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Gender and Education
Overview Education provision before 1870 Pioneers Teacher training Working class education Conclusion
Education pre-1870 Almost all writers at beginning of the 19 th century were agreed on its deficiencies: the poor quality of basic education and the attention paid to ornamental accomplishments and superficial learning. Evangelical writers were concerned with the upbringing of children from their earliest years Republicans and revolutionaries of the 1790s had seen education as the key to the rearing of future generations of citizens. Liberal and enlightened writers were concerned with process of education. Were common themes : education as preparation for motherhood, the social importance of motherhood, the vital importance of nurturing and training in the early years of childhood and the emphasis on the relationship between mothers and daughters.
Pioneers - Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth in Letters for Literary Ladies focussed on the issue of womens education Themes: to enlighten judgement, cultivate understanding and increase domestic happiness and the delights of home and family In Practical Education written with her father, she detailed concern for the upbringing of young children from the earliest years, an upbringing which should be a gradual process of cultivating the moral instincts of the child, not just academic prowess. She was criticised for neglecting the role of religious instruction in developing a childs morals.
Maria Edgeworth's father was married four times and had twenty-two children. She was the eldest, and her family responsibilities enabled her to practise the precepts she embodied in her writings
Pioneers - Hamilton Elizabeth Hamilton wrote from Christian and moralist viewpoint. Focused on philosophy of common sense Drew on new educational theories and the psychology of childhood. Hamilton aimed to raise mothers from their lethargy of quiescent indolence: Nor can I, perhaps, plead the cause of my sex more effectively, than by explaining the influence of early education; and thus rendering it evident to every unprejudiced mind, that if women were so educated as to qualify them for the proper performance of this momentous duty, it would do more towards the progressive improvement of the species, than all the discoveries of science and the researches of philosophy.
Gary Kelly has summarized Hamilton's legacy as a writer who aimed to intellectualize women's culture by popularizing, novelizing, and thereby disseminating philosophy, theology, and history, and doing so in a way that offered herself as model for the new intellectual-domestic woman.
Pioneers Hannah More in Strictures of Female Education exhorted women of rank to encourage useful and principled education to qualify them for the practical purposes of life. Richard Wright in 1799 in his Letters on Women in the Unitarian periodical Univeralists Miscellany argued that womens training for domestic life should not exclude them from intellectual or cultural activity. In 1822 Harriet Martineaus article On Female Education put the case for the education for women which gave much greater scope for the development of their potential. Martineau hoped to create a race of enlightened mothers and rational companions for men. William Bridges Adams in his essay, On the condition of women in England denounced levels of education received by women at all levels of society, for: women must be regarded and treated as the equals of men, in order to work the improvement of man himself. Mary Leman Grimstone a radical Unitarian and Owenite argued the right kind of education would allow women to provide for themselves, marrying when they wished.
Teacher training – Governesses and Higher Education In 1843 the Governesses Benevolent Institution was founded which rapidly found itself involved in the qualifications of governesses. In 1847 F D Maurice and Charles Kingsley Maurice helped to organise a series of courses by nine lecturers connected with Kings College, London. Lectures were open not only to governesses but to all ladies. Examinations followed although the standard was more akin to secondary schools than to universities. By 1848 Queens College was established in Harley Street. Within 6 months Bedford College was founded through the initiative of a wealthy widow, Elizabeth Reid who had initiated a series of lectures at her house in 1847 and from then on hoped to see her foundation achieve university status. These initiatives were crucial to women of the early feminist movement. Among the original students at Queens college were Adelaide Procter, founding member of the Langham Place circle, Sophia Jex-Blake, the medical pioneer, Julia Wedgwood who became a lecturer at Girton College, Frances Mary Buss who founded North London Collegiate School for Girls and Dorothea Beale who transformed Cheltenham Ladies College. Barbara Bodichon also attended some of the early classes at Bedford College.
Bedford College Hockey team (1886/7) and Plaque commemorating foundation of Queens College
Teacher training - schools Monitorial schools founded by the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in 1811 and the British and Foreign Schools Society in 1814. Leading members of these societies were concerned with the educational standards of teachers and had set up small training departments attached to schools as in Joseph Lancasters Borough Road School and the National Societys Central School. Early training colleges included Home and Colonial Training College. The college trained 1500 teachers in a decade, mainly single women in a course gradually extended to 6 months. Between 1839 and 1846 on the initative of Sir James Kay Shuttleworth, a network of 20 residential colleges for men and women were established. In 1846 Kay Shuttleworths scheme for pupil-teachers offered those who could pass an examination, a subsidy of 4/5 of the cost of their teacher training. Between 1849 and 1859, the number of pupil-teachers in schools rose from 3580 to 15224, and the proportion of female teachers rose from 32-46%.
