October 22‚ 1943 Gene Forrester Time capsule letter Devon High School Dear ‚ What do you remember from Devon? Do you remember your growth‚ your maturity‚ and your fraternity? Hopefully you will now remember the easy times of peace and your trials from Devon. The tree: the shrunken giant‚ my worst nightmare‚ and best tutor. It taught me many things about life‚ and that is to respect its teachings. Its broken branch‚ dead and weak‚ represents the tree as a whole. No longer high and mighty
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From a young age‚ we are taught that strength of character leads to success. In schools and in homes across the world‚ young people are taught basic things like: kindness‚ sharing politeness and good humor. In A Separate Peace‚ author John Knowles shows us how strength of character impacts Phineas’s and Gene’s relationship and the course their lives take. Lance Armstrong’s recent fall from grace as reported in (site 3 sources) also suggests how strength of character impacts his downfall. Arguably
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"Who doesn’t want to go to a place called Wizard Quest that has a giant dragon and a Gandalf statue?" Wizard Quest and its mighty dragon. I say into Deanna’s camera as we stand on a crosswalk in arguably one of the goofiest tourist traps I’ve ever been. (I’ve lived within an hour or so of both Pigeon Forge‚ Tennessee and Branson‚ Missouri so you can imagine) I woke up from a nap and we came rolling into Wisconsin Dells like it was a perfectly normal experience to see a place called Paul
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Well‚ you should be. In the First World War‚ one thousand six hundred and forty nine Canadian soldiers under the age of eighteen risked their lives‚ and three hundred and sixty five of these soldiers died for our freedom. In the novel‚ “A SEPARATE PEACE”‚ by John Knowles‚ The main character Gene undergoes various situations that are influenced by the war‚ including the incident of Gene jostling the branch causing Phineas to fall from the tree‚ the participation of contributing to the war‚ and the
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Al Abdel-Razzaq A Separate Peace (rough) There are many well-known themes in the book A Separate Peace. One of the most themes is a coming of age for the boys who live and learn at Devon school. For some boys at this school‚ a coming of age means more opportunities‚ and for some others‚ means a chance to go from being a boy‚ to becoming a man. A large contradiction in this book is innocence vs. ignorance. For some boys the innocence will be destroyed in order for a coming of age to take place
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The richer you are‚ the more justice you get The idea of the being rich and getting much more justice is an idea which has been around for a long time. Social and criminal justice has always been dependant on how much money an individual‚ or group of individuals have. Two identical cases can go to court‚ and two different outcomes can be reached. The only difference in the ruling is due to the wealth of the defendant. However‚ is it really justice to commit crimes and not face any punishment?
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A Web quest for 7th grade Design by Ian Dwight H. Sabellina idsabellina@gmail.com INTRODUCTION To collect information about the biological world‚ we use two mechanisms: our sensory perception and our ability to reason. We can count the types of trees in a forest with our eyes‚ we can identify birds in the rainforest canopy with our ears‚ and we can identify the presence of a sampaguita flower with our nose. However‚ our reason permits us to make predictions about the natural world. Scientists
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Write an analytical essay (minimum 1000-1200 words) on ONE of the following topics. Notes: all essays must focus on at least one of the novels we have studied. And you are NOT permitted to write about the same text you chose for your in-class essay. 1) A topic of your choice‚ based on at least two texts‚ including one of Giovanni’s Room‚ Jekyll and Hyde or Lord of the Flies. Must be approved by teacher or your essay will not be accepted! 2) Based on the texts we have read‚ which types
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did not have the answer to or even respond. When classes started‚ I knew that everyone had strengths‚ but I never knew how to go about and find what makes me unique out of seven billion people in the world. When I first took the Clifton Strengths Quest‚ my mind was pondering how a test that has strongly agree on one end and strongly agree on the other end would produce my five themes. Then as I was reading the results‚ it was surprisingly accurate with my personality. My five results were Achiever
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RELIGION AND PEACE: Islam SACRED TEXTS -The sacred texts of Islam‚ the Qur’an and the way of the Prophet Muhammad (sunna) as found in the hadith‚ are fundamental to Islam. -Qur’an is the fundamental text for all Muslims -It contains the revelation of Allah‚ complete and unaltered as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad -Qur’an is organised into 114 Surahs or chapters -Hadith refers to the collection of traditions of the words and deeds of Muhammad -The Qur’an sets out clear paths for Muslims
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