Name________________ Date________________ “The Bus Driver” Reading Comprehension – Short Stories Directions: Read the story. Then answer the questions below. Dana Miller is a bus driver. She drives a bus in the city of Philadelphia. She works the night shift. That means she starts work at 10:00 at night and gets off at 6:00 in the morning. Dana has been driving a bus for 15 years. She started when she was 23-yearsold. She loves her job most of the time. She gets to see the beautiful city from her seat
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What should be done about the problem of texting while driving? The popularity of smart phones has had some unplanned and sometimes deadly consequences. A frightening number of traffic accidents are connected to driving while distracted‚ including use of smart phones while driving. These days‚ phones have gotten even more complex and we use them as the means for communication. Text messaging has revolutionized the way people interact with one another‚ but people continue texting while driving which
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goals of the business units. In order for the business to be successful on the face of the company‚ the IT supporting staff must understand the business‚ must provide accurate support and must evolve as if they are in the forefront of the company. Dana Deasy‚ who is currently the CIO for JP Morgan (December 2013)‚ served BP well. He changed the atmosphere of the IT department‚ while being a true visionary that was able to take BP through its darkest times into its finest hours while creating effective
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Dana Gioia offers convincing argument on the importance of reading‚ which has been dramatically declining for decades. In fact‚ an ability to read critically is fundamental for social interactions‚ range of thinking and even sustainability of society. To build the argument profoundly‚ author uses variety of facts and studies‚ personal anecdote and conclusions. Throughout the passage‚ Gioia includes institutional surveys such as: Survey if Public Participation in the arts‚ Survey of Literary reading
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seemed to disappear. In the 1950’s‚ like in no other decade‚ people became homeowners; prosperity was plentiful and bad times were thought to be something of the past. Capitalism was working and it was working well‚ to have a better life than one’s parents was only matter of willingness. Clearly it is evident why “Americans chose the 1950’s than any other single decade as the best time for children to grow up.” (Pg32) In the essay “What We really Miss About the 1950’s” Stephanie Coontz has made several
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Ethics: The Case Against Helping The Poor - Garrett Hardin What Should A Billionaire Give-and What Should You? - Peter Singer One of the most important issues facing the world today is the issue of the poor. There are many things that can be done about this issue‚ however much of the world is torn between wanting to help and not knowing how to go about it. This is the issue that is presented in the two essays - Garrett Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping The Poor‚” and Peter Singer’s
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Despite some beliefs‚ Dana Schutz’s painting is not an instance of cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is defined as somebody adopting aspects of a culture that is not their own and Dana is not adopting‚ mocking or taking away from another culture. Instead‚ she is using her privilege in a positive way. As a white-women‚ Dana has the ability to display her painting in a museum‚ bringing light to this tragedy that occurred. If Dana did not use her privilege to display this painting‚ then
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In the article‚“ What We Really Miss About 1950’s‚” Stephanie Coontz states that “In a poll by the Knight-Ridder news agency‚ more Americans chose the 1950’s than any single decade as the best time for children to grow up.” However‚ Coontz has her own view of the 1950s. Using strong and logical facts‚ she informs the audience of her own opinions about this decade. Although the nostalgia of the 1950s is vastly strong in some people‚ some fail to notice the negativity and reality of it. Coontz does
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employer and under his direction in exchange for a fee. Peter Dickenson should follow the marketing strategies in order to know how does he knows that the order has been placed and people are buying. (b) According to Anselmi (2012)‚ the composition of the dispute is the goal pursued by the parties and by the judge. The end of the process is to achieve this goal. And this can give done through judge Act (merit award) or the parties themselves. Peter should look at his online website and maintain the laws
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Peter de Vooged`s article on “Dubliners” Peter de Voogd concentrates in his article on the possibilities of visualisation in a reading of the text of “Dubliners”. Different visualizations of reading can be observed‚ when film directors cast the actors for a character who can be imagined totally different by another reader of the script. De Voogd mentions the James Joyce was aware of these visual aspects and manipulated his readers` visualisations. On reason for this is his interest in the scenic
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