Bertha Flowers, a woman who had invited Marguerite into her home to enjoy her books, and who had shown her poetry for the first time in her life. ... I would take notes as if there was going to be quiz on the text I had read. ... He notes "The teacher proceeded to belittle everyone from German Eva, who hated laziness, to Japanese Yukari, who loved paintbrushes and soap. ... I found myself spending all the free time I had at school in his classroom, and I wasn't the only one. ... We had become his "free-period" class. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Instead of allowing their daughter to grow into a confident, intelligent and sexually free woman, Babamukuru and Maiguru attempts to make her a well-behaved and subordinate girl. They take away books that they feel Nyasha should not be reading, forces their daughter to eat when she says that she is not hungry, and even uses violence to reprimand her for staying out too late with a boy. ... In this quote, Dangarembga makes note that Nyasha's parents are not to blame for their controlling demeanor, because the settlers also oppressed them during colonization. ... It is imperative to note th...

• Word Count: 1640
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most students in the school come from low-income immigrant families, 70-75% of all students are on free or reduced lunch. ... As a whole class the group works towards free time and pizza parties. ... On the perimeter of the classroom (the wall) are stations, one is a reading station with books organized and labeled according to difficulty, and bean bags for them to sit on; next is the computer center which is made up of about six workstations and a flip chart with the children's names to show who sat their last and who's turn it is next; also there is a listening station with audio ...

• Word Count: 1454
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He goes on to note that a similar pattern of deficiency in knowledge achievement is revealed by the NAEP studies of mathematics, history, literature, geography, and civics. ... Parents, Patrick went on to note, can play additional key roles in the achievement of high academic success. They can provide learning resources in the home like books and magazines. They can guide children in the productive use of their free time, monitor and limit the amount of time watching television and playing video games. ...

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Before thinking about the strategies for converting our country into a financially literate country, we must know about the actual meaning of financial literacy and why it is more important these days. Financial literacy is not just about increasing knowledge on money matters and financial products but helping and empowering people to take action to achieve greater financial well –being. In Sanskrit there is a saying "dhanam moolam idam jagat" which means money is the centre of the universe, so everyone must have a minimum knowledge about the way to manage it and financial lit...

• Word Count: 1819
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate