...Chapter 1: Dishonoring the Dead[edit] In the first chapter of this text, Kozol examines the current state of segregation within the urban school system. He begins with a discussion on the irony stated in the above quote: schools named after leaders of the integration struggle are some of the most segregated schools, such as the Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Seattle, Washington (95% minority) or a school named after Rosa Parks in San Diego, California (8000% minority). Kozol notes that most of the students within these schools are unfamiliar with the actions of the minority leaders their schools are named after. Kozol goes on to point out the lack of segregation within the urban communities that surround these schools, specifically mentioning the residential segregation in New York City, which matches levels from the 1960s. Introduction and Chapter 1 Summary The introduction talks about how Jonathan Kozol began teaching and he introduces the book. Kozol lets the reader know what to expect when reading the book. Chapter one is about how schools named after someone in history like Martin Luther King Jr. or Thurgood Marshall are not integrated, they are still segregated. Kozol also mentions how Dr. King said, "as long as the Negros basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one," (33), but right now minorities are moving from larger ghettos to smaller ones. They are trying to get out and move into the suburbs, but when they move out they end up in the...
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...Jean Louise “Scout” Finch - The narrator and protagonist of the story. Scout lives with her father, Atticus, her brother, Jem, and their black cook, Calpurnia, in Maycomb. She is intelligent and, by the standards of her time and place, a tomboy. Scout has a combative streak and a basic faith in the goodness of the people in her community. As the novel progresses, this faith is tested by the hatred and prejudice that emerge during Tom Robinson’s trial. Scout eventually develops a more grown-up perspective that enables her to appreciate human goodness without ignoring human evil. Atticus Finch - Scout and Jem’s father, a lawyer in Maycomb descended from an old local family. A widower with a dry sense of humor, Atticus has instilled in his children his strong sense of morality and justice. He is one of the few residents of Maycomb committed to racial equality. When he agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man charged with raping a white woman, he exposes himself and his family to the anger of the white community. With his strongly held convictions, wisdom, and empathy, Atticus functions as the novel’s moral backbone. Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch - Scout’s brother and constant playmate at the beginning of the story. Jem is something of a typical American boy, refusing to back down from dares and fantasizing about playing football. Four years older than Scout, he gradually separates himself from her games, but he remains her close companion and protector throughout the novel. Jem...
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...Warriors Don’t Cry: Notes, Summaries, and Other Information Key Facts full title · Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High author · Melba Patillo Beals type of work · Memoir genre · Nonfiction, memoir, biography language · English time and place written · 1990s, The United States date of first publication · 1994 publisher · Pocket Books narrator · Melba Patillo Beals point of view · The book is the story of Melba’s teenage life, and the adult writer, Melba, is both the narrator and the protagonist. Melba tells the story from the first person point of view. tone · Restrained anger tense · Past setting (time) · Early 1950s setting (place) · Little Rock, Arkansas protagonist · Melba Patillo major conflicts · The attempt made by Melba and eight other African-American students to integrate into Little Rock High School rising action · The Supreme Court rules in Brown v. the Board of Education that separate schools are not equal; Melba volunteers to go to the all-white Central High School; Melba and eight other African-American students enter Central High. climax · Ernie becomes the first black student to graduate from Central High School. falling action · Unable to return for a second year at Central High School, Melba moves to California and lives with a white family; she becomes a journalist and reports on injustices around the world. themes · The shifting of power through...
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...Business (Report) Writing Clear Technical Writing provides a step-by-step process for designing and writing a clear technical document, whether it be an engineering, email or scientific report. You will learn by doing, the only legitimate way to improve writing skills! The training involves writing, revising, and editing exercises; critiquing documents; games; and lecture. You will walk away with confidence in writing and editing skills and a consciousness about international writing. Top of ClearTop of ClearTop Key Topics Plan a complete and accurate document in minutes Organize ideas for readability Reach your audience Write using plain English Avoid ambiguity and unprofessional tone Trim the fat Revise for style to maintain reader interest Activate active voice Polish with parallelism Write grammatically Punctuate properly Send focused e-mail Format technical reports Write clear processes and procedures Top of ClearTop of ClearTop |Effective Report Writing | Report writing is one of the most critical stages of many endeavours in the business world as well as the academic world. All the efforts that one has undertaken are finally translated into a report. It is going to be the face of the project and people are going to judge the project based on the reports given to them. Reports also form a very important tool for decision making...
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...impact the motivation and academic achievement of the At-Risk students in the researcher’s class You need to think of one specific way you can solve the problem and place it in the purpose statement. Now base your research questions on the problem and purpose statements. Motivating “At-Risk” Students: Taking the Next Steps towards Academic Success An Action Research Project Proposal Presented To The Faculty of the Department of Graduate School College of Education North Greenville University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Education Ashton Hawkins May 2016 Table of Contents Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………3 Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Chapter 1 ………………………………………………………………………………………...5 Background ……………………………………………………………………………………….5 Setting …………………………………………………………………………………………….8 Problem...
