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The Williams Case Settlement, 2004.
This paper is a persuasive essay based on the Williams class action lawsuit, which affirms the requirement of the State of California's obligation to provide an adequate educational process for all its citizens.
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This paper explains that California?s schools and school districts, in areas with middle to affluent social demographics, consistently meet the expectation that each of its students receives a superior education in preparation for a high quality of life; but California?s schools in poor areas do not meet this expectation. The author stresses that to meet the criteria for an adequate education as defined by the Williams case settlement, the educational finance system immediately must be completely overhauled, which will requires that education is made the number-one priority for the State of California. The paper proposes that the governor should recommend one simple funding mechanism, which would distribute funding based on a weighted student formula, including a base allocation equalizing the funding each district receives with additionally weighted funds for students with additional needs, such as special education, poverty, and English as a second language.
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"The Williams? Class action lawsuit has become a successful demonstration that points out the blearing differences between an education received by our states rich and poor children when it comes to a K through 12th grade education. The California State Legislature has confirmed that there is a significant funding disparity amongst K through 12th grade school districts that need to be researched and eventually addressed. The fact of the matter is that the school aged children of California in grades K through 12 that are less economically privileged have been required to receive their education in sub par or shoddy overcrowded schools. At the same time, these students have been forced to contend with the additional disadvantages and burdens caused by textbook shortages and having teachers who are very often unqualified."
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The Williams Case, 2004.
This paper discusses the Williams case settlement and methods of evaluating the cost of adequacy level of education.
1,420 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper explains that the settlement of the Eliezer Williams, et al., vs. State of California, et al. (Williams) case, a class action in 2000 in San Francisco County Superior Court, provided additional funding for low-performing schools. The author points out that the case enumerates a definition of an adequate level of education by listing things that a child should be taught in school, both academically and socially, such as ?each child will be equipped as a citizen to make informed choices,? ?self-knowledge and knowledge of the total environment so as to allow each child to choose life work intelligently," and ?social ethics, both behavioral and abstract, to facilitate compatibility with others?. The paper relates that three models may be successfully be used by the California Quality Education Commission to determine the cost of an adequate education program, including the cost function model, the observational model, and the professional judgment model, which is often referred to as the resource cost model and has several advantages.
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"Additionally, some educators have expressed their doubts as to whether the amounts mentioned would actually be enough to make a significant difference or rather whether they would be enough to reach every one of the students in the 2,400 schools implicated in the settlement. This may be so, however, in my opinion, it is hard to evaluate what the actual cost would be, even if we may use several methods to determine the cost of minimum education level (presented here below). In this sense, it is much better to start somewhere and work on the way to achieve what the final scope may be. In my opinion, the settlement provides the very basis of a serious change and improvement of public education in California. The fact that the state has decided to stop the legal and judicial bickering and actually act upon its mission, that of providing equal opportunities for everyone, shows a great step forward."
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The Williams Case, 2004.
An analysis of the potential impact of the outcome of the Williams case on education in California.
2,035 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper examines how the settlement of the Williams case can clearly be of significant benefit to many of California?s schools. The Williams case started as a response to a state crisis in which California schoolchildren were being taught in overcrowded schools without enough textbooks and trained teachers.
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The Settlement
Expected Impact on Student Performance
The California Quality Education Commission: Likely Funding Decisions
Recommendations
Conclusion
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"In the past, the wisdom regarding the use of out of date textbooks and materials in core subjects has met with some debate. Although some assert that as core subjects, many of the principles remain relatively static, there can be little doubt that many materials can either lapse in content or accuracy over time. Of course, the greatest examples can often be found in the ?hard? sciences, as well as the social and political sciences. However, even in the more ?static? core areas (at least in the K-12 levels), including mathematics, English, and language arts, there exists a possibility of missing subject focus trends (a factor that can significantly affect test scores and performance), as well as new contributions and methods designed to further student skill-acquisition."
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Poems by William Carlos Williams, 2005.
This paper discuss the poems "The Young Housewife" and "This Is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams.
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This paper analyzes the poems "The Young Housewife" and "This Is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams, which reflect domestic desire and the problems of intimacy that lie hidden within American suburbia. The author points out that Williams shows an abstracted form of simile, allusion and symbolism to reflect the frustrations of couples trying to live with each other in divided homes. The paper contends that, by actively revealing his own lack of sexual fulfillment, Williams is able to convey these messages in these simply written, yet cryptic poems.
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"This poetical analysis explores the theme of domestic desire within the two poems: "The Young Housewife" and "This Is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams. By revealing William's poetry related to domestic desire through simile, allusions and symbolism, one can learn why these two poems reflect isolation and the romantic problems within 20th century American suburbia. In understanding William's poems through the theme of domestic desire, one can assume unfulfilled sexual and romantic energies that reside within his verse. The poem "The Young Housewife" reflects the barriers and sexuality of the suburbs in the way that Williams present both the woman and the doctor in the poem."
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William Carlos Williams' "The Use of Force", 2006.
This paper interprets William Carlos Williams' short story "The Use of Force".
