last lesson of he afternoon

1a.
In the first three stanzas, the author used alliteration, metaphors and pun to express his feelings.
On the first line of stanza one, alliteration was used with the alphabet “w” to specially emphasis on the word “weariness”. The use of alliteration works as it brings the whole mood of this poem into weariness, with just the first sentence of the poem suggesting that the persona is feeling impatient and wants to end the lessons immediately. “when” and “will” being used in this alliteration shows impatience as if longing for something to happen, in this case is the end of the lesson, thus, showing that he dreads lesson time.
Another alliteration used is on the fourth line of the third stanza, “Their dross of indifference; and take the toll”. The use of alliteration shows that the persona is worn out (from the word “toll”) that the students are not paying attention in class as “toll” heavily expresses the sense of getting deprived and getting worn out.
The poet also uses metaphors to further express his feelings. He uses metaphors like “unruly hounds” and “insults of blotted pages, and scrawl”. “unruly hounds ”gives a rude expression of a rowdy pack of ferocious dogs. As for insults of blotted pages, and scrawl”, it most probably mean that the students’ works are illegible or otherwise insulting the words by comparing them to just ink blotted on the pages. “Insults” could mean that the writer is feeling insulted that the students cannot produce the work that he requires and is highly possible that he is angered by the handwritings. As for “scrawl”, it refers to the handwriting as a scrawl which is irregular.
The poet also uses pun to describe the persona’s feelings. Examples of pun are “quarry of knowledge” and “take the toll”. “quarry of knowledge” could mean the vast ocean of knowledge that the students were supposed to be after. It makes us think that the students just hate learning and the writer is worn out after hauling them there, thus, made the persona feel impatient for them. As for “take the toll”, it could mean the writer has to make a sacrifice for teaching the students.
1b.
The poet illustrates the writer’s anger through the use of literary devices like metaphors, personification and choice of words. The persona expresses his anger by using metaphors like “My pack of unruly hounds!”, “endure the brunt” and “insults of blotted pages”. The first metaphor could suggest that the writer is feeling very angry at his students, and thus he described his students as a pack of unruly hounds which most probably means that he treats his students like unruly hounds, as if they were rude, rowdy hounds. The second metaphor expresses how much pain he has to endure. As for the third, it could mean that the persona is angry that his students are insulting him with their handwriting that he had to read. The use of metaphor thus describes the persona as feeling angry. The poet also uses personification to describe his feelings, like “goes down the same abyss”, to express his anger.

article review

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Man may have been born in outer space
Basic life ingredient found in comet's dust; early life forms could have been delivered to Earth: Scientists
LOS ANGELES: Strengthening the argument that life in the universe might be more common than previously thought, scientists have found traces of a key building block of biology in dust snatched from the tail of a comet.
Scientists at Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, have uncovered glycine, the simplest amino acid and a vital compound necessary for life, in a sample from the comet Wild 2, named for astronomer Paul Wild (pronounced Vild).
The sample was captured by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Stardust spacecraft, which dropped it into the Utah desert in 2006.
Dr Jason Dworkin, a co-author of a paper outlining the discovery in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science, said glycine was first detected a few months after the sample landed. The next two years, he said, were spent verifying the result.
Said Dr Jamie Elsila, a research scientist at Goddard and co-author of the research paper: 'By detecting glycine, we now know that comets could have delivered amino acids to the early Earth, contributing to the ingredients that life originated from.'
The idea that the ingredients for life were delivered to Earth from the nursery of space, rather than developing out of the Earth's original chemical soup, has been around for years. Amino acids previously have been discovered in meteorites. But this is the first time an amino acid has turned up in comet material.
'This is yet another piece of evidence that the ingredients for life are ubiquitous. These building blocks of life are everywhere,' said Dr Carl Pilcher, director of Nasa's Astrobiology Institute, which helped fund the research.
The Stardust spacecraft, managed jointly by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, was launched in 1999 on a 4.6-billion-km journey that made two loops around the Sun before meeting up five years later with Wild 2, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
Flying as close as 237km to the hamburger-shaped comet, Stardust passed through its tail of dust and gas.
At its closest approach, the craft deployed a tennis racket-shaped collector packed with a substance called aerogel, which harvested comet particles. The spacecraft then returned to Earth's orbit and jettisoned a capsule containing the sample. The capsule landed in Utah on Jan 15, 2006.
Professor Don Brownlee, a University of Washington astronomer who served as chief scientist on the Stardust mission, called the work 'a real tour de force technologically to make these measurements in such small samples'.
He said the result is exciting because it represents a second, very large source of life-giving material. He estimated that there are as many as a trillion comets in and around the solar system, many of them located in the chilly Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto, or in the Oort Cloud even farther out.
'There has been a huge question of where the pre-biotic compounds came from on Earth,' he added. 'Did they come from space? Or were they made here? Or maybe they came from both places.'
Just having the right materials is no guarantee that life will begin, of course, any more than leaving a hammer, nails and planks lying around will cause a barn to rise. Prof Brownlee pointed out that many of the 30,000 or so meteorites found on Earth bear traces of organic compounds, and there is also evidence that they were once warm and wet, all necessary conditions for life. Yet none of the meteorites has shown any evidence of life forms.
'They are all failed places where life could have arisen,' Prof Brownlee said.
LOS ANGELES TIMES, REUTERS
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I chose this article because the headline caught my eye. It intrigues me as the article states that building block of life of man exits almost everywhere out of space. This questions if life really started on Earth and not in outer space on other unknown planets or even comets as there are as many as a trillion comets in and around the solar system, many of them located in the chilly Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto, or in the Oort Cloud even farther out. But there is also another r argument saying that even if it has all the components needed for the birth of mankind, the parts are not necessarily combined together as the components are just left there untouched.