Brook Street Ragged School, Hampstead Road, founded 1843 employing the monitorial system
Pupil-teacher system Pupil-teacher scheme aimed at bright working class girls, yet in 1851, around 10% of teacher trainees were from professional backgrounds and around half were from lower middle class families. There were some protests at the assumption that the destination of young unemployed women should be the teaching profession. Lady Ellis argued: It is contrary to all observation and experience to suppose that all persons are calculated to obtain the means of subsistence by being taught to teach. There are other pursuits of a noble and elevating character which the female mind is capable of comprehending if the means are afforded of so doing. The limited view of female power and usefulness which we have just alluded to, operates very prejudicially with regard to the happiness of young females who have a certain position in society, and who are nevertheless, compelled by narrow circumstances to have recourse to daily exertion for support. Barbara Bodichon in the Englishwomans Journal explicitly argued that women should be educated not so they would be better wives or mothers or to become teachers but to open up a range of occupations to middle class women.
Types of schools Educational provision was fragmented and patchy and ranged from the excellent to the rudimentary Were new initiatives in the foundation of schools and colleges for girls of the middle classes. Eg Abbey House school in Reading, attended by Jane Austen and Caroline Lamb which included French, Latin, Greek, Italian, History, literature and geography. Majority of schools were small private establishments, often run as an extended family unit Most took less than 30 pupils, some as few as 7 or 8. The Schools Inquiry Commission of the 1860s uncovered 500 such establishments. Working class children received education from trained and certified teachers and essentially a co-educational curriculum
Literacy Education provision was often poor and girls received a worse education than boys. Female literacy rates lagged behind those of men eg in the 1780s 68% of men but only 39% of women could sign the marriage register. Thomas Laquer has argued that industrialisation retarded literacy rates arguing that in Manchester female literacy rates fell to 19% in 1810-20. By 1844 rates had started to rise again but were still 37% for men and 48% for women.
Occupational differentiation (Humphries)
Literacy rates in rural parishes (Barry Reay)
Working-class girls education Sarah Trimmer, the leading advocate of womens place in the home, recommended girls should be taught carding and spinning wool, knitting stockings and needlework. Aims of schools were to make good working servants, wives and mothers. Quality of education was often limited and not much better than that offered by the charity schools especially for girls. At the Hackney Road Girls School for example, the curriculum was reading, writing and needlework, training in morality and industry. At Kennington the girls spent four afternoons a week on needlework while the boys did more arithmetic and reading. Early reports from schools inspectors reflected the poor quality of teaching: In some of the girls schools very few of the children could write, and the writing was very bad; while even in the boys schools, where more attention is paid to this important art, there were very few boys who had attained to a running hand without the use of lines. In several of the girls schools the children do not learn arithmetic at all
1870 Education Act The growing interest the state took in the provision of education did not result in many improvements in girls education. Education Act of 1870 provided a national system of secondary education and implemented elected School Boards. A successive act of 1876 attempted to impose compulsory attendance. Working-class girls were educated principally to a domestic role with classes in laundry, home management and needle skills Ethel Dudley was the examiner for the London School Board and wrote the 1914 standard school book Knitting for Infants and Juniors. She suggested lesson plans and instructions for patterns suitable for varying ages such as the following for five year olds: Duster for school blackboards. Needles 5. Number 8 cotton. 30-40 minutes. Cast on 18 stitches. K (chain edge) 36 rows. Cast off and make chain of 12 stitches to hang up.
Hand knitting was brought formally into the British school syllabus with the 1870 Education Act. By 1914, knitting was a required element of girls education and of many boys too.
Middle class education (boys) Rise of English public school shifted education for middle and upper class boys in the middle of the century. Public schools had been few in number and catered primarily for the sons of the landed elite. By the 1860s attendance at a public school was essential for the sons of the professional and business classes. Over 30 new public schools had been added to the original 7 to provide for this increased demand. Thomas Arnolds development of a reformed model of a public school at Rugby in the 1830s received widespread publicity. New schools were more academic and orderly than their predecessors. Focused on moral manliness, physical toughness and endurance
Middle class education (girls) Creation of proprietary schools for girls. Pioneer establishments had been the North London Collegiate School and Cheltenham Ladies' College in the 1850s. 1872 a Girls' Public Day School Company was formed and already by 1880 it had opened eleven schools in the London area and eleven elsewhere. A few new girls' schools, such as Cheltenham, Wycombe Abbey, St Leonard's and Roedean, were boarding, modelling themselves more or less on boys' public schools; but the vast majority were day schools.