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This paper explains that, in his short story, "The Use of Force", William Carlos Williams examines the justifiable application of physical force. The author points out that all of the doctor's respect appears to go to Mathilda, the "damned little brat", who had the spunk and courage to resist him all along. The paper concludes that even an apparently mild-mannered country doctor can enjoy the passionate feeling of having a strong opponent and admire the resistance.
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"The narrator inquires about a sore throat and both parents explain that the child says "her throat don't hurt her." The slightly exasperated doctor wonders if they have actually looked and discovers that they have not. Mathilda will not cooperate, though, and the doctor tries to reason with her. Attempting lamely to help, the mother says, "Come on, do what he tells you to, he won't hurt you." The doctor is disgusted that the mother used the word "hurt" and he says "I ground my teeth in disgust" at the parents bungling attempts."
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William Carlos Williams' Poem "The Red Wheelbarrow", 2006.
The paper describes the way William Carlos Williams' poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" uses a simple battery of devices and basic vocabulary to convey a multitude of thoughts and images.
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This paper explains that William Carlos William, in his poem "The Red Wheelbarrow", utilizes imagery, symbolism, simplistic structures and a free form style to illustrate the meaning of the poem in both a literal and metaphorical sense. The author points out that the meaning behind the picture created by this poem is left up to the reader to discover by looking for patterns in a deceptively simple sentence. The author underscores that, through these patterns, the readers rediscover the beauty in a simple wheelbarrow, a simple sentence and a simple poem. The paper concludes that the plain red wheelbarrow glistens by the end of the poem, in the calm following a storm, like the reader's glow of excitement after unraveling the mystery of the scene.
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"The structure of the poem is perhaps the most interesting characteristic of it. The simple vernacular is underscored by the structure. Because the sentence is broken into four stanzas, the reader is forced to go line by line, scrutinizing each syllable, looking for meaning. Each word was carefully chosen and packs a punch, as was the author's intention. There are relatively few words, which causes the reader to notice the author's word choice more than if the poem were longer. Additionally, the pauses between each stanza allow the reader to reevaluate the mental image they are creating, as explained previously."
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William Carlos Williams' Short Stories, 2001.
A look at the antinomic forces in the short stories of William Carlos Williams.
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"Critics have characterized William Carlos Williams? short stories as ?terribly real?, exhibiting both ?bitterness and compassion.? Kenneth Rexroth gets closer to the matter, categorizing the stories as ?the completely realized real.? The stories depict a antinomic reality, he suggests, consisting of a combative coexistence between what is immediately apprehensible and a force lying ?behind the colored faces of phenomena.?:
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Advancements in Childbirth during the Time of William Carlos Williams, 2000.
A look at the improvements in childbirth practices in America at the turn of the 20th century.
1,590 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 52.95
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Childbirth, the natural process of how we are born, has evolved along with technological advancements to prolong lives, reduce pain, and decrease mortality rates through advancements in technology. William Carlos Williams, born in 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey, dealt with issues of childbirth through the course of his life as a pediatrician. After becoming a pediatrician in 1910, he practiced medicine there for most of his life, and wrote poems and stories about his life as a country doctor. During the course of his life, society began paying close attention to childbirth as medicine and technology advanced.
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William Carlos Williams, 1994.
A brief biography of the poet/doctor and analysis of three of his poems "To A Poor Old Woman," "The Term" and "The Snow Begins".
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"William Carlos Williams, born in 1883 and died in 1963, was a major poet of his generation and one of the leading poets in the movement departing from traditional English practice, but Williams took his own road and tried to impart to his poetry a new substance and a violent new orientation. He began as early as 1912 by asking, "what was the measurable factor in language that can replace metrics as the basis for poetic composition?" For Williams, this question involved the whole essence of poetry:
Since he believed that experience does not objectively exist until it is embodied in language, the nature of that language--its ability to convey actuality without distorting it through the crippling biases of "literary" means--is all-important (Unger 403).
Williams had several concerns that were constant: 1) he wanted to..."
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The William Robinson Murder Case, 2002.
A study of Salt Spring Island racism, through a discussion of the William Robinson murder case.
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This paper analyzes the William Robinson murder case, and argues that Tom, the Indian convicted of murdering William Robinson, was innocent and that Griffiths, a local white settler was responsible for all three African-Canadian murders on the island. All the factual information from the trial is tied together with the idea that Salt Spring Island was a racist community, that encouraged only white prosperity and settlement.
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"For the settlers of nineteenth century Canada, discrimination and racial conflict played a large role in the judicial system. In a case on Salt Spring Island, off the coast of British Columbia, a black man, William Robinson, was murdered and an Indian man, Tom, was convicted with very little supporting evidence. The racial politics of the era caused the settlers to form opinions that were not supported with facts, but that would enhance their lives on the settlement. Convicting a prominent white settler of the murders he committed, that happened to benefit the entire community, was not a high priority for the settlers. They viewed the Natives as a threat to the stability of their colony, and convicting them of crimes was far easier than petitioning for their removal (which they had attempted with no success). By convicting an Indian they sent a strong message to the Native communities surrounding them, and rid themselves of what was commonly viewed as a parasite of society. At that time many Indians were executed for crimes against the settlers, and later some were found to be innocent of the crimes they were charged with . The number of Natives convicted of crimes led the settlers to assume William Robinson?s murderer was Indian."
