For my diversity experience‚ I shadowed Judith Drenzek‚ principal of Edith E. Mackrille in West Haven. West Haven is a DRG H school; Amity is a DRG B school‚ so they are opposites in many ways. I also chose an elementary school because all of my experiences have been at the secondary level. I really wanted to see what a day in the life of an elementary principal was like. Additionally‚ Mackrille fascinates me because it has the expected demographics of a DRG H school‚ yet it scores the same or
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were damaged and economic costs were expected to be ¥16.9 trillion.3 In the weeks following the disaster‚ approximately 80% of Japanese automotive plants suspended production and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities estimated utilization at other plants were below 10%.4 1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs‚ Government of Japan‚ http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/incidents/index2.html‚ accessed July 15‚ 2012. 2 Ministry of Foreign Affairs‚ Government of Japan‚ http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/incidents/pdfs/r_goods
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gods and goddesses. The titans were known to be big and of great strength. The one titan who over-ruled the rest was Cornus‚ also known as Saturn. He reigned until Zeus- his son dethroned him. Zeus was amongst the twelve Olympians‚ the other eleven included his two brothers: Poseidon‚ and Hades‚ their sister: Hestia‚ Hera‚ Ares‚ Athena‚ Apollo‚ Aphrodite‚ Hermes‚ Artemis‚ And Hephaestus. Much of the myths that include these characters have been set up in the "Iliad" and the "odyssey". These gods had
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A Tale of Two Thomases The tale of the first Thomas in this chapter is about the Thomas from the Bible. This Thomas had a great importance. He was involved in three big events in the Bible. The first being when he went with Jesus to see Lazarus. The second is at the Lord’s Supper‚ where Thomas didn’t fully understand how everyone was supposed to get to heaven after Jesus died. He was unsure of how to get there if Jesus didn’t tell where he was going. Later‚ Jesus explains that He is the Way
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Conflict is Needed In classrooms‚ conflict is necessary to achieve student abilities to devise their own perspective and form different judgement on a topic which helps gain knowledge. In the essay “Other Voices‚ Other Rooms‚ by Gerald Graff‚ a professor of English and education writes about “the chance to try on a variety of clashing ideas‚ to see what they feel like‚ is one of the most exciting opportunities an education can provide”‚ which is known as conflict in a classroom. While
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Summary The Other Wes Moore is a story about two boys who ironically both happen to share the same name‚ “Wes Moore”‚ and grew up in the same area. While the two boys shared the same name‚ they never managed to meet as children‚ despite living blocks apart and being born within a year of each other. In fact‚ the two Wes Moores would never officially meet until they were both well into their adulthood. The story follows the two boys on their separate journeys into adulthood in an effort to determine
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This paper will be about a traditional dress from my native land and other countries. The traditional dress I will be writing about is called a wedding dress. A wedding dress is used throughout the world in various countries including China‚ Japan‚ India‚ and Vietnam. This paper will also detail different cultures‚ religions‚ types and colors of wedding gowns that symbolize the bride or groom wealth‚ occupation and or belief. In the Americas‚ weddings performed during and immediately following
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book The Other Side‚ the author shows many ways of tone‚ symbolism‚ and catches the audience in different ways. Tone is the way the author expresses his attitude through his or her writing in this case‚ the author shows a bunch of tone in The Other Side. The author also shows symbolism in the story. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. In The Other Side‚ the tone in this story is very casual‚ happy‚ and sad at the same time. It is sad in the story for these two little
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Chapter 1 THE TITANS AND THE TWELVE GREAT OLYMPIANS Titans they are the Elder Gods. They are enormous in size and have incredible strength. IMPORTANT TITANS CRONUS (Saturn) he ruled until Zeus dethroned him. OCEAN- the river TETHYS- Ocean’s wife HYPERION- Memory THEMIS- Justice IAPETUS- important because of his sons ATLAS- Bore the world on his shoulders PROMETHEUS- the Saviour THE TWELVE OLYMPIANS They are superior‚ they are considered the highest gods They are called Olympians because
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07/18/2014 The Other Wes Moore Can two men with very similar backgrounds grow up to be completely different? Wes Moore takes us on a journey back to his childhood as well as the childhood of a man with the same name. The author Wes describes how the two men‚ grew up just blocks from each other‚ both surrounded with drugs and crime. Wes was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of John Hopkins‚ army veteran and well renowned speaker around the world teaching people about his story. The other Wes Moore was
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