However, no signs of life form have been found on any of the samples found and is described as failed places where life could have arisen even if it is just a small organism and not man.
The new findings show that there is a high chance of other life forms existing elsewhere except for Earth life could exist in some other planet in another solar system as there are basic components of man all over the solar system and there might also be mankind somewhere else.

My favorite food is grilled fish. Grilled fish being grilled, has only a slight hint of “fishy taste” or even none which makes it more suitable for those who does not like fish because of the smell and taste. Grilled fish are nice as the texture of the fish flesh is especially smooth and tasty not to mention it being succulent!

The sauce on the fish is also very important as it has to be just nice for the eater in this case me. I like the sauce being spicy mildly as the sauce furthers bring out the aroma of the fish. The sauce enhances the flavour and the texture as well, the texture becomes smoother and more delicious, and the aroma causes many to mouth-water as it is just irresistible.

I feel that grilled fish is healthier as compared to many’s favorite fried fish as it is least oily and the true flavour of the fish is lost to the oil. As excess oil drip of the foil but the essence of the fish is still concealed within the foil pocket.

I would rate it four over a total of five points as it is my favourite and I am still looking for a full marks food rating.

Why is it important for students to keep up to date with the news? Share some tips on how students can keep up with what is happening around them and

It is important because news keep us updated with the events that are happening all over the world like the current event which is H1N1 or even an escapee from prison.(like mas selamat) From the news, we can know more about these major events that affect the world or the country.
In order to keep up with what is happening around us and the world, we have to read the newspapers regularly or watch the news on television or on the radio. While most youngsters choose to read it via internet. We should read the news once a day to make sure that we do not miss any events.

What are some tips you would offer fellow students to stay healthy?

As all of you know, the outbreak of this new influenza is very serious. Here are some precautions that will help you keep yourself fit and healthy.
I would most probably advice them to maintain a healthy diet, eat food that contains vitamins and minerals to fend off the ongoing virus. Avoid crowded places as you can get infected or even infect others. Sleep early so that your body could grow well and maybe a better immunity system. Wash your hand regularly following the seven steps of washing hand and of course using the hand sanitizer, these two steps get rid of the germs and not let them infect your food.
H1n1 virus has caused many people to fall ill. As our school has reminded us, I will like to remind all of my fellow students. Those who are ill, please visit the doctor and do not go to school and wait till your MC is over. If you are feeling unwell in the morning, do not go to school too. Going to school when you are ill is not a sign of hardworking it is rather a bad sign of you showing that you have no social responsibility. You also should hydrate yourself regularly.

What are your thoughts about home learning? Is it more effective than learning in school?

My thought about this e-learning is quite frustrating sometimes as along with this e-learning there is no class or any ccas. I feel that conducting e-learning lessons separates friends from meeting up, socializing, and thus one might feel bored. Although one good reason of this e-learning is to prevent this influenza from spreading, and one might feel that he is “imprisoned” as one Is alone and just facing the sceen of the computer.
Though, many might prefer e-learning due to reasons like one does not need to go to school or any ep3s, however, I prefer going to school having normal lessons as I feel that it is more effective to learn while the teacher is teaching and not when one is using the computer. Teachers are human and thus there are more interactive not like a computer that is controlled by a human instead. In conclusion, I prefer normal lessons and teaching is more effective when it is the teacher that is teaching and not the computer.

day 2

Adlestrop

by Edward Thomas
Yes. I remember Adlestrop—
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express-train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late June.
The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.
No one left and no one came
On the bare platform. What I saw
Was Adlestrop—only the name
And willows, willow-herb, and grass,
And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry,
No whit less still and lonely fair
Than the high cloudlets in the sky.
And for that minute a blackbird sang
Close by, and round him, mistier,
Farther and farther, all the birds
Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.