This novel is set in Manitoba where the river the Little Water Hen flows out of Water Hen Lake. ... Fresh out of teacher's college, she taught the children in a way that the children enjoyed and in a way that they would remember for years to come. ... She proudly taught the children about their French heritage and their role in Canada. ... She taught only in English and had no passion and love in her teaching to Luzina's children. ... With no more teachers coming to the island, the children left to get educated in some profession. ...

• Word Count: 900
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

For instance, say a family of four (a mother, a father, and two children) come to the US illegally from Mexico and decide to settle in the state of Texas. To reach Texas coming from Mexico, they will have to cross the wide Rio Grande, which is the river that creates the boundary line between Texas and Mexico. ... They need a source of income, a roof over their heads, and an educational plan for their children, and that's where the problems start. ... When the parents have their children holding jobs as a result of low-wages, they will probably want the kids to get an education, so their n...

• Word Count: 664
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In regards to my family, in 20 years I plan on being happily married and have at least 2 children. ... I would like to give back to my children what my parents gave to me when I was a child; respect, security, comfort, and love. ... I will be a Scoutmaster (adult leader) for a local Boy Scout troop and organize special days for clean-ups of rivers and woods, as well as other activities that are beneficial for the community. ...

• Word Count: 666
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Based on her own experience, she believes that all children can and, indeed, must learn to be critical thinkers in order to participate in our democracy. ... At a time when the rhetoric in educational circles is that all children can learn and achieve at high levels, Meier offers us the success story of Central Park East as demonstration of that fact. ... Some of Deborah Meier's innovative approaches to education seem almost commonplace today interdisciplinary learning in small groups, real lessons that use the city as the classroom (a curriculum that includes such things such as mapping...

• Word Count: 1156
• Approx Pages: 5

Everything changed, however, when I developed an intense phobia of water after I almost drowned in the river at age ten. ... After school the next day, I went to Xi Hu Swimming Pool that had a public pool for children. ...

• Word Count: 696
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The concept of "Ubuntu"" appears to be the most reliable foundation for an environmental peace education, mainly because at class six the children are moving in to the teen age and should have already internalized the importance of sharing concern (ubuntu), of reciprocal relationship between themselves and others. ... Water is polluted when garbage and poison are put in it (like when local fishermen use garmaline to do fishing in our rivers). 3. ...

• Word Count: 797
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School