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SCENE: In Mr. Phillips’ office. There is a big desk at which Mr. Phillips is seated. The kids are standing near the desk, waiting to talk to Mr. Phillips.
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Mr. Phillips: (Sounding annoyed) What is it now?
Tim: Well..... (Kids stand awkwardly)
Mr. Phillips: What?!!
Jennifer: We are..... (Ben interrupts)
Ben: Drum roll please.....
Trish: Shut up, Ben!
Tim: .....GUILTY, in first defense. (Jennifer giggles)
Trish: We destroyed the classroom.
Ben: We did? (Looks confused. Tim glares at him.)
Trish: Yes, remember? (Winks at Ben.)
Mr. Phillips: Well, that’s funny.....
Trish: Why?
Ben: (With an “adult” tone of voice) I’m glad you think of our act of violence as humorous.
Jennifer: Shut your cakehole, Ben!
Mr. Phillips: Well because, Babs Story just came in a few minutes ago and confessed the same crime as you kids.
Others: She did? (They all look at each other with confusion)
Mr. Phillips: Yes.
Tim: Well that’s weird.....
Ben: Yeah!
Mr. Phillips: I thought you were going to take the blame for her.
Jennifer: I guess so.
Mr. Phillips: It sounds like you guys must be good friends of Babs.
Ben: NO WAY!!! (Stops himself too late) I mean, not really sir.
Trish: You could say that.
Tim: We didn’t think you would believe us if we said we were innocent.
Mr. Phillips: Now that’s a very noble thing to do.
Jennifer: Now that I think of it, that was a dumb thing to do!
Trish: I agree. (A look of repulsion crosses Mr. Phillips’ face.)
Mr. Phillips: Why do you think that, out of curiosity?
Ben: Because of all of the bad things Babs did to us!
Tim: She NEVER liked us from the start!
Jennifer: So, it’s understandable why she would do this and those other awful things.
Mr. Phillips: What other awful things?
Trish: How that you mention it one time she insulted us!
Ben: Yeah, she said that...uhh...(silence)
Mr. Phillips: What’d she say?
Trish: I seem to recall her saying.....(more silence)
Mr. Phillips: Well, it is strange that you should mention that Babs is saying nasty things to you. I thought I raised her better than that.
Tim: What?!!! (Kids go silent with shock)
Mr. Phillips: She IS my daughter. Anyway, what did she say?
Jennifer: (Pause) We don’t remember what, but so what? She did tons of bad things to us!! (Ben, Tim, and Trish frantically nod their heads)
Tim: Yeah like when Trish and Jen were nice to her, but.....
Jennifer: She was.....(The kids are all at lost of what to say)
Mr. Phillips: Let’s just say that Babs Story is guilty, you’re innocent, so ENOUGH of these pitiful excuses!!
Finally, Sister Aloysius never proved that Father Flynn is guilty and accuses him without any proof. Sister James asks Sister Aloysius that if she “ever prove it [to]… [Her] self?” (57) And Sister Aloysius tells her “no” (57). Sister Aloysius never proved that Father Flynn is guilty, but she tells Sister James that she “was sure” (57) that Father Flynn is guilty of giving the altar wine to Donald Muller. She makes Father Flynn resign from the school by lying about his past. Sister Aloysius demanded the truth of what happened in the rectory and Father Flynn told her that Donald Muller was with him in the rectory to tell him not to be removed from the altar boys because Donald Muller was caught drinking the altar wine. After telling her the truth she still looks at Father Flynn as guilty.
The store is a theater, having numerous skits taking place throughout the day with no script. Sammy is in the audience where he came only observe the acts to make up his own story and narrate the scene to others. Every important detail is observed through Sammy’s eyes and is expressed in the narration of his story of the A & P grocery store.
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P encourages Arnold to be better in life. Mr. P is responsible for Junior’s fight against hopelessness and his wish of not giving up hope and realizing dreams. Mr. P, at first, appears to be your average teacher who hates their job, stuck in the middle, and can’t achieve a higher level job. Everyone thought that Mr. P looked really weird. He was only 4 feet tall, had no hair, but had dandruff, there would be food stains on his shirt, visible nose hair, and weighed maybe 50 pounds but only when he’s carrying his 15 pound briefcase. But the strangest thing about Mr. P is that sometimes he forgot to come to school. He tried to start a reservation Shakespeare Theatre Company, but failed miserably. Oftentimes, students would have to be sent down to the housing compound behind the school to wake Mr. P, who is always napping in front of his television. He sometimes teaches classes in his pajamas. He is fairly popular among the students, as not much is asked out of the students. On Junior’s first day back to school, he is given a Geometry book. But on the first page of the book, he sees the words “This book belongs to Agnes Adams.” Agnes Adams is his mother, which meant that the book was over 30 years old. Enraged by this thought, he threw his book at Mr. P. Consequently, Arnold is suspended for a week. Mr. P goes to talk to him. He talks to him about his sister, and how she used to write romance novels, but then suddenly stopped, and telling Junior things about
... fight the disease. It is crucial that regulation be a necessary component of gene therapy research and applications. In hopes that the government can regulate and can receive this treatment, not restricting it to people that has serious genetic diseases. Gene therapy will change the field of medicine from what it is today. As scientist discovers more genes and their functions, the potential of this treatment is limitless. Though gene therapy is an auspicious treatment choice for numerous diseases (including inherited disorders, some types of cancer, and certain viral infections), the procedure remains precarious and is still under study to make sure that it will be safe and effective. Thus government regulators and scientist must take a lead role in adopting a practical approach to address these issues and determining the correct procedures for dealing with them.
