The name-giving of Athens It is well-known that Athens was the most powerful and glorious town of ancient Greece. Its residents managed to develop a wonderful civilization that is admired till today. It is also known that the city got its name from Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and courage. But how did Athens have its name? Here is a charming little story about the origin of the city’s name. The dispute of the gods Cecrops‚ a strange creature‚ half-man half-snake‚ was the founder of a city which
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lot of these so called “changes” - some being for the better and some being for the worse. Whether it be due to the economy‚ illness‚ or even just pure luck; my family made it through these everlasting changes with loving support and happiness. Receiving the Coolidge Scholarship would make a difference in my life by relieving
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Giving Up Privacy to Live Happily Privacy has been a controversial topic since the humanity began to develop the civilization and live individually or in a small group as family instead of in a big group of population inside a huge cave. Basically‚ privacy is a seclusion of one’s information or existence from public. The motion of privacy is described as an action of hiding something or keeping something secret‚ but it is still debatable whether privacy is achieved when either someone is being
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Giving Back to My Community I dedicate many hours of my time to significant community service activities. Through my participation in such service projects and activities‚ I have learned many valuable lessons about the significance of each individual in the community. As a literacy volunteer‚ I am given the opportunity to see the glow on a mother’s face when she realizes that her son will finally be given the gift of the ability to read. I am given the satisfaction of knowing that my time
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EFFECTS OF FEEDBACK ON STUDENTS’ WRITING K.V.S.Lakshmi Writing‚ being a complicated and complex process is fairly neglected in the conventional classrooms. Most of the writing in the schools and colleges is completion of running notes or unfinished notes dictated by the teacher. In the present Indian classrooms focus is mostly on evaluation of writing as finished end products and not as a complex process of composing‚ editing and
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explaining how it is vital for everyone to work together and give a helping hand to solve the problems that are occurring in our world today. The Rotaract Club does an abundant amount of volunteer work from alleviating hunger in their community to giving needy families the opportunity to celebrate the holidays. The CU Rotaract Club creates a holiday event in the Boulder area every year where there is a gift exchange‚ holiday feast‚ and vocal entertainment. In addition to helping others‚ CU Rotaract
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Giving Voice to Values is a book that is innovative regarding an approach to leadership that is value-driven. The book explains how most people are always looking forward towards performing wholeheartedly at their place of work; however‚ many are the times when they are faced with a conflict of values in their work (Gentile‚ 2012). Therefore‚ at times people are forced to make certain ethical decisions when they are faced with dilemmas. At times people are aware of the right thing and they surely
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Test Essay: I intend to give back to the community by combining knowledge obtained from the study of Psychology with the leadership skills I have gained by working in a tutorial program into a wide scale program for underprivileged school children of my community. I plan to seize this immense educational opportunity with intellectual curiosity and maintain a high grade point average as I have done throughout the four years of my high school education of numerous honor courses in order to
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A discussion of assessment and feedback issues Assessment is an important part of teaching and learning‚ the most obvious reason for carrying out assessment is to evaluate the students learning/achievement s and whether the student is heading toward the course of qualification. Teaching within NVQ the criteria is laid out for me as a teacher my role is to prepare the students to observe their performances‚ question them‚ and use assessment to make a decision as to whether my learners are competent
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Dear Sir/Madam‚ As the main organizer of performance that is being planned to stage at Can Tho university‚ I am writing to you on behalf of the students in my drama class to request that you be so kind as to help us to publicize the event. Now‚ I would like to give you some information about the performance. To welcome the Lunar New Year‚ my drama class is planning to stage a musical based upon George Bernad Shaw’s Pygmalion - My Fair Lady. My Fair Lady is a world popular musical and is
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