas is the lead singer for their band‚ Coyote Springs‚ and a reservation outsider. Victor‚ Junior‚ Chess and Checkers are the other band members‚ each of them as unlikely to be in a band as Thomas. Reservation Blues sheds
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Wellman-High Horse Descriptive Essay 9.12.17 The Big Bad Wolf Spider I am terrified by spiders. If you were to touch their skin you would feel a tingling sensation. Their rough body create an armor for survival. They’re just a menace to society. Having eight eyes stare me down makes me churn‚ while they have eight legs to chase me through the house. All closets in my house are personally forbidden for me to go in; afterall‚ spiders stealth is deadlier than a stealth bomber over Iraq. Not being
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