While sitting at my desk on a Monday morning‚ with wide eyes ready to learn and open ears set for a new lesson to be taught‚ I wait for the day to begin as Mrs. O’ Toole takes the daily attendance. My 6th grade teacher‚ Mrs. O’ Toole‚ was an inspiring and influential teacher who changed my life forever. She taught her students to work hard with determination and passion. In addition‚ this extraordinary teacher dedicated herself to seeing her students aspire to their full potential and filling our
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If anyone is ever looking for a movie based on a Shakespeare play‚ poorly adapted into a modern story about high school basketball players‚ and complete with uninspired acting‚ then the movie O‚ directed by Tim Blake Nelson‚ is the perfect choice. The movie‚ which stars Mekhi Phifer‚ Julia Stiles‚ and Martin Sheen‚ takes place in modern America and centers around private school basketball players. The star of the team‚ Odin‚ is favored by Coach Duke which rubs many players‚ especially the Coach’s
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‘O Captain! My Captain’ is a moving poem in which Whitman expresses his profound sense of grief at a tragic end of a leader of men is addressed to Abraham Lincoln‚ one of the greatest presidents of the United States of America‚ who fought a war (the American Civil War) against the Southern States to give the Negro slaves freedom and human dignity. The war was won‚ the slaves were freed‚ but Lincoln‚ soon after his election as president for a second term‚ fell a victim to an assassin’s bullet.
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"O Captain! my Captain!" Walt Whitman wrote the poem "O Captain! my Captain!" after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman describes Lincoln as the captain of the ship‚ as the leader of the country; he also refers to him as a father: "Here Captain! dear father!"(13)‚ "My father doesn’t feel my arm‚"(18). Clearly‚ a captain is not a father. Why‚ then‚ does Whitman connect the two together? Are there certain similarities between them that can’t be avoided? A captain is
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In the short story‚ "The Gift of the Magi‚" written by O. Henry‚ Mr. and Mrs. James Dillingham Young are in for a big surprise. At Christmastime‚ they each make a sacrifice that is hard to bear‚ but the results show that it pays off. The hard trials they must endure make them realize that unconditional love is more important than material possessions. Since Jim and Della live in a dilapidated flat‚ they obviously don’t have a lot of money. In order to give a gift‚ each one sold his or her most prized
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The title for the piece of music that I have chosen for my listening report among friends is Mariza classic hit song “o Gente da Minha terra”. The type of genre this musical piece is traditional Portuguese Fado‚ although there is no specific composer of Mariza’s music there are many musicians that perform with her on stage‚ like background singers‚ violins and in most of her musical pieces a pianist. The location of this recording is taken place in Lisbon‚ Portugal in 2011. What musical aspects stood
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characterized his life; the participation in the war. This short story is about a civil war taking place in Dublin. As the title says‚ the Sniper is the main character‚ and is hiding on the rooftop of a building near to O’Connel Bridge. Through the narration‚ O’ Flaherty
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of applicants in the most effective manner (Pond III‚ 1999). In today’s world‚ there is a great demand for equal employment‚ equal pay and a satisfying yet productive workplace. These demands present many challenges for the organization and for I/O psychologists. Even more challenging are these same demands in a unionized workforce. A union is a group of workers who formed to make decisions about the conditions of their work (Trade union‚ 2007). Members of a union often earn better wages‚ health
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* Competent * Individual or situational determinants of well-being: Summary: Stiglbaner‚ Selenko‚ Batinic‚ Jodbaner (2012) study investigates whether work involvement moderates negative effect of job insecurity on general well-being‚ and if reduced general well-being moderately explains why job insecurity is associated with increased turnover intentions. The researchers participants were 178 members of an online panel who gave information about their job insecurity‚ work involvement and
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Sydney Porter. After growing up in North Carolina he moved to Texas. His father was a doctor named Dr. Algemon Sidney Porter; his mother’s name was Mary Jane Virginia Swaim Porter. When O’Henry was about 3 years old his mother died of tuberculosis. O’ Henry had to move in with his grandmother. O’Henry loved to read as a child. Who knew this would be the beginning of a great writer. After O’Henry moved in with his grandmother he went to middle and high school. His father’s sister tutored him
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