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Romanticism in William Blake and Tennessee Williams, 2008.
This paper compares similar themes of romanticism in William Blake's epic poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' to Tennessee Williams' southern drama "A Streetcar Named Desire".
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This paper explains that the multifaceted romantic movement is ripe with variety and reach with decidedly similar "romantic" characteristics and qualities interwoven throughout otherwise vastly different texts. The author points out that, despite their distinctive literary identities, countries of origin and time frames, William Blake and Tennessee Williams share a place in the artistically and timelessly transcendent Romantic epoch. The paper relates that one of the themes of the romantic movement in William Blake's 1793 poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell', which was written against the tumultuous historical backdrop of the American and French Revolution, is the duality of human nature. The author stresses that the Tennessee Williams' 1947 drama "A Streetcar Named Desire", like "Marriage", has the themes of personal confliction and social confinement.
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"In addition to an emotional catharsis, Blanche aims for a physical and spiritual purification as well. She bathes excessively in a hot tub despite the sultry July temperature, refusing to be seen without her powder and perfume and "fancy fox fur pieces". She softens the harsh light in her bedroom with a festive Chinese lantern and even refuses to eat unwashed grapes. She demurs to Mitch that she "can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than a rude remark or a vulgar action", all the while deflecting his physical affection under the pretense of remaining refined."
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William Godwin's "Caleb Williams", 2004.
An analysis of William Godwin's "Caleb Williams" and how, though it may be read as an innocent murder mystery novel, when examined in the context of the author's life, the book is actually an attack on the law.
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This paper discusses that William Godwin wrote "Caleb Williams" as an attempt to present in a story form the political views, which he wrote about in "Enquiry Concerning Political Justice". The author points out that this novel is a satire on the entire English system of laws and justice. The paper relates that Godwin created a character named Caleb Williams, who gets himself entangled in a battle with the law, to act as the writer's voice. The author states that, to Godwin, laws are created merely with the intent of oppressing the poor and allowing free reign over the social and political situation of the rich. The paper relates that, in this novel, innocents are arrested and found guilty without any proof other than the declaration of their blame by the affluent and dominant socialites. The author maintains that the book infers that the most absurd characteristic of the law is its inflexibility.
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"Born to a family of dissenting ministers, Godwin began his life in the church but soon after abandoned his position and, with the advice of a friend, began writing for sustenance and profit. His background in radical dissent helped ease him into the world of 1780s London. At this time, prominent writers and speakers such as Thomas Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft, who he would later marry, were speaking out against the injustices of the established political system. At this time Godwin wrote his "Enquiry Concerning Political Justice" and, soon after, "Caleb Williams", both of which articulate his position which became known as "rational anarchism."
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Conflict and Irony in Williams, Carver and Baxter, 2007.
A review of conflict in the tales "Gryphon" by Charles Baxter, "The Use Of Force" by William Carlos Williams and "A Small, Good Thing" by Raymond Carver.
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This paper reviews and discusses "Gryphon" by Charles Baxter, "The Use Of Force" by William Carlos Williams and "A Small, Good Thing" by Raymond Carver. The paper focuses specifically on the use of irony to dramatize conflict in these three tales. According to the paper, conflict is the essence of all good storytelling.
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"William Carlos William's short story "The Use of Force" also ironically depicts someone who must be cruel, only to be kind. The conflict of the story centers on a young child with a fever, and the doctor who is trying to save the little girl. The irony of the story is that the doctor must examine the child's throat, but the child regards the doctor as an intruder, and the doctor must force himself, violently, upon the child, to help her live. Irony is also manifest in the child's perspective, because the child quite reasonably sees the strange man who wishes to look at her throat as a dangerous intruder. Her parents, filled with love for Mathilda, have not forced her to open her mouth. The medical professional, in contrast, is capable of some objectivity in the situation. He tries at first, like the parents, to coax her, but to no avail. "Such a nice man, put in the mother. Look how kind he is to you. Come on, do what he tells you to. He won't hurt you."
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"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, 2001.
An examination of the effects an absent father can have on his family as seen by Tennessee Williams.
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In this paper the author looks at the characters in this play by Tennessee Williams. The author notes that despite the main character actual absence absent from the play, he has a profound impact on all the other characters and all their actions and emotions are centered on him. The author concludes by suggesting that Williams wrote the play as an outlet for his own emotions.
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?Tennessee Williams uses this play as an outlet for his own pain, and his characters take on a truthful hue that no doubt strikes a chord in the audience. The Glass Menagerie is a play that no doubt has few characters more prominent that Mr. Wingfield, though Mr. Wingfield never once steps on stage. It is Mr. Wingfield's absence from this family that causes their own glass house to break.?
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