...F This essay is an analysis of the short story “Every good Boy” by David Nicholls. I will analyse the main theme, characterize the narrator, the composition, the role of the piano and the ending. Introduction We have all been there, and for some, it is still a main struggle; what are we good at? Will we ever be good at anything? Michael, the main character and the narrator of this story, is in that situation; he was literally not good at anything at the age of nine. He was remarkable for being entirely without any abilities, but maybe, he had just found the cure for his problem. “It’s a piano” is the first sentence in the text, and at the same time, it is what Michael thinks, is his breakthrough chance to be good at something. The whole story is about, how he learns to play the piano, because he thinks that this is something he could be good at, but in the end he finds out that, it actually was not. Composition The story is build up with flashbacks about events that appeared in chronological order in the past. The language in the text is normal and understandable English. The story probably takes places, sometime between 1964 and 2006, because an old TV-show called “Top Of The Pops” from 1964 is mentioned. The geographical location of the story would most likely be in London. The theme There are several themes in this text, but the main theme is the quest for a personal skill. Throughout the whole story, Michael is trying to learn to play the piano. Even though he describes...
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...The effects of music on children and young people. 1. The effect of music on IQ Campabello, Nicolette; De Carlo, Mary Jane; O'Neil, Jean; Vacek, Mary Jill Music Enhances Learning. Dissertations/Theses; Tests/Questionnaires. 2002 An action research project implemented musical strategies to affect and enhance student recall and memory. The target population was three suburban elementary schools near a major midwestern city: (1) a kindergarten classroom contained 32-38 students; (2) a second grade classroom contained 23 students and five Individualized Education Program (IEP) students; and (3) a fifth grade classroom. Students exhibited difficulty recalling facts and information in a variety of subject areas evidenced through an inability to gain mastery of grade level skill areas. Research suggests that young students have difficulty understanding concepts and lack the ability and desire to learn. A successful program needs to be developed to teach these concepts. A review of solution strategies suggests that the following musical techniques proved to be helpful for increasing student recall because the songs helped with phonemic training, mnemonics, setting desired skills to familiar tunes, and linking connection to cultural themes. Research has shown that preschool children taught with an early exposure to music through games and songs showed an IQ advantage of 10 to 20 points over those children taught without exposure to the songs. In the same study, students at age...
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...parents owned a store in Brooklyn called H. M. Copland. They lived in the 3 stories above the family store, very modestly. Aaron was mostly watched after by his sisters, or one of several maids, as his parents were in their 40’s and busy with the store. He considered himself lucky since he was the baby of the family, fussed over and had a since of being on his own at an early age. Aaron by the age of 8 started to make up or improvise tunes on the piano. By 12 he was notating those melodies. When Aaron was 13 his sister Laurine who had taught him piano at home, helped convince his parents to pay for piano lessons with Leopold Wolfsohn who had a studio nearby. Although Aaron’s father was not very agreeing with Aarons pursuit of music, with the help of his sister Laurine who was very devoted to Aaron. They were able to convince his parents to support is music career all the way to letting him go to Paris to study in the future (1921). About this time Aaron attempted an opera he named “Lola”. At age 16 he created the beginnings to a piece for piano called “Valse...
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...compositionally error-free. It did, however, receive an A for this assignment and is an example of the level of writing and analysis that is required to receive an A. Please do not, however, begin your paper in exactly the same way or attempt to copy “buzz words” or phrases. Write your own paper!] On February 17, 2005, the Jazz Ensemble at Tarleton State University had their first concert of the spring semester with special guest trumpeter, Daryl White. The jazz ensembles collectively performed thirteen pieces during the concert. “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories” were three stylistically different pieces that allowed the audience to experience the various sounds of jazz music. Jazz music, like all music, tells a story and here are the stories of “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories”. “Fly Me to the Moon”, written by Bart Howard and arranged by Sammy Nestico, is an upbeat standard sung most famously by Frank Sinatra. In the instrumental version of this song, a Latin-inspired sounding consonance set the romantic mood at the beginning of this song. A piano and saxophone then alternated the melody of the song as though they were dancing like two lovers flying to the moon. As the passion of the song heated up, the texture changed within the song as the saxophone took the melody and the piano and other instruments within the ensemble were in accompaniment. The rhythm, which was continuously steady seemed to get...
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...compositionally error-free. It did, however, receive an A for this assignment and is an example of the level of writing and analysis that is required to receive an A. Please do not, however, begin your paper in exactly the same way or attempt to copy “buzz words” or phrases. Write your own paper!] On February 17, 2005, the Jazz Ensemble at Tarleton State University had their first concert of the spring semester with special guest trumpeter, Daryl White. The jazz ensembles collectively performed thirteen pieces during the concert. “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories” were three stylistically different pieces that allowed the audience to experience the various sounds of jazz music. Jazz music, like all music, tells a story and here are the stories of “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Waltz for Debby” and “Ancient Memories”. “Fly Me to the Moon”, written by Bart Howard and arranged by Sammy Nestico, is an upbeat standard sung most famously by Frank Sinatra. In the instrumental version of this song, a Latin-inspired sounding consonance set the romantic mood at the beginning of this song. A piano and saxophone then alternated the melody of the song as though they were dancing like two lovers flying to the moon. As the passion of the song heated up, the texture changed within the song as the saxophone took the melody and the piano and other instruments within the ensemble were in accompaniment. The rhythm, which was continuously steady seemed to get...
