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Can you explain this “To Kill A Mockingbird” Quote?

brian — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:50:03 +0000

In the beginning of the story, Calpurnia takes the children to her African American church. After leaving, the children notice that there were no hymnbooks. They question the literacy of the churchgoers. Calpurnia responses,

‘“Can’t but about four folks in First Purchase read…I’m one of ‘em”’ (Lee 165).

How does this show that Calpurnia is an educated African American woman??

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Explain the links between literature and early literacy?

Explain the links between literature and early literacy?

How do I end this paragraph?

brian — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:50:36 +0000

Usually I’m really good at these things. But I’ve been working on this paper all day, so it really isn’t coming to me. What would be a good closing sentence for this? Any other ideas to help make the paper better would be great also, because I haven’t gotten to the rewording part yet. Thankss. :)

The Dominican Republic is a country much like our own, but with many differences. Much like the United States, a president, who is currently Leonel Fernandez Reyna, leads the Dominican Republic. Also like our country, the president and vice president are elected, and run for four-year terms. They also have their own political parties, which consist of Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC), Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Dominican Liberation Party, (PLD), etc. The president and vice president are elected by people over 18 and married.
In most societies, the wealthier people have more power. In the Dominican Republic, approximately ¼ of lower-class people are unemployed. Although women find jobs more easily than men do, they are paid less, which is the reason for their attempts to escape poverty unsuccessful. The Dominican Republic has a common defense, with 44,000 active duty personnel in the military, which is authorized by Congress. The people of the Dominican Republic have religious freedom. Public education is available through high school level for free of charge except the cost of books and uniforms. All children are required to attend school at least until grade 6, although many children, (mostly girls) drop out by then.
The Dominican Republic is different from the United States in many ways. Although they are similar when it comes to the government, the people are not as free as the United States is. Also, the Dominican Republic appears to not enforce school attendance laws, which doesn’t help the literacy rate in their country, whereas here in the United States, children are required to attend school until17 (with parental consent) or 18 years of age.

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Is getting your child into a Gifted & Talented program important to you?

brian — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:50:31 +0000

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If so, would you enroll your 4-6 year old into a pre-k program (2-3 hours a day) that focuses on literacy, math and classroom procedures. (the skills on the entrance exam)

Please, I want to know what you would do…not what I should do. It isn’t about me personally.
Thanks everyone!! The question wasn’t about me personally. I have a few co-workers we think parents will buy into this type of program…I tried to tell them it wouldn’t fly. Thanks…

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I would like to volunteer.?

brian — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:50:24 +0000

Adult literacy, child mentoring and tutoring and the like. I’m in Crestview, FL. Any suggestions?

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How much worse can Liberalism make this country?

brian — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:50:10 +0000

What have we reaped in the way we have changed? America 100 years ago had the highest literacy rate of any nation. Today we spend more on education than any nation in the world. And yet since 1987 we have graduated more than one million high school students who could not even read their diploma.
We have spent more money than any other Nation in the industrialized world to educate our children, and yet SAT scores fell for 24 straight years before finally leveling off at the bottom, where they still are compared with others in the world in the 1990s.
In a 1960 survey 53 percent of America’s teenagers had never kissed. 57 percent said they had never necked, that is kissing and hugging, and 92 percent of teenagers in America said they were virgins in 1960.
By 1990, just 30 years later, 75 percent of American high school students are sexually active, by 18. In the next 5 years, we spent $4 billion to educate them on how to be immoral, to trumpeting the solutions of safe sex, and it worked.
One in five teenagers in America today lose their virginity before their 13th birthday. 19 percent of America’s teenagers say they have had more than four sexual partners before graduation. The result: Every day 2,700 students get pregnant, 1,100 get abortions, 1,200 give birth. Every day another 900 contract a sexually transmitted disease, many incurable.
AIDS infections among high school students climbed 700 percent between 1990 and 1995. We have 3.3 million problem drinkers in our high school campuses, over half a million alcoholics, and in any given weekend in America, 30 percent of the student population may spend some time drunk.

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Has America gotten better or worse in the past 50 years for it’s citizens?

Has America gotten better or worse in the past 50 years for it’s citizens?

brian — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:50:29 +0000

Remember that 50 years ago you didn’t need a college degree (debt) to obtain an entry level job, the money that you spent was recycled into your community (not sent off to China (communist)by way of Wal Mart), your children would have been educated in the best school system in the world (now 19th, 55th in literacy), there were no speeding tickets, booming economy, the wealthy paid taxes, income equality existed(gini index was 55 now 75 now we mirror Russia, Mexico, Brazil). Nobody was afraid of terrorist.

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could anybody please help me find philantropists and organizations that are into donations to Africa?

brian — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:33 +0000

Africa has one of the highest number of illiterates. A local organization is championing the mass literacy campaign and are in dire need of aids and donations to sponsor orphans and homeless children in primary and secondary schools and basic career training institutes.
Thanks for your answers but I mean organizations that want to donate stuffs or want to boost their image by making a mark in Africa which has the lowest living condition in the whole wide world.

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What are the organizations/companies that work on adults with low reading rates?

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Why can’t kids spell anymore?

brian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:38 +0000

What is with you people? The more questions I read, the more ridiculous the spelling and grammar mistakes get.

I can understand that some people are struggling with English as their second language, but that can’t be the problem with everyone.

Do our schools no longer teach the value of the English language? Is texting becoming a problem for the literacy of our children? Are video games and movies replacing reading to the detriment of our society?

As far as I’m concerned, all of the above are true, but I’d like to know what others have to say.

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Anyone with Dr Seuss/Cat in the hat/Performing arts knowledge, i need your help?

brian — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:50:02 +0000

I am having problems constructing my drama solo, any help would be great. my criteria and stimulus is as follows:

PRESCRIBED STRUCTURE 2
Character: The Cat in the Hat
Stimulus: The Cat in the Hat, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, and the life of Dr Seuss

Performance focus: Create a solo performance based on the character of the Cat in the Hat.

At a campaign rally for the 2008 United States presidential election, the mischievous Cat in the Hat announces
his candidacy and reveals the major points of his agenda.
To do this he:

• re-creates some of his adventures in the two books named after him and demonstrates how these books
helped improve literacy in children

• re-creates a montage of dramatic images which show Dr Seuss’s fight against political, racial and social
injustice and demonstrates how he will use ‘some new tricks’ to continue the fight

• demonstrates how ‘Voom’ will help clean up US foreign policy and bring peace to world trouble spots.

Performance style: Non-naturalistic

Theatrical conventions: Heightened use of language, satire

Dramatic elements: Rhythm, contrast

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Do YOU want to help the less fortunate? the hungry?

brian — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:50:05 +0000

Just click where it says: Click to Give- it’s FREE! there are six tabs for hunger, breast cancer, child health, literacy, rain forest, and animal rescue. You can click as much as you want everyday. It only takes a few seconds.

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1

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