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MR. COURTNEY: Professional COMM 5/2: Dalai Lama on Peace
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The un-examined life is not worth living." - Socrates. Thursday, May 2, 2013. Professional COMM 5/2: Dalai Lama on Peace. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighbouring communities, and so on." - Dali Lama. How true. I find this quote to be simple yet enlightening. What if the change the world needs is really just as simple as CHILLING OUT and loving your neighbor? Would you be willing to do it? Engli...
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ITEC-AlternativeEnergy - ITEC Alternative Energy Camp
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MR. COURTNEY: ENG IV VOCAB
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The un-examined life is not worth living." - Socrates. 1 aberration - n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. 2 impious - adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion. 3 rudimentary - adj. Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development. 4 redolent adj. Smelling sweet and agreeable. 5 quandary n. A puzzling predicament. 6 opportunist n. One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends. 7 admonition n. Gentle reproof. 11 remunerate v. - To pay or pay for.
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MR. COURTNEY: English III 5/2: Arcade Fire "Windowsill"
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The un-examined life is not worth living." - Socrates. Thursday, May 2, 2013. English III 5/2: Arcade Fire "Windowsill". I Don't wanna hear the noises on TV. I Don't want the salesmen coming after me. I Don't wanna live in my father's house no more. I Don't want it faster, I don't want it free. I Don't wanna show you what they done to me. I Don't wanna live in my father's house no more. I Don't wanna choose black or blue. I Don't wanna see what they done to you. Because the tide is high. Why did I take t...
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MR. COURTNEY: English III VOCAB
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The un-examined life is not worth living." - Socrates. 1 AUDACIOUS- Bold or Daring. 2 HEINOUS-Shocking and out of the ordinary; weird. 3 FLAMBOYANT-Strikingly bold or brilliant; showy. 4 HACKNEYED-Made commonplace or trite; stale; banal. 5 CALLOW-Immature; lacking sophistication. 6 BELEAGUER-To harass; to plague. 7 CACOPHONOUS-Unpleasantly noisy; jarring. 8 EBULLIENT-Full of enthusiasm or high spirits. 10 COGITATE-To think over carefully. 11 fastidious – careful with details. 13 sagacious – wise. 18 inno...
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MR. COURTNEY: English III 5/17: "Everything is Everything" by Lauren Hill
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The un-examined life is not worth living." - Socrates. Friday, May 17, 2013. English III 5/17: "Everything is Everything" by Lauren Hill. What is meant to be, will be. After winter, must come spring. Change, it comes eventually. I wrote these words for everyone. Who struggles in their youth. Who won't accept deception. Instead of what is truth. It seems we lose the game,. Before we even start to play. Who made these rules? Let me tell ya that. After winter, must come spring. Rap this in fine linen. After...
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MR. COURTNEY: Poetry Need-to-Knows
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The un-examined life is not worth living." - Socrates. THE BASIC STEPS TO POETRY EXPLICATION:. 1 Write three themes that you feel the poem expresses/deals with. Themes are big ideas, concepts and over-arching institutions. Things like warfare, love, despair, human existence, etc.). 2 Write your reason for choosing this poem. 3 Tell me the meaning/action of this poem. 4 Describe what you think the author’s reasons for composing this were. This goes back to a literary term: author’s purpose. 1 Assume that ...
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