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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

This novel is a rich tapestry of cultural and historical elements, weaving together the story of Oscar Wao, a young man living in New Jersey, with the epic history of his family and the Dominican Republic. more

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“Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.”

“වේවැල පාසලකට අත්‍යවශ්‍යම දෙයක් නොවේ. ඒ නැතිව පාසලක් පාලනය කළ හැකිය. පාසල් බිමේ කොතැනක යතත් වේවැල රැගෙන යන විදුහල්පතිවරු වෙති. ඔවුන් සුදුසු වන්නේ හරකුන් රකින්නට විනා ළමයින් රකින්නට නොවේ.”

“In a traditional classroom, the spread between the fastest and slowest students grows over time, [and so] putting them all in one class cohort eventually makes it exceedingly difficult to avoid either completely boring the fast students or completely losing the slow ones. Most school systems address this by... putting the "fastest" students in "advanced" or "gifted" class... and the slowest students into "remedial" classes. It seems logical... except for the fact that it creates a somewhat permanent intellectual and social division between students.”