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This paper discusses the novella "Apt Pupil" by Stephen King, noting how the author explores different aspects of unnatural desire and relates these to themes of corruption and parasitic behavior. It explains that the young man, Todd, is drawn to his neighbor, the old man Dussander, and for the boy there is a mixture of desire and curiosity in this attraction. The paper contends that the boy wants to know more about the old man's past, and their relationship becomes one of mutual parasitism only possible because of the underlying desire that motivates both.

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"In the novella "Apt Pupil," Stephen King explores different aspects of unnatural desire and relates these to themes of corruption and parasitic behavior. The young man Todd is drawn to his neighbor, the old man Dussander, and for the boy there is a mixture of desire and curiosity in this attraction. The boy wants to know more about the old man's past, and their relationship becomes one of mutual parasitism only possible because of the underlying desire that motivates both. The boy himself is presented first as the all-American boy peddling his bicycle down the street of an average American town, and this normality contrasts with the events to follow and with the odd attraction Denker (a name used by Dussander) has for him. The man the ..."

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This paper examines how King represents the theme of childhood in his fiction as a platform of discovery for growth and how this growth, in turn, shapes the child's character profoundly. The writer discusses the journey of similar aged characters in "Apt Pupil" and "The Body". In the conclusion, the paper shows that, for Stephen King, the theme of childhood is important not so much as a value itself but as a platform for growth to another stage of maturity.

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"One of the most common themes in literature is the growth of an individual from youth and innocence to maturity. Thus, when the theme of childhood is depicted in famous works such as Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the focus is often not so much on childhood itself but on the discoveries and experiences the main characters make that point the way towards maturity. This essay will argue that this approach to the theme of childhood can be seen in two texts from Stephen King's collection: Different Seasons. As will be seen, while in "The Body" the story focuses on a journey - told in retrospect - that symbolizes growth and an end of innocence in the primary character, in "Apt Pupil" the progress is not healthy growth but a movement towards evil and corruption."

Tags:Apt Pupil, The Body, maturity, literature

Abstract
In this article, the writer looks at the theme of the growth of an individual from youth and innocence to maturity. The writer argues that this approach to the theme of childhood can be seen in two texts from Stephen King's collection: "Different Seasons". The writer discusses that while in "The Body" the story focuses on a journey - told in retrospect - that symbolizes growth and an end of innocence in the primary character, in "Apt Pupil" the progress is not healthy growth but a movement towards evil and corruption.

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"One of the most common themes in literature is the growth of an individual from youth and innocence to maturity. Thus, when the theme of childhood is depicted in famous works such as Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", the focus is often not so much on childhood itself but on the discoveries and experiences the main characters make that point the way towards maturity."

Tags:king, Stephen, innocence

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This paper analyzes the importance of formal assessment in the classroom. The author provides information from several sources, finishing with the conclusion that formative assessment in school is a vital tool enabling both teacher and pupil to work together reflexively within the shared project of managing the pupil's learning and development.

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"As Hargreaves and colleagues point out, 'educational assessment fulfils diverse purposes which cannot be captured properly in any single assessment strategy, only in a wide range of assessment strategies': a range which includes summative, diagnostic and formative procedures (Hargreaves, Earl and Ryan, 1996: 115). Diagnostic testing helps determine the stage of development and ability of pupils at a point in time, and therefore helps the teacher pitch their teaching. Summative testing, on the other hand, indicates to external bodies (e.g. universities, employers etc.) the overall attainment of the pupil, by a point in time, and plays a key role in determining the pupil's future. Both diagnostic and summative testing therefore play important roles in helping pupils to learn, but neither of them are designed specifically for helping pupils learn for themselves. It makes sense, therefore, for this discussion to focus its attention upon formative assessment - designed specifically for helping pupils to learn - while at the same time recognising that both summative and diagnostic assessment can be used formatively.
"Whatever the apparent goals of assessment, the implicit approach to the subject being taught, to the pupil and to learning itself, are revealed by the approach taken to assessment, as John Rudge illustrates in what he calls the 'easy path':"

Tags:pupils, learning, diagnostic

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Today the mentally retarded, along with other disabled residents of America, are encouraged to live full lives, as well as be educated to the best of their ability. Over the past years the styles, methods and pedagogical strategies for teaching profoundly mentally retarded people have changed dramatically in some areas and remained stationary in others. This paper looks at the history of teaching these special pupils. It examines how these methods have changed and how their needs are catered for in the present educational system.

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"The assessments for students include many tests including standardized IQ tests, achievement tests and vocational assessments. The IEP team then convenes to determine the goals for the school year that the student will try and achieve. The goals are listed in the IEP along with any accommodations that will be needed for the student to attain each goal at the percentage of success that the team has targeted. The accommodations can range from special books and technological assistance to having an aid to assist in their getting through the class each day."

