In the novel The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan‚ an important relationship is that between Marnie and Raven. This relationship helps us to understand the idea that perceived ‘outsiders’ can be treated inhumanely by a community. Marnie is treated as an outsider because of her sex and her ill-defined place in a medieval society. Raven is treated as an outsider because of his disability. Together‚ their relationship founded on their similar backgrounds gains the reader’s empathy. Jordan is able
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West Side Story transfers Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to present-day New York. The love story of Romeo and Juliet becomes that of Maria and Tony. The feud between the houses of the Capulets and the Montagues is re-created in one involving two teen-age gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. The famous balcony scene of the Shakespeare drama transpires on a fire-escape of an ugly New York tenement. The curtain rises on a bleak scene representing a warehouse. For the next five minutes not a word is spoken
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Note Taking Note taking skills are important part of being successful in school. Learning various types of note taking and tips can help you study or do homework more efficient. There are five different types of note taking methods. Each method is great for keeping your notes in order‚ Cornell‚ outline‚ mapping‚ charting and sentence method. The Cornell method provides a systematic format for organized notes without always having to recopy. The advantages of this method are they usually are more
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Technology is Taking Over! The classrooms of America are at the start of a technological revolution. As technology advances‚ textbooks could be completely replaced by tablets. Textbooks are on the verge of extinction. Tablets are significantly lighter weight than textbooks‚ especially considering that tablets can store numerous textbooks. According to a study in Archives of Disease in Childhood‚ the average weight of a student’s backpack is 15.4 pounds (with 3-4 textbooks). The average weight of
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Note- taking method Any assignment that requires you to do research‚ will require you to take notes. The notetaking method you adopt is purely a personal decision. With the development of technology‚ there are more different methods used to take notes. In term of the media people applys‚ we can discuss three types of methods: handwriting‚ electronic note-taking‚ and copying materials. The handwriting method is a traditional way which takes much time and requires the audience listen to the speaker
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David Yoffie - Strategy: Taking Dell Private Materials: Michael Dell and the private equity firm Silver Lake today walked away with their prize‚ the computing company Dell‚ having won the approval from a significant majority of shareholders to take the company private in a $25 billion leveraged buyout. Success for Dell as a private company — which it will be within a few months — is by no means assured. Simply put‚ the plan calls for Dell to double down on investments in research and development
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Unrest in the Arab World Will the United States be on the right side of history? The Right Side of History? The wave of demonstrations‚ uprisings and revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East has presented the United States with a complex set of diplomatic problems. While a key component of U.S. foreign policy is promoting and supporting democracy‚ it is vital to U.S. interests that the Middle East remains relatively stable. A truly democratic Arab world is a new concept‚ and
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Life is full of risks. Some risks are bad‚ yet some are good. Carl Hiaasen in the book Scat wants to teach the reader that taking some risks can lead to a positive outcome. For example‚ Nick and Marta took a risk when they snuck into into Mrs. Starch’s house. On page 135‚ Carl Hiaasen in Scat wrote‚ “Nick wasn’t sure if sneaking into Mrs. Starch’s house was the bravest thing he’d ever done‚ or the dumbest. But he felt certain that the world’s meanest biology teacher wasn’t really absent from
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Notebooks Taking Over Ripped and missing pages‚ broken spines‚ dirty covers‚ and out of date material‚ these are just a few downfalls of school textbooks. Since the beginning of education‚ textbooks have been the backbone of education. A several-hundred-page book divided into chapters and sprinkled with review questions has been the reference of choice for teachers around the world. But is there a better way? In today’s digital age‚ students are less willing to carry around and crack open textbooks
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is not natural disasters like an earthquake or a volcanic eruption. Man seems to be the Earth’s problem child. We humans are the only species capable of destroying our own homes. Even the smallest human actions initiate environmental change. Taking care of the Earth may sound complicated‚ but there are many simple steps that each of us can take to reduce our impact on the planet. • Keep your neighborhood clean. If you see trash on the ground‚ pick it up and throw it in a trash can. • Recycle
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