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    Lean on me Essay Crazy Joe, the man who had changed the lives of both the students and the teachers of Eastside High School against all odds. Chaining up doors, calling out teachers, and show both teachers and students who’s in charge, even though he uses military-like teaching methods, Joe Clark was able to flip the school upside down transforming both students and staff into people to look up to. On arriving at the school Joe Clark had found out that this school was in dire need of change from

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    Imagine trying to fix a failing school rife with drugs, crime, violence, and failing grades. Some of the students can’t even read, and most will end up dropping out. That is what the film Lean on Me is about. A former teacher at a high school, Joe Clark, is told to go and fix Eastside High, where more than half the students do not even meet basic skills, or the state will take over the school. When he takes over, he immediately begins several changes, imposing strict authority in the halls, improving

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    In the movie Lean on Me, Joe Clark persuades the staff and students that work hard is necessary in order to be successful through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos. Joe Clark, A very proud and strong leader, becomes a new principal at the very dangerous and “ghetto” school, needs to give his students a first impression filled with power of what his purpose for being there in his first speech of transferring there. He uses an ethos-type approach in all of his speeches. In his first speech, he uses

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    In the movie Lean on Me, Principal Joe Clark employs the persuasion techniques Ethos, playing for trust or credibility, Pathos, playing emotions, and Logos, the use of reasoning and facts, in his various speeches throughout the film. Within the movie, Principal Clark has 3 speeches, all 3 use the persuasion technique of Ethos. One instance of ethos is when Clark first arrives at the school after being appointed principal of East Side High School, a school that was ranked at the lowest in the state

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    In the movie Lean On Me, Joe Clark persuades the staff and students that hard work is necessary in order to be successful through the use of ethos, logos and pathos. The first way Joe Clark persuades his students and coworkers is by using ethos. Clark starts off by explaining to his staff that in order for a real, positive, change everyone needs to work more efficiently and work together. “The only way we’ll get anything done is to get everyone involved,” states Clark. He also demonstrates that

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    Ethos In Joe Clark

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    Joe Clark uses the appeal of credibility of character, also known as ethos, to encourage his students and teachers at Eastside High to work hard and improve. One example of how Mr. Clark showed ethos is at the beginning of the movie when he first came in and kicked out all of the bad students from the stage. These students were the worst of the worst, they had been selling and using drugs and not doing anything to improve in school. By coming right in and laying the hammer down on the students,

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    Introduction In my current position in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta, I work as part of a team of administrators, faculty instructors, and support personnel whose upcoming project is to create a fully online Master of Radiation Therapy degree program that can be undertaken from anywhere in Canada. As the program’s academic technologist, I will be heavily involved in this process, and as such, I am very interested in learning more about best practices and issues

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    Lberta Case Study

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    provinces. Alberta and its neighbour, Saskatchewan, were established as provinces on September 1, 1905. Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and theUS state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three Canadian provinces and territories to border only a single U.S. state and is also one of only two provinces that are landlocked. Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, is located

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Alberta provides quality education to its students. • It used visions and suggestions as a vital knowledge in planning for a advancement in education. • It is facing a number of challenges for improving the quality of post secondary education. • It provides numerous ways of solving the remedies and bringing change in the system. • But number of hands by government for support has declined • Investments by public are necessary for universities to indulge in long

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    Immigration Immigration is very important to Canada and the Canadian government, and there are many people that Immigrate to Canada each year. There are many reasons for why people want to move to Canada, because this country offers multiple services and programs for people who need them, and give them rights other countries don’t. A very important right is personal safety. In Canada, crime rates are low compared to many other countries in the world. This is very important for people who come from

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