Pioneer – Frances Buss Educated at a private day school Established own private school with her mother in Kentish Town, in 1845 Attended Queen's College in Harley Street, London 1850 school renamed the North London Collegiate School for Ladies Viewed competitive external examinations as the best preparation Many pupils went on to study at the women's colleges founded at Cambridge; twelve were at Girton in 1879 Clara Collet became the first former North London Collegiate pupil to obtain a degree when she took a London BA in 1880
Pioneer – Dorothea Beale Sporadically educated in schools in England and France Taught herself Greek and mathematics. 1858 elected principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College Were external examinations annually and strict discipline in the classroom By 1880 Cheltenham Ladies' College was teaching a full syllabus including mathematics and classics.
School Boards The 1870 Act did introduced a means by which women could influence state schooling policy by membership of school boards. There were 128 women elected to English and Welsh school boards between 1892 and 1895. Many of those who stood for election were active feminists and many concerned chiefly with the field of education. Emily Davies and Elizabeth Garrett were the first two women to sit on the London School Board and remained the only two until their resignation in October 1873. Emily Davies later wrote: We were willing to do our best, but when it is remembered that the Board consisted of 47 gentlemen and 2 ladies, it will not be a matter of surprise that the 2 ladies have proved incapable of doing their half of the work. Women on School Boards were commonly assigned to committees such as the Needlework sub-committee. Their wide brief to oversee all state education also meant that they were often unable to raise the profile of girls education.
Cartoon of Elizabeth Garrett (Anderson) by Frederick Waddy, 1872. She topped the poll for the election of the first London School Board in 1870
Early universities Most vibrant and inclusive universities were in Scotland. There were four (Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrew's and Aberdeen) in contrast with only two for England (Oxford and Cambridge). In 1825-6 the total Scottish student population was estimated at about 4,500. There was an exceedingly diverse student body. In contrast, Oxford and Cambridge were intellectually moribund and student numbers were low. By 1820-9 annual admissions to Oxford colleges averaged 400 and to Cambridge colleges, 440 giving a total student population only half that in Scotland. Students taught either classics or mathematics and drawn exclusively from the gentry and aristocracy.
London University In 1828 'the godless institution of Gower Steet', which was to become University College, London, opened its doors. In 1831 King's College in the Strand established. In 1832 another Anglican University was established at Durham. In 1836 the Whig government created by charter a University of London simply an examining and degree-giving body, under whose umbrella University College and King's College - and any number of institutions and individuals - could gather. Already by 1850 the number of candidates successfully meeting its matriculation requirements was just short of 200 a year. The Whigs and radicals who established the University of London accepted the need to challenge the social and denominational narrowness of Oxbridge.
Oxbridge reform Admissions to Oxford and Cambridge began to increase from the 1870s. In 1901 the male student populations of Oxford and Cambridge were 2,537 and 2,880. 1870s saw the arrival at Oxford and Cambridge both of dissenters and of women. Abolition of University Tests in 1871 opened undergraduate places and fellowships to all religious denominations. Emily Davies's College was founded at Hitchin in 1869 and moved to Girton, near Cambridge, in 1873. Henry Sidgwick and Anne Jemima Clough opened the residence which became Newnham College, in 1871. In Oxford, 1879 brought the foundation of Somerville, Lady Margaret Hall and the Society for Home Students, which eventually became St Anne's; followed in 1886 by St Hugh's and in 1892 by St Hilda's. In 1900-1, there were 296 women students at Cambridge and 239 at Oxford. Women did not become full members of the university in Oxford until 1919 and in Cambridge until 1948. Formal curriculum also changed with the creation of the Natural and Moral Sciences Triposes in Cambridge and of undergraduate courses in History andLaw in both universities.
Formation of new universities 1851 Owen's College, Manchester 1871 Newcastle 1872 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth 1874 Leeds 1874 Mason College, Birmingham 1876 Bristol 1879 Firth College, Sheffield 1881 Liverpool 1881 Nottingham 1883 Cardiff 1883 Bangor 1892 Reading 1902 Southampton Full-time students (outside Oxford and Cambridge) England = 7,943 Wales = 1,253 Scotland = 5,151 Total = 14,347 2,749 were women.
