Essay 4 (optional): Describe your involvement in activities outside of work. How have they contributed to your personal achievements and enhanced your self-development? (please limit your answer to 500 words) A good teacher is like a candle “I had never been interested in English until today. Mr. Shi‚ Thank you!” This was the text message I received from one of my students after one of my classes when I was an English teacher in a private foreign language training school. This kind of message
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The Little Candle Girl on the Eyes of Father It was terribly cold and rainy on Christmas’s Eve; the snow kept falling fast as people ran home to prepare for their dinners. In that cold and dark night‚ I sold candles with bared head and naked foot was roaming through the streets to sell her match sticks. There were very few people in the street; most of them were either having a good time at home or were under a shelter. I felt very cold and hungry. Worst still‚ I also felt tired‚ because I had not
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In the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court by Mark Twain Hank Morgan tries to bring advanced technology to a past time period. Morgan begins his journey by believing that his intelligence is far superior to everyone around him this way of thinking helped him bring futuristic ideas into the past without the thought of consequences. He brought many new advancements but eventually his greed is what lead to his down fall. Throughout the novel the Yankee is trying to prove his superiority
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The American Revolution: Timeline 1755‚ 1756 or 1758: Dr. Richard Shuckburgh writes the lyrics to ‘Yankee Doodle’ during the French and Indian War 1765: Passage of the Stamp Act 1768: ‘The Liberty Song’ is published in the Boston Gazette 1770: Boston Massacre; a new version of the Liberty Song is published as the ‘Massachusetts Song of Liberty’; ‘Chester’ is published in composer William Billings’ collection‚ ‘The New England Psalm-Singer’ 1773: Boston Tea Party 1774: Passage of Intolerable Acts;
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Knowledge and Technology in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur ’s Court A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur ’s Court is a complicated novel that fundamentally deals with the concept of the human experience. Hank Morgan is a nineteenth century mechanic who is transported back thirteen centuries to medieval Britain‚ during the time of King Arthur. After his initial shock‚ he becomes determined to "civilize" Camelot by introducing modern industrial technology. At an initial look Twain
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Mark Twain is often thought of as the most cynical writer in American literature. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is perhaps one of greatest works. In this amusing story‚ Twain takes an American entrepreneur from his own day and age‚ and thrusts him back to the age of King Arthur. The novel is therefore about how a nineteenth-century American industrialist might act if he found himself in medieval England. Mark Twain sees the Industrial Age in which he lived as a rabid attempt to exploit
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Burn‚ Baby‚ Burn: Comparing the burning speed of scented and unscented candles This experiment was performed to compare how quickly a scented and an unscented candle will burn. The tests were done by comparing the length that the candles will burn in 30 minutes - using unscented‚ rose scented and apple scented candles. Hypothesis: Unscented candles burn more quickly than scented candles. Overview: Candles Candles are a convenient way of providing light and heat when no electricity is available
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experiment was all based off of the question does the amount of candles affect how high the water rises? The hypothesis was also tested by the experiment‚ and this was the hypothesis‚ the amount of candles affects the height of the water. This hypothesis was chosen because it was known that the more candles lit in the container it used more oxygen and without the oxygen the contained created a vacuum that brings up the water‚ and that the more candles the stronger the vacuum. Experimental Design The experiment
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diseases. The researcher conducted a study that could be a possible solution to this kind of problem. The main purpose of the study is to make a candle out of natural ingredients commonly found at our surroundings which is safe for humans as well as for the environment. At the end‚ it was proven that the product‚ the mosquito candle made out of Eucalyptus leaves is effective. It may help our country to lessen the dengue cases here in the Philippines. The researcher hereby recommended
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a simple matter that has a very simple solution. The Chinese proverb‚ "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness"‚ has a lot of meaning that should be put on practice in life and that should be valued and followed by others. It purports that it is better do something‚ no matter how small the action is about a problem‚ rather than complaint about it and aggravate the situation. The candle in the proverb is a small answer to a large problem‚ it can be a laudable choice in the right way
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