Day 1: Claims: 1.) The schools in America are failing. 2.) If we don’t start working to improving them now‚ they will just continue on in this downward spiral. Grounds: In Alabama 18% of 8th graders are proficient in math‚ 14% in Mississippi‚ 40% in New Jersey‚ 35% in Connecticut‚ 40% in New York‚ 26% in Arizona‚ and 24% in California. These statistics further prove the claim that many schools in America are doing well below average work in teaching and preparing students to get jobs and be
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Documentary: Waiting for Superman The concept of education as a vital part of life and success is universal‚ regardless of how it is done. Unfortunately‚ regardless of its importance in society‚ the education system does not always accomplish its goals. The documentary‚ Waiting for Superman‚ was an excellent illustration of the large problems we face here in America. From our disappointing comparisons of education in the US compared to other countries‚ and the system of the government (impoverished
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To understand completely the idea of “Heroes in Waiting”‚ we need to understand what does it mean. So what is Heroes in Waitind? It’s an idea Dr. Zimbardo is now actively promoting‚ with the development of the Heroic Imagination Project. Dedicated to creating ‘a global movement of everyday heroism. What it takes to be a hero? His latest endeavor involves fostering heroic imagination. He has noted that heroes are never going to follow to group norms and highlights the two core principles of heroism:
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Waiting For Mahatma Sriram is a high school graduate who lives with his grandmother in Malgudi‚ the fictional Southern Indian town in which much of Narayan’s fiction takes place. Sriram is attracted to Bharati‚ a girl of his age who is active in Mahatma Gandhi’s Quit India movement‚ and he becomes an activist himself. He then gets involved with anti-British extremists‚ causing much grief to his grandmother. Sriram’s underground activity takes place in the countryside‚ an area alien to him‚ and
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India who are found to project the nation building attitude in their writings. His Waiting for the Mahatma‚ set in the surroundings of the writer’s created village Malgudi‚ is woven against the unconventional backdrop of the freedom movement. But in spite of using directly the national experience as the central theme as did Raja Rao‚ Narayan puts it in the background giving preference to the personal narrative. In Waiting for the Mahatma‚ the story develops through the development of Sriram’s character
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Waiting for the telegram What will we reminisce and regret when we age and become an elder? Will we be lonely and ill? Or will we be happy and appreciate the small things in life? The Short Story ”Waiting for the Telegram” by Alan Bennett is about Violet‚ an elderly resident in a nursing home‚ who due to a stroke has trouble remembering names and words. Throughout the story Violet talks about the present and reminisces about the past‚ and the short story is therefore elucidating how it is to age
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Waiting to Exhale is connected to the ideology of the African American family because the characters in the story function as a family‚ helping each other survive emotional stress. The life of the average African American is burdened with a variety of social problems some‚ but not all of which‚ stem from their relative low-income status. Blacks are at higher risk of various life-threatening diseases than whites. The majority of African American families are affected by divorce‚ and many black women
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Vanessa Garcia Professor Susan Auerbach ELPS 203 15 December 2014 ELPS 203 Final Essay: “Waiting for Superman” All through our lives teachers are an important factor in our education from the very first day we begin to learn how to walk and learn to count. In the film of “Waiting for Superman” directed by Davis Guggenheim‚ we are taken through the different ways that the public education system has failed students in urban schools. By interviewing reformers different ideas are brought to attention
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Topics for This Week’s Discussions: Objective Tone (graded) Flawed Diction (graded) Q&A Forum . . . for your questions and comments (not graded) Note: Click on the links in the “Topics” section to view the discussion topics. Then‚ click “Respond” to add your thoughts to the discussion thread. Topics Objective Tone (graded) Flawed Diction (graded) Q&A Forum Objective Tone (graded) Though an objective tone is probably most appropriate for nearly all academic
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Tone Loc Many of you today may not know of the artist I’m going to talk about today but may know of his work. He is pretty popular with certain types of people I’ll let you be the judge on that. Tone Loc didn’t always have the best child hood in fact a hood is just might what you call it. Tone loc was a very unique some would say typical person as you read more you’ll soon see just how different he is.
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