Education & Reference - 3 January 2007

2007-01-03 07:54:26 · 43 answers · asked by prof_g_whizz 2 in Words & Wordplay

I'm in a major right now that I hate!!! I feel like my dreams are poisoned..but...this major will help me get a job even if it's in the section I wanted but not the field. The other major I want..is well very mind expanding...but very un marketable...but I would love doing it. So which should I choose? also I CANNOT change my minor or make one of these my minor...
option 1) economics...to help in global development you must understand how the world works..ie:money...this is smart and does make one realistic about the world's greed...but so boring that I hate every class I sit in I feel dead! but for many foreign service agencies this is a plus.
Option 2) Cultural anthropology...I could study different cultures, talk about issues of rascism and gender...just study the human animal...I would LOVE to take this...but unmarketable..I might be able to work in the non profit sector..but I would be happier..poor but happy!
Plez help, I have to change courses soon!

2007-01-03 07:52:03 · 6 answers · asked by MindyCindyLindy 2 in Higher Education (University +)

"Sometimes you're the dog, sometimes you're the hydrant."
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2007-01-03 07:51:50 · 8 answers · asked by Gui 2 in Quotations

I have to do a powerpoint that is due SOON. Like Friday soon!! I did one on Famous African Americans that have died, It was good but now im out of ideas!! HELP PLEASE!!!

2007-01-03 07:49:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

2007-01-03 07:48:02 · 1 answers · asked by L 5 in Words & Wordplay

2007-01-03 07:44:37 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

Alg 2
Factoring Out a Monomial

2007-01-03 07:41:44 · 4 answers · asked by attiyya1faa 1 in Homework Help

it has to be about a poster persuading the colonists to fight for independce and i dont know what to put in it? CREATIVE IDEAS AND THIS IS LAST MINUTE

2007-01-03 07:40:38 · 8 answers · asked by Minno 2 in Homework Help

The Great Gasty book

Themes
1.the superficiality of the upper class
2. The moral decay of society
3. The meaninglessness of the 1920's vaules
4. The corruption of the american dream

which themes should i pick for my essay?

2007-01-03 07:40:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

For all of you who may need a refresher, a palindrome is a word or phrase that can be written the same both forward and backward. For example:

"Able was I ere I saw Elba." or "racecar"

2007-01-03 07:37:55 · 12 answers · asked by ☆BB☆ 7 in Words & Wordplay

2007-01-03 07:36:00 · 4 answers · asked by Becky 1 in Other - Education

Introduction


The book I am reading is called “Pictures of Hollis Woods” and the author is “Patricia Reilly Giff” who I think is an amazing author. She plotted her book step by step to get every reader every interest into it and that is what she did (to me at least). This is one book I finally got interested into it which is kind of amazing. This is an amazing book because it shows how lucky kids or people can be since they have parents. Parents are there for you to help you through life. On the other hand this book shows a girl who is an orphan since she was a baby. She was found in a blanket when she was baby with a note on it that says “Name her Hollis Woods”.

I never really cared about anything until I read this book. I used to always be like my parents are just there and who really needs them. They always work and work but I never thought about why do they work and if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be here. I need to stop talking about the book and start talking about the author since this is just the introduction. Her name is Patricia Reilly Giff.

This book is not the only book she has written but she also has written books like “Lily’s Crossing” and “Maggie’s Door”. She won two Newberry Honor Books and this was one of them. When Patricia was a young girl she use to love reading so much when her older sister wanted to talk to her, she would have to take away the book from her. Patricia’s favorite books were “Little Women”, “The Secret Garden” and much more. This affection to love went through her blood to her children. She was also a reading teacher for twenty years, a person who gives professional advice for Dell Yearling and Young Yearling books, and last but not least and author for about sixty books. Let us just say she was surrounded by books all her life.

After she got her Bachelors Degree at the college of Marymount she took the advice of her professor and became a reading teacher. She even admitted that she loved teaching and that it was her life and the only reason she left her job because she was writer, teacher, and a mom. During her twenty years of teaching she earned her Masters Degree from St. John University. One morning she told her husband Jim:”I would like to write a book and that is sure what I am going to do”.

