This research can help me in my decision making process whether to home school my child or not. ... Lastly, because home school is focused on children as individuals, a child's education can be tailored to her capabilities and personality. ... As a parent, I can see that it makes so much sense that if a child excels in a specific area, his/her education in that area can be accelerated. ... Home school children get a better education that is suited to their educational level and in ways that they can understand and profit from. ... The decision for homeschooling is solely base on the esc...

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From the lack of critical commentary on Homer Barron's sexuality, we might conclude that scholars are ignoring a question often raised and vigorously answered by undergraduates, who can be homophobic or just fascinated with even mild sexual references in literature: Homer Barron, they insist, is homosexual. ... Homer's visit occurred forty years before the narrator writes. ... When she had first begun to be seen with Homer Barron, we had said, "She will maw him." Then we said, "She will persuade him yet," because Homer himself had remarked . . . that he was not the marrying kind. (12...

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There can be many reasons as to why a family chooses this form of education for their children. ... Therefore, a strong advantage of home schooling is the student can process information the best possible way since parents are more apt to know what works for their child and what does not. Some other problems with conventional schooling are that the classes are too big, unlike home schooling where the child can have individualized attention. ... Some of the main benefits parents find from home schooling are; children become more independent and more responsible with their behavior; the influenc...

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Knowing this simple background of both works can already create predictions of comparisons and differences in the writing expected from each author in what they wanted to convey to their specific audiences and how different the perspectives can be, as well as influence the purpose of their writing. ... With each work being written in a different century, historians can expect the perspective to change and ultimately affect the interpretation from the audience. ... The next contrast that can be made between the epic poem and Herodotus' work is how god-like the Greek leaders are portrayed b...

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The advent of Greek theatre, for example, can be considered the perfect example of memory and orality preserved within an early literate tradition. ... Epithets can also serve to establish family lineages as seen with "Menelaos, the son of Atreus" for example. ... IV, 452-456) Here we can see that Homer uses Nature in relating a beautifully transmitted image of rivers colliding to men at war. Perhaps it is telling of Homer's culture that he uses similes the most when discussing battles. ... Homer shifts reality to make the poem more memorable and to indicate an important part in the ...

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The advent of Greek theatre, for example, can be considered the perfect example of memory and orality preserved within an early literate tradition. ... Epithets can also serve to establish family lineages as seen with "Menelaos, the son of Atreus" for example. ... IV, 452-456) Here we can see that Homer uses Nature in relating a beautifully transmitted image of rivers colliding to men at war. Perhaps it is telling of Homer's culture that he uses similes the most when discussing battles. ... Homer shifts reality to make the poem more memorable and to indicate an important part in the ...

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Emily and Homer start to see each other on a regular basis and this makes the townsfolk happy, at first. Soon the people of Jefferson, with their old fashioned family values and beliefs on marriage and sex, become offended that they keep seeing Homer staying the night over at Emily's house, and they do everything that they can to pressure Emily into marrying Homer. Do to the pressure of the never-relenting eyes and wills of the townsfolk Emily finds Homer to be a reasonable suitor and pursues a lifelong relationship with Homer. ... She wanted this to work out with Homer so much, or sho...

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Emily and Homer start to see each other on a regular basis and this makes the townsfolk happy, at first. Soon the people of Jefferson, with their old fashioned family values and beliefs on marriage and sex, become offended that they keep seeing Homer staying the night over at Emily's house, and they do everything that they can to pressure Emily into marrying Homer. Do to the pressure of the never-relenting eyes and wills of the townsfolk Emily finds Homer to be a reasonable suitor and pursues a lifelong relationship with Homer. ... She wanted this to work out with Homer so much, or sho...

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Far removed from today's individualistic society, is the ancient Greece portrayed in Homer's The Odyssey, where hospitality and good-will were customary. ... At this point, Homer offers us the first major consequence for denying Odysseus hospitality. ... He is then graciously provided a fine ship and crew to take him home. ... To Homer, hospitality appears to be the most prominent cultural obligation of the ancient Greek people. ... Throughout the epic, one can analyze hospitality as an indicator of those who are deemed good characters, and those who are judged as obstacles to Odysse...

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The operation costs $40,000, but Homer cannot afford that much, so he goes to Dr. ... Also, during the course of the show we can find the failures and inadequacies of the public school systems being exhibited in many ways, with the most common being the constant failures of Bart Simpson in virtually every attempt he makes in school. ... During his weekend long food binge, Homer gained more than 50 lbs. and ate everything, in his home, including the condiments and Play-Doh, all in an effort to avoid a 15 minute calisthenics workout at the Nuclear Power Plant. ... Television seems to be the c...

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My little home is probably the oldest house on my street. ... Can you imagine thinking to yourself is there any way that I can take this old eyesore and raggedy house can be made a humble home again as was in the time of my grandfather. ... I can now say that this home has a lot of potential although it is very drafty in the winter months, and without a fan or small air conditioner is virtually unbearably hot in the summer months making it almost miserable. ... The house is not worth anything right now but wait until I am done with it I really believe that I can turn this deteriorating hulk...

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Employees can utilize financial statements to interest for augmentation in pay and different profits. Investors and other monetary organizations can utilize financial statements to make the landing decisions too. ... Existing speculators can utilize financial statements to survey how productively the firm is utilizing their stores. ... The users of financial statements can be outside or inside the business. ... To demonstrate the importance and the changes in financial statements of a company we have studied the Home Depot business and its transactions in financial statements....