...s of gene therapy is that the mortality rate is very high. This is because Immune system may attack cells and cells may attack vital organs. Furthermore, ethical issues should be dealt in a positive way. The technological institute has to reduce the unnecessary expenses of the treatment. I highly suggest the government investing more money on the development of gene therapy.
“Don't you dare talk to me like that missy!”, Mr. Wilsons snapped angrily as he got ready to sock her right across the face.
"The aim is to decrease the fear of a brave new world and to encourage people to be more proactive about their health. It [Gene therapy] will help humans become better physically and even mentally and extend human life. It is the future” (Hulbert). Dr. Hulbert, a genetic engineer, couldn’t be anymore right; more time, money, and research needs to be put into gene therapy and genetic engineering, since it can cure certain illness and diseases that are incurable with modern medicine, has fewer side-effects than conventional drugs or surgery, and allows humans to be stronger physically and mentally at birth. Gene therapy or genetic engineering is the development and application of scientific methods, procedures, and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population (NIH). It essentially means that we can change DNA to make an organism better. Genetic engineering is used with animals and plants every day; for example with genetic...
In the Japanese fiction novel written by Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor focuses primarily on how family is not always bound together by blood. In the year 1975, sixty-four year old mathematician who once was a professor, gets into a horrific accident. Because of this accident, he encountered serious brain damage, primarily in the part of his brain associated with memory. His memory now only lasts about eighty minutes, with the exception of the recollection of events that occurred prior to the accident.Through the unnamed characters, Yoko Ogawa tells on the importance of new beginnings and second chances, how memory and time will fail us all, and how family is not always connected by genetic inheritance. The nature of memory and getting to know someone is also very prevalent in this novel, but with a slight twist.
Japan is crowded with its 130 million people would be an understatement. But add that to the fact that seventy-five percent of the nation is hilly or mountainous, and the wide open spaces for ...
“Kids, kids. Calm down. I know it’s boring being stuck in the house, but there is no need to get hostile,” the children’s Dad, Martin, commands. He finishes making a caesar salad and places it into a salad bowl. He goes over to the radio by the fridge, and turns it up to hear the weather forecast.
Bergeson, E. (1997) The Ethics of Gene Therapy [Online] Available at: http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~mcclean/plsc431/students/bergeson.htm [Accessed 14 July 2011]
“Well, your kids are banging their fists on the walls and setting a bad example for my kids!” he angrily shouted with a crimson face. “You’d better get over there quick and settle them down or I’m gonna’ call the cops!” “Look,” I calmly replied, “I’ve been assigned to this group of sixty students. Our school has five very capable chaperones already over there to deal with that problem.”
Advancements in science and medicine are usually accompanied with a myriad of ethical and moral implications. The fairly recent advancement in genetics called gene therapy is no exception to the baggage of polarizing views that come with new technology. Gene therapy is an extremely hot topic in both the science world and everyday life. New technology, discoveries, and breakthroughs are rapidly occurring in the field every day. The topic of gene therapy in humans is one that is highly debated due to the ethical implications connected to the science. Both sides of the debate have various reasons for their position, but the main factors come down to the ethics of changing someone’s genome and the consequences that accompany the altercations. The two types of gene therapy, somatic and germ-line are seen in different lights. There is more debate over germ-line therapy because the alterations have more consequences than somatic gene therapy. There are many moral and ethical decisions that need to be considered before gene therapy can be widely accepted. Do we have the right to change a person’s genetics, especially before they are born? Do we know enough to confidently insert or delete genes without detrimental consequences down the road? If we have the ability to help people who have disabilities or diseases, is it ethical to withhold and not treat the patient? I believe human gene therapy is a good and useful tool for medicine and needs to be developed because it posses the ability to help and cure people from ailments that degrade their quality of life.
“Oh, why didn’t you say that? It’s over there,” said sheen, pointing down to the class at the end of the hallway. Sheen led them to their class and sat a seat behind from Jimmy. Jimmy sat down and put his ball under his chair. The class was very spacious with 4 rows of 4 individual desks. The desks were all facing a chalkboard that was located in the front of the class. In the back of the class were four computers on individual tables. The chairs near those desks were very low. There was a little space that was dark between the tables.