...How many people do you know that would do ANYTHING to win? Luckily, I can say I know our Advance baseball team would do anything to get a win. They did not always succeed when it comes to winning, but they always give 100%. The baseball team main goal was to win every game they play. Although this discourse community did not receive much recognition from the school, they make the most of it. Observing this discourse community, I learned new things about the boys and their sport. If you have watched a baseball game, it was a slow sport. This sport is slow because of how long it takes one batter to bat. When I was watching the boys get ready to start practicing, I could see conservations happening within the baseball team. I could see the boys joking around and talking about their school day before practice. Then, I could see Coach Asmus walk up, and the boys get silent and immediately start stretching. This is a normal behavior of how players react to their coach. While the boys were stretching, the boys counted aloud and...
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...Rainbow badges for Boy Scouts! For a century the Boy Scouts have been known to some as a household tradition. Grandfathers, fathers, and sons have all had the life in common, joining at a young age, striving to earn their badges and build character. What most don’t know is that for that century that the Boy Scouts has deemed it illegal for anyone who is gay to be a scout. Boy Scouts have been known for building character, unification, and building strong leaders of tomorrow. It seems almost petty and sad to think that such an organization would discriminate against anyone based on their sexual preference. Why should they, or anyone for that matter, reserve the right to tell others they can’t join based on sexual preference? Where is the message of unity and working together as a team? Just what message are they sending to scouts of the future? That it’s acceptable to just and exile others? The Boy Scouts have been known for being heavily faith based. It’s been no secret that many of its biggest supporters are churches. There is nothing wrong with that but one would certainly never guess that an organization that thrives on religion would find the time to discriminate against any one person or group. Every religion, of course, has its own beliefs. Many spread the word of love, all things that or good, or simply the good book itself. Many are followers of God and it seems at times they often forget the wise words to love one another or the saying, “only God can judge me.” What...
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...Flies, is about a group of boys that end up on island because of a plane crash. They were the only survivors, and had to hunt and care for themselves, but like in any situation like this there is going to be problems. Those problems lead to choosing sides, fights, deaths, and also a change in how the boys acted.The signal fire represented control, hope and innocence in their civilization. The fire was something that meant a lot to the boys. It represented the hope that they had to get off of the island, the change in the boys and the civilization that they created. The signal fire left a big impact on the boys. The fire was a symbol of hope that they had to get off that island that they were stuck on. When the fire went out it was a sign that they would not be leaving any time soon. It also was representing their society, it showed how without their society they would become. Without hope the boys felt that they were incapable of doing things by themselves and weren’t able to...
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...because they cause boys and girls to not to be able to work as good together. Not being able to work together makes a lot of people not get jobs and have to worry about financial needs. Although I understand that single sex classes can provide the right learning environment, I still believe single sex classes are not good because they cause poor social skills with the opposite sex. Same sex classrooms are not beneficial, therefore American schools should not create same sex classrooms because they promote poor social skills, cause gender stereotypes, and high tutions. Having same sex classes protes poor social skills with the opposite...
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...men/boys and notice they are doing the same jobs men do. With economy women have to work and take on more responsibilities. One thing he has seen that has been different is girls are now allowed in boy scouts. His honest opinion was girls should stay in girl scouts and boys should stay in boy scouts because we are NOT the same and we are different. Life isn't equal . Mothers out in the working world would be nice to have them stay home and help out at home and the fathers should go out and support the family. Name Sheila Hels Age: 54 Profession: Housekeeper I also asked Sheila the same questions too and she said boys and girls were together and did everything together. Women were expected to do certain professions done by men but get paid less. It is hard for families to stay together because of the stress the society puts on them and the expectations are are high and kids want more. She said once she started to get older everything changed. Men and women started to separate and do nothing together....
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...parents wants to make it up to their child again, and that is a hard thing to do. The enthusiasm to be together is there, but the atmosphere between for instance farther and son is strained. How is it to be together with your real father when your mom and dad are divorced, and your mother’s new boyfriend feels like a father to you every other day? The short story “Compass And Torch” written by Elizabeth Baines in 2003 relates to this question. In the short story, we hear about four people. Our main character is the boy, apart from him we here about his dad, his mom and his mother’s boyfriend Jim. The three most significant persons are the boy, his father and Jim. In spite of the fact that Jim is only his mother’s boyfriend, we have Jim as a very important person in the text, because the boy haven’t seen his real father in four months, and Jim is taking the role as a farther for the boy. “”Yes” said the boy, forcing himself to acknowledge Kim’s kindness and affirmation. But Jim is not his dad”(L.34-35 s. 2) The boy feels it very difficult not to compare his father and Jim. Our main character, the boy, is very frustrated about the whole father thing, and therefore he wants to do everything as good as possible, when he is together with his real farther. The boy is only eight years old, and needs his dad as a role model. The boy and his father have not seen each other in four months, and the boy is very suspenseful to be with his father again. He admire...