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...The power of music: its impact on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people Susan Hallam, Institute of Education, University of London Executive Summary Recent advances in the study of the brain have enhanced our understanding of the way that active engagement with music may influence other activities. The cerebral cortex selforganises as we engage with different musical activities, skills in these areas may then transfer to other activities if the processes involved are similar. Some skills transfer automatically without our conscious awareness, others require reflection on how they might be utilised in a new situation. Perceptual, language and literacy skills Speech and music have a number of shared processing systems. Musical experiences which enhance processing can therefore impact on the perception of language which in turn impacts on learning to read. Active engagement with music sharpens the brain’s early encoding of linguistic sound. Eight year old children with just 8 weeks of musical training showed improvement in perceptual cognition compared with controls. Speech makes extensive use of structural auditory patterns based on timbre differences between phonemes. Musical training develops skills which enhance perception of these patterns. This is critical in developing phonological awareness which in turn contributes to learning to read successfully. Speech processing requires similar processing to melodic contour. Eight year old...
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...|Step4:setting personal objectives | Personal objectives-prior to interview with tutor |immediate( within the next three months) | | | |Mainly deal with the end of the current curriculum in various subjects of the examination. Began a comprehensive| |review and summary sections. Online or in bookstores on the collection of knowledge are merely to report, and | |students discuss the focus of examination and further analysis difficult. Some packages such as the application | |of skills. | |Short-year (this year) | |The most important task is to test to IELTS 6 points, mainly through participation in Global IELTS training, to | |enhance speaking practice to further improve the speaking ability, as well as listening ability, in writing to | |accumulate more words, to increase their own words the amount of multi-back some good words good words, the most | |important is that with practice also focuses on reading practice and master skills to do the skills problem. | |Medium-year(next year) ...
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...Jay’s role consists of daily management of Safety data warehouse for both operational and financial programs. He writes T-SQL codes to extract data for safety and operational analysis; he develops and maintains safety metrics. Jay manages special projects that align safety groups to effectively process ways of organizing data and producing reports. He supervises two interns and his position does require him to travel to JetBlue Airways Florida headquarters to train members of his team once a...
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...related to the Five Factor Model, which explains McCartney's distinctive traits. Theories of Personality "Personality is the way our motives, emotions, and ways of thinking about ourselves, others, and the world interact in particular situations to produce ways of responding that are characteristically ours" (Kowalski & Westen, 2011, p. 436-437). As a youth attending school in Liverpool, England Paul McCartney was a savant. McCartney mastered an exam known as The Scholarship, which secured him a place in the prestigious Liverpool Institute for Boys, where he excelled in art and English ("Biography.com", 2013). The "Biography.com" (2013) website states "Though he took formal music lessons as a boy, the future star preferred to learn by ear, teaching himself the Spanish guitar, trumpet and piano" (Early Life). Because of this, two theories of personality which aptly fit McCartney's personality are...
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...SPECTRO MUSIC STUDIO MARKETING PLAN 2009 Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 1 2.0 Situation Analysis 2 2.1 Key political, legal, economic, cultural, social, technological factors affecting product/service 2 2.1.1 Political 2 The business is not affected by any political parties at the moment and business is quite comfortable in current political policies. 2 2.1.2 Legal 2 The legal issues associated with this industry are noise pollutions, childcare and general private small business legal issues. 2 2.1.3 Economic 4 2.1.4 Technological 5 2.1.5 Social and Cultural 6 2.3 Market segment structure/analysis: 7 2.3.1 Size 10 2.3.2 Buyer Criteria 11 2.3.3 Trends / Forecasts 12 2.3.4 Key competitor assessment 13 2.4 Assessment of firm’s experience/ expertise 14 3.0 SWOT Analysis 15 3.1 Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats 15 3.1.1 Strength 16 3.1.2 Weaknesses 19 3.1.3 Opportunities 21 3.1.4 Threats 24 3.2 Implications of SWOT 25 3.2.1 Strengths + Opportunities 25 3.2.2 Weaknesses + Threats 26 4.0 Strategy Evaluation 27 4.1 What is basis of how the firm will compete? 27 4.2 How can this offer be built, delivered, managed? 27 4.3 Positioning issues / options 29 5.0 Distribution Channels: 31 5.1 Existing channels are used by firm 31 5.2 New options for channels of distribution 31 5.3 Recommended Overall Mix 32 6.0 Business Objectives 33 6.1 Financial Objectives 33 6.2 Marketing Objectives 34 6.3 Operational Objectives...
