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    People do acts of kindness for a reason. People help others because they are in need and because they can get a benefit out of it. For example‚ I live in Texas and over the summer we had many catastrophic events. Including hurricanes through the Houston and Corpus Christi area. There was another through Puerto Rico and many earthquakes happened in Mexico. Many people lost their lives‚ homes‚ and all of their belongings. As a close church community‚ we were able to incorporate other church communities

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    Jeremiah Homer March 22‚ 2012 English III: Mr. Smith Animal Farm Analysis Paper Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell is a story that depicts the consequences that arise when people (or in this case‚ animals) are given too much power‚ as they have shown to abuse it. The story begins with a boar named Old Major‚ who gathers all the animals on the farm to tell them about a dream he had in which the animals lived on the farm under their own power‚ and not under the power of humans. Old Major

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    1. The function or role of education Functionalists Functionalists say it does 3 important things • Teaches the skills needed for a job (so helps the economy) • Sorts the clever people from the thick for the right jobs (allocation function) • Is secondary socialisation (so helps people fit into society). Durkheim said the last one is done by passing on norms and values and this continues shared values – a consensus. Thus we have social order. Parsons adds that schools prepare children for

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    LenNee’ Kimbell Professor O’Roark ENGL 210-103 13 March 2014 More than just “Brownies” “Brownies‚” by ZZ Packer is about a Brownie troop of fourth-grade African American girls from suburban Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ who go to summer camp. (Gale) At the camp‚ they have an altercation with another troop called troop 909 which were all white girls. They believed that one of the white girls addressed them with a racial insult by calling one of them the “N” word. Apparently they feel offended and seek revenge

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    The Color of Education in America In his essay “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal‚” Jonathan Kozol gives us a very detailed presentation of the emergent trend of racial segregation within America’s urban and inner-city schools. Kozol provides substantiation to his claim based on his research and observations of different school environments‚ its teachers and students‚ and personal interviews with them. It is very clear that color of education in America is not green like the dollar bill; it is white

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    Bronfenbrenner’s theoretical framework challenged deficit perspectives. The author demonstrated that a range of inter-related factors may impact on an individual across different systems at any given time (e.g.‚ microsystem‚ mesosystem‚ exosystem and macrosystem). Ecological systems theory emphasises the interaction between more proximal individual factors (e.g.‚ biology‚ personality)‚ immediate environment (e.g.‚ family‚ school‚ peer group)‚ wider environment (e.g.‚ children’s services‚ socio-political

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    came from a wealthy family who owned a printing business‚ he was also the right race and gender to be successful in his time. So although he was incredibly hard working and a self starter I believe the initial motivation to be successful started from the family he was born into. Benjamin became very successful

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    w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education .c rs om * 0 3 7 8 3 7 2 9 7 3 * ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Paper 2 Reading and Writing (Extended) Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples‚ paper clips‚ highlighters

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    are of great importance‚ giving way to one too many hurdles along the way. That being said‚ life is definitely not problem-free for the average teenager. Naturally‚ in one way or another‚ everyone faces a situation that is difficult or seemingly impossible to deal with. Social life‚ studies or the mere desire to explore can give way to needless complexities for the youth. Certainly‚ adults have their own share of problems. These definitely are greater than insignificant teenage heartbreak. However

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