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...Contents Summary of Report 2 Introduction 3 What is Stress? 4 Japanese Curriculum 5 Stress Outcomes and Problems 6 Comparison 7 Works Cited 10 Summary of Report This report describes the Japanese education style and the effects it has in its students as well as society as a whole. There is information on how children are taught, and the way their learning behaviors develop in Japan, as well as compared to that of our American curriculums. Anyone can be under stress, students are one group of people who especially during those angst teenage years undergo a vast majority of stress. A survey by the American Psychological Association found that nearly half of all teens — 45 percent — said they were stressed by school pressures. (Neighmond). In the report we will try to compare the differences between what students in the United States go through in comparison to those in Japan. In Japan the Japanese teaching guidelines are very different from what we here are used to. In Japan children are not separated based on how well or bad they are performing in school rather their age, and they are expected to have the diligence to simply catch upon their own. Not only are the teaching styles different, nor just the way students learn, the schools themselves are different. The school calendar year in Japan is longer than that of the U.S, thus resulting in higher stress in Students. We reviewed how the stressors Japanese students undergo, has lead to an increase...
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...2 Esdras Summary: The book of 2 Edras starts with Ezra receiving a prophetic call from God. He explains that God is upset with Israel because as time goes on, they keep on sinning. He continues and says that they are going to be driven out of their land and that there will be a people coming from the East (1:38). His prophecy ends with God saying that he will judge Israel and protect the church that is to come. Then there is a cut and we jump into Ezra’s discussions with the angel Uriel, and he his three visions. Ezra talks about two main things, the first being his struggle with sin and how God is disappointed with Israel. The next big topic is Ezra’s visions about things to come and the end times. Ezra struggles to grasp God’s decisions and actions and Uriel makes it clear that man cannot comprehend God’s actions. The last two chapters of the book talk about God’s judgment on people and cities that oppose him, such as Babylon. From here, the writer encourages believers to stay strong for there is much persecution to come. Date and Evaluation: Many scholars believe that 2 Esdras wasn’t written by Ezra or during the time he was alive, but rather the book was written by Christians in the first and second century A.D. After reading through this book I understand that the author has many questions about why things are what they are. We read over and over again that “Ezra” is disturbed by questions about God’s chosen people and sin. More than this, I see that Ezra really respects...
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...Contents Executive Summary: ..................................................................................................................................... 3 . Chapter: 1...................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.0 Introduction: ................................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 History of RMG Sector in Bangladesh: ................................................................................................ 4 1.3 Objective of Study: .............................................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Methodology: ...................................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Limitations of the study: ..................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 2: ................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.0 AN OVERVIEW OF RGM .......................................................................................................................... 8 . 2.1 Ready Made Garments Export Condition in brief: ................................................
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...habits of freshmen students in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Research paper Presented to the College of Liberal Arts Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila In Partial Fulfilment Of the requirement for English 102 by Crisostomo, Jestine A. Tamayo, Joshua Untalan, Kane Errol TABLE OF CONTENTS Biographical Data Acknowledgment Table of Contents Abstract I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Statement of the Problem 1.2 Importance of the Study 1.3 Scope and Limitation of the Study 1.4 Definition of Terms II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE III. METHODOLOGY A. Research design B. Research locale, sample and sampling technique C. Instrument D. Statistical analysis IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION V. SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION Chapter I INTRODUCTION Study habits are the ways that you study - the habits that you have formed during your school years. Good study habits include being organized, keeping good notes, reading your textbook, listening in class, and working every day. Bad study habits include skipping class, not doing your work, watching TV or playing video games instead of studying, and losing your work. It means you are not distracted by anything. Basically it means that you are doing the best you can to get the grades you want. Study Habit of every student is one of the most important factors that affect his or her understanding regarding a certain subject. It means, if a student possesses poor study habits, she has a greater chance...
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...RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIME AND JUSTICE CHAPTER 1 – THE RESEARCH PRACTICE Chapter Review Questions Respond to each of the following questions using the information from this chapter. 1. During a recent meeting of the command staff at a mid-sized police department, the chief asks the patrol captain for his recommendation for new flashlights. The captain responds, “I did a little research and I recommend that we purchase the DryLight, Model X flashlight”. The patrol captain’s research consisted of “asking a few of the officers” what they thought would be a good flashlight. Did the patrol captain actually conduct research? Why or why not? ANSWER: Technically, the patrol captain did some research. He conducted interviews which is a form of data collection. One could argue, however, that the patrol captain’s research was limited (pp. 7-8). 2. Respond to the following statement in 3-5 sentences: Conducting research in the social sciences and in criminal justice in particular is easier than in other sciences because the things we measure are so vague that nobody really cares if we get it right or not. ANSWER: Generally speaking, social science research is more challenging than some of the ‘hard sciences’ because the things social scientists study are difficult to measure objectively. As a result social scientists spend a great deal of time justifying how they measure concepts to their peers (pp. 4-5). 3. Read the following scenarios and identify which of the following...
