tragic occurrence of the Sandy Hook massacre many theories have taken place‚ whether this was an actual event or a conspiracy. If you never heard of this horrible event took it place on December 14th‚ when armed gunman Adam Lanza allegedly shot and killed twenty-six people ‚ twenty of which were innocent children kindergarten to first grade and six teachers. Police also say that Adam was thought to have killed his mother before even entering this school. Sandy Hook is a well populated school with
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Exam: 986041RR - WRITING SKILLS PART 2 When you have completed your exam and reviewed your answers‚ click Submit Exam. Answers will not be recorded until you hit Submit Exam. If you need to exit before completing the exam‚ click Cancel Exam. Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break‚ so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer. 1. Which one of the following
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bell hooks is the pen name of feminist‚ American author‚ and social activist Gloria Jean Watkins. She stylized her name by using small cased letters (ex…bell hooks)‚ and it is an eye catching monogram derived from her maternal grandmother Bell Blair Hooks. “She put the name in lowercase letters “to distinguish [herself from] her grandmother. She said that her unconventional lowercasing of her name signifies what is most important is her works: the “substance of books‚ not who I am” (bell; 2). Besides
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“Teaching is a performative act”‚ and it is for that reason that it is crucial that teachers teach beyond the textbook (hooks‚ 11) . The textbook merely supplies the student with information‚ data‚ and serve the core curriculum agenda that has been set up by the state or district. The teacher’s job is not to reiterate what the textbook says‚ although there is a responsibility upon the teacher to ensure that students understand the assigned readings‚ but the teacher’s job is to relate the text to
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extremely devastating for anybody. It is even more painful when it is caused by someone’s malicious actions. The Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting has definitely added fuel to the controversial gun debate. Many school districts in Texas have allowed teachers to be able to carry a gun on campus. Although they will be able to have a gun in their possession when a tragedy like the Sandy Hook shooting occurs‚ will they really act the way many claim they will and take down the shooter? Is the Second Amendment
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1.In your own words‚ describe each of the five steps of the writing process based on the information in your textbook‚ Writing for Success. Pre-writing is form of brainstorming ideas that helps get your creative thought going. It also helps identify who‚ what‚ where‚ when why in your writing process. Free-writing and mapping are ways to help think about the main topic in which you are writing about. Drafting is the process of getting your ideas on paper and organizing your information logically
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Analysis of Hook by James Wright The poem Hook by James Wright is about two men going through difficult times that take place in a cold setting‚ much like their lives. They both have many things in common and many differences as well. The young man is seen as a pessimistic in this poem and the Sioux more of the optimistic‚ even with many sufferings he has gone through in his lifetime. The young man and the Sioux both have very different lifestyles‚ but what exactly is James Wright trying to prove
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Peter Gets Hooked In the film "Hook"‚ Robin Williams plays the fictional character Peter Banning. "Hook" is another look in to the popular story of Peter Pan. This new look into Peter Pan is interesting even for someone who has never seen the original movie. This movie at times seemed to be a little cliché and a little childish‚ but to some extent it was kind of the purpose for it to be childish. This childishness in itself is a hidden messages‚ as are many key ideas throughout the movie‚ which
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the two different authors‚ I completely engrossed myself into my thoughts to think about which was the best option‚ a common practice for me. I created a list inside my head of arguments for each‚ and realized this usual process is an exact example of bell hooks’ quote on education: “School was the place where I could forget that self and‚ through ideas‚ reinvent myself.” All of the skills and techniques that I have developed during my school years have made me into the person that I am today. I am
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chapter seven Hooks talks about feminism in the realms of class. Hooks explains that the focus of feminism came to be about the wealthy white upper class women who wanted the same opportunities as men of their own class rather than the focus of women receiving the same benefits to sustain themselves. Working class and middle class women were able to work‚ but they did not make enough money to support themselves. I liked this chapter because Hooks gave a resolution for the problem. Hooks explains that
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