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- 23141: Being The One Who Cares: A Good Teacher
- ... Students learn from teachers and the teachers should also learn from students. We should always be open to new experiences and willing to learn from them. If the teacher is not familiar with the student's beliefs, he or she should take the time to learn about the religion from the student. If the students learn acceptance of difference as children, they will be more acceptable as adults. This issue may ... uncomfortable with it - it should not be forced upon them. I feel that if religion was in our classroom, then the subject of sex would not be a difficult subject to talk about. In today's society children are faced with many problems, and an important issue that should be included in any educational program is sex education. Children should be taught early what sex is about and how to be ... pay check and three months off during the summer. This is a critical point, and students will be deprived of a good education if the teacher has this attitude. Tenure will not guarantee a teacher's interest in his or her students. All teachers should take pride in the knowledge that every student is interested to his or her care that they are going to provide the best entrusting that ...
- 23142: Advice I Often Receive From Parents
- ... me that they trust my judgment and will respect my decisions, even if they are the wrong ones. This helps to take pressure off of me when I am going to school because I don't have to live up to certain standards and try to accomplish goals that are unattainable. Instead, I can just worry about doing the best I can. It is possible that I may have a career ... happy, and I do the job to the best of my ability, I will feel like I have accomplished something. This is good because many kids have to live up to expectations that they can't attain, or do something that they don't really enjoy in order to make their parents proud. The problem with saying "as long as you do you best" is that when I know I could have done a better job, I have ...
- 23143: The Importance Of Being Earnes
- ... Ernest. He tries through several ways to talk to her and find out if she could love him if his name was Jack. She considers the entire question to be hypothetical and unimportant, since she s always known him to be Ernest. The entire dialogue that occurs during the discussion has humorous pieces that add to the colorful nature of the play. One piece of the dialogue is spoken by Jack ... person, such as their name or wealth, rather than their character. Another such example of this situation is when Algernon is speaking to Cecily in regards to their engagement. Cecily knows Algernon to be Jack s brother, Ernest, and is in love with the name the same as Gwendolyn. Algernon tries to inquire, in a similar manner whether Cecily could love him if he bore another name, such as Algernon. Cecily ... found one piece to be humorous, and as a result included it into the first Act. He then decided to repeat a similar situation in the second Act of the play. Another example of Wilde s use of humor is in his witty remarks and epigrams. By using these devices, it adds color to a character, and helps to balance them well against others instead of creating a flat appearance. ...
- 23144: Conformity
- ... to fit in with society and be like everyone else. Differences in character, appearance and emotion are created by unique pasts, and form the foundation for personal beliefs. When these differences are erased by society's attempt to create anologous creatures, individualism --a value that I hold in high esteem-- is lost. I aquired these values from my personal intuition and from taking the advise of personal mentors as authorty. Throughout my life, I have been blessed with a combinaion of two traits; I am observant and skeptical. Watching other people's lives and hearing other people's opinions has given me the impression that the human spirit has been confined to the impersonation of other people's wisdom and virtue. I believe in the saying that imitation is the sheerest form ...
- 23145: The Shield Of Achilles
- ... their fight against the Trojans in a microcosm of the larger story. Forged by the god Hephaestus, who was a crippled smith, it depicts the two cities and the happenings within , as well as Agamemnon s kingly estate. To gain insight into the happenings within the shield, and the King s Estate and other scenes which are a fair understanding of the importance of Achilles shield and the Iliad. Hephaestus, the god of fire, is the smith whom forged Achilles shield. He begins with twenty hot ... Acheans between their shores and the city. As seen in line 625, now hauling a deadman through the slaughter by the heels , Homer foreshadows Achilles victory over Hector and how Achilles humiliates him. The king s estate is also portrayed on Achilles shield. Bountiful harvests of ripe grain are reaped and bound, and the king stands in silence rejoicing among the endless bundle of barley. An ox is being prepared ...
