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    According to James W. Loewen in Lies My Teacher Told Me‚ American students enter college less knowledgeable about their own history than any other subject. American history is the least liked and worst remembered subject in American curricular. Loewen argues that history is the only subject one has to unlearn in college because high school presents inaccurate information to students. Who is to blame? Despite the indicting title‚ James Loewen does not appear to be blaming only teachers for student

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    Kerryn-Danyea Freeman AP World History Book: Lies my teacher told me‚ everything your American history textbook got wrong Author: James W. Loewen During my period of time that I had to read this very persuasive book into believing that you’re casual every day period of History class is basically nothing but a waste of time if not taught in the correct context. Which would include the good‚ the bad‚ and the all in between of the subject of that person

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    of catastrophic failure. While this example is incredibly vague‚ it shows what miscommunication between males and females can create. “Sex Lies‚ and Conversation” describes the differences in male and female communication. This article was written by Deborah Tannen‚ who has a PHD. in linguistics and has written dozens of articles for big time newspapers and journals‚ and has also written more than twenty books. “Sex Lies and Conversation” also examines the role communication plays in a successful

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    “Once upon a time‚ in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems‚ there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing” (Nietzsche‚ “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense” L.10). There is no better way to begin this paper‚ for all the concepts that I write down are inherently trivial and hold no cosmological significance. The inevitable extinction of consciousness is impartial to this expression of my collective synapses. I hope that

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    Academic Source Search 1. A scholarly article about women’s participation in the French Revolution. I chose the article‚ “All of His Power Lies in the Distaff: Robespierre‚ Women and the French Revolution”‚ by Noah Shusterman. For a person doing research on this topic this article explains why and how women supported Maximilien de Robespierre during the French Revolution which led to his success (Shusterman‚ 2014). Since women did not have the legal right to vote they would support their ideas

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    of catastrophic failure. While this example is incredibly vague‚ it shows what miscommunication between males and females can create. “Sex Lies‚ and Conversation” describes the differences in male and female communication. This article was written by Deborah Tannen‚ who has a PHD. in linguistics and has written dozens of articles for big time newspapers and journals‚ and has also written more than twenty books. “Sex Lies and Conversation” also examines the role communication plays in a successful

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    In “Sex‚ Lies and conversation” Tannen expresses‚ the distinct differences of both men and women in the way they converse with each other. Such as‚ men tend to listen rather than converse and women tend to expect a certain response to everything they say. While both genders seem to have their differences Tanner‚ examines the underlying method of how both gender converse. The first similarity that Tanner explains‚ is that women and men seek trust in a relationship with their friends‚ they just have

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    Scapegoating occurs when Abigail accuses Tituba of forcing her to do wicked things in order to pass the blame. In Abigail’s lies‚ Tituba becomes her constant torturer‚ day and night‚ sent by the Devil to tempt and attack her: “[Tituba] comes to me while I sleep; she’s always making me dream corruptions” (Miller 41). Even though Abigail herself encourages the girls in the village to dance‚ she understands that the consequence of admitting to doing so would result in her death. As a result Abigail

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    Lies My Teacher Told Me

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    Lies My Teacher Told Me Effect on Me There is a common expression that a lot of us have heard at least one time “don’t believe everything you read”‚ just because a book is written and published does not mean is always accurate. True historical facts can easily be transformed by adding or taking away details in order to see it only from a certain perspective. The textbooks in history classrooms represent many different groups from the perspective of one group‚ usually European. Loewen explores the

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    Bishop uses vivid images of her everyday experiences to emphasize to a great extent how people should interpret the conventional experiences in their lives. Bishop uses vivid imagery to add to the description of everyday objects. In her poem‚ “Love Lies Sleeping” Bishop writes‚ “from fused beads of iron and copper crystals‚ the little chemical “garden” in a jar trembles and stands again‚ pale blue‚ blue-green‚ and brick.” (21-24) This is an example of how Bishop transforms an ordinary image into an

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