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... I do not think that schools have separate classes for boys and girls. I believe this because boys and girls will be able to work together better. They will be able to share their ideas. The noise level in the classroom will be reduced. I believe that boys and girls will be able to work together better. In school when boys and girls are in the same class, they will know how to respond to each other. They will be able to achieve higher grades in school as they were as a teen. For example most boys are weak in literacy, while girls are strong in literacy. In this way the girls will be able to help the boys in this subject in order to raise their grades. In addition, I also believe that boys and girls will be able to share their ideas better. For example, when the class is sharing ideas, boys and girls will not only ask for their own gender for their opinion, but ask anyone they wish to. They will also be able to hear opinions from both genders. When boys and girls share their ideas they will use the ideas they learned at school and continue to use them when they are adults . This will help them to become a better individual on their jobs. Hence, I think that the noise level will reduced with boys and girls in the same classroom. For example, if you put a boy in between two girls they will stop talking because they would not want anyone to hear what they are saying to each other. The class will have less distraction and noise because the boys will be working...
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...to review was that of a 16 year old boy who was sexually abused by his uncle when he was just 6 years old. Children and Youth Service was contacted and they step in to intervene. The mother and farther eventually divorced and the mother then got involved with a new guy. They ended up have a little girl together in 2001. Sometime during this relationship the guy sexually abuse the boy. Once again CYS step in and the mother split up with the guy. A few years later the mother got remarried and they have a girl and a boy together. When his youngest sister was six year old he told her he would give her all of his school supplies if she had sex with him. The young girl did not know what to do and he ended up sexually abusing his...
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...Who and what are conjoined twins? “Conjoined twins are two babies that are born physically connected to each other,”(Mayo Clinic Staff,1). Some conjoined twins are Chang and Eng, Violet and Daisy, and Brittany and Abby. There are many different kinds of conjoined twins. Conjoined twins will never be alone. How will they live their lives? Well conjoined twins Chang and Eng figured out how to live their lives with each other and now may not be able to survive without each other. Chang and Eng seemed like perfectly normal healthy twin boys, but when their mom, Nok went to wash them when they were born, they seemed to be connected by a ligament. When they got a little older to children they would hug each other wrapping their arms around...
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...created these reforms with the motives of giving the young boys a strict life style to live by so that they could become great men for military purposes. One line in the story of the reforms talks about how they encouraged the boys to steal food, and if they were caught stealing food they were starved and severely punished by the elder Spartans. This reform to me shows that not only did these reforms encourage the young boys to be strong militants but they wanted to show them how to survive severe circumstances. The boys were treated with these reforms to help make them strong but live strict lifestyles. They wanted the boys to become strong and I think make them scared of nothing. One part of the story I noticed was that the older Spartan men would encourage fights to see with young boys were going to be strong and valiant in the times of battles and which boys would be cowards in dangerous situations. The boys were also not given much information on reading and writing, they learned just enough to be able to get them by. They wanted to raise these men to be fighters and they wanted to use treatment on them that would only encourage that. The positive outcomes of using this...
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...the disastrous outcome of the battle due to the men not fighting together as a team. Coach Boone is trying to get the players to realize that they...
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...the novel lord of the flies, the way the boys develop the instinct towards savagery is threw the boys way of authority and personality. For example when jack says “ listen, all of you. Me and my hunters, were living along the beach by a flat rock. We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join my tribe come see us. Perhaps i'll let you join” The reason why I chose this quote is because it shows how jack demands the complete trust of the boys and for the boys to worship him as a idol. In the book it shows how jack hunges for power. Also one example of savagery is when jack and his tribe start chanting “ kill the pig. Cut her throat . bash her in.” the reason why I chose this quote is because it shows how they used their savage...
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...the first camp and are moved to a second concentration camp where they are required to work more. In this concentration camp they are fighting for survival. They meet two jewish girls and are caught sneaking food to them and almost lose their lives over it. Later in the story Enzo ends up dying and before he dies he