Patricia needed an office so her husband Jim cramped two closets together to make one room. So we can say she started writing in a closet but that is better than nothing. She also said that she wants her readers to cry or laugh from the book she has written or to be so interested into the book that they will take it anywhere with them. Ever book Patricia writes she makes kids think about other people or struggles we should all think about. If she is not able to do so she would walk in the park, ask her kids Ali, Jim, and Bill, or lay down just to get an idea to write a book about. When she is on break from writing she usually reads while she is taking a bath or going to the movies. This is what she quotes” I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them." --Patricia Reilly Giff.

2007-01-03 07:29:28 · 6 answers · asked by Minno 2 in Homework Help

2007-01-03 07:28:40 · 8 answers · asked by Dava 4 in Trivia

People at school call me a prep, because i am good a sports, i have good grades, i am a nice person and everything is "suposibly easy too me?"

2007-01-03 07:27:28 · 7 answers · asked by ?¿? 1 in Other - Education

2007-01-03 07:25:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Quotations

The problem is, her sister dear Prudence is always throwing the bonsai clippings onto my lawn. I don't want to pagoda her into screaming like a banshee or any kamikaze tactics so, how can my friend Sam or i persuade her to curb Prudences yen for acting spellbound?

2007-01-03 07:24:49 · 8 answers · asked by Dava 4 in Trivia

2007-01-03 07:23:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Financial Aid

Anyone know where to find the forms (FREE please) to fill out to indicate what you would want to happen to your body (ie creamated, buried, organ donation, etc) when you die or who is to be in charge of making those type of decisions? Also, I don't have much at all, but I'd like to decide who gets what (my car, money, collectibles etc) Do you HAVE to go through a lawyer or can you just fill out a standard form and get it notarized??

2007-01-03 07:23:23 · 2 answers · asked by kellyetrade 1 in Other - Education

2007-01-03 07:22:39 · 1 answers · asked by Minno 2 in Homework Help

in the book pictures of hollis woods by patricia giff

2007-01-03 07:20:58 · 4 answers · asked by Minno 2 in Homework Help

i might be moving to PA from FL but when i get there i would have to pay out fo state can i just go to PA and during that year im becoming a PA resident do an online college from FL which im still a "resident" than change once i become a PA "Resident"?

2007-01-03 07:19:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

2007-01-03 07:16:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

What is the minimum information that should be included in a nurse's report to the nurse of the next shift about the patients?

2007-01-03 07:12:31 · 2 answers · asked by bz_sage_sedotes 2 in Higher Education (University +)

Since third grade, I learned about phrases to start conclusions,such as "As you can see...", "As one can see...", "In conclusion..."
Any other good ones?

2007-01-03 07:12:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Teaching

2007-01-03 07:11:38 · 3 answers · asked by deedee 2 in Higher Education (University +)

we just got our scores back, and i got:

critical reading - 74
math - 80
writing - 75

is this good enough to be a national merit finalist or scholar? how good/bad is this in comparison to you or any of your friends?

if any of you have been through the whole national merit thing - what are my chances of making it all the way through?

any input is greatly appreciated :)

and by the way - i asked this question earlier and everyone answered as if the scores i gave above were percentiles. they are not. these are just the numeric scores i received.

my score report said i was in the 99th percentile for all 3 subjects?

2007-01-03 07:10:38 · 8 answers · asked by music123 1 in Standards & Testing

2007-01-03 07:08:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Quotations

2007-01-03 07:07:54 · 10 answers · asked by Peter L 1 in Words & Wordplay

I am a Second Grade Teacher. My school badly needs help with its technology program. It believes that having new computers is the only way to keep up with technology. There are no smartboards or projectors in the entire school (K-12) There are 2 Tv's breing shared in the elementary school. I would like to present some ideas for technology grants and money to be spent in better ways. What are some ideas? (We really don't have any cool programs either) Please help so I can have a good presentation.

2007-01-03 07:04:11 · 1 answers · asked by Swista 2 in Other - Education

I dont understand why kids cant wear hats in school. I mean what is the problem with them?

2007-01-03 07:03:08 · 15 answers · asked by axokphil 2 in Primary & Secondary Education