...Jeannette’s swim lesson at the Hot Pot is a model for how her parents may come off as cruel, but they also have a genuine care for their children. Although Jeannette sees her Dad’s swimming lessons as cruel, underneath the brutality of the swim lesson Rex has a genuine care for her. Jeannette thinks that Rex’s teaching style about swimming is harsh. After Jeannette sank for the first time Rex pulled her to the side. Rex “picked her up and heaved [her]”(66) back into the middle of the Hot Pot. Jeannette thought this is mean because Rex is just throwing her into the middle of the Hot Pot and expecting her to learn how to swim on her own. Although Jeannette thought that her dad was brutal, she kept reaching out to him for help because she needed him for help. Rex “pulled [his hands] back”(66) when Jeannette reached out...
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...lose as they mature. When experiences come and take away innocence, people change profoundly and it can be hard for them to handle the turning points in their lives. In Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson” and Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “American History”, the two young girls from poor neighborhoods experience the harsh realities that change the way they see the world and people around them. In “The Lesson”, Sylvia realizes her social status and the inequality in the world when Miss Moore takes her and her friends to a luxurious toy store. In “American History”, Elena faces a harsh truth that she lives in a world where people like her are treated and judged by their ethnicity. Though both Sylvia and Elena realize their lower class statuses, Sylvia accepts that truth with resistance at first and then high determination, while Elena accepts it with shock and grief. The two girls accept the harsh reality in different ways, just like how they appear in the stories. Silvia is a leader of a group of underprivileged children, lives in a poor neighborhood. She speaks the language that indicates how tough she is. She also has saucy attitude towards people when she finds “everyone was old and stupid or young and foolish”. One day, Sylvia and her group are taken to a luxurious toy store for a lesson by Miss Moore, the lady with “nappy hair, proper speech and no makeup”. As innocent kids, they all begin with window-shopping and claim their possessions on the toys. Then it turns into something...
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...that do not even ensure the ongoing safety of the drivers on the road. The punishment for a first offender should be imprisonment to make the roads a safer place. The penalties set in place now does not ensure that the offender does not get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated. The offenders do not learn any lessons by the penalties they are given currently. As the penalty is now, people are not taking this offense seriously. In fact, young people on Youtube have been posting videos of themselves drunk like it is a normal, inconsequential action (Primack). If there was a new penalty put in place that imprisons first offenders of drinking and driving, the numbers of alcohol-related car accidents would surely drop significantly, and stop the younger generation drinkers from thinking it is impossible for them to get in trouble for their action. The penalties for driving while under the influence are too loose compared to how serious the crime is. In the state of Virginia, the penalty for a first offender of driving while under the influence is a license suspension and a fine of a maximum of three-hundred dollars (DUI). This punishment is not nearly as harsh as it should be. Suspending an offender’s license does nothing to ensure the safety of other drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. According to the Mothers Against Drunk Driving website, “50 to 75 percent of convicted drunk drivers continue to drive on a suspended license.” A suspended license does not make it impossible...
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...Should Huck Finn be Banned Throughout history there have been various books banned. From religious books like the Bible to books like The Diary Of Anne Frank and the list goes on and on. However the book “ Huck Finn” should not be one of the books added to this list. For a couple of reasons like the life lessons taught in the book, the ability for the author to right about there surrounding, and to see a perspective of a slave trying to escape to freedom. Which leeds me to believe that Huck Finn should not be banned. We all have those moments in life where we do something wrong and learn from it. Just like the life lessons Huck Finn learned on his journey to help free Jim. For instance in chapter 15, page 94, and paragraphs 2 and 3 the author...
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...Xige Wu (Jessica) 5th hour A Life Lesson from the Nickel and Dimed To investigate the life of low-wage unskilled workers, Barbara Ehrenreich found herself in Florida, Maine, and Minnesota as a waitress and housekeeper. After all, Barbara composed these experience into a book: Nickel and Dimed. In this book, Barbara describes her harsh experience as a minimum wage worker who fought to live with a low salary and a high housing cost. Even though this book is not as interesting as action fictions nor it is as attractive as the romantic books, it shows the readers the facts of the difficulties low-wage workers face, allowing the readers to understand these people and forgive them for small mistakes, such as a waiter forget to refill a customer's...