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...A Charter School is a school established to provide students and parents with more choices in the types of educational opportunities and programs that are available within the public school system. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board approves of community-based charter schools. All Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) Charter School programs are open to student’s applications who reside within the school district. Starting a charter school is truly a community effort. However, the rewards we may find by creating a new educational option for children are well worth the effort. The first question we want to answer is why do we want to start a charter school? As a charter developer, we need to have a clear answer to this question. Matanuska-Susitna Valley residents desire a school that provides a rich and comprehensive educational program for students with talents and potential in dance, instrumental music, vocal music, theatre, and visual art or media arts. This school will provide students and parents with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system to maximize each student’s special talents. Our graduates will increase the quality of their life, the lives of people who surround them, and the respective communities of the Valley. There are many people interested in helping to start our charter school waiting for recruitment. These founders will include parents, teachers, school principals...
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...fill it the needed area with different colors. Please follow the example below. (Check the pictures of the composers and their hometowns in all the units.) Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Music Page 1 MUSIC LEARNER’S MATERIAL GRADE 9 Unit 1 Time allotment: 8 hours LEARNING AREA STANDARD The learner demonstrates an understanding of basic concepts and processes in music and art through appreciation, analysis and performance for his/her self-development, celebration of his/her Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and expansion of his/her world vision. key - stage STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of music and art of the Philippines and the world, through appreciation, analysis, and performance, for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision. grade level STANDARD The learner demonstrates understanding of salient features of Western music and the arts from different historical periods, through appreciation, analysis, and performance for self-development, the celebration of Filipino cultural identity and diversity, and the expansion of one’s world vision. CONTENT STANDARD The learner demonstrates...
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...АБДУЛЛА АВЛОНИЙ НОМИДАГИ КАДРЛАРНИ ҚАЙТА ТАЙЁРЛАШ ВА МАЛАКАСИНИ ОШИРИШ ИНСТИТУТИ Мавзу: Инглиз тилида модал феъллар БИТИРУВ ИШИ Бажарди: Фамилия ва исм Илмий раҳбар: фамилия ва исм ТОШКЕНТ 2012 The institute of Retraining and qualification of the specialists named after Abdulla Avloniy Theme: Modal verbs in English GRADUATION PAPER Submitted by: Familiya va ism Scientific advisor: Familiya va ism TASHKENT 2012 Сontent Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………….3 Chapter I. Functions of the modal verbs and their characteristics in the English language 1. Functions and types of the modal verbs……………………………. 2. Understanding the functions of modal verbs in English……………. 1.3. Morphology and syntax of modal verbs………………………………… Chapter II. Methods of teaching modal verbs to schoolchildren 2.1. The difficulties in teaching modal verbs 2.2 Different types of utilization of the English modal verbs 2.3. Context use of the modal verbs 2.4. Range of forms of the modal verbs in English Conclusion……………………………………………………………………… The list of used literature……………………………………………………… Conclusion……………………………………………………………………...
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...Taylor Hutson Dr. Dennis Winston English-104 13 October 2015 Writing in My Field Radio expands far beyond the bounds of hip-hop, rhythm and blues, and pop music streamed from countless stations across the nation. It is much more than mundane news, traffic and weather updates and is not limited to sports broadcasts. Much like a painted canvas radio paints a mental masterpiece, filled with life stories, musical applications and paired with contextual reporting and analysis. For me, radio grasps my mind from the familiar confines of the world around me and places me in a world far beyond anything that I have actually experienced. Accounts of how a French scuba diver nearly drowned to death in a pursuit to save the life of another diver followed by the scary reality of death among the lives of senior citizens in hospice care are only some of the many intriguing stories that inspire me write for radio broadcasting. “How A Woman’s Plan to Kill Herself Helped Her Family Grieve” written by Alex Spiegel is another story that specifically captures the listener within the confines of its broadcast. Sandy Bem had Alzheimer’s disease—a disease that corrupts the mind’s capacity to remember important family members, read, and write. This disease left Sandy feeling helpless and depressed, later causing her to “commit” suicide—assisted suicide. As Sandy’s health began to deteriorate her feelings of helplessness grew to the point of despair. After wallowing in sadness for countless months...
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...Economic Inequality in Toni Cade Bambara's The Lesson Essay on The LessonA short story by Toni Cade Bambara On Action and Change Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson" revolves around a young black girl’s struggle to come to terms with the role that economic injustice, and the larger social injustice that it constitutes, plays in her life. Sylvia, the story’s protagonist, initially is reluctant to acknowledge that she is a victim of poverty. Far from being oblivious of the disparity between the rich and the poor, however, one might say that on some subconscious level, she is in fact aware of the inequity that permeates society and which contributes to her inexorably disadvantaged economic situation. That she relates poverty to shame—"But I feel funny, shame. But what I got to be shamed about? Got as much right to go in as anybody" (Bambara 604)—offers an indication as to why she is so hard-pressed to concede her substandard socioeconomic standing in the larger scheme of things. Sylvia is forced to finally address the true state of her place in society, however, when she observes firsthand the stark contrast between the rich and the poor at a fancy toy store in Manhattan. Initially furious about the blinding disparity, her emotionally charged reaction ultimately culminates in her acceptance of the real state of things, and this acceptance in turn cultivates her resolve to take action against the socioeconomic inequality that verily afflicts her, ensuring that "ain’t nobody gonna...
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