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Book Review of Lockers Speak
Brenda Mahler is a retired educator with 34 years’ experience. As an English teacher and administrator, she learned about the life of teens from her students as a silent observer. She values memories of the students who taught compassion, the value of overcoming challenges, and the need to compromise. Her passion for teaching grew each year as she realized the power of one person to make a difference in the lives of others. Lockers Speak allows the voices of youth to speak their truths.
Brenda MahlerPublished 3 years ago in EducationMore Reviews
Kyle's Little Sister Written and Art by: Bonltyung Jeong 2021 ISBN: 978-1-9753-1654-9 (paperback) JY Yen Press, LLC
Mark GrahamPublished 3 years ago in EducationMore book reviews
Lord of Order Brett Riley 2021 ISBN: 9781945501425 (hardback) IMBRIFEX Books 437 pages "Wow, what a concept!" Brett Riley has written a novel entitled 'Lord of Order' that is to me a cross between thriller and horror along with science fiction. This is the story of what would happen if New Orleans were a prison city. 'Lord of Order' is a futurist novel that keeps things and ideas of the past. There are two to three groups in this story (Crusaders, Troublers, Conspirators). It is also a book of having faith in yourself and your ideals. The main characters of Gabriel, Hobbes, and Baudreaux, who are Crusaders/ Chief Troubler- Stransky who have a lot in common, but will need to work through their differences in themselves and New Orleans.
Mark GrahamPublished 3 years ago in EducationThe World is a House
“How would you like to come away with me and ride upon the Leopard of Little Breezes and be delivered to the great sea, which borders Fairyland?” -The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
An Owl In A Towel
Today a beautiful book came through my letterbox. Well actually it didn’t, there was a knock at the door and the postman handed me a brown parcel.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 3 years ago in EducationHere are some awesome reasons to start reading e-books
Reading is famous. It has usually been that way. Human beings were analyzing ever considering patterns of writing first emerged in cuneiform in Mesopotamia, and books have traditionally contained a kernel of our person merriments.
Charles MazabaPublished 3 years ago in EducationPoetic Intimacy
While the time span of 1960-1990 saw vast historical and cultural changes against the backdrop of women seeking equality, there is one word that can be used to describe the difference in female poetry written throughout these decades. Intimacy is the key definer of these generations. I feel that there are four poems that can specifically show how intimacy defines poetry during these eras, with a difference in intimacy through experience and definition found in each poetic generation.
Stevi VaughnPublished 3 years ago in EducationAmerican Literature
American Literature Genre Herman Northrop Frye was a controversial literature writer who was not understood for decades as an archetypal school of literary criticism member. He wrote his magisterial work Anatomy of criticism: Four Essays proceeding on the hypothesis that criticism is a structure of beliefs and knowledge in its own right. The four brilliant essays on ethical, historical, rhetorical, and archetypical criticism employ examples of global literature from times stints to the contemporary time. When comparing different book written by different authors, for example, the book Kindred by Octavia Butler and The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee it is possible to understand how different genres were used to communicate unique messages during different periods of time.
Luiza SpectrumPublished 3 years ago in EducationThe Parasitic Mind - Book Notes
Jordan’s Book Notes - Series #1 The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense - Written by Gad Saad (Publication: October 6th, 2020)
Jordan CraftPublished 3 years ago in EducationWhy A Beach Chase is the Perfect Back-to-School Gift
One of the clearest memories I have from preschool was kneeling on the floor, the gray carpet creating indents in my knees. A jack-in-the-box sat on the floor in front of me. I'd seen the toy in some of my favorite cartoons and had never played with one before. I turned the handle slowly, careful not to distort the song.
Sarah SheaPublished 3 years ago in EducationThe Quantum World: Physics for everyone-Book Review
The book contains numerous photographs of important scientists such as Enrico Fermi, Wolfgang Pauli, and Paul Dirac. In this book, I learned a lot about what I know about science.
Rashmi DahalPublished 3 years ago in EducationThe Motif of Comparing Characters to Animals to show the impact of generational racial trauma in “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
In nature, it is survival of the fittest. Only the strongest beasts will make it out alive, and the most vulnerable will die in the wild. Humans are believed to be better than animals; they have self restraint and control over their choices and fates. Therefore, when people are compared to and treated as nothing more than animals, it strips away their humanity and disregards their inherent worth. In the novel Beloved, Toni Morrison includes the motif of comparing the characters to animals to show how being dehumanized consistently can alter one’s core beliefs and their actions, and how dehumanizing people can cause them severe emotional trauma.
Angie SeminaraPublished 3 years ago in Education