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    no-no boy

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    English No-No Boy To begin I really enjoyed this book‚ it was very interesting to me to read about the incredible struggle Ichiro had within himself and society. When I think of the Japanese-Americans being placed into internment camps because of Pearl Harbor I am grateful for how far our country has grown but I’m not unaware of how far we still have to go. I think back 12 years to September 11th 2001‚ when the twin towers were bombed and living in New York City‚ witnessing

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    every rack‚ the prize we sought is won" The poem O Captain! My Captain! Written by Walt Whitman starts out by describing what happened at the begging of his eventful journey in which the captain and his sailors went on. In stanza one the captain and his sailors arrive at their destination point when suddenly the captain falls cold and dead‚ just short of his final destination. If I were to judge why he ended up like that I would say the captain stole a treasure‚ which belonged to someone else.

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    Speech for School Captain

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    Good morning year 11 and teachers. For those who do not know me my name is............ I would consider it a great honour and privilege to be College Captain The position of College Captain has several roles: 1. To help the standing of our school in the community 2. To represent the student body with the College and 3. To help provide pastoral care for students. Briefly expanding on these: St Scholastica’s is a fine College with an exceptional tradition of developing the whole person

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    achievement between boys and girls? Statistics show that it is clear that girls achieve more A* to C grades at GCSE then boys. This obviously shows that girls do better and achieve more in schools. In fact‚ since 1980 to the present day‚ the percentage of boys who have achieved these grades has risen. But so has the girls. When it comes to girls and boys choosing their options for GCSE‚ although they are open to pick the same subjects‚ there still seems to be a split. Girls tend to op for cookery

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    Why have girls improved in school and boys declined? There are two aspects that affect this change; the external and internal factors. The external factors are the one that occur outside the school; first factor is the impact of feminism and the decline of patriarchy. Since 1960s‚ the feminist movement has challenged the traditional stereotype of a women’s role only as mother and housewife‚ which was subordinate to her breadwinner husband. This raised women’s expectations and self-esteem‚ as well

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    Captain Canuck Essay

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    There have been many versions of Captain Canuck since the birth of the original comic book in 1975. Captain Canuck was created in a wholly Canadian fashion‚ from the images presented in the comic itself: “From futuristic Mounties to a maple-leaf emblazoned snowmobile‚ Comely incorporated numerous Canadian references‚” (Edwardson 190); to the matter in which it was produced – almost completely vertically integrated in a Canadian manner (minus the American distribution company). And while the idea

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    Although some people believe that girls should not play boys sports it may actually argued that we should. In the first place boys just don’t want to hit girls that hard. Most likely if they are willing to hit then hit because they think they are much tougher than girls but we can prove that we can play as good as them. Girls should be able to have a choice to play boy sports. First of all boys you need to let girls take a chance to try to play at least to prove to all boys we got to teach you a lesson

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    Whether boys and girls should be educated separately? Plan: Introduction: What is the situation at the moment in your school/country? Is this a satisfactory situation? Development: 1. Give your opinion and list the reasons for it. 2. Mention the other side of the argument briefly and say why you disagree. Conclusion: Summarize your arguments and restate your opinion clearly. I am a student of lyceum. Students are not

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    Captain Nye Monster

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    interesting how easily people change when they encounter something unordinary. We can see this happen to the character Captain Nye‚ whose character in chapter 35 contrast with chapter 41. A friendly and helpful companion turns into a raging maniac when ill. One would then question: did he become a monster‚ or was he perhaps unleashing the monster that’s always been inside of him? At first‚ Captain Nye’s described to have possessed a “singular handiness about doing anything” and a “spirit of accommodation”

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    Captain James Cook

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    the wrong decision and that is the reason he lost his life‚ I say he made the right decision because up until he died he did not give up like most people would‚ he kept fighting; he kept going and learned a lot in the process up until his death. Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands‚ at first it was confusing he had native friends in the south pacific but they never mentioned there was islands that far north. The natives did not trust anyone; some came to the shore with makeshift weapons

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