- 23146: Death of A Salesman: Willy Loman - A Man With A Dream
- ... many other problems arose that forced economic difficulties on him and his family. He was determined to live by ideals that placed him above everyone else. It was with these lies and illusions that Willy's life began to lose its' air of reality. He lost his identity, courage, and dignity throughout New England as a salesman. And as he explained often, "I have friends...They know me up and down ... general." (P.P Sharma, critical analysis) He spent hours on hours dreaming of the past. Thinking of himself and his son Biff who had potential, but did not take advantage of it. Biff was Willy's inspiration as a father. He had the determination to become a great football player, not to mention make something with his life and the Loman name. However, Biff flunked math and threw all of his ... of trade and commerce, he nevertheless nurses the dream of getting the better of everybody else. And this leads him into an alienation from himself, obscuring his real identity." (P. P. Sharma, critical analysis) Willy's life would have been more satisfying had he engaged himself in more physical work that would occupy his mind. His life was situated on a dream for success and prosperity. When it never arrived, ...
- 23147: Fahrenheit51
- ... killed because she is caught possessing books. "She made the empty rooms roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about."(37). Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a futuristic city while a war is taking place. Oddly enough the city has its own problems. The protagonist , Guy Montag, goes against society and steals books to read ... him on fire, killing him. "Beatty flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent."(119). Montag then barely escapes the fire station's deadly mechanical hound, by jumping in the river and floating down stream, disguising his scent. "Then he dressed in Faber's old clothes and shoes. He tossed his own clothing into the river and watched it swept away. Then, holding his suitcase, he walked out in the river until there was no bottom and he ...
- 23148: CSIS
- ... of Canada and safeguarding its citizens. The main objective of the service is to investigate and report on threats to the security of Canada. CSIS is unique in its role as the Government of Canadas principle advisor on national security. CSIS reports to and advises the Government of Canada. CSIS intelligence is shared with a number of other federal government departments and agencies, including Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada ... security. CSIS does not have the mandate to conduct foreign intelligence operations outside of Canada. CSIS is a defensive, domestic security intelligence service. The security intelligence service is restricted to investigating threats to its countrys national security. On the other hand, a foreign intelligence service conducts offensive operations for its government in foreign countries. CSIS does not investigate company to company industrial espionage. CSIS does, however, investigate the activities of ... is an asset, are foreign languages capabilities and computer literacy. To be considered for employment as an Intelligence Officer, you must: be a Canadian citizen with a completed university degree and possess a valid drivers license, agree to relocate anywhere in Canada, depending on the requirements of the Service, throughout your career. There are 9 stages in the IO recruitment process. The first stage is the Application for Employment ( ...
- 23149: Chemistry
- ... am a clamorous explosion of two flammable chemicals intermixed in a laboratory. I am liquid flowing from one tube to another, "volumous" gas, and clustered solids. I am the most abundant element in the Earth's crust, a thick,blanket of gas enveloping the Earth, providing gases necessary for the support of plants and animals. I am the colorless air that is breathed in constantly. I am the plunging rain tah pours when the sun is shining, the white, damp snow that drifts in children's dreams, and the darting hail that prevents little boys and girls to attend school. I am the vivid part of life. I shield protection for those below me from the sun's intense heat. I am fed and drunk by those who go through hunger. As acid contained in the human body, I digest food and clean out wastes. I am a desperate hope for a ...
- 23150: Aristotle
- ... of nature. He saw the universe as lying between two scales: form without matter and is at one end and matter without form is at the other end. One the most important aspects of Aristotle's philosophy was the development of potentiality to actuality. That can be explained as something possibility in terms of its accuracy. The actual state compare to the potential state is demonstrated in terms of the causes ... sculptor . The formal cause is the idea of the statue, as the sculptor envisions it . The final cause is the perfection of the statue . These four stages of creation through termination exist throughout nature. Aristotle's vision of early chemistry created a strong foundation for the chemists of today . Works Cited Aristotle (Internet Encylopedia of Philosophy). (Online) Available http://utm.edu/research/iep/a/aristotl/htm Aristotle's Page. (Online) Available http://eng.ox.ac.uk/jdr/aristo/html Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc.
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