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    In Nepal when I was 7 or 8 years old. I taught my self-how to paint house. In Nepal our house are made of mud so we have to paint 1 time in 3 day so it will clean and looks good. I taught how to paint house my self by looking at my friends house, her house is near to my home. Her mom always paints her house and paint very nice with different color like yellow, red and black. I always want to paint like her but I don’t know how to paint and also I am too small to paint house. Next day I told my…

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    In the mid 1800s, the desire for public education began to strive, as many American children were not given the oppurtunity to attend public school and learn vital information that would be crucial to their adulthood. Horace Mann, also known as “the father of American public schools,” led this movement for public education. Mann was born in 1796 and grew up with his poor family in Franklin, Massachusettes. Throughout his childhood, Mann would go to the Franklin public library, with the few…

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    Did the discovery of the New World make the world a better place? During the discovery of the New World and colonization of the Americas, the world was not a better place. This discovery it led to catastrophic events occurred an exchange of diseases that resulted in a dramatic decrease in the Native American population. Because of this decrease in the Native American population, Europeans were now left without a strong source of labor which resulted in the start of the act of African slavery in…

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    Hendricks, Obery. The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus ' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted. New York: Doubleday, 2006. Print. The book brings information about the political views of Jesus, if these political views shaped the revolutionary teaching of Jesus, and how so. Hendricks determines whether or not the teachings of Jesus were conservative and liberal in nature, and he puts them up against the political values of American society. He also…

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    Not only did Hull-House offer educational programs for children who were too young for school, the settlement also provided programs for students as an alternative to public schools and as a place to attend for an extra learning experience. The settlement was known for its academic lectures. The lectures were open to the public free of cost, regardless of the person speaking. Academic lectures ranged in a variety of different topics. Lectures were primarily focused on the arts, literature, life…

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    In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” Scout is introduced to both types of education, formal and informal, and learns a lot of lessons about each one. She is much more accustomed to informal education, and the advantages of informal education are plentiful throughout the novel, showing how informal has a very positive influence on Scout. This is because formal education is almost backwards in Maycomb and is very unappealing for Scout, as she is not like many of the people there. As a recurring…

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    FirstBank is fortunate because the top four banks in its market are not local community banks. This gives the Bank an advantage in local relationship-based banking and customer loyalty for being a local business. The same customer base also relies on a local bank to provide quality products and services like the big national banks. FirstBank stays on the leading edge of technology which helps portray a big bank environment and provides all the products and services offered by the big banks.…

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    More Than Just Education Growing up I was surrounded by teachers who encouraged me to always do my best and to never give up. They were the kinds of teachers who wanted to see all of their students succeed and would go above and beyond to make that happen. I have always admired the drive they had to make school fun and exciting for each student. They are the reason I want to be an elementary school teacher. Being a teacher is something that I have always seen myself doing with my future. I want…

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    This past semester for me was an absolute whirlwind of emotions for me. It definitely had its highs and lows, but overall this semester was a wonderful experience, that I am glad I was face with. This semester was filled with many challenges and learning opportunities that were not necessarily always inside of the classroom. Before I can tell you how this semester has affected me, first I must let you get to know a bit of a backstory about me and my desires to become an educator. My entire life…

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    mythical founders created represent some of the core values still held in China to this day. This is emulated later in Chinese history when three real founders of a different kind introduce their beliefs on the culture; beliefs that effect the history and culture of the society. Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism all influenced Chinese political leaders in early Chinese history and embedded themselves into the culture of China. The first…

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