I remember being in my high school biology class, and when we got to the chapter on evolution, I did not want to pay any attention to it because I did not believe in it. ... Started in fall of 1996, Alabamas text books must include a disclaimer inserted, stating that evolution is a "controversial theory", accepted only by "some scientists". ... Even Macmillan/McGraw Hill whom publishes text books for schools, agreed to custom publish a version of its Changing Earth text that eliminates a chapter called "Birth of Earth", to accomidate schools, and agrees that there is complete scholary merit to...

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• Grade Level: High School

Where Nests the Water Hen is divided into the following three parts: "Luzina Takes A Holiday" consisting of five chapters, "The School On The Little Water Hen" consisting of twelve chapters, and "The Capuchin From Toutes Aides" consisting of ten chapters. ... The Tousignant family is consists of Hippolyte and Luzina Tousignant and their eight children, who all had "compound appellations" from history books and novels. The reader also discovers that Luzina goes on fairly regular "business" trips to Saint Rose du Lac; but the reader cannot figure out what these trips are for until the last few...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is a great contrast to other books in which there are a couple major characters and the use of really small characters is not as prevalent. ... Antolini first appears in chapter 24. ... Antolini is the most evident towards the end of chapter 23 Mr. ... Holden earlier indicates in Chapter 19 that he is extremely nervous around "Flits" and that he worries about suddenly becoming one. ...

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I was surprised to learn that a disability and a handicap are two completely different things. I, like many people was under the impression that they were virtually identical. However, I now understand that a handicap is the consequence caused by the disability, such as the need for a large print bo...

• Word Count: 397
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• Grade Level: High School