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.................................. xvi Introduction ........................................................................................................ xvii Chapter 1: Welcome to Silverlight 5 .......................................................................1 Chapter 2: Introduction to Visual Studio 2010......................................................11 Chapter 3: Layout Management in Silverlight ......................................................29 Chapter 4: Silverlight Controls..............................................................................59 Chapter 5: Data Binding and Silverlight List Controls ..........................................89 Chapter 6: Silverlight Toolkit ..............................................................................129 Chapter 7: Data Access and Networking ............................................................157 Chapter 8: Navigation Framework ......................................................................175 Chapter 9: Isolated Storage in Silverlight...........................................................205 Chapter 10: System Integration and Device Support.........................................237 Chapter 11: Introduction to Expression Blend ....................................................259 Chapter 12: Styling...
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...Information Systems Lecture Notes G´bor Bodn´r a a RISC-Linz, Johannes Kepler University, A-4040 Linz, Austria email: Gabor.Bodnar@risc.uni-linz.ac.at www: http://www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/people/gbodnar January 23, 2005 2 Contents 0 Introduction 0.1 Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 Information Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Data Modeling 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The Entity-Relationship Model . . . . . . 1.2.1 Entities, Attributes, Relationships 1.2.2 Classification of Relationships . . . 1.2.3 Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.4 Entity-Relationship Diagrams . . . 1.2.5 Entity-Relationship Design . . . . 1.2.6 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 The Relational Model . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 Relational Structure . . . . . . . . 1.3.2 Relational Algebra . . . . . . . . . 1.3.3 Functional Dependencies . . . . . . 1.3.4 Normal forms . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.5 Indexing and Hashing . . . . . . . 1.3.6 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 SQL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.1 Data Definition . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.2 Simple Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.3 Database Modification . . . . . . . 1.4.4 Views and Joins . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.5 Embedded SQL . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.6 Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Information Systems On-Line 2.1 On-Line Databases . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Security Control . . . . . . . . 2.1.2 Transaction...
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...enough. In economics, we would argue, this is not the case.While you need to understand the meaning of basic terms and concepts, you also need to be able to apply economic concepts in specific situations. In other words, you need to develop the ability to think like an economist.The authors of Freakonomics certainly show the reader how to do just that.The material presented here is intended to make the job a little easier. Organization of the Student’s Guide We organized the material in this guide to help you identify the key points in each chapter and check to ensure that you have a firm grasp of the key concepts presented in the book.The first section of each chapter in this guide consists of an overview that highlights the major topics and points presented in the book.The overview is designed to alert you to the major topics and is not intended to serve, in any way, as a substitute for the material in the text. The second section of each chapter...
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...many as three levels of government (in Canada), and supports many charities. The system in which sellers and buyers can exchange goods and services is called a market. The local farmers market is a market. Farmers bring their fruits and vegetables to a single location to attract customers to that location. A stock exchange, like the Toronto Stock Exchange, is another example of a market. This is a market in which people can buy or sell shares. This chapter will review how the different countries of the world are divided between those that follow the concepts of command economies - socialism and communism - and those that have adopted a market economic system - capitalism and a mixed economy. The pursuit of social, economic, and political goals; the treatment, use, and motivations of the workforce; and market dynamics are different under each of the two approaches. Many countries have changed their economic systems. The strength of an economic system, or the economy overall, has a major impact on business. Canada enjoys a mixed economy. As such, economic concepts such Gross Domestic Product (GDP), productivity, unemployment rates, inflation, Consumer Price Index (CPI), and the overall business cycle, need to be carefully and continuously monitored, understood, and analyzed. Learning Goals Key Concept/Learning Goal | Summary | Explain what capitalism is and how free markets work. | Capitalism is an economic system in which all or most of the factors of production and distribution...
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...CHAPTER 1 Summary Emma Woodhouse, Henry's younger daughter, lives in the small town of Highbury, sixteen miles away from London. She lives with her old, valetudinarian father at Hartfield. His elder daughter, Isabella, is married to the younger brother of George Knightley, the gentleman landlord and owner of Donwell Abbey Estate, a mile away from Hartfield. Isabella's husband is a lawyer; she lives with him and their five children in London. Emma lost her mother when she was five years old. Since then she has had the companionship of her governess, Miss Anne Taylor. After Isabella's marriage seven years earlier, Miss Taylor has been Emma's only companion and confidante. Emma is now twenty-one years old, beautiful and intelligent, but conceited and willful. Miss Taylor has just recently married Mr. Weston, a middle-aged widower. Even though she is very attached to her father, Emma feels depressed since she now has no companion except her this old, sickly man, who is against the thought of Emma marrying because he does not want to undergo any change. On the day following Miss Taylor's wedding, Mr. Woodhouse expresses his regrets over her marriage. Although he thinks Mr. Weston is a thorough gentleman, he disapproves of Miss Taylor desiring to marry in order to have a home of her own; Hartfield, where she has lived with the Woodhouses, is three times larger than Mr. Weston's Randalls. Emma tries to convince her father that their governess is happily married and tells him...
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