Known as the "BTK Killer" - which stands for "bind‚ torture‚ kill"- Dennis Rader terrorized the Wichita‚ Kansas‚ area from the 1970s to the 90s. ( Dennis Rader Biography). "Rader killed four members of the Otero family in their home - Joseph and Julie Otero and two of their children Josephine and Joseph Jr" (Dennis Rader Biography). "Rader confessed to at least 8 of the 10 murders that people and police say he committed"(Thomas). There was
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Chapter 23—“Dennis” 1) Ruth says‚ “I stayed on the black side because that was the only place I COULD stay…With whites it was no question. You weren’t accepted to be with a black man and that was that” (232). I think she felt the only place where she felt real love was with African American people and that’s why she stayed with the black man. She wanted to be different and she didn’t want to be like everybody else. She wanted to feel unique like her mother and be different. She doesn’t
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Reading through Dennis Johnson’s Train Dreams‚ it quickly becomes evident that this book isn’t just a novella on the life of a man who loses his wife and daughter to a forest fire‚ but instead something much greater. Throughout the novel and even on its cover art‚ Train Dreams hints at how “…the cataclysmic changes wrought by twentieth century” led to “…the disappearance of a certain kind of American life”. In this novella‚ Robert Grainer is a man whose life is caught up in the middle of America’s
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Dennis Rader was a Christian man that lived his life as a normal person to everyone’s eyes‚ with a wife and children but on the inside he was a psychotic man. He had 10 known victims in a span of 25 years before the silence was broken and brought to justice. Dennis Radar was the first of four boys born to William and Dorothea Rader. He was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsburg‚ Kansas. As a child‚ Dennis appeared to be a normal and average boy. He was a Boy Scout and participated in church
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Bethesda‚ South Africa MISS HELEN Helen Elizabeth Martins (’Miss Helen’) is considered South Africa’s foremost Outsider Artist. Born in December of 1897 in Nieu Bethesda‚ Miss Helen was the youngest of six children. In 1919‚ she moved to the Transvaal to work as a teacher. After her brief marriage to Willem Johannes Pienaar dissolved‚ Miss Helen returned to New Bethesda in 1928 to care for her ailing parents. After her mother’s death in 1941 and her father’s death in 1945‚ Miss Helen became increasingly
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adhered to such as a national recognized qualification or at least a level 2 or above in English/literature and Math/numerical which ensures that they are able and confident in what they are teaching. In addition they should be familiar with the school curriculum along with skills in curriculum development which allows HLTA’s to be able to teach independent to group/age related expectations and teaching methods. They should have sufficient understanding of their specialist area of which they are
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communication is important in developing positive relationships with: Children Young people Adults Communication means passing information from one person to another. It can be an interchange of opinions‚ thoughts‚ or information via speech‚ signs or writing between two or more people. When communication is clear‚ precise and easily understood‚ it is known as effective communication and is significant in personal as well as professional settings. Children: Helps them to achieve When there is effective
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Parties: Plaintiff: The Ponticas Couple The Ponticas’ resided in an apartment complex owned by KMS Investments. On September 8th‚ 1978‚ a Stephanie Ponticas called upon the apartment resident manger to fix an appliance problem—a Dennis Graffice. Graffice noticed that Ms. Ponticas was alone and noted her husband was away on business‚ and on September 10th‚ entered into the property and violently raped and assaulted Ms. Ponticas. Graffice was later apprehended and convicted of his crime. The Plaintiff
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children grow up culturally deprived leading to their under-achievement at school. Whereas middle class children have parents who can socialise properly with them‚ giving them all the cultural equipment they need. Intellectual development is one aspect to cultural deprivation. Many theorists argue that many working class children lack equipment at home for example books and toys‚ so they can’t prepare themselves for school. The reason for the lack of equipment is because their parents get low paid
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me. More cries come from that corner. “Mom?” “Everything will be okay‚” I hear a comforting voice from the overhead of me. I don’t get it. I don’t remember anything that could’ve happened to put me to what I think is a hospital room. I was just at school‚ nothing happens after that. I don’t
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