Instructor: Dr. Adelheid Thieme Fall 2003 Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids The football team from Mountain View High School won the Arizona State Championship last year. Again. Unbeknownst to the vast majority of the school’s student body‚ so did the Science Bowl Team‚ the Speech and Debate Team‚ and the Academic Decathlon team. The football players enjoyed the attentions of an enthralled school‚ complete with banners‚ assemblies‚ and even video announcements in their
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On the first day of class‚ Dr.Ruiz wrote six questions on the board and the last question asked for our perspective on writing. My answer to this question was “I hate writing.” I’m an English Learner who came to the U.S. 5 years ago with no knowledge in English. Therefore‚ writing is not a likable assignment due to my lack of English skills and I did not have confidence when I wrote in English because I had a fear of people’s judgment about my English. Therefore‚ I was not an advanced writer when
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Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Research Proposal WHY WE SUSPEND: TEACHERS’ AND ADMINISTRATORS’ PERSPECTIVES ON STUDENT SUSPENSIONS Candidate: Ms. Debra Shilkin April‚ 2005 Supervisors: Associate Professor Marnie O’Neill Dr. Elaine Chapman TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 2 Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Terminology 5 Statement of Purpose 5 Research Questions 6 Central 6 Guiding 6 Conceptual Framework 7 Theoretical Perspective 7 Current
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I used to hate basketball. “There are so many members in the basketball team. You are not so talented in it and I don’t think you can play it coherently in the field.” The coach of the basketball team talked to me about the question very often during the cold winter when everyone tried to improve their skills. But I was considering whether to quit the basketball team due to my poor talents in sports. I have decided not to touch the basketball finally. However‚ at the beginning of the new semester
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I hate music. Music is useless and worthless. Why do we even have music? Were you offended or‚if not‚ struck by these statements? We’re forced to evaluate the significant importance and presence of music in society‚ especially today with advancing technology. We are conscious of the presence of music by today’s typical teenager who is imagined with a cellphone in his/her hand and headphones in his/her ears listening to the sounds(or noise) of today’s music. Music surrounds us from the concert halls
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Task 1 I hate Mondays Its Monday‚ and I hate it. I am supposed to go to school but I don’t want to. And I know‚ If I go to school‚ I would just be alone in the class. I don’t have any friends to talk to and all the teachers think I’m dumb. But I am not going today. I got something better planned than going to school. All the others kids‚ and the teaches. That has done me wrong so many times. Are going to suffer today. I have made a perfect plan. And I’m ready. Because for my birthday. My father
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acceptable on the situation‚ if there good intention behind it .For instance‚ if you think that I am giving my friend a moral to make him happy‚ then that kind of lying would be appropriate and acceptable. Wouldn’t be embarrassed for you if your teachers know that you are liar and if they don’t even trust you? When people are younger‚ they lie to their family and their friends. Lying would make them a bad person; if their lying is inappropriate and continues. So as I said before lying would depend
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that quote but‚ really‚ why does the government hates competitions? Do they really hate competitions or the competitors themselves? But the real thing here is this‚ the government doesn’t want you to steal‚ because they want to be the only kin to burglarize the people blind. In short‚ corruption. The government hates theft because when you steal‚ you’re cutting in on their action! We‚ Filipinos‚ get the idea of what this quote means. With the kind of government that we have‚ we can actually see and
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Why I Hate Birthdays American Author Zane Gray once stated “I hate birthdays.” Perhaps he said this because he has had a bad experience with birthdays. Maybe he simply doesn’t like celebrating something as frivolous as a birthday. Personally‚ I concur with Mr. Gray’s statement‚ I too‚ hate birthdays. Even though the vast majority of the population enjoy their birthday and most likely consider it their favorite holiday‚ birthdays do not appeal to me however because of‚ my past natal day experiences
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The hate for the Gypsies started in 1933‚ when the Nazi party took over. “ In 1933‚ police in Germany began more rigorous enforcement of pre-Nazi legislation against those who followed a lifestyle labeled "Gypsy." (https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005482). Same as the Nazi party did the Gypsies‚ they did the Polish race. Sub-Humans are what the Nazi party identified the pole as during mistreatment. People still ask today‚ why did Hitler have such a hate for the Polish
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