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Annotated Bibliography Gladwell, Malcolm. “Marita’s Bargain.” Collections, edited by Beers, Hougen, & Jago etc., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015, pp. 3-14. The text talks about a typical life of a KIPP student, Marita Bargain at the age of twelve who had transferred from parochial school to KIPP school after her mom hearing about it. KIPP school is 50 to 60 percent more than the average student who goes to a traditional public school. When Marita had her first interview, she thought to herself

How do you continue to love the ones after being married? Books are like love, they are easy to start but will you be able to stay until the end to see the outcome. Jhumpa Lahiri, writer of the Interpreter of Maladies, illustrates the characterizations of marriages that have been constantly been on display of mystery that is healthy and steadfast. Her type of writing does not want the reader to think she is trying to ruin the relationship but to understand that how little the other person they truly

Students and Success: What makes Students Successful: Mind-sets About Intelligence and Learning Dweck, S., Carlos. "The Secret to Raising Smart Kids" Collections, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015, pp. 21-26. Carlos S. Dweck, the author of “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids” describes the purpose of how students with a growth-mindset and a fixed-mindset are capable of learning. Dweck explains that numerous individuals assume that possessing superior knowledge and

Can men and women ever truly understand each other? Readers see that in “the Wife of Bath’s Tale” that a knight was sent on a year quest to find out what women actually want. In “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” that she views that women should be treated equal but they are treated only for their beauty not their intelligence. In “The Men we Carry in Our Minds” it shows how different women and men were treated. men only having manual labor jobs and women taking care of children not much in between

Early man set up civilizations so future generations could live in peace and survive in their surroundings. As early man developed civilizations, they contained five characteristics. Three of the five are complex institutions, specialized workers, and record keeping. Complex institutions are organizations like government and religious organizations. Specialized workers are people like teachers, soldiers, and priests. Finally, cuneiform tablets were used in record keeping to keep track of rules and

Surname 1 Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Name Date The Ballad of the Sad Café The Ballad of the Sad Café" is a fantastic novel written by Carson McCullers that takes strange turns and curves shockingly. The Ballad of Sad Café” is an account of love triangle set in a little town in Georgia. The town is portrayed as horrid, bereft, and tragic that is far away and antagonized from every single other place in the world. The novella investigates the subject of affection that spins around

The novel The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien begins by Mr. O'Brien describing his dramatical events that happened during the middle of his Vietnam experience while he was fighting in the war. Mr. O'Brien received his draft notice in the month of June in the year of 1968. When he received this notice Mr. O'Brien had feelings of confusion, and that drove him to go north to the Canadian border, and it had him contemplating if he wanted to cross it or not because he does not want to be forced to

Ashley Dourado Professor Bonales English 4 15 September 2017 The Benefits of Alternative Education The Mindset What a majority of Anaheim schools lack (and public schools in general) is often the work ethic, student’s study habits, along with how time is spent during a school day. However, even the highest earning students within public school do not receive the amount of credit and merit that they deserve. Unfortunately, while work is a very important variable in the equation that is success, money

Our Split Personalities According to Fred, a psychologist, our mind is split into three different personalities, also known as Ego, Id, and Superego. Id acts according to pleasure principles. Ego to reality principles, and superego follows society principles. These personalities are also known as preconscious, conscious and unconscious(Staff ). ego , Superego, and Id are displayed in the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding. William Golding had a dark view of human beings as he believed all

In the United States alone over 2,300 school districts are using tablets in the classroom and growing better than ever. That’s pretty interesting fact I’m a highschool student that this subject pertains to, I want my education to be the best that it can be and I have an educated opinion that I would like to share with you. Education is the driving factor of our future so don't you want to make sure that it’s the best that it can be? If so, then we’re on the same page. The issue whether tablets or