...beings deserve to be treated equal to everyone else and with respect. This message was a warning to the northern Kingdom. Amos caused so many problems that King Jeroboam kicked him out of the temple. Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in north-west Pakistan. She loved going to school and learning just like her father. In 2009, Malala started writing a blog for BBC Urdu about how she was scared her school was going to be attacked because of the growing military. Within that year, Malala also decided to become an Education Activist. In 2011, she was awarded Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize. Taliban Leaders didn’t like a girl winning all this and they wanted Malala killed. On October 9, 2012 Malala was riding a bus home from school with friends when a masked gunman entered the...
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...Demons, devils, afreet, etc., which are not conventionally referred to as divine; demonic is often used instead. Polytheistic and pantheistic faiths never make such distinctions. About the power of divine many writers have talked about in English literature, one among them is William Blake who was a 19th century poet, writer and artist. Blake is regarded as a very influential figure of the romantic age because of his writings which have influenced the artists and writers through ages. He was a major poet and considered as an original thinker. William Blake was a visionary poet, and a greatest contributor to art and English literature. Blake was born on 28th November 1757, in the Soho district of London. He attended school for a very less time and was taught by his mother. The Christians holy book Bible had a great influence on Blake and that remained a source of information lifetime which brought colour to his life and made him understand spirituality. At an early age, William Blake began to experience visions and saw God and prophets....
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...How would you feel? Would you choose to live a life of optimism or pessimism? Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped at a young age; stripped from the arms of her mother, taken away from the only land that she knew. We all have heard of the dreadful voyage from the west coast of Africa to the eastern American coastlines. Upon landing, Phillis took an immensely negative experience and was able to find something good out of the ordeal. I am not so sure that I would have been able to do or see the sun shine through the rain as Phillis was able to. I am close to my parents and Lord knows how much I love and need my mom. Imagine the thought of no longer seeing your family. Visualize never seeing that closest relative. The one who nurtured you taught you and showed you all that you know. This is precisely what Phillis experienced. Through all of this she remained optimistic about her present realities and her future. This is triumph of optimism over of experience. At times we tend to see the glass half empty instead of half full....
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...estranged from God. However, in spite of human sinfulness, God continued to love them unconditionally and showed them great mercy by giving them His Son Jesus Christ that through His righteous death, He could redeem those who believe Him from the curse of sin and death and be restored to God eternally. Surprisingly, despite people seeing God’s glory, power and salvation through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, they still responded in disbelief and refused to accept Jesus as the promised...
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...whole life behind and deserted everything he knew to go and spread the Word of God. He gave being a Pharisee and living a relatively wealthy life to preach. Paul went from persecuting Christians to helping spread the Good News. He flipped his life around because he had a vision of God and truly believed in the power of God. 2. Virtues: I believe Jamie shows all 7 of the heavenly virtues: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility. Jamie near judges another person, instead she try to help them. She spends her limited time helping others in need and doesn't tell anyone she's sick because she doesn't want anyone to pity her. The best way for young women to be taught to act this way is to lead by example. A good way to do this is sending young girls to schools like OLMA where they can learn to be empowered women and live a virtuous life. 3. Discernment: Bethany’s struggles include learning to live with one arm and learning to love and accept the “new her”, she had trouble because she thought that having a fake arm would finally make her look normal but she soon realized it doesn't matter that she doesn't have two arms and that the only thing that matters is that it is still her. She overcame them by not giving up on her surfing and in doing that became an inspiration for many people, including someone she would have considered her enemy. God was present all throughout her life. Her family was involved with the local church and Bethany was involved...
