...The Tortoise and the Hare By Janet Stevens Playwright Michael Nguyen Characters: Narrator: Tells the story of The Tortoise and the Hare Tortoise: Considered the underdog and the slowest animal in the forest. Always hardworking and puts his effort and time into preparation for anything. Hare: He boasts that he is the fastest animal in the forest. Hare is very prideful which one of his flaws is. Teases Tortoise for his slowness. Crowd 1 and 2: Often teases Tortoise for his slowness as well during the race. Is very surprised to see Tortoise win and apologizes to Tortoise but celebrates his victory. Settings: The setting takes place in two places. Each scene has the whole stage. The first scenery is just outside of Tortoise’s house where Tortoise challenges Hare to race. The second is at a racing course. The Narrator will stand on side stage. Outside of Tortoise’s house when Tortoise was about to go out for a job but encounters Hare jogging on the street. The NARRATOR is sitting on the side of the stage. NARRATOR: This is a story about the Tortoise and the Hare. Both the Tortoise and the Hare are great friends however Hare would always tease poor Tortoise for being as slow as he is. One day Hare notices Tortoise going out for a jog but laughs at him for his speed. HARE: (Laughs and points at Tortoise) You are so slow, I cannot stop laughing. (Laughs harder) TORTOISE: Hello Hare! I’m just...
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...Tortoise and the Hare I remember hearing several little stories as a kid and I was having a hard time deciding which one to share. I decided to choose the “Tortoise and the Hare.” Once upon a time there was a hare that kept bragging about how fast he could run and that he was faster that everyone else, he also was harshly teasing the tortoise for how slow he was. Then one day, the irritated tortoise answered back: “Who do you think you are? You sure are fast, but you can be beat!” The hare exclaimed with laughter. “Beaten in a race? By who you, I bet there’s nobody in the world that can win against me I’m so fast. Now, why don’t you try?” annoyed by all the bragging, the tortoise accepted the challenge. A course was planned, and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line. The hare yawned as the tortoise headed off slowly. Once they began and the hare saw how slow the tortoise was, he decide to take a quick nap and disclaimed “take your time” ‘I’ll catch up to you in a minute.” The hare woke up with a start from his little nap, looking for the tortoise. But he was only a short distance away, having barely covered a third of the course. Breathing a sigh of relief, the hare decided he might as well have breakfast too, and off he went to eat some cabbages he had noticed in a nearby field. But the heavy meal and the hot sun made his eyelids droop. With a careless glance at the tortoise, now halfway along the course, he decided to have another nap before winning...
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...The Hare And The Tortoise Once upon a time there was a hare who, boasting how he could run faster than anyone else, was forever teasing tortoise for its slowness. Then one day, the irate tortoise answered back: “Who do you think you are? There’s no denying you’re swift, but even you can be beaten!” The hare squealed with laughter. “Beaten in a race? By whom? Not you, surely! I bet there’s nobody in the world that can win against me, I’m so speedy. Now, why don’t you try?” Annoyed by such bragging, the tortoise accepted the challenge. A course was planned, and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line. The hare yawned sleepily as the meek tortoise trudged slowly off. When the hare saw how painfully slow his rival was, he decided, half asleep on his feet, to have a quick nap. “Take your time!” he said. “I’ll have forty winks and catch up with you in a minute.” The hare woke with a start from a fitful sleep and gazed round, looking for the tortoise. But the creature was only a short distance away, having barely covered a third of the course. Breathing a sigh of relief, the hare decided he might as well have breakfast too, and off he went to munch some cabbages he had noticed in a nearby field. But the heavy meal and the hot sun made his eyelids droop. With a careless glance at the tortoise, now halfway along the course, he decided to have another snooze before flashing past the winning post. And smiling at the thought of the look on the tortoise’s face when it saw...
