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The Gotitright family has ruled over the Blue Planet for two hundred eight years and every twenty years since 1908 the Committee of Twelve performs an ancient tradition, in which they compete against each other for the privilege of selecting a writer, to update, ‘The Road to Glory: the History of the Gotitright Family.’ This primitive custom insured The Committee of Twelve a stress free day. Therefore, they enter into the competition with no apprehension and partake in numerous rounds of…

Lesson 4: Know Your Four Basic Survival Necessities Food is an obvious necessity and it’s important that you have options for obtaining food that does not involve credit or cash. Too many Americans believe it is sufficient to have some cash on hand to make purchases in the event of ATM outages, but in the event of a disaster, food may quickly become scarce and very expensive. You can protect yourself and your family from food insecurity by storing as much food as possible. You will need food…

It is amazing to be able to open yourself up to different perspectives, and I feel very privileged to be able study the history that the world shares but looks at very differently. Being from absolutely the different hemisphere of the world, I came here with my knowledge of different events of the past with certain outlook that my professors in my high school implanted in me, especially when it concerned the World Wars. India was a British colony and hence, our history includes the study Indian…

plain white, with no windows and no light. There was a wooden floor stained and old it looked as if tomato juice was spilled on the floor...or that’s what I hoped it was. The room I was in seemed small but had an empty feel in it. I see a bed and a bookcase in the room. But I can’t see a light switch of any kind. I finally got the nerve to knock on the door, to see if I can get anybody’s attention. Nothing I at least hoped someone would open the door even if it was just to kill me. I've been…

I had an opportunity to observe a 9-month old boy for about an hour in the infant’s home. I went over around nine in the morning. When I arrived at their home, the infant was crawling around on the floor. The mother approached me with the father and mentioned her child started teething this week, therefore he may be a little fussy at times. He immediately approached me with a big smile on his face. I asked the parents if it would be okay for me to record the child, so I could take more detailed…

Lyudmila Ulitskaya provides a masterful piece of character development in her short novella Sonechka. The character is Sonechka is highly complex and incredibly intricate. What Ulitskaya is able to do with a character in only seventy-one pages is truly incredible. She takes the character of Sonechka in a full character arc while juxtaposing her character with that of Jasia, Robert’s mistress. By the end of Sonechka, the reader finishes the novella understanding the motivation of all characters…

The Diary of Anne Frank, was one book I was sure to never forget. I was overwhelmed with sadness and fury at the injustice and intolerance that had led to Anne Frank's death, but her realness and the very existence of the book survived gave me hope, too. After reading it was the first time I really understood the power of words an selfless acts could have on lives: Anne Frank's words lived on, and they had the power to change lives,but one person stood out the most in her diary that was…

began to reflect on my school record, and I could tell that my parents were becoming concerned. One afternoon a small incident (that still burns in my head) brought everything to a head. Erika Oku was standing beside the ever important 4th grade bookcase that contained the poignant stories that molded my…

A. Room set-up Criterion 1: “Democratic schools value collaboration and cooperation rather than competition”. (Pugach, 2009, p. 309) Discussion: Mrs. C does not meet this criterion since, although the desks in her classroom are arranged into pairs, some students sit alone. While every other student is sitting down next to a classmate they can interact and collaborate with, there are three students who sit by themselves. One student is not separated completely from the rest, but he does not have…

place to use the bathroom, a place to eat, and an area to gather. We all mindlessly follow her rules; no one is opposed to her. She gathers the food and starts to divide it up to ration it. Ixchel wanders around the small bomb shelter and finds a bookcase with old survival books and begins to read them. Freddie and Jacob are tense at first, due to the altercation earlier, but eventually warm up into a friendly conversation. Everyone seems to ease in so comfortably, it’s like an alien invasion…