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...moral (n.) morale (n.) morals (n.): principles for what’s right and wrong | Children should be taught morals in school. | moral (adj.): someone or something with morals | A moral person has morals. | moral (n.): a lesson taught by a story | The moral of the story is that you shouldn’t lie. | morale (n.): the spirit/attitude of a group; the spirit/attitude of an individual in the group; the spirit/attutide of an individual toward an activity | Morale rose / soared.Morale fell / declined / collapsed / plunged. | Ch. 4 agenda (n.) | a list of things to do1. the agenda for a meeting2. a political agenda3. a daily planner | itemon | Do you have any items that you’d like to put on the agenda for Friday’s meeting?When Obama was first elected, the first item on his agenda was to improve the economy. | antidote (n.) | 1. a cure (especially for a poison)2. a solution to a problem | to / for | Huy got bitten by a poisonous snake. He went to the hospital, and they gave him the antidote. | apathy (n.)apathetic (adj.) | lack of interest, lack of concern | | Older people complain about the apathy of twenty somethings toward the big problems.Are you concerned or apathetic about global warming? | bland | 1. (food) lacking flavor2. boring, dull, not interesting | | bland fooda bland personality | propaganda | publicity, especially harmful, misleading publicity | | Nazi propagandathe propaganda of cigarette companies | prospects | chances of success in the future...
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...confusing. She also pointed out that I needed to elaborate more on the summary. I only mentioned Ken, a classmate from the excerpt, once in my paper. I need to introduce him in my summary to understand my reference in the conclusion. I should also explain more of Mike and Jack MacFarland’s relationship and why that reference is so important to this story. She mentioned, I should use more quotes and details in my response to back up my opinion. My second review was not very helpful. That peer review was vague. It echoed the first review without a lot of details that will help better my paper. I made an effort to revise my paper. I incorporated my peers review into it. I gave more details about the relationship between MacFarland and Mike. I also included Ken into my summary to help with the confusion of who he is. I also reworded sentences that were confusing. I’m hoping my revised final draft will give insight into this excerpt by Mike Rose. Ashley Reuzenaar Professor Hickman English 111 05D 2 September 2015 Summary and Response Educational scholar Mike Rose authored I Just Wanna be Average excerpt from Lives on the Boundary, a semi biography of his high school experience in vocational education at Our Lady of Mercy. Our Lady of Mercy administers an assortment of tests for placement. The author’s assessment was switched with another student putting the author into vocational courses. Vocational courses...
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...Shakespeare in School I. Should students continue to study Shakespeare in school, that is the question? Nearly four centuries since of the death of William Shakespeare, the great classical poet and dramatist of the English language are met, and in addition to general acclaim for his work, the debate has increased with the discussion on the appropriateness or otherwise of teaching Shakespeare to American high school students today. a. High school curriculum should continue to keep such an important figure as part of their studies. b. The name William Shakespeare means so much to the history of literature; his ability to connect to the human emotion is timeless; however, his most important legacy is the lasting impression he had left on the English language and the world entertainment world. II. Historical importance - At first glance it would seem inappropriate to dispose of curricula US literary legacy so powerful, intimate and transcendent like Shakespeare. Somehow that is what, in the narrow field of education, defends Dusbiber Dana, a high school teacher in Sacramento, California, where most of the students come from families of minority and low income. a. For Dusbiber, according to the story in the Washington Post, Shakespeare is simply irrelevant. Dusbiber confesses he does not like Shakespeare and he does not believe an English white died in 1616 is the only way to teach your students about the human condition, and that the author should be taught in the classroom...
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...If God is allowed everywhere on earth, then what makes schools different? Why should those who wish to pray be deprived the right? There are smoking areas in schools where people can stand and smoke, so why not make a prayer room in schools and colleges for those folks who desire to pray. Prayer is a good guide for students and it can make them feel great while they are getting educated in schools and they can make better decisions throughout the year. Prayer in school must be allowed in order to expose the youth of upcoming generations the diversity of different religious beliefs, thereby increasing cultural tolerance. Prayer is very significant for all the students and when learners start praying in school it can prepare them for being more...
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...Contemporary Disciples: Mother Teresa Description Mother Teresa is most known for serving the poor and destitute. Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India. Missionaries of Charity was a facility where poor people who were dying in the streets were brought and taken care of. Mother Teresa originally taught at St. Mary’s High School from 1931 to 1948 where she often saw the condition of poor people that deeply impacted her and made her want to serve the destitute. From 1948, Mother Teresa left the convent school to take on the task of helping poor slum dwellers in Calcutta. She started an open-air school for children from slums where she was joined by volunteers. Mother Teresa also learnt basic medical techniques as she realized the lack of basic facilities for the poor. She used the basic medical techniques she knew to help the poor who were unable to afford medication. Mother Teresa helped everyone. In 1980, she opened homes for people who had no one to look after them. These people included people suffering from incurable diseases, prostitutes, drug addicts as well as orphans. In 1985, Mother Teresa established a centre for people suffering from AIDS where thousands of patients were provided shelter. Interpretation Mother Teresa wanted to spread the word of love and compassion to the whole world. This is the reason why she made the decision to become a catholic nun. Mother Teresa now stands as the icon of peace...
