Dec. 3, 2009

English
Final Orals Thesis Statemens and GQs

1. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

2. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

3. Baba loved the idea of America. It was living in America that game him an ulcer. America was a place to bury Amir's memories. For Baba, it was a place to mourn his.

4. Compare and contrast Amir and Holden in terms of their mission to save children.

5. The tragedy is that children who live in the orphanage...are the lucky ones.

6. What is the symbolic significance of the pomegranate? What is the significance of the incident by the pomegranate tree? Why was Amir laughing while he was being beaten up by Assef? How does this parallel the pomegranate-throwing incident?

7. While in the hospital in Peshawar, Amir has a dream in which he sees his father wrestling a bear: "They roll over a patch of grass, man and beast...they fall to the ground with a loud thud and Baba is sitting on the bear's chest, his fingers digging in its snout. He looks up at me, and I see. He's me. I am wrestling the bear." (p. 318)

8. Nang and namoos, honor and pride, as seen in the novels.

9. The metaphor of the lake being partly frozen and unfrozen, as seen in the lives of the characters from the Kite Runner.

10. It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.

11. How seamless seemed love, and then came trouble. (p. 269)

12. A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer (p.325). True redemption is when guilt leads to good (p.326). There is a way to be good again.

13. Read the "Scouring of the Shire", the final chapter of LOTR: The Return of the King. How does this parallel the ending of Kite Runner? Of Catcher in the Rye? How do the characters experience a "scouring" of their "Shires"?

14. Optimism is the belief that things will be okay because one will be exempt from evil. Hope is the belief that things will be okay after one is broken by evil.

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Math
Notebook
p. 421 of #'s 1-26 (multiples of 3)

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Filipino
"Ako ang Daigdig" ni Alejandro G. Abadilla

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Reply slips
DSF: JC, Kiko, Uno, Miggy, Aris, Francis, JP, Benjo, Juni, Anjo, Oli

Changes in School Calendar: Chubbs, Ross, JC, Ram, Kiko, Uno, Artoo, Gabu, Miggy, Martin, Carlo, Aris, Francis, Blink, JP, Pat, Juni, Yuppy, Timmy, Anjo, Huko, Dan

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Igkas: Aldo, Barce, Chubbs, Ross, JC, Ram, Kiko, Uno, Artoo, Deejay, Jim, Gabu, Miggy, Martin, Carlo, Raffy, Aris, Ken, Jowi, Blink, Ize, JP. Oa, Benjo, Pat, Kenny, Juni, Timmy, Anjo, Huko, Dan, Jus, Oli

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