Jack‚ Andrew and I presented on Fog of War. The documentary on Robert McNamara gives us his perspective on the situations the American government faced in the 20th century. Along with that‚ the documentary provides us with 11 lessons that could be taken from McNamara’s life. I myself focused my presentation on McNamara’s first lesson in the movie which was “Empathizing with your enemy.” In this lesson I learned how beneficial it could be to see from the enemy’s point of view. In the movie McNamara
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Top Five! One of my favorite books in third grade was‚ The Lemonade War by‚ Jacqueline Davies. This was one of my favorite books because‚ I enjoy doing lemonade stands myself with some of my friends in the neighborhood. Also‚ because this book had me very interested and I felt very drawn into it. A short summary on this book is‚ there are two siblings named‚ Jessie and Evan. Jessie is a grade behind Evan in third. But‚ when Evan hears that Jessie is skipping third grade‚ and coming into his fourth
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In Teneisha Grant’s essay “When the Simulated Patient is for Real”‚ the author explains that‚ through her experience with a difficult patient‚ she learns that the professional application of medicine goes beyond practical techniques and simulations taught in medical school. This patient (named Mr. G) represented one possible worst-case scenario for medical professionals‚ for this patient was too irate for doctors to dress his wound safely. Although Grant could have sedated the patient‚ she instead
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I believe that I have followed the clues to the correct area. However‚ I’ve been disconcerted with the “how” I got there…this story cannot end in a zero‚ that just doesn’t make sense. I had to think‚ and let the lines converge to have an ending to this ‘chase’ that satisfies me in my heart (I borrowed the words because they expressed my feeling best – I hope you don’t mind: ) “The human mind…”‚ “…is constantly judging others and identifying faults without relating them to itself.” A word that
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education. If you can imagine a time when school was only allowed for the privileged or very wealthy‚ then you can understand what it was like for many teenagers and children during the Victorian Era. The Victorian era was the time period between 1837 and 1901 when Queen Victoria ruled Britain. During that time‚ a lot of discoveries in science and technology were being made but educational opportunities did not exist for the majority of people in society. When it came to who was educated during
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Narrative report Demsen L. Dela Cruz WET-3A I. S.I.T * SIT means SUPERVISED INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. As student‚ It is what we need to improved our skills and to enhance our abilities.Through this training‚ we can apply all of the knowledge and information we had learned in the school. It is also a requirement for the students‚ like me to pass our course and to graduate. And through this training‚ I can learn more about welding and other techiques ang
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with for health class. It very a la Mean Girls =D. Be YourselfCharacters:> Wednesday/Wendy> Valarie> Vanessa> Devil> Angel> Justin> MumSCENE 1*At home packing.*WEDNESDAY: I can’t believe we’re moving again!MUM: Well then when we get there‚ you’ll believe it!WEDNESDAY: Just when I was finally becoming used to this place!MUM: I don’t know why you’re doing this‚ we always move and you know it!WEDNESDAY: Argh! You’re ruining my life!*Wednesday runs and stomps out of room*SCENE 2*In a classroom. Wednesday
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I am the librarian of the school‚ and I see your worries with the context of The Chocolate War. With all due respect‚ Mr. or Mrs. X‚ I think offering this book at the library as a reading choice is a better decision than taking it off the school library shelf. If I had not mistaken your letter‚ you have are three main concerns with the novel‚ too sexual‚ disrespectful to Catholic priests‚ and negative minded influences that the novel brings to the readers. According to our school’s mission statement
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was still suffering the affects of World War 1‚ so communism could spread easily if nothing was done. Marshall said that Eastern Europe would need $30 million to stop poverty and be contained using the Truman Doctrine. This was known as Marshall aid. These policies together were the actions led by the Americans to contain Eastern Europe and not spread communism any further. To a certain extent the USA were responsible for starting the Cold war for several reasons. Firstly Roosevalt
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When Words Fail‚ Music Speaks Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. -Maya Angelou. During my 6th grade year‚ I sparked an interest in the music world. I had attended a football game in which my brother played. It was my first time being at one of these games so when halftime was announced‚ I did not know what to expect. The band took their place on the field and started to play piece after piece. I was fascinated with how one stuck to
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