When I first read this poem‚ I thought the speaker was showing sympathy by saying “war is kind” to people who had lost loved ones in the war‚ or that “war is kind” because it eventually makes peace. But then I realized‚ the more that I think about war and how it is not at all kind makes me believe the speaker in this poem is being sarcastic when he says that “war is kind”. I still believe that he was showing sympathy in a paradoxical way. Society tends to overlook how bad war really is and how gruesome
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1723801 English 103-276 January 17‚ 2011-01-17 Two Kinds Amy Tan In the short story “Two Kinds”‚ Amy Tan uses the narrator’s point of view to share a mother’s attempt to control her daughter’s dreams and ambitions. Tan`s short story is an example of how differing personalities cause struggles between a parent and child. Children often fall victim to a parent trying too hard or expectations being too high‚ and in the case of "Two Kinds‚" we see Jing Mei’s mother trying to live her life through
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The central struggle in Amy Tan ’s story "Two Kinds" is a battle of wills between the narrator‚ a young Chinese American girl‚ and her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant. "Two Kinds" is a coming-of-age story‚ in which the narrator‚ Jing-mei‚ struggles to forge her own sense of identity in the face of her strong-willed mother ’s dream that she become a "prodigy." Jing-mei is caught between her Chinese mother ’s traditional ideas about how to raise a daughter‚ and her own development as a Chinese American
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Blake Moss Abuse Versus Discipline A mother spanks her child in a public parking lot. While a nearby citizen watches in horror and begins to dial 911. Is this wrong? Does the mother have authority to do this to her own child? Who gets to decide how the mother disciplines her child? Why here? These are the questions that come across the mind of today’s society. Most people would agree that the child did something “wrong‚” but opinion collide on how the mother should discipline the child. Parents from
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War is Kind In Stephen Cranes poem “War is Kind‚” He uses repetition‚ tone and imagery‚ to communicate his theme: war is not kind‚ it is horrible. Repetition is the most prominent literary element used by the author. One of the most repeated phrases is "war is kind." Not only does it appear in the title‚ but it is repeated in lines 15‚ 12‚ 16‚ and 26. Crane illustrates that he is being verbally ironic. He does not mean that war is kind‚ but that war creates Misery. The phrase "do not weep" is
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Depth-of-Knowledge (DOK) Levels for Mathematics According to Norman L. Webb‚ Wisconsin Center for Educational Research ("Depth-of-Knowledge Levels for Four Content Areas‚" March 28‚ 2002)‚ "interpreting and assigning depth-of-knowledge levels to both objectives within standards and assessment items is an essential requirement of alignment analysis. Four levels of depth-of-knowledge are used for this analysis." Norman Webb’s "Depth-of-Knowledge Levels for Four Content Areas" include: Language
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Recently I have been instructed to write a paper about how to use constructive ways to help solve conflict in a university a.k.a college environment.in my recent affairs I have not conducted myself in a way were has me being a college student there for a young scholar of education had put a bluish on the university by acting in a childlike manner and behaving like animal with no home training. The situation when I was involved with some of my peers and acting like little kids by fighting on a university
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CHAPTER IMPROVEMENT OF CONTENT OF- EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENTOF ABILITY (1) Moral Education in Japan Recently‚ in elementary and lower secondary schools‚ much effort has been made in Japan to accomplish the aims of moral education‚ by requiring separate scheduled hours for moral education. The purposes of moral education are shown in the following summary of general principles established in the Course of Study issued by the Ministry of Education. Moral education aims to develop a Japanese
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Antonio B. Quintero Grand Canyon University: Emergency Operations and Techniques 24 May 2014 I’ve been on active duty for 22 years now and have had to obey and follow rules and regulations ever since knowing the consequence if I failed to do that. Every day we are changing these rules or better said‚ we are adjusting the way our society is changing too. In the military we carry what is called a Division Officer record for every Sailor E6 and below and it contains various forms from evaluations
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[pic] DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOL AND AT HOME PRESENTED BY: KAZI AJMAIN HASSAN FERDOUS CLASS: VII. SECTION: PINK ROLL: 12 MASTERMIND SCHOOL‚ DHANMONDI. INTRODUCTION Sometimes‚ when people hear the words discipline‚ they picture kids gone wild. We did use gentle discipline. And in school and home have to a calm‚ peaceful feel to it. We also had a lot of fun. A lot of the preparatory works have to follow where discipline was concerned. We have to use to teach care of self‚ care of the
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