out and bought multiple VHS copies of the Magic School Bus so I could watch it anytime I felt like it‚ instead of having to wait until Saturday mornings. The Magic School Bus is quite a vehicle‚ At the command of schoolteacher Ms Frizzle (voiced by Lily Tomlin)‚ the bus would transform into any possible shape and size‚ (including a "bathysphere" when it became the shape of a bathtub) and carry a group of kids off to adventures in space‚ under the sea‚ or even inside the human body. There’s lots of
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Sabrina Morales Chávez Miss Michelle Pangtay Communication Octubre 2013 “Bringing school and home closer together“ We all remember when we were little fighting with our parents or hiding from mom‚ just to escape from doing homework. Lately we can see incredible amounts of articles and books against homework. Even in some families‚ homework is seen as an
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Lilies of the Field Test 1. The setting of the book is a valley west of the Rocky Mountain Range‚ from spring through summer‚ in the mid 20th century. 2. A.) The major conflict‚ Mother Maria versus Homer‚ for Homer in the first half of the book is man versus man. It is how Homer and Mother Maria are both determined to get what they want for different reasons. Their personalities and lifestyles conflict with each other. B.) The person who is causing the conflict is Mother Maria (Mother Maria versus
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In “To Paint a Water Lily‚” by Ted Hughes‚ the speaker examines the complex aspects of nature by revealing the challenges he faces as an artist in capturing its real meaning. When he looks at the scene‚ he sees an exciting little world of constant movement and activity‚ hidden by the peaceful stillness of the water lilies that float at the surface of the pond. Ted knows that to paint the water lily and do it righteousness requires more than a simple description of the plant itself—he must also somehow
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Respect In this paper I will argue that respect‚ when earned‚ is more stable‚ more specific‚ and allows for a better relationship then when respect is simply demanded. Respect has been a major issue throughout time. Towns and countries alike were crushed simply for disrespecting their invaders. Vlad Dracul‚ a Transylvanian ruler most feared for his barbaric behavior used to cut off the heads nonconformist villagers and place them on stakes outside his castle. The reason this issue is so
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Does Death Means the End? It is true that death is probably the saddest thing that could happen to our loved ones. As a matter of fact‚ thinking about this idea can bring many feelings such as fear‚ sadness and loneliness. It will be always hard to discuss when it comes to topics like death. Since early ages and human kind tries to explore and have a better understanding of death‚ and even with the modern technology and advanced medicine‚ we still unable to understand such phenomena. Thus‚ death
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History is a Nightmare A person’s history can often determine his/her future. Some stories in “Dubliners” use the character’s history as a way of defining their actions. An example of this would be the story “Eveline.” Eveline’s story is about a girl stuck in Dublin with an okay life‚ but when the chance to escape occurs she doesn’t leave. The paralysis shown at the end of this story reflects back to Eveline’s history. Eveline has been in Dublin her whole life‚ so she is ignorant to anything
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assumptions she makes. Although Lily never actually knew her mother‚ she still plays a huge role in the novel and Lily’s life‚ and the racial prejudice leads to violence‚ problems‚ and solutions. Lily’s relationship with Deborah is not the clearest relationship. Sometimes she loves her and other times she hates her mother. At first‚ Lily sees her mother as a loving and caring person‚ one that loves Lily with all her heart‚ but when she is told by T. Ray that she left Lily and never loved her at all
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Boatwright hates Lily. But through out the novel drastic changes come over her. When June first meets Lily she despises her. Within a few short weeks‚ June accepts Lily. By the end of the novel June loved Lily like one of her own. She also changed from the fear of Neil and marrying him‚ to marrying the man that she loves before it was too late. At the very moment June saw Lily‚ June had already made up her mind that she did not like Lily. The reason June wasn’t a fan of Lily was that
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Hughes’ “To Paint a Water Lily‚” creates two diverse “minds” of nature: above and below the pond’s surface. Each mind is corrupt‚ filled with blood-thirsty dragonflies and antagonistic water creatures‚ but are tied together with the serene symbol of the water lily. Hughes’ speaker calls upon the artist to capture the miniscule beauty that ties the vicious minds of nature together‚ building his argument through contrasting imagery between the water and the air and the water lily. The speaker begins his
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