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The little boy showed up at school on an off day. With no one to take him home, she volunteered. As the boy gripped her hand she led him through the trailer park he lived in and he directed her to his home. When she opened the door, she saw young kids in diapers running around and their mother was sitting in a chair in a drug induced haze. She had no choice but to leave the boy at his home and go back to work. “I still remember that little boy. It was horrifying, to leave those him there and…

Sumire learns English as an additional language. She works hard to extend her vocabulary by asking for clarification or by giving examples of her previous experiences to check her understanding. Sumire listens attentively during whole class discussions. She loves stories and she can use short sentences or simple words to communicate her opinion. Sumire has good gross and fine motor skills. She can move in a variety of ways both in the garden where she likes to run around, and in our PE sessions…

By observing children, one can determine their current stage of development by the behaviors they exhibit. “Although children develop at different rates, there are common stages of development that serve as guidelines for what most children can do by a certain age” (Groark, McCarthy & Kirk, 2014). While observing the three infants in the PALS Day Care Video (2010), one can determine the age of each child and the milestones they have accomplished. OBSERVATION SUMMARY While watching the three…

then put into the back of the police car and transported to the station, when they get back to the station the offender is stripped of all things that can be used to harm themselves. They remain in a shirt and shorts, any short string, bras, shoes, shoelaces and jewellery. Before getting put into a cell, their finger and palm prints are taken and their photos are also taken. Then after a certain time period they are required to go to the court house to see the Magistrate. Court Hierarchy- In…

Engagement Research shows student engagement is correlated with improved attendance and higher performance in school. Students with a lower level of engagement tend to have disruptive behavior in class, skip school, or eventually drop out of school (Jablon & Wilkinson 2006). Therefore, increasing student’s engagement is crucial for students to success in school. Ghazlan, a kindergartener, is an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) level 1 student. She doesn’t understand or speak…

It’s late at night; I received a phone call saying it was blocked. I answered the phone call, noticing that I'm home alone, after a long nap. I said “This dude is a loser always prank calling random people.” The person with a deep voice said “he was in front of my house” and it was a rainy day. He was a tall man with an object in his hand looking like a knife, so I started panicking. I called my brother but he was at the movies with his friends. The man started knocking on the door, but when I…

I can remember how the ground felt underneath of me, and I can remember my mom screaming. I couldn’t move my head, but I could look straight up. The sky was blue and full of clouds. Where was my sister? Where was my mom? I wanted to stand up, but all I could do was flip onto my side. There was somebody there. It was a boy. He was lying on his stomach and facing me. A red pickup truck was pinning him to the ground. I stared him in the eyes. Caleb. I didn’t even know his last name. I only knew…

Irrational Tectonic is mutated from rational Tectonic. Perhaps, over rational will turn to irrational when tectonic losing the connection of historical context or logic of craftsmanship. The signs on Hong Kong street were a rational advertisement behavior. However, people starting to add their desire by expansion signs irrationally, not only visually expand, but also tectonically extend. Of course, the program also exposing from inside to outside by those signs symbolically. The signs stacked on…

“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty demonstrates a clear understanding of the three critical lenses. The first of three critical lenses is Marxist which is a lens that helps us influence the characters, plot, setting, reader/viewer, author, time period, and any other aspect of an exhibit. The second lens is the Feminist lens which is an ideology that “opposes the political, economical, and cultural relegation of women to positions of inferiority.” Finally, the Archetypal lens which is character types…

Heart of Darkess "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy" (Luther). As Martin Luther said in his quote, man is gauged through how he acts in presence of challenge and controversy which, in Conrad's novel The Heart of Darkness, is exactly where Marlow is on his journey in the Congo. In Conrad's novel, he uses the literary elements of character development, symbolism, and conflict to…