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...10 The Tortoise and the Hare: Slow and Steady Wins the Race Steadiness, although progress may be slow, will eventually be more beneficial than being rushed or careless just to get something completed. Mythical stories, fairy tales, and fables have been among the collective unconscious told and passed down for generations to teach the listener/reader morals. The link between the stories and person being told help them understand situations that can lead to a victorious outcome. With determination, one can succeed at almost anything. Our earliest encounters with literature, the stories told or read to us, probably influenced our expectations of later life (Janaro & Altshuler, 2012, p. 56). A well known fable by Aesop, “The Tortoise and the Hare”, is a story that supports the importance of consistency and consequences of arrogance. The fable tells of a hare that boasted about his speed to others. There was a wise tortoise that he repeatedly teased about being very slow. The tortoise became fed up with the hare’s arrogance and challenged the hare to race against him. Both animals agree to a race, and at the start the hare races ahead while the tortoise slowly plows forward. With the tortoise moving so slow the hare was sure a nap wouldn’t jeopardize his chance to beat the tortoise. Waking from a short nap, the hare begins running while leaving the tortoise behind moving at a slow but steady pace. Observing the distance between himself and the tortoise, the hare decides to...
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...Motivation Introduction -------------------------Motivation of the workforce is a topic that has been discussed by many people and very rightly so. If one could just find the one motivation that works for all employees!!!. The importance of motivation -----------------------------------------Employee motivation is important. We all want to start our day excited about what we are doing. At the end of the day, we want to feel like we have accomplished something and that someone has noticed, appreciated, and benefited from our efforts. Recognition is what encourages us to want to come back tomorrow. Motivation can have an effect on the output of the business quantity and quality. What are some of the most important Motivation Theories and how they still influence our day-to-day work. Having explored some of the theories of Herzberg (the Hygiene factors/motivators and his vertical loading), and then Maslow's Hierarchy (of needs and others) what I have tried here is to link some of these theories with my own work experience. cannot help but start with Maslow's Hierarchy of needs which listed five basic needs, the highest being self actualization. Maslow sees this as what humans can be, they must be or at least becoming everything that one is capable of becoming. Maslow also argued that these needs are not necessarily in a fixed order. However, he also suggests that - A satisfied need is not a motivator. - Lack of need satisfaction can affect mental health. Of course his theories have...
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...Teams Alexandria Aguirre Dr. Nate CotePrinciples of Supervision 1 (D50)Dona Ana Community College | What are teams? Why are they important? When you think about teamwork, you may recognize effective, productive teams. You may also recognize groups of individuals who have been put together to work on a task who just don't seem to make the same progress. Your answer as to what a team is may be working together with other people to figure out a problem; and you are exactly correct. Teams are better in some situations, but not necessary needed in all. In fact, they may have some disadvantages that are inappropriate for the work place. Teams typically outperform individuals when the tasks being done require multiple skills, judgment, and experience, but when the individual isn’t a team player, teams are just about as good as the individual himself. (Robbins and DeCenzo 275-84) Many times, teams are often confused with groups. Teams and groups are similar, but not completely. What differentiates both is that in a team, the members are committed to a common purpose, have a set of specific performance goals, and hold themselves equally responsible for the team’s results. A group is individuals working interdependent who come together to reach a particular objective. There are four types of teams that carry different level of effectiveness. They are: a working group, a pseudo team, a potential team, and a real team. In a working group, there is no work or opportunity to engage...
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...Pride goes before a fall This proverb is coined from the well known story entitled, “The Hare and die Tortoise,” from Aesop’s fables. We all remember having read it during our kindergarten days. The hare always quick on his feet challenged a tortoise to a running race! The tortoise who knew that, being a slow animal he was no match for the hare. Yet he accepted the challenge. On the day of the race all the animals assembled at one place and die race commenced. Alas! Like a lightning the hare sprinted across and disappeared from sight. But poor tortoise walked slowly, as usual. The haughty hare, which had gone too far away, paused under a tree. He knew that it would take a long time for the tortoise to reach him. So he stretched and slept. How long he slept, he never knew. Meanwhile, the tortoise came there, saw the hare sleeping and went ahead quietly and reached die winning post, giving a crushing defeat to the hare! This was a lesson not only to die hare, but to everyone who feels too proud and underestimates the others. No matter whatever one’s capacity is, one should not feel proud of it. To cite another example, we have all seen the English movie, ‘Titanic.’ One of the main reasons that the ship sank was the overconfidence of the captain and the ship’s crew. They underestimated what harm an iceberg could do to such a mighty ship of theirs. Hence, the overconfidence broke the ship and sank it, drowning many hundreds of passengers. People say that even a watch that stopped...
