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Do you think Mr. DePalma is a good teacher? Explain.

no

Explanation:

Elena sees Mr. DePalma, the science and physical education teacher, as tough and firm.  Students who appear to be troublemakers are assigned to his homeroom.  Since she seems him in a role of strength, it is hard for her to picture him in a moment of weakness.  When President John F. Kennedy is killed and DePalma cries, Elena realizes that it is very serious, and the event hit her teacher and her country hard.

The day Mr. DePalma came out into the cold and asked us to line up in front of him was the day that President Kennedy was shot.

His crying is unexpected, but he also spits on the sidewalk in front of the kids.  When the kids do not seem to know what is going on, he yells at them.

“The president is dead, you idiots. I should have known that wouldn’t mean anything to a bunch of losers like you kids. Go home.” He was shrieking now.  

DePalma’s strong emotions seem to result directly from intense grief.  Many people felt the same way, and most Americans who were alive at that time could tell you where there were when they heard the news.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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