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...help individual to find and develop his skill and abilities. Teacher, a friendly, generous, funny, approachable courageous, knowledgeable person and an inspiration to all of the students and teachers alike. There are different types of teachers. It may be a friendly teacher, model teacher, strict teacher and funny teacher. Everyone wants an ideal teacher, which have the good characteristics. A teacher-friend, that can be a friend and a guidance, a teacher that always smile and make learning a enjoyable experience, a teacher who always cheer up the whole class, and a teacher that easy to go with. Students like a teacher who is smooth in teaching and don’t push too hard the students and also, students like a teacher who refrains from giving harsh comments to calm, instead, he give encouraging and strengthening words. Whoever encounter this kind of teacher will be considered as lucky. But there is a kind of teacher who is completely different from an ideal teacher. It is the teacher that students afraid to be their teacher. It is called the terror teacher. Every one hates to encounter a terror teacher, which define as a teacher who is very tough on students. A terror teacher is way too different from other teachers in terms of way of teaching, way of speaking, way of addressing his students and way of encouraging the students. Terror teacher may refer to as a strict teacher, a disciplinarian who wants a student to be cautious in everything he does, who wants a student to be mature...
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...Aristophanes’ Clouds presents its’ audience with more than just a brilliantly comedic performance, but a lesson about education as well. Although Socrates is one of the plays main characters, and one of the most prominent philosophers of all time, Aristophanes chooses to use the Chorus of Clouds as his primary tool in getting his messages about education across to the audience. The Clouds attempt to teach Strepsiades by pushing him to make mistakes that he will ultimately learn from. Strepsiades tells the Clouds that he wants to learn the inferior argument, to “twist justice around and escape the clutches of [his] creditors,” and although the Clouds know that this will bring unwanted consequences, nevertheless, they encourage Strepsiades to enroll in Socrates school. The Clouds want Strepsiades to learn through experience, not by simply being told what is right and what is wrong. If everything went according to the Clouds’ plan, Strepsiades would suffer the consequences of his wrongdoing and, in turn, never choose the wrong path again. Similar to the Clouds emotionally harsh method of teaching is the Superior Arguments physically harsh method of teaching. When the Clouds give both the Superior and Inferior Arguments the chance to communicate what they stand for, the Superior Argument speaks of a “damned good thrashing” for those boys who are not acting respectably. The Superior Argument is also more traditional in his ways, encouraging people to think of others before...
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...Samantha Richards Professor Kenneth Anania Composition 2 1 April 2016 Symbolism in Godfather Death From a young age most children have heard or read fables, not just for entertainment, but also for life lessons that their elders want them to know. Symbolism in fables is not only a great way to keep readers and listeners interested, but also to teach a lesson in a not so literal and harsh manner. Symbolism is used to state an underlying meaning in a story. Readers and listeners learn the lessons from the mistakes made by the protagonist of the work. There is always a lesson to be learned in a fable, the lesson may not be clearly stated but the symbolism of the work makes the reader realize the lesson that is being portrayed. Fables often have characters that aren’t human but possess human traits. The Grimm Brothers perfectly included symbolism in the short story “Godfather Death.” A father had a thirteenth child, who he could not afford because he was already so poor to begin with. Thirteen is an unlucky number in a lot of cultures. This shows the symbolism right in the beginning of the story. The father of the thirteenth child chose death to be the godfather of that child; he chose death because death does not discriminate between rich and poor, religion, or race. The father surpassed God as the godfather because he doesn’t disperse of wealth evenly. The father also denied the Devil to be the godfather because the devil tricks men and leads them astray from the right...
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...Written during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Toni Cade Bambara's short story "The Lesson" tells the story of a young African-American girl named Sylvia and the important life lesson that she learns one day while on a trip to a toy store in New York. Her neighbor, Miss Moore, brings Sylvia and a group of her friends to F.A.O. Schwarz and while there, they come face to face with the injustices they face because of their backgrounds. Miss Moore does this to teach them a lesson, one that she feels that they need to learn in order to succeed in life and overcome any obstacles they may face. Bambara identifies with race through class and demographics, using a trip to a pricey New York toy store to expose Sylvia and her group of friends to the reality of their classed society. Sylvia tells us "Then we check out that we on Fifth Avenue and everybody dressed up in stockings. One lady in a fur coat, hot as it is. White folks crazy." (89). She discovers that the rich, upper class whites don't dress like African Americans, even though the weather is the same. She realizes that they have money and a tendency to flaunt just how wealthy they are. "'Must be rich people shop here,' say Q.T. 'You are a very bright boy,' say Flyboy. 'What was your first clue?'" (92). One of the children in the group was able to identify with the demographic of the area, recognizing that only people with status and wealth would be able to buy the expensive toys in the store. Bambara gives the reader...
