Incredible Things Are Happening At HISD By Jo-Carolyn Goode “I am proud to report that HISD continues to make academic progress district wide,” said a pleased Houston ISD Superintendent Richard A. Carranza as he bragged on the district that has been under his administration for the last 12 months. The Texas Education Agency (TEA), a branch of the state government responsible for overseeing public education, recently released their accountability ratings for school campuses for the 2016-2017 school
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Sam Roberts uses rhyming, imagery, and metaphors in “We’re All In This Together” to discuss how Canadians are the glue that hold our country together. He explains, in order for the future to be brighter Canadians must remain united. Robert’s opening stanza represents how the majority of Canada can live life in a repetitive manner, not knowing the consequences of their actions. When Robert says “It’s a such a drag, you’re dressed in rags, everybody waving these faded flags…”, it’s an example ordinary
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The world at the beginning of the 20th century was a veritable cascade of political tension, imperial rivalry, economic rapidity, and new moral crises. Source E expounds these issues to historians, discussing the jealousies and developments that established the new century. David Thompson describes the imperial inadequacies that grew into robust rivalries in the pre-war decade, threats and action resulting in suspicion and often intense hatred. The race for supremacy on the seas between Great Britain
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The accent of the people who live in Newfoundland is distinct; it is intriguing to tourists who visit the province. Unique variations in language (accent) exist in each area of Newfoundland. Diane Mooney explains that the people of Newfoundland originated in many different places and as a result, peoples’ accents sound different from place to place and town to town. She begins by discussing the accent of the people living on the Avalon Peninsula, pointing out the specific way that people say “daa”
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Amayah Miller. Period:6. World War One, also known as the “Great War” was a 4 years war beginning in 1914 and ending in 1918. It was a war that happened, and you asked yourself “why?”. The whole war was a series of gun “tag” between different allied countries. In one trench was France, Belgium, and Europe, in the other was Germany and Austria-Hungary. One side would charge the other to try to defeat them. When too many were dead, they would retreat and the other side would charge
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The majority of language learners in the United States study Spanish ("Most Studied Foreign Language in the U.S.”). Some people might ask a student that studies Spanish, why that student would study Spanish or what would studying Spanish do for that person. Well, first of all, that person that should mind their own business because who cares what others say about that student learning Spanish. That person should worry about himself instead of the student. Despite what some people say, studying Spanish
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Nationalism is a political idea based on the fact that people should be loyal to their nation rather than to a king or empire. Throughout Europe, this idea spread during the 1800’s after conservatives, liberals, and radicals debated political issues and called for a new form of government. During this time, many people took part in revolts in order to join or create independent nations. Some nationalist movements succeeded because they managed to unite entire nations, meanwhile, many movements failed
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The Interlopers and The Consequences of Ignorance The Interlopers depicts a deadly feud, bound to end in bloodshed, that in some unseemingly way ends in not only the friendship of the two nemesises, but ends in the irony of an unexpected death of something that the quarrellers both disregarded. Within the Interlopers, the conflict of a feud is the driving force between the actions of both Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. In an immeasurable amount of times in history, many have been blinded
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enforce power, military, something that Prussia had not done. Here he was responding to the Landtags of Prussia and how they refused military support. He says that, “not through speeches and majority decisions,” the problems and conflicts of this German state will no longer be solved by just talking and waiting for public and the parliament's approval. The government always took too long to come into an agreement yet, their governing was not successful. Basically, the main idea was that an army was
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There is no question that the Spanish speaking communicates in The United States is growing every day. This community includes all the people who have English or a different native language and learned Spanish on their own. Bilingualism is becoming almost necessary for landing jobs, which shows English, depending on where one is located is not always the dominant language. Latino communities are increasing in every region of the United States particularly in the South and the Midwest, with some regions
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