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...parents to make a series of unhealthy decisions, unbeknownst to them, how their decisions would affect their other children. God’s good grace and mercy saved me by placing specific persons in my path. Potential is defined as- latent qualities or abilities that may be developed...
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...into the studio He never had problems telling them apart - Sophia, Maude, Cassandra, Sinbad, Costello, Tatiana, Hamlet, Icarus, Jezebel or the dozen or so children by the secondary mothers. 'Lucrezia!' he'd call out, without turning his head. 'O mercy to myself I cried, if Lucy should be dead!' There he'd be at his easel, dressed in a spattered blue shirt like the one Kirk Douglas wore in Lust for Life, surrounded by the paintings that he turned out so effortlessly. Portraits mostly - not just of women, though these were his most famous. The faces of madmen and vagrants from his Dublin sketchbooks, and of his own children when they were young. Sometimes he even said she was named after Lucian Freud, that cold fish, just to tease her. Lucian Freud! The London establishment. To Ridley, painting was just a fragment of what he was about. His great enterprise was the gathering of hidden knowledge, and for him the true meaning of art transcended craftsmanship. All of his offspring were talented. Costello was playing Horatio at the Old Vic. Tatiana's first novel was on the Booker shortlist, while Cassandra was a furniture designer and Icarus a potter. Only Lucia had chosen a more conventional career. She taught at a school in a small town far away. She loved the bright eyes and the squirrelling bodies of the little children. Many of them arrived at reception class barely able to talk or answer to their own names. Most of them had never sat down at a table to eat...
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...I feel that my ministries are the ministries destined for me, because I served effectively on all of them and I love during so. Being able to give back and to helping other to come to Christ is what a good servant of God should be able to do: not just quoting scriptures but actually being out there getting down and dirty with the lost ones .Helping them to find what they have been seeking for in their lives and how they can reach out to God. Going to the nursing homes, the women shelter and youth group homes spreading the word to the women and men in there that feel that their love ones have walked off and forgotten them. In the women shelter who never knew Jesus as their personal Lord an Savoir, but knew drugs, sex and other things that was keeping them from getting closer to God. In the women shelter who never knew Jesus as their personal Lord an Savoir, but knew drugs, sex and other things that was keeping them from getting closer to God. Youth, who that have be abused and abandon: not train or taught who God was. After taking this class I am sure that these are my calling .Being in your class has given me a love for what I am doing for the Lord and makes my heart burn to have in personal meet you. Thank you. PART TWO; Spiritual Gifts: Showing mercy and Serving were my strength: Prophesy was my weakness. Serving is my strongest I feel, because in the past weeks of this class this is what I have been doing the most of. Three weeks ago, I lost one of my oldest cousin. He...
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...ultimately deemed my writing as good. Most of the critiquing I would receive over my written works focused primarily on grammar and syntax and not until my high school years did my English teachers expose me to different styles and aspects of writing. My high school teachers challenged me to expand my ideas, understand what I am writing about as well as challenge the way I think. Reflecting over my academic past as it pertains to English writing and language, for the most part I had good teachers with open minds. However, I sometimes still felt as if I am at the mercy and discretion of the teacher. I can admit at times, I would write with a bias that my instructor or most of my peers favored so that I would not be an outcast for having a different opinion. But now I know that differing opinions are okay and...
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...In the period between 1630s and 1660s, puritan values and ideals profoundly influenced the development of the New England colonies in distinct ways including, emphasis on church, education, and community, a representative, religious centered government and ideals of fair pricing and good work ethic. The Puritan’s emphasis on church, community, and education significantly impacted the England colonies in many ways. The puritans colonized the Massachusetts Bay colony to escape harassment in England in doing so; John Winthrop declared the colony to be a “City upon a hill.” Winthrop emphasized the importance of a community rather than individual interests. “Wee must be knit together, in this woke, as one man,” Winthrop wanted to build a godly...
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