The building in San Antonio we call the Alamo originally was built as the chapel of the Mission<span> San Antonio de Valero. Valero </span>mission<span> was established at San Pedro Springs in present-day San Antonio in 1718 by Fray Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares, a Franciscan missionary of the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro.</span>
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Some experts believe that homework can increase parents’ awareness of what their children are studying in school.
This is easily proved by any parent who had to assist their children during their homework. if the parent does not help, it is improbable that he or she remember what he/she studied years ago and or if some changes was made due to new discoveries.
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According to his statement above, the false statement is that the atomic bomb was too effective to actually use in warfare
. This was, in fact, one of the primary reason to use the bomb, because its efficiency would have destroyed any resistance from the enemy, thus effectively win the war. A few people were worry about the life cost, but only after the bomb was dropped many realize the implication of their action.
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The mental standpoint from which something is considered, understood, and evaluated is a perspective.
A perspective could be seen like a filter by which people are observing reality, thus always conditioning the reality because as all filters some informations do not arrive, and others are misunderstood. The challenge is to understand that everyone has its own filter, so we should take this in consideration when talking to people.
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Some experts who support homework for middle school and high school students believe that it is not valuable for elementary students.
In middle and high school homeworks are of great use, reinforcing informations and so on. In elementary school, however, they just tend to make student lose interests and focus on the lessons, which should be their principal aim.
The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed at Tordesillas on June 7th 1494. It divided the newly discovered lans between the Portuguese Empire and the Crown of Castille, by means of a line of demarcation, about halfway between the Cape Verde islands and the islands entered by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage. The aim of the treaty was to solve the dispute after the return of Columbus, who had claimed lands for the Crown of Castille.
