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    Being a better teacher

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    “Don’t try to fix the students; fix ourselves first. A good teacher can make even the poor student good‚ and make the good student superior. When our students fail‚ we as teachers‚ too‚ have failed." Marva Collins. My choice to become a teacher was not made lightly. This decision was a culmination of a process of reflection about what I wanted to do with my life. I have chosen a career in education because I believe that it is one of the most important functions performed in our culture. I believe

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    HOW TO READ YOUR PALM PRINT Have you ever heard that we can know some of our physical and mental condition just through reading our palm prints? (Chinese student: So did your parents bring you to any master to analyze your palm print when you just a little kids?) However‚ my mother took me to find a people so-called master and to read my palm print. First‚ I didn’t believe it because it is sounds ridiculous that you can know your body just through reading your palm prints especially as the

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    people from different countries of the world. We can find the diversity of cultural and languages. The most necessary for everyone to communicate with each other. It is very important to speak two languages. There are two advantage of being bilingual. The first benefits is that you can get a job easily and a second advantage is that you can translate to other people in you r language. The first reason is that you can get a job easily. Some companies prefer the workers

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    Book Report: The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is a 256-page drama novel published by MTV on February 1‚ 1991. The story is written in a series of letters to an anonymous friend by the protagonist and main character Charlie who is very sensitive and has a lot of feelings along with being a wallflower. In the letters he reveals his secrets‚ stories‚ and also his worries and fears in life. The novel takes place in Western Pennsylvania. Charlie

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    This Month’s Q&A Technology Tips What is the difference between being educated and being trained? What is so important about education? The difference is huge‚ and education is hugely important. TRiO is all about setting the foundation to get the best education you can get. Let us look at just a couple of points. One obvious point is that education is the door to opportunity. It is said that success happens at the inter section of education and opportunity. A person who has credentials

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    Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Extended written text: Novel In The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ some of the characters in this text judge Charlie’s muteness as him being socially awkward and a freak and does not see it as the way of him coping with his sense of personal responsibility of a disturbin family secret that he has repressed for his entire life. Although to be completely honest I labsolutely loved the supporting characters for being there and supporting

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    I‚ Pencil by Leonard E. Read is an essay narrated by a wooden pencil describing its humble beginning and all about its life. The real message behind the pencil is to show how complex social coordination is. The point is to compare the creation of a pencil to social coordination. And how both are very complicated. Every part of the making process of the pencil is equally important and necessary. Loggers are the people who cut down the trees‚ gather the wood‚ ship them‚ cut the wood‚ clean‚ and dry

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    Hypocrisy of Being Earnest The Victorian era was a time of smugness and pomposity for the newly rich generation who quickly rose in class during and after the industrial revolution. Nothing was as it seemed in this day when earnestness was allegedly the most prized attribute a man could possess. In Oscar Wilde’s classical satire‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest‚” every character embodies the ideas and values of this “earnest” age. Oscar Wilde’s primary character in “The Importance of Being Earnest

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    Benifits of Being Blind

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    There are probably numerous advantages to being blind‚ deaf‚ or both. Most of us just do not think of it as being advantageous because we see it as a loss of a sense‚ not as a gain of better developing the remaining sense. Some of the advantages of being blind that I can think of are not having visual distractions‚ saving money by not having to own a car‚ television (unless you just wanted to listen to it)‚ or any other visually orientated devices‚ and you cannot see all the negativity in the world

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    Being A Peer Tutor

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    This semester and peer tutor has been great. I have had the chance to be with two students‚ Keenan and Steven. The importance of being a peer tutor is to give the students support in their classes. Guide them through their work. Also just to be an example of good behavior‚ hard working skills‚ and social skills. There are more things of why it is important to be a peer tutor but those are just the basic ones. But doing all of these things for the student is what makes a difference in their lives

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