Tags:IEP, IDEA, Pearl, Buck

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This paper explains that the research is designed to examine if Israeli pupils and immigrant pupils perceive the school atmosphere and immigrant integration differently, and if immigrant and Israeli pupils differ in the intensity of their relationship in their grasp of school atmosphere and integration. The research involved 303 junior high school pupils, aged 12-15, in two schools; one school had a majority immigrant pupil population, whereas the other had relatively few immigrants. The author reports that pupils evaluated themselves in terms of their adjustment to school, their attitudes towards immigration, and the degree to which they identify with the State of Israel. The paper reports that the greater the number of immigrants in a school, the greater their sense of power, to the point where they are unwilling to pay the price for friendship with Israelis.

Table of Introduction
Theory and Literature Review
Immigration to Israel
Key Approaches to Immigrant Absorption
Immigrants' Encounter with Israeli Society
Adjustment and Psychological Difficulties in Emigration
Adolescence as a Period of Change and Transition
Culture, Government and Family in the Former Soviet Union and its Impact on Adolescent Adjustment
Adolescent Attitudes towards Emigration
Parent-Adolescent Relations during Emigration
The Education System
Priming for Absorption and the Reality
Organization of Teaching and Integration Activities that Create Difficulties for Immigrants in Israeli Schools
Various Coping Mechanisms Adopted by Schools for Immigrant Absorption
Social Integration with Peer Groups in Israel
School Atmosphere
Research
Method
Research Population
Research Tools
Research Hypotheses
Research Process Description
Research and Findings
Interviews with Staff Members
Analysis of How School Copes with Immigrant Absorption based on Four Parameters
Summary Diagnosis of Coping Mechanisms
Discussion
Summary

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"The education system and schools were chosen to bear the brunt of this task of merging the communities because pupils spent so much time there and because of the school's influence in teaching language, the curriculum and teacher activities as well as peer pressure. The merger was formulated and implemented in the education system via the curriculum and teachers via full assimilation, discipline, adoption of the norms, rules of behavior and values held by the majority by the minority in order for the latter to resemble the former."

Tags:atmosphere, school, pattern, integration, friends

Abstract
"This paper compares two methods of assessing the risk of investments, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and a competing approach for asset pricing called the Arbitrage Pricing Theory, which was developed to address some of the criticisms of the CAPM. The paper considers which is preferable and why this may be so, based on how each is used and how their validity is established.

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"The Capital Asset Pricing Model is not the only asset pricing model around. One of the competing approaches asset pricing is called the Arbitrage Pricing Theory, which was developed to address some of the criticisms of the CAPM. The issue is which of the two approaches is the best and why. The CAPM is a model that describes the relationship between risk and expected return, a model that is used in pricing risky securities. According to this model, the expected return of a security is equal to the rate on a risk-free security plus a risk premium, and the investment should only be made it the return meets or beats the required return (Capital Asset Pricing Model - CAPM, 2005, para. 1). Risk is demonstrated here according to how closely a stock's price follows the market as a whole."

Tags:risk, investment, analysis

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This paper explains that the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the arbitrage pricing theory (APT) both depend on the identification and quantification of risk vis-a-vis a given financial device or product and thereby a financial product's volatility. The author points out that the primary assumption of the CAPM is that there exists a relationship between risk and the expected rate of return (ERR) and this relationship is then factored into the pricing structure of financial securities. The paper relates that APT is a model that relies on the integration of several factors at once rather than bundling all factors into a single beta. The paper concludes that the APT is the model of preference because the APT is the only valuation model, which can account for the full spectrum of market and asset-specific factors that can affect price and risk determination within the context of the global economy.

Table of Contents:
Overview
The Capital Asset Pricing Model
The Arbitrage Pricing Theory

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"There are several weaknesses with the CAPM, which has limited its effectiveness in the financial services industry. The most prominent of these weaknesses is that it is primarily a single-factor risk assessment method which relies on a single covariance to the overall financial market the security is traded in. This single covariance is the CAPM's beta which is effective in ideal market conditions but when extra-market factors affect change in the market or to the industry in which the security functions, this single-factor aspect becomes less accurate because it cannot accommodate such variance."

Tags:identification quantification risk, rate of return, integration

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A putative letter from Confucius to a pupil dealing with the themes of filial piety, self-discipline, and the concept of public service.

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"My dear Grasshopper, I have written to your unhappy father regarding your telling him that you have decided to leave the academy and seek your fortune with the soldiers of the emperor. And now I once more appeal to your better judgment and your duty to your family-as well as your duty to yourself in the coming years-to reconsider your plan. As we have already discussed I want you to rediscover your li. Certainly, one can understand your desire for adventure an independence The sight of a..."

Tags:filial piety, service to the state, self-discipline

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The paper discusses how the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) are both valid models utilized by financial professionals in determining an appropriate market price or value of a given financial product or commodity. The paper posits that it is important to note that without one or the other, financial industry professionals could not adequately determine the value of a financial device and, consequently, the financial markets would quickly fall into chaos.

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"The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) are both valid models utilized by financial professionals in determining an appropriate market price or value of a given financial product or commodity. It is important to note that without one or the other, financial industry professionals could not adequately determine the value of a financial device and, consequently, the financial markets would quickly fall into chaos. However, much debate in the financial industry..."

Tags:arbitrage, pricing, theory