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...mentally, and sexually. Many students have been punished for representing their culture, disobeying orders, or for any accidental incidents, and many have been sexually harassed for the enjoyment of others. Many have been beaten stripped, punched, kicked, beaten with sticks, pinch, and many other horribly treatments. Residential Schools have locked students in tight spaced, like a closet with no food, also students have been placed near boiler rooms, in abandoned areas on school property, and etc. Worst of all, students have been beaten, strip naked, in front of many --------. Many have accumulated mental health issues due to the first-hand experience with these kinds of violence. Some have attempted to run away from these schools due to the harsh treatment. Many have succeeded, and many have been caught, or tragically died. Violence is not the answer for teaching, but students from residential schools have not had a day without violence. Sexual harassment was a huge problem in Residential schools. One if five students, regardless their gender have suffered from sexually abused. Although sexual abuse was still illegal in the era of residential schools, there were supervisors, teachers, nun's, priest, and others, who are holding accountable for the crime of sexual abuse. The former students are now realizing the truth on their history towards being victims...
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...them. This paper reflects on the essentials of the social message of God through Amos, and how those essentials of Amos can properly “aim us” in the right directions for relationship between God and man, between nations, and between men. THE PROPHET, HIS CONTEXT, AND HIS TARGET AUDIENCE The prophetic figure and the context of the Book of Amos are important for understanding its social criticism and ground-breaking lessons. While the Book of Amos may have been a product of at least three authors or editors over three different time periods (see below), the original purported figure and inspiration was a cattle herd breeder and cultivator of sycamore fruit from Tekoa, a little village on a hill in rural Judea, about six miles from Bethlehem and 18 miles from Jerusalem. He lived during the pre-exilic reigns of Uzziah from 791-740 B.C. (coregent and later King of Judah), and Jeroboam from 793-753 B.C. (King of Israel from). Tekoa was a rugged and desert-like area. Amos would have spent substantial time in the wide-open spaces of the Judean outdoors in the relatively harsh arid environment. From Tekoa, on a hill at about 2500 feet, one could see part of the dead Sea and a vista of arid, rugged limestone hills and mountains. As with John the Baptist, the wide-open spaces of the desert are somewhat naturally associated with spiritual vision. The starkness and danger of the wilderness may at times starve the senses, but excite the inner faculties. This period...
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...Should the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian be taught? The book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian should be taught at Douglas High School. It has a lot of good life lessons in it for people to learn. It has many themes that are relevant in today’s society such as, loss, addiction, alcoholism, hope, and many more. The book may have many inappropriate things in it, but it’s still worth taking a lesson from it. If taught at a high school, those inappropriate things might actually keep people reading and get a kick out of it. The book itself is pretty short, so it’s a short and sweet lesson teachers can do with their class if they can look past the inappropriate humor, harsh language, racism, talking about sexual things,...
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...I ran for my life. I didn’t grab no shoes or nothing Jesus. Cinderella is a fictional Disney Pixar character. She appears in many movies other than “Cinderella.” The movie “Ever After” is better than the Grimm’s tale “Cinderella.” In choosing either “Ever After” or “Cinderella,” I’d choose “Ever After.” For example, the evil step sisters did not get their body parts cut off in the movie. It’s an extremely .unpleasant thing to read. It could seriously scare a small child. Also including, one of the step sisters, in the movie, was willing to stand up for her. It is very important to stand up and be kind, even if you are standing alone. This teaches children a valuable life lesson. So, if you are looking for an appropriate movie...
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...Marketing Plan SWOT Analysis |Strengths | | | |These must be based on the internal strengths and JUSTIFIED in relation to the market research | |Grade: 1 | |The school has been awarded multiple grade: 1’s which shows it is at the top of its league, the best at what it does. The fact that| |they have been awarded Grade:1’s means that there is no room for improvement. Gosforth academy still improved even though it was | |awarded Grade:1, there is no higher award but the school was said to be outstanding, but in the intro is stats that not only is the| |school outstanding but it is expiry, the school that other schools should look up to. | |Satisfactory | |There is not a single satisfactory grade for any part of Gosforth academy, there are even only 2Grade:2’s, the fact is the school | |is always above average. The marks of Grades are, there are 8 topics that are graded, the school achieved 2, Grade:...
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...In essence, empathy is defined as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” During the course of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the recurring lesson of empathy is learned through the experiences of characters, good and bad alike. Most specifically, Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch embarks on a journey throughout the story in which she gains the ability to do just this. Living in the 1930’s town of Maycomb, she witnesses the harsh racism towards those of color, and experiences other strict societal norms that the time period entails, such as gender roles, which she doesn’t seem to abide by. As a risk-taking child, growing up under the influence of her older brother Jem, the two children attempt a fairly...
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