kiwi
kiwi
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March 31, 2007
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High School - 12th Grade
English / Literature / Writing
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Teacher for 19+ years: students 11-18. Specialist area English and American literature. MA in Literary and Cultural Studies.
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Answered a Question in Reference
The deep sigh which says, 'I am bored with you wasting my time' gets me every...
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The best principal I ever worked for had been a PE teacher, and he went on to be...
Answered a Question in Macbeth
You will need to consider what Macbeth gained and lost. He had the crown for a...
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I have been married for 11 years. We have been together for 16. I agree that the...
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I too would disagree that we value any electronic device more than our families....
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I understand that the Edit function was removed as it was being abused by...
Answered a Question in Literature
All great literature boils down to sex and/or death. In general, we like a story...
Answered a Question in Literature
I imagine you mean the 13-15 age group. I would recommend S. E. Hinton's The...
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As post #8 says, success is a very relative concept, and you can measure success...
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I would select Fielding's "Tom Jones' as strategically important to the...
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The biggest asset I think a college degree gives you is choice. I know that I am...
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My pros would be that working with young people keeps you young, and there are as...
Answered a Question in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
In reality, Walter Mitty is a clumsy, absent-minded henpecked middle aged man. In...
Answered a Question in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty daydreams to distance himself from his inadequacies in the real...
Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour
The narrator gives some insight into their attitude towards marriage through the...
Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour
The ending of the story is certainly an effective climax to the story in my...
Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour
Mrs Louise Mallard is quite a complex character, given the brevity of the story....
Answered a Question in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
In ‘The Story of an Hour’, Mrs. Mallard’s experiences take place within the...
Answered a Question in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty is exasperated by the errands that he is forced to run, and he finds...
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
I imagine that Atticus would raise the sorts of points that he does when education...
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I get annoyed with people who say they can and will do something, then don't. I...
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The Little Lost Robot by Isaac Asimov (which was adapted to become the film I,...
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