main character‚ Horace Smith‚ is a highly respected English teacher at Franklin High School who is facing the dilemma of many reality educators; the affects of the very controlled‚ standardized system of high school. Horace is at the age when many teachers are near retirement; however‚ he isn’t leaving anytime soon. Sizer quotes that “He believes—perversely‚ he often thinks—that Franklin High is not nearly what it could be. He wants to stay on and make it better.” As an educator‚ Horace must compromise
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The Bridge Builder Horace King Horace king was born in 1807 in South Carolina. He was tri-racial‚ being Caucasian‚ African‚ and Indian. His father was a mulatto named Edmund King; his mother‚ Susan was the daughter of a full-blooded Catawba Indian and a black female slave. At an early age he learned his trade from his owner John Godwin. Many reference show that Horace was a well-liked‚ outgoing‚ enthusiastic man. From letters we have learned that his mother was also owned by John Godwin and that
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beliefs and policies and that the Vietnam War is now considered as one of the most distressing moments in the 20th Century. So why did the US become involved in the Vietnam War? What was Ho Chi Minh thinking when he was fighting for Nationalism? Who was Diem? And why was the Vietnam War have such a devesting impact on both the US and Vietnam. The civil war between the French and Viet Minh was a major cause of the war. It is said that the Vietnam War‚ or the Second Indochina War‚ was just a continuation
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Quality management is fundamentally concerned with delivering an advantage to theorganization by focusing directly on customer needs and driving costs down (reducingwaste) and increasing value (increasing profits).Students will benchmark‚ process map the process for customers of both KFC and Oportofrom the point the customer enters the shop/serving area to the point they leave theshop/serving area. By benchmarking and mapping the process students will be able todetermine where the opportunity for
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event are; the division of Vietnam‚ 1946 and the first Indo-China war‚ 1946-54. The battle of Dien Bien Phu also had important consequences that affected the lives of the Vietnamese. These are; the Geneva conference‚ 1954 and the appointing of Ngo Dinh Diem as Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam. The first cause of the battle of Dien Bien Phu was the division of Vietnam in 1946. After thousands of years of occupation‚ Vietnam and it’s people had developed a strong sense of nationalism. During World
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where you would need me‚” said Orpheus‚ “and the time is now‚ but first I want you to wake up tomorrow and go to my temple in the hills‚ and I want you to say to my statue‚ I need help‚ that’s it‚ and a miracle will happen.” The dream was over and Horace woke with a start. He jumped out of bed and instantly hoisted a cloak on then he departed. I’ve been walking for at least an hour he thought‚ when will I get there? And as if to answer his question‚ he bumped into a column and seconds later he was
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presidency Vietnam would be completely communism and neighboring Laos and Cambodia would also fall to communism‚ which would then give the Soviet even more puppet states. To avoid this from taking place‚ the U.S. propped up Anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem as the president of South Vietnam‚ claiming that he was the more “democratic” option although he was more of a dictator than anything
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North Vietnam‚ and South Vietnam. North Vietnam became a Communist government under Ho Chi Minh‚ and South Vietnam eventually became a Republic under Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Diem ’s oppressive rule‚ the Viet Cong (those against Diem) grew in power‚ and the U.S. reacted to the Communist threat by sending in troops and economic aid‚ and advised Diem to make more Democratic Reforms. Because it was never actually declared a war by congress‚ the "Vietnam War" is technically the "Vietnam Conflict". Nevertheless
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as Indochina‚ part of the French Union – in the war‚ troops were drawn from elsewhere in the French Union to fight in the war against the Viêt Minh (lead by Hô Chí Minh). Later‚ between the years 1955 & 1965 – the Americans were supporting Ngô Đình Diêm‚ a puppet President they had helped install. However‚ the Americans didn’t realise what a problem he would become. He ran his authoritarian and nepotistic ‘government’ so poorly‚ he would later be double-crossed and killed by one of his Generals
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director uses non-verbal action and other film direction to convey the situation. Some examples in the movie are when Birdie plays the piano while the Hubbard fidget‚ Regina contemplate her photograph and her image in a mirror and Betty Davis lets Horace crawl up the stairs. In the movie The Little Foxes the use of non-verbal action and other film direction help to reveal more of the characters. In the scene when Birdie plays the piano while the Hubbards fidget. This shows that the Hubbards are
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