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...stories. I still remember the time my mother read the story of The Tortoise and the Hare (Aesop, 1867) one night. It was one of Aesops Fables best in my book. As the second child born and having an older brother I was a very competitive child from the moment I could walk. I knew I could beat my brother at anything and I knew I was much better than he was. Well at least my mind thought that until we actually raced or played a game and he always won. Apparently my mother picked that book on purpose because she saw how frustrated I would get because Ryan would beat me at everything. He would make me so darn mad I just wanted to beat him ONE TIME!!! My mom was able to stay home for most of the week with us so she observed us and figured out that maybe, just maybe I needed to calm down and figure it out before I got so mad. See I was always rushing and getting distracted while my brother and I played because I wanted to be just like him so bad. Now I would never admit this now, but I thought my brother was the coolest kid on the block. I idolized him because he was just awesome. Of course years later when we were teens I heard the story of how annoying he thought I was and he asked my mom if she would take me back where she got me from and leave me there. Nice. That night of reading The Tortoise and the Hare changed everything. Listening to the story of how arrogant the hare was by taunting the tortoise saying he could never beat him reminded me so much of my brother...
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...The Four Musicians of Bremen In the story a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all past their prime years in life and usefulness on their respective farms, were soon to be discarded or mistreated by their masters. One by one they leave their homes and set out together. They decide to go to Bremen, known for its freedom, to live without owners and become musicians there. On the way to Bremen, they see a lighted cottage; they look inside and see four robbers enjoying their ill-gotten gains. Standing on each others backs, they decide to perform for the men in hope of gaining food. Their 'music' has an unanticipated effect; the men run for their lives, not knowing what the strange sound is. The animals take possession of the house, eat a good meal, and settle in for the evening. Later that night, the robbers return and send one of their members in to investigate. It is dark and he sees the eyes of the Cat shining in the darkness. He reaches over to light his candle, thinking he sees the coals of the fire. Things happen in quick succession; the Cat swipes his face with her claws, the Donkey picks up his hooves and kicks him, the Dog bites him on the leg, and the Rooster crows and chases him out the door, screaming. He tells his companions that he was beset by a horrible witch who scratched him with her long fingers (the Cat), a man with a knife (the Dog), a monster who had hit him with a club (the Donkey), and worst of all, the devil who screamed from the rooftop (the Rooster)...
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...THE LION AND THE MOUSE Once when a Lion was asleep, a little Mouse began running up and down upon him. This soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him and opened his big jaws to swallow him. "Pardon, O King!" cried the little Mouse, "Forgive me this time. I shall never repeat it and I shall never forget your kindness. And who knows, but I may be able to do you a good turn one of these days?" The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him that he lifted up his paw and let him go. Sometime later a few hunters captured the King and tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, ran up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. "Was I not right?" said the little Mouse, very happy to help the Lion. Questions: 1. What is the title of the story? 2. Who are the characters in the story? 3. What did the mice do that made the lion happy? 4. Where do you think the story happened? 5. If you were the mice, would you help the lion too? The Goose with the Golden Eggs Once when a Lion was asleep, a little Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough. They imagined that if the bird must be able to lay golden eggs, its insides...
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...child’s and young person’s setting as this helps to create a happy, safe environment so that their child and young person can develop and have the best outcome with the help of other Parents can engage as partners in their child and young person’s learning by telling their child stories that they have themselves have been told by their own parents. Parents telling their children these stories help the child and young person to learn the morels of the stories e.g. The most common morel children may have been told is from the Hare and the Tortoise where ‘a hare saw a tortoise walking slowly with a heavy shell on his back. The hare was very proud of himself and he asked the tortoise. “Shall we have a race?” The tortoise agreed. They started the running race. The hare ran very fast. But the tortoise walked very slowly. The proud hair rested under a tree and soon slept off. But the tortoise walked very fast, slowly and steadily and reached the goal. At last, the tortoise won the race.’ The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race. Parents will help children to understand that they do not always need C3 Evidence of reading and referencing, good use of vocabulary and grammar B1 Discuss the relevance of recognised theory or philosophical approach in contributing to the chosen theme (Links to A2) B2 Analyse ways the provision of equality, diversity and inclusive practice can be ensured in relation to the chosen theme B3 Analyse aspects of your learning from the chosen...