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In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus portrays the perfect Homeric hero in possessing all the defining traits of an admirable hero and leader. ... Her father, Alcinous, the king of the Phaeacians, in turn, becomes a tremendous benefactor to Odysseus and his epic quest to return home to Ithaca and his wife, Penelope. However, his use of speech to manipulate others in order to overcome an ideal can also be seen as a flaw as he is also being conniving and dishonest to achieve his convincingness. ... Odysseus" use of both physical and mental strength will allow him to die in glory along with t...

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This place is where travelers often call home-their comfort zone. Travel takes you away from home but one thing someone often seems to miss is to travel back home realizing the concept of home. ... Home is a feeling, sometimes long-lasting, seemingly permanent, but most times home is transient and occurs in short bursts. Home is sometimes the largest group where you share ideas and hence can feel comfort with. ... Home is a place of comfort and comfort occurs at varying times. ...

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Instead of dismissing these experiences, educators need to provide adequate instruction to bridge the gap between these home and school literacies, so that literacies of home go with literacies of school (Asselin, 2001a, p.2). ... The sharing of information appears to be a key component to connecting home and school. Teachers can send useful materials home from school to help children with essential strategies, but at the same time they need to value students" backgrounds and encourage them to bring their experiences into the school (McCarthey, 2000, p.8). ... Home visits to gather informat...

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A woman is a victim of the burden of bringing up children and looking after the home and running domestic affairs. ... "A woman's place is in the home"- this statement is baseless and out of date. ... How can half the people operate the world? ... On no grounds, moral, biological or traditional can inequality be justified. ...

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Can it be ignored that some of the world's greatest chefs and fashion designers are men? ... Homer Simpson, the protagonist, is a man for whom the very idea of work is exhausting. ... You want to get your pastries, your envelopes, your toilet paper, your six cups of coffee, and you go home." ... It is dangerous for impressionable youth to believe that you can sit around and still get paid for it. ... If television reflects the values of a society, it can thus be concluded that Western society values laziness, money, and women in traditional employments. ...

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Official crime statistics should not be accepted as closer analysis finds that they can be unreliable. ... They appear annually so comparisons can be made over time to see how crime rates have changed and trends can be identified. ... By making certain acts legal or illegal it can completely change the statistics. For example, before 1977 criminal damage of less than £20 was regarded as trivial and not recorded but a change in Home Office guidelines meant that these acts were deemed serious enough. ... It can become a master status but it can also be negotiated. ...

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The impact of total war on the home fronts of both Germany and Britain required each of the governments to implement controls that would enable an effective conduct of war while maintaining social and economic order. ... These developments helped in maintaining the war effort on the home front in that focus was place upon efficient production through striving for a maximum number of workers to be employed, as well as taking action to secure labour in the workforce. ... The severity of the decline in living standards on the German home front can be seen in Source G which exemplifies the means...

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The Odyssey is an epic poem, written by Homer, which illustrates the god-like Odysseus' returning voyage from the Trojan Wars back to Ithaca. ... And there we sat with ease, day in, day out, till a year had run its course, feasting on sides of meat and drafts of heady wine" (Homer 326). ... However, in this passage, Homer, has arranged the words so that the responsibility would fall on Circe. Once again, the first sentence within the excerpt reads, "So she enticed and won our battle-hardened spirits over" (Homer 326). ... This can be seen especially well during the scen...

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"Home Life" is a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was an American social activist, abolitionist and leading figure of the early women's right movement. ... According to Elizabeth Cady Stanton granting greater divorce and other rights to women will put an end to marriage as indissoluble tie which is slavery for women, but John Stuart Mills disagrees with Stanton by stating that men can not yet tolerate being equal with women. ... John Stuart Mills, a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant disagrees with Stanton's speech and says "No no the...

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Thus the ethical nature of the gods can be explored in two ways, from an Ancient Greek perspective, and from a modern perspective. ... In this case, the gods are being manipulated by Homer to emphasize the consequences of the lack of human morality. ... This good can only be bestowed by a being greater than us in all senses of the word, for example, the Christian God of today, developed by the Romans and Thomas Aquinas. ... Homer uses the gods for thematic as opposed to religious purposes within the poem. ... It is interesting to note that Homer associates the gods with comedy i.e. ...

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Introduction The Article "Leaving my mountain home" by Mai X. Her, can relate to many immigrants from worldwide countries fleeing their countries to pursue a better life. ... Author's World View Mei's world view can perhaps pertain to two main elements. ... Secondly, Mei's view of the world changed due to the march to freedom when she realized how much she needed to sacrifice in order to obtain the freedom she once had in her home town. ... The only similarity I can compare is being required to constantly move in a short period of time due to a military background. ...

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Panels can transport individuals through time and space. ... Some youths like Alison in Fun Home have doubts of different themes during their life that is difficult to express with their families. ... Bechdel provides different shape and thickness of the lines on faces that can allow a visual translation of emotions. ... Viewers can visualize these feelings when her father hit her without doing anything. ... Finally, Fun Home is a story about a daughter trying to understand her father after his dead through the common and unspoken bond of their homosexuality. ...

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Some families, however, are dysfunctional and go against the grain, which and can negatively impact a community's functionality. ... Looking at the novel Beloved from a chronological standpoint, the story truly begins with Sethe's time on the Sweet Home Plantation. The characters' time at Sweet Home was anything but sweet, but they made the best of a dysfunctional situation. ... While the legitimacy of the marriage was invalid for slaves, and an uncommon practice "When he asked her to be his wife, Sethe happily agreed and then was stuck not knowing the next step" (Morr...

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