akannan
akannan
Male
June 27, 2009
Teacher
Middle School
History
Kenyon College - Gambier, OH, US (1992 - 1996)
DePaul University - Chicago, IL, US (1996 - 1997)
Examining thoughts/ ideas in Literature (capital "L") and playing/ coaching basketball.
Biography
I currently teach Middle School History and have been teaching and have taught at various K-12 levels over the last 13 years. While I teach American History, my focus in college was in the political theory, literature, and philosophy of Modern European Thinkers.
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Answered a Question in Night
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Answered a Question in Nelson Mandela
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Answered a Question in A Raisin in the Sun
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Answered a Question in Marriage Is a Private Affair
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Answered a Question in assessment
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Answered a Question in Antigone
I would submit that Antigone was successful. Antigone does not change in her...
Answered a Question in assessment
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Answered a Question in The Garden Party
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Answered a Question in Never Let Me Go
I think that one way in which the students' conformity is fundamentally different...
Answered a Question in Winter Dreams
A comforting thought that can be given to Dexter is for him to not be afraid to...
Answered a Question in Cinema
I think that the overall impression that the film gives of Nash is, like people of...
Answered a Question in The Destructors
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Answered a Question in Marriage Is a Private Affair
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Answered a Question in Marriage Is a Private Affair
Okeke's unhappiness about his son's marriage is rooted in the rejection of...
Answered a Question in Marriage Is a Private Affair
I would say that the story goes very far in expressing how marriage is a private...
Answered a Question in Cinema
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Answered a Question in About a Boy
I think that one specific theme that is shared in both works is how what one loves...
Answered a Question in The Solitary Reaper
The original question had to be edited. When the speaker, presumably Wordsworth,...
Answered a Question in Hiroshima
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Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
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Answered a Question in assessment
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Answered a Question in A Raisin in the Sun
The original question had to be edited. I would suggest that racial...
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