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...Foreign language in Britain A English has become a global language. As a result of that English is now a compulsory language in almost every country in Europa. But what about the English speaking countries, do they have to learn a second language, or can they just relax because of the fact that English has been chosen as a global language? Will Hutton, David Hughes and Susan Purcell tells about their opinion in the three articles: “Why do we continue to isolate ourselves by only speaking English?”, “Do we really need foreign language skills to flourish?” and “Saying Britons ‘don’t’ do languages is a fallacy”. The three texts deals with the main question, does Britain have to learn a modern language? Will Hutton believes that learning another language is the way to secure Britain’s future. His arguments are based on the fact that British “don’t have the excuse of being the globe’s dominant power […] (P.1, L.16-18), whereas David Hughes means that learning another language is not necessary. Susan Purcell presumes that Britons are good enough at learning language. Her position is built on an EU list, which shows that nineteen European languages are taught in England and Wales. To sum up, it can be concluded that the articles have different opinions when it comes to learning a second language. Susan Purcell describes some reason why Britain often gets the misnomer “hopeless at language”, and tries to explain why it is not true. At first she describes that it is only 44 percent...
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...over countless people. On the last page we see a grown up Angelina on stage in front of numerous people. Wearing the same salmon tutu Angelina spins and twirls mid stage while onlookers clap jubilantly. In Contrast, the Wildsmith’s sumptuous illustrations accompanied by simple word brings an odd freshness to a timeless fable. Wildsmith is able to retell the classic tale with a simplicity that enhances the dreamy complexity of the illustrations. The opening scene we see the Tortoise and the Hare against the dazzling abstract backgrounds, with hues of pinks and purples spattered with shimmering captivative blobs of cerulean blues and viridian greens. THe colors that saturate the pages seem to dance before our eyes. Wildsmith is able to capture the subject matter with ease while still portraying the simple message that perseverance and modesty will always be rewarded. The vibrant colours within the illustrations adds a sense of ease as the animals progress throughout the race. Although The Hare and the Tortoise is not interactive nor fulfilling a character's lifetime dream, we are atilla able to enjoy a never ending classic tale about perseverance. ...
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...Beasts The Lion's Share The Hart and the Hunter The Wolf and the Crane The Serpent and the File The Man and the Serpent The Man and the Wood The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Dog and the Wolf The Fox and the Crow The Belly and the Members The Sick Lion The Hart in the Ox-Stall The Ass and the Lapdog The Fox and the Grapes The Lion and the Mouse The Horse, Hunter, and Stag The Swallow and the Other Birds The Peacock and Juno The Frogs Desiring a King The Fox and the Lion The Mountains in Labour The Lion and the Statue The Hares and the Frogs The Ant and the Grasshopper The Wolf and the Kid The Tree and the Reed The Woodman and the Serpent The Fox and the Cat The Bald Man and the Fly The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Fox and the Stork The Dog in the Manger The Fox and the Mask The Man and the Wooden God The Jay and the Peacock The Fisher 43-63 64-84 The Shepherd's Boy The Miser and His Gold The Young Thief and His Mother The Fox and the Mosquitoes The Man and His Two Wives The Fox Without a Tail The Nurse and the Wolf ...
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...the other side. The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P) . The maximum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 15 points in the plane is 1) 5 2) 10 3) 15 4) 9 Ans: 15(Same as given number of points) 3. The pacelength P is the distance between the rear of two consecutive footprints for men the formula n/P=190 gives an approximate relationship between n and P where n= number os steps per minute and P= CX in meters. Bernard knows his Pace Length is 104cm the formula applies to Bernards walking. Calculate Bernards walking speed in kmph. 4. A hare and a tortoise have a race along a circle of 100 yards diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the hare I the other. The hare starts after the tortoise had coveredc 1/7 of its distance and that tooo leisurely. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/8 of the distance. By what factor shoul the hare increase its speed so as to ties the reace? 8 41.00 56 7 Ans: 1/7, 1/8 7*8=56 56-7=49 49-8=41 49*41/7^2=41.00 5. Mr bean visited a magic shop and bought some magical marbles of different colours along with other magical items. While returning home...
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