Social Composition of Oxford students (male)
Social Composition of Oxford students (female)
Women in universities University of London in 1878 was the first university to admit women and University College London laid claim to be the first institution to run co-educational lessons. Women had attended classes prior to this date. Some institutions eg St Andrews University had offered a higher certificate the LA, later LLA, Lady Literate in Arts to women students from 1876. Apart from Oxford and Cambridge, Durham was the last university in England to admit women to its degrees. In Scotland legislation between 1889 and 1892 empowered the four Scottish universities to admit women to classes and gain degrees. The charter of the university of Wales, granted in 1893 stipulated womens eligibility for degrees and also offices, stating specifically that they should be treated as full members off the university. Women were almost universally excluded from studying medicine
Women Graduates In Glasgow, 4 medical students received degrees from Queen Margaret College in 1894 and 2 received arts degrees in 1895. In Aberdeen 4 women students obtained a BA in 1898. 4 women obtained degrees from the University of London in 1880 and 4 from Manchester in 1887. From around 1900 the number of female students rose steadily, especially in arts departments. Women represented 16% of students in 1900; 24% in 1920 and 27% in 1930.
Pioneer – Emily Davies Emily and her elder sister Jane were denied any serious schooling either at home or outside it Linked to influential feminists: the Langham Place group in London. Was secretary to the committee to secure the admission of women to university examinations. 1866 published The Higher Education of Women 1868 rented a villa at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, and the first five students taught by Cambridge dons came into residence there in October 1869. Thus began Girton College, Emily Davies's most enduring memorial.
Pioneer – Elizabeth Wordsworth Educated by governesses Became principal of Lady Margaret Hall Established St Hughes Member of anti-suffrage campaign
Conclusion For working class children 19 th century was not necessarily one of progress After 1870 curriculum (particularly for girls) in state schools became more limited For middle class girls and women the 19 th century was a century of progress in education. Institutional focus in the new breed of private girls schools and the new womens colleges. Where the two sexes were segregated then, women were able to sustain educational advances, however this retarded the progress and the standards of education of co-educational institutions. Public schools reinvigorated education of middle-class boys and instituted new culture of muscular Christianity and moral manliness. Education reform linked with rise of feminism but not invariably so.
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If you describe someone as an adventurer, you disapprove of them because they are using dishonest or immoral methods to gain money or power.[disapproval]
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By Richard Rogers
Guest Columnist
The board of trustees for the state health plan has approved a 2018 benefit design change that imposes a $50 monthly premium for non-Medicare retirees enrolled in the 80/20 plan, a significant increase from the $15.04 per month they pay now.
That's $600 in premiums over the course of one year — more than a 330 percent increase on current annual payments.
By Dr. Mike Walden
I recall my late, paternal grandmother telling me how much she looked forward to the third Friday of each month. This was the day her husband — my grandfather — took her from their small farm into town. For all the other days of the month, my grandmother worked on the farm. She made her own bread, harvested and canned vegetables raised in the garden and even helped butcher, dress (remove unwanted parts and divide the kept parts) and cook the pork and poultry raised on their land.
My favorite season is fall, but since I've lived here in Brunswick County, spring has become a close second.
Spring's arrival a week after my birthday and on my Grandma Torok's birthday means the cold weather is gone until next fall, my car is getting coated with yellow-green pollen and my cats begin the seasonal shedding of their winter coats.
By Rep. Frank Iler
Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives, we voted to override the governor's veto for the first time this session, we introduced many local bills and we welcomed visitors from Brunswick County.
Last Wednesday, March 22, we had the first bill vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper come back to the House and Senate for possible override votes.
The Federal Reserve — for short, the Fed — is again front and center in the news. With the economy improving and the stock market soaring, the Fed is expected to increase short-term interest rates several times in 2017.
Yet the Fed and its policies have not been held in high regard by many. Some say the Fed has been trying to do too much. Indeed, some even say the Fed's policies have been harmful. Let me try to explain and then let you decide.
Mark Twain famously said, "Truth is stranger than fiction." I can't help but guess whether he came up with this quote based on the newspaper experience had had in his storied career.
I wonder what he would have thought of this doozy of a situation I dealt with the other week.
I came to the office to find a message that a man came to the Beacon wanting to talk to a reporter. He'd left his phone number.
Since all our reporters were on assignment, I took it upon myself to give him a call.
I understand from my colleague Laura Lewis that construction in the south end of Brunswick County is almost complete on a new set of Michigan turns.
So to the Sunset Beach, Calabash and Carolina Shores crowds joining the fraternity of drivers not allowed to make a left turn onto U.S. 17 without making a right turn and driving the wrong way first, I want to be the first to publicly welcome you to slot track racing.
Covering the northern end of Brunswick County gives me lots of opportunities to slingshot around the Michigan turns in that area.
Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives, we heard the State of the State address from Gov. Roy Cooper, we introduced and passed several important education bills, and we introduced more local bills for Brunswick County.
Here it is, March 13, my birthday, and I've spent the past 14 hours of it at the office.
I'm happy to have made it through another year of life and I'm the last person to complain about spending it at work, because my Beacon coworkers are more like family to me than most of my blood relatives. (I have a lot of them — my maternal grandmother alone was one of 11 surviving children who all had children of their own.)
This year's birthday started out feeling like a bother, though.
Last week in the North Carolina House of Representatives, we passed tougher penalties for felony death by boating, we made changes to the selection of judges, we met with a coastal advocacy group and we continued to work on local bills.
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Welcome Kayla to the 2015-16 Scholastic Kids Council!
I'd like to introduce you to Kayla who will be one of the special contributors to the STACKS this year.
Look for more to come from Kayla this year!
Meet Ben, a 10-year-old magician from New Jersey. His card tricks will blow you away! I'm not kidding; you have to see this! I have seen him perform in person, and I can tell you, he is legit. Watch his card trick video.
Amazing, right? I have no idea how he does it, but if you are interested in card tricks, check out Klutz Card Trickery. Maybe you can learn Ben's secrets!
There are lots more videos about Games and Magic on the STACKS! Go check them out!
Sonja, STACKS Staffer
Book Wars: Ever After High vs. Whatever After
I will be doing a comparison between the magical series of Ever After High and the mysterious series of Whatever After. Both series are amazing and involve fantasy, but they are different in many ways.
To start the war off, I will introduce to you the main characters of each book, Raven and Abby. In Ever After High, Raven is daughter of the evil queen from Snow White, and faces the challenge of whether to sign the Storybook of Legends which will seal her fate as the next evil ruler. In Whatever After, Abby is shut out at school most of the time which causes her to be very lonely. One night, she is intrigued by the basement, and she and her brother Jonah get sucked through a magic mirror that came with the house, and transported into the story of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Both characters are shut out at school and are involved in the tale Snow White.
Surprisingly, the two main characters have traits in common, such as a "don't think, just do" kind of thing. Don't get them mad because if you do, you had better watch out! They also both have great kindness in their hearts. Finally, Raven and Abby are "chosen" for something of great importance in the world.
What do you think? Similar or not at all? Are you a fan of EAH or WA? Put your opinion in the Comments below.
Rowan, Scholastic Kids Council
(We regret to inform you that no lightsabers will be used.)
Navigating the twists and turns of middle school is hard. You have tough classes, (Sith-like) bullies, friends, and more coming your way. It is hard to know what to do, and there seems to be a rule for almost everything. You need a Jedi Master to help you not mess up.
The Origami Yoda books take place at McQuarrie Middle School, where an oddball named Dwight shows up with an origami puppet in the form of Yoda himself! Dwight (or should I say Yoda?) gives Jedi-quality advice in all sorts of situations. His friends Tommy, Kellen, and others are making a case file to decide if Origami Yoda uses the mysterious "force," or if Dwight is not who they thought he was. Filled with Harvey's "scientific explanations for what happened" and Kellen's drawings, this realistic fiction book is great for anyone who is looking for a quick laugh.
In the Jedi Academy books, however, Roan Novachez of Tatooine doesn't need a puppet for advice. He has our little green friend (Yoda) as a teacher! Roan is rejected from pilot school, his only dream in life. Things aren't looking too good. Then a letter arrives from the elusive Jedi Academy on Coroscant, accepting Roan into Jedi training. All the other kids have been in Jedi Academy since they were younger, so Roan gets made fun of by the class bullies. He has a hard time with classes, doesn't really fit in at first, and is just kind of lost.
Overall . . .
Origami Yoda is easy to read, extremely funny, and talks about realistic kids. I immensely enjoy this series and read it over and over again. The plot follows the episodes of Star Wars a little more. Jedi Academy more accurately describes bullies, tough classes, and fitting in with others kids. Actually set in the Star Wars galaxy, this series depicts the creatures and customs of movies.
What do you think: Does a puppet sound good, or does having Yoda as a teacher appeal more?
Beata, Scholastic Kids Council
Meet the September STACKS Star!
Do you want to be the next STACKS Star? It's pretty easy! All you have to do is answer a few fun questions (below) and I'll pick one random person to be the AWESOME star of the month. After the selection, that person gets to be featured in the next STACKS Blast newsletter!
The September Star is BlueCat2757.
BlueCat2757 is a HUGE Harry Potter fan who loves to listen to classical, blues, jazz and country music. Some things she is proud to say she can do include: writing cursive, writing with both hands, standing on one foot for a really, really long time, and naming all the state capitals. If you want to learn more about BlueCat2757, check out her awesome feature here in the Blast newsletter.
