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    Latinos and other race as well. In this film Stand and Deliver it shows a high population of Hispanic students from working-class families who are way below their grade level in terms of academic skills and have a lot of social problems. However‚ in this film we discover a variety of learning objectives that are established by the teacher. For example‚ we meet Jaime Escalante‚ who is a math teacher who teaches in a high school in a Hispanic neighborhood where he discovers the untapped potential of his

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    This film "Extreme Measures" enables us‚ the viewers‚ to regard another side in medical issues today; in which humans are being treated as lab rats against their own will‚ in the name of science. It talks about a young British doctor named Dr. Guy Luthar‚ who is at the beginning of a great long term career with the Gramercy hospital in New York. The movie begins with two homeless men running for their lives from some unknown entity‚ one of which ends up at Gramercy hospital under the treatment of

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    Similarly‚ “The Man He Killed” also portrays war negatively which is reflected through the poets choice of words describing war such as‚ “quaint and curious war is!”. However‚ ’The Man He Killed’ focuses on the senselessness and futility of war‚ where a man has killed another quite simply because they were fighting on opposing sides in a war. Likewise “Dulce et Decorum Est” illustrates the harsh reality and brutality of war but in this poem the poet writes about an actual event in war that he has witnessed

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    Character Analysis The characters in “Stand and Deliver” went through a great deal in this movie and all brought something else to the movie. The star of the movie is Jaime Escalante played by Edward James Olmos. Escalante is the teacher of the students that quits his job with a computer company to teach at Garfield High School. He comes to teach computer science‚ but the school did not get the computers and he has to teach math. He takes over the math class and expects a great deal

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    Buddhist principle of attachment through the idea of becoming a monk. As a young child he wanted to be a monk and never let go of the idea of becoming one. On Sundays‚ he would follow his father to zazen meditations. He attached himself to that practice and soon began participating in zazen with the adults as a child. In order to become a monk he detached himself from his public school and the distractions that came with. He was willing to give up most of his childhood experiences and friends to move onto

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    Name_______________________________________Period______Date_________________________ Unit 3 and Unit 4 Quiz ​1.​How is weight calculated? __mxg_________ ​Would your weight be the same on earth as it is on the moon? __no____ ​2.​What units do we measure mass in? ____kg_________ ​Would your mass be the same on earth as it is on the moon? __no______ ​3. ​​ Label the forces shown in the free-body diagram above. 5800N friction‚ 775N applied force‚ 14700 N gravity‚ 13690 N normal force

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    Safety measures in the chemistry laboratory The mentors are responsible for instructing the competitors as to the risks to which they are subjected when working in a chemistry laboratory‚ as well as to the basic safety measures‚ and first aid. Specific behavioral and safety measures must be obeyed to prevent accidents. Rules in the lab: * Use protective clothing all the time (e.g. lab coat and safety glasses) * Use a hair band to keep your hair away from your face. *

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    A lot of valuable information is given to the reader throughout the book Ultimate Deer Food Plots by Ed Spinazzola. Personally‚ I’ve been able to take everything presented in the text relatively easily with the help of my prior knowledge. All of the advice in this book is relative to my life every year. If I had to choose however‚ the points that have stuck with me the most are: the importance of correcting soil as well as past vs. present land management layouts. Both of these topics are so important

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    Performance Measures & Responsibilities Managerial accounting in simple terms relates to providing information in support of the internal management processes which aids managers to identify‚ accumulate‚ analyze‚ interpret and use collected information to help the company meet its organizational goals. “If it can be measured it can’t be managed” (M.Fowler 2010).In order to obtain the right information to make the right decisions we must set performance measures. Performance

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    He love to Prank When I was younger I really loved to play pranks. I pranked everyone I could‚ my mom‚ dad‚ sisters and even my teachers. Being at the age of twelve (12) everyone thought it was just another ‘boys will be boys’ and accepted that pulling pranks at that age was normal. Normal‚ until I had done the unthinkable. I did what no one had expected me to do: using fake animals to frighten people into thinking it was real was normal‚ switching my sister’s shampoo with dishwashing liquid was

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