(multiculteral) your school district is considering adding days off from school to honor various religious holidays, such as jewish yom kippur, muslim eid ul-fitr, and the buddha’s birthday. (these additional days off would not reduce the total number of school days; students would either attend school further into the summer, or other school breaks would be shortened.)

write a letter (1 page/ 4 paragraphs) to your school board arguing for or against such additional days off. you are expected to use the concepts of cultural absolutism and cultural relativism to support your position.

Which two methods of waste management do you believe are best for society? support your argument with text

Stone, two or three feet thick, the door of wood and iron, a foot thick, and the iron grating which strained the light, i could not being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if i were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up. i wondered that it should have concluded at length that this was the best use it could put me to, and had never thought to avail itself of my services in some way. i saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through before they could get to be as free as i was. i did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar. i felt as if i alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax. — “civil disobedience,” henry david thoreau based on this passage, how did thoreau feel about his confinement?

(important to read ender's game before answering) in what ways can people be both intelligent and foolish at the same time? how does the author show ender’s intelligence enabling him to fight against authority? make sure your ideas are well-organized and clear. review your word choice and make sure supports your purpose. edit by correcting errors in spelling and grammar and give your work a final polish.