Since we are all in back-to-school mode, this month's questions are going to be about . . . you guessed it! School!
1. What's your favorite thing about school?
2. What's your least favorite thing about school?
3. If you could have any kind of classroom pet, what would it be and why?
4. Which subject do you look forward to most in school?
5. What advice would you give to all back-to-schoolers?
To get you inspired, here are my answers:
1. My favorite thing about school is being able to see and hang out with my friends every day.
2. My least favorite thing about school is waking up so early.
3. If I could have a classroom pet, it would be a bunny rabbit. They're easy to take care of, friendly, and most of all, they are super cute and cuddly!
4. I look forward to science the most because it explains why and how certain things happen in the world.
5. My advice for all back-to-schoolers is to be nice to everyone even if you don't know them and you should smile every day
OK, squad! Tell me your answers and don't forget to update your profile and avatar to make it look your best!
- Sandy, STACKS Staffer
Quick Tips for Back-to-School
AmusedBrain4 has some back-to-school tips for freshmen on the Reading Buzz Board, but they can really help for any grade, so take a look and see what you think.
Ahhhh, so school is just around the corner. I thought I would give some quick tips for those who are starting their first year of high school . . .
Do you think these tips will help you this school year? Whatever grade you are starting this year, tell us your tips in the Comments! Happy new school year!
Sonja, STACKS Staffer
Meet MerryAngel32!
This month's STACKS Star is MerryAngel32! She loves to read horror books like Goosebumps and if she could be any fruit in the world, she would be an apple because it's crunchy, sweet, has small seeds and is so "easy-peasy" to cut. One thing she would love to give every child across the world is access to a free library so that everyone can read books! Read more about MerryAngel32 in our STACKS Blast newsletter!
Now, I have two super-serious questions to ask you:
1. Would YOU like a chance to become the next star?
2. How well do you know Harry Potter?
This month's questions are all about Harry Potter and I want to see how many of you know, like, really, really know the books, characters, and movies. If you know all the answers to the questions, then you might become the next STACKS Star! I will be picking a random user who answers these questions correctly:
Good luck everyone and leave your answers to these HP questions in the Comments! Don't forget to update your profile and avatar to make it look your best in case you are the next STACKS Star!
Sandy, STACKS Staffer
Wait! Hold it right there. Have you ever read two completely different books and noticed similarities between the two? If this sounds like you, proceed to read the article below.
On the surface, the two books I'm comparing would seem to have nothing in common. In fact, just by looking at the covers, one would assume them to be polar opposites. The Maze Runner (for ages 12 and up) by James Dashner is a futuristic fantasy. The Selection (for ages 12 and up) by Kiera Cass is a romantic story about a competition for the prince's hand in marriage. What could these two books possibly have in common?
In The Maze Runner, the main character, Thomas, is sent to the Glade, not necessarily by force but because he thinks it is for "the good of the people." Same thing goes for America, the main character in The Selection, whose choice ensures her family's safety. America despises the idea of going to the palace, but goes along with it for her family, just as Thomas goes into the elevator to the Maze. Both want to run away from their surroundings; one desires to leave from a death trap of monsters, the other from frilly dresses. Thomas and America both want to "escape" but not leave the friends they've made. Both situations require survival skills as well. Thomas must know how to fight monsters, and America must know how to curtsey in heels. These stories are different, but their underlying plots have similarities.
The Maze Runner and The Selection both have bad guys as well. All the people in the Glade are faced with WICKED, an organization dedicated to making their lives as painful as possible. Thomas' chances of escaping are in their clenched fists. America is also confronted with challenges herself. In addition to the snooty girls and king determined to send her home, there are rebel groups storming the palace and turning it into a war zone.
Oh, and don't forget the sidekicks! America's new best friend is Marlee, whose enthusiasm can light up a room. Her sweetness makes her a very likable companion. This reminds me of Chuck (Thomas' new best friend), whose personality is always fun to be around. Thomas always seems to smile with happiness when around him. Both are kind and befriend the protagonists on their first day. However, their fates are anything but happy!
As you can see, the similarities are carried throughout both stories. Next time you read two different books, see what's hidden in the pages.
Emma Rose, Scholastic Kids Council
Book Wars: The Giver vs. The List
My Book War is between two books that I truly enjoyed: The Giver by Lois Lowry, and The List (for ages 12 and up) by Siobhan Vivian. I would compare a book to the Harry Potter series, but I don't think anything in this world could be as great as the Harry Potter books! So on to my Book War!
