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  2. The Abolition of Man - Wikipedia

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    The Abolition of Man is a 1943 book by C. S. Lewis. Subtitled "Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools", it uses a contemporary text about poetry as a starting point for a defense of objective value and natural law. Lewis goes on to warn readers about the consequences of doing ...

  3. Bilingual Education Act - Wikipedia

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    Although the act did not require the use of bilingual instruction or the use of a student's native language, its aim was to encourage innovative programs designed to teach students English. The act also gave school districts the opportunity to provide bilingual education programs without violating segregation laws, but at this time ...

  4. Rule of man - Wikipedia

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    Rule of man [a] (where "man" is used in a genderless manner [6]) is a type of personal rule in an unaccountable rebounded [clarification needed] society where rules change from ruler to ruler. It is a society in which one person , regime , or a group of persons , rules arbitrarily.

  5. Rights of Man - Wikipedia

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    Rights of Man (1791), a book by Thomas Paine, including 31 articles, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people. Using these points as a base it defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke 's attack in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).

  6. English Education Act 1835 - Wikipedia

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    The English Education Act 1835 was a legislative Act of the Council of India, gave effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, to reallocate funds it was required to spend on education and literature in India.

  7. Grammar school - Wikipedia

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    Norman staircase at King's School, Canterbury (founded 597). Although the term scolae grammaticales was not widely used until the 14th century, the earliest such schools appeared from the sixth century, e.g. the King's School, Canterbury (founded 597), the King's School, Rochester (604) and St Peter's School, York (627) [1] [2] The schools were attached to cathedrals and monasteries, teaching ...

  8. Talk:The Abolition of Man - Wikipedia

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    "um ACTUALLY if you look carefully you'll see that C.S. Lewis didn't understand the book." a bit of editorializing going on there, unless I've misunderstood wikipedia's policy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.161.114.172 22:16, 28 May 2022 (UTC) While retaining the footnote, I have removed the opinion-like language.

  9. J. L. Austin - Wikipedia

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    Austin called such a performance a phonetic act, and called the act a phone. John's utterance also conforms to the lexical and grammatical conventions of English—that is, John has produced an English sentence. Austin called this a phatic act, and labels such utterances phemes. John also referred to Jeff's shirt, and to the colour red.