What is the main idea of each book? Continue reading
Meet BookwormFairy31!
This month, our STACKS Star is BookwormFairy31.
This awesome star loves to bike, dance, and swim. Her favorite subject is writing and she is aspiring to become a famous author one day. (Did you know she is currently writing her own series as we read and type?) When she is not writing, you can also find her reading books or eating her favorite snacks which include chocolate, French fries, and peanut butter cookies.
Would YOU like a chance to become the next STACKS Star? All you have to do is answer the questions below and I will pick one random user to be featured in the August STACKS Blast newsletter. Don't forget to update your profile and avatar to make it look your best!
To get you all inspired, here are my answers:
Leave your answers in the Comments. I can't wait to see your answers so start typing away!
Sandy, STACKS Staffer


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Dalby Forest Drive,
Langdale End,
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South Moor Farm,
Dalby Forest Drive,
Langdale End,
Small (5 pitches) grass site in the middle of Dalby Forest
Pick a pitch in the strip of grassland around our very large garden.
Motor Homes only. Water and waste disposal facilities only. Children welcome from any age.
Cleveland, United Kingdom
06 October 2016
"Very peaceful "
The views were amazing, you actually camp in the field with about 10 sheep. you will need wellies or hiking boots. The owners are friendly and there is an offer of electricity. There are bins at the end of the drive, but you are pretty much wild camping.
Reply from South Moor Farm (Motor Homes) at 6 Oct 2016
The sheep have gone! We usually remove stock from the camping area but the 10 sheep had been separated from the main flock has they were going to a new location. However the field is sometimes used by cows, so wellies might be a good idea.
South Moor Farm is located 3.5 miles from Langdale End on Dalby Forest Drive which is signposted from Thornton le Dale and Hackness. Grid Reference SE905905
From Pickering follow A170(Scarborough) to Thornton le Dale. Turn left after pedestrian crossing just before Buck Inn (Signposted Dalby Forest Drive). 1¼ mile turn right into Dalby Forest. At Toll Point tell operator that you are staying at South Moor Farm. We are 8 miles past toll point, stay on the tarmac road. You will pass the Visitor Centre, Staindale Lake, Adderstone Field, and Jingleby Thorn Tea Garden. We are 1 mile from Jingleby, in open fields on the right hand side.
From Hackness again follow Dalby Forest Drive signs through Langdale End, past Bickley and Bickley Gate car park, we are 3.5 miles from Langdale End.
- Children welcome
- Working farm
- Visa/Mastercard/Switch accepted
- Dogs/pets accepted by arrangement
- Chemical toilet disposal facilities
- Drinking water
- Booking recommended in summer
Motor Homes only. Water and waste disposal facilities only. Children welcome from any age.


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The Darby Opens Early for Beyoncé's Birthday
The Darby, the supper club from Butter's Alexandra Guarnaschelli, has not yet opened to the public, but nevertheless the 100-seat restaurant hosted Beyoncé's birthday party last weekend.
Jay-Z apparently filled the space with orchids and brought out a six-layer birthday cake for his wife. No word on what they ate from Guarnaschelli's planned old-school, continental menu, though we would take her oyster-stuffed steak over cake any day.
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Microsoft is bidding Adieu to Skype Qik
Skype Qik, Microsoft's attempt at spinning off video messaging into a simplified mobile application, is shutting down. The app was first introduced in fall 2014 to serve a different audience than the larger, more fully-featured, Skype application. Instead of offering real-time chat, screen sharing and audio and video calling, Qik was designed only for asynchronous video messaging.
Skype Qik was launched in 2014 following Microsoft's $100 million acquisition of Qik in 2011. The app allowed you to record short video clips and send them to people — so basically, it was kind of like Instagram, but for videos.
The main USP of the app was in the technology that went into making it. Not only did it keep you from having to wait by notifying you after downloading the messages, but it also didn't run in the background — extending the battery life.
However, with the onslaught of IM, image and video based chat services — including Skype itself — Microsoft felt that Qik had become a tad redundant — perhaps even obsolete.
We have learned that many of you are already doing these things in Skype, and as a result, we migrated some of Qik's most used features into the Skype app you already know and love.
However, according to a post on the Skype Developers' blog, many of the ideas from Qik have now made their way over to Skype's main application – including video messaging. Skype has also introduced fun features, like filters, to make messaging more personal, as well as other tools for communicating with groups – like group video calls on mobile.
Because Skype now supports Qik's core functionality, the Qik app is being shut down.
Of course, what Skype also hints at in its blog post is that the Qik app bombed. When referring to how Qik was designed to help users share moments with friends, the Skype team writes:
"Since [Qik's launch], we have learned that many of you are already doing these things in Skype, and as a result, we migrated some of Qik's most used features into the Skype app you already know and love."
In other words, Qik did not gain traction. Skype's user base stuck with Skype. According to App Annie, Qik's current ranking is #350 in the Social Networking category on the iOS App Store, and #239 in the Communications category on Google Play. It's practically invisible.
The app was available for Android, iOS and Windows. Microsoft has kept the app functioning until March the 24th on all platform, so that users can save any messages they want. After that, the application will cease to function and Skype will take its place as Microsoft's video based IM.


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- Exterior: Wood
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- Year Built: 2017
- HOA Dues: $275
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Hindi translation of 'married'
Word Frequency
married /ˈmærid ˈमैरीड्/
1. adjective
If you are married, you have a husband or wife.
She is married to an Englishman.
...a married man.
2. adjective before noun
Married means relating to marriage.
...the first ten years of our married life.
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Too, a happily married man for twenty-five years, he was out of practice with a thwarted lover.YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
Hablet suspected it had more to do with the idea of Adrina finally getting married than any affection for the Karien groom.TREASON KEEP (2001)
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- Arabic: مُتَزَوِجٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: casado casada
- Chinese: 已婚的
- Croatian: oženjen udata
- Czech: ženatý vdaná
- Danish: gift
- Dutch: getrouwd
- European Spanish: casado casada
- Finnish: naimisissa oleva
- French: marié
- German: verheiratet
- Greek: παντρεμένος παντρεμένη
- Italian: coniugato coniugata
- Japanese: 結婚している
- Korean: 기혼의
- Norwegian: gift
- Polish: żonaty zamężna
- Portuguese: casado casada
- Romanian: căsătorit căsătorit, căsătorită, căsătoriți, căsătorite
- Russian: женатый замужняя
- Spanish: casado casada
- Swedish: gift giftalever i äktenskap
- Thai: ได้แต่งงานแล้ว
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Many state house tenants are on benefits.
In 2007 only 170,000 out of 260,000 working-age beneficiaries were getting an Accommodation Supplement. HNZ tenants do not qualify for this supplement. There are 69,000 state houses so I am picking the percentage of tenants who are beneficiaries would be significant.
Beneficiaries in state houses have their rent paid for by the state, through a Housing NZ rental subsidy and their benefit. Therefore the money stays with or goes back to the state.
However, if those people decide to buy their houses, a possibility if the government raises the mortgage cap, they will instead get their mortgage paid for by the state through the Accommodation Supplement. (In 2007 43,000 people received an Accommodation Supplement to cover or contribute to mortgage repayments.) That money is then lost to the state.
So I am not quite sure how there will be (nett) extra money available for building more state houses.
I suppose it is one way to get people to save. KiwiSaver isn't dissimilar.
But it is a little philosophically mischievous for National to applaud and encourage private ownership yet achieve it by upping the degree of wealth transfer.
DPF thinks it's a great idea - Cactus doesn't.
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Sleight of hand socialism
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Interesting, I think there must be a top echelon though that may take up this opportunity and save there taxpayer in the long run. Do you have any alternative to solve this problem better? Something real I mean, not philosophical.
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| AGirlWithTheBrokenSmile chapter 1 . 9/30/2012
Wow. This was really good! You've seriously managed to impress me. I love Teddy/Dominique, and they way you wrote the unrequited love in this story was fantastic.
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| mikki105 chapter 1 . 8/19/2011
Great story! I loved the detail and the way you put Dominique's feelings into words. I can only say two words: Poor Dominique. I ship Dom/Teddy and this makes me really sad :'( But still great writing!
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Aw, this is so sad, but I loved it anyway.
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Patent Law and Policy University of Oregon Law School Fall 2009 Elizabeth Tedesco Milesnick Patent Law and Policy, Fall 2009 Class 11, Slide 1
Except as otherwise provided in this title, whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within the United States or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the patent therefor, infringes the patent. Claims are of primary importance. Furthers public notice for competitors. "The public should not be deprived of rights supposed to belong to it, without being clearly told what it is that limits these rights." Comparing claims to accused products, not patentee's product embodying patent to accused products. Reissue is limited remedy to revise claims after issuance of patent. Broadening reissue must be sought within 2 years of grant of patent and does not apply retroactively (i.e., infringer must have infringed the pre-reissue claims to have liability). Patent Law and Policy, Fall 2009 Class 11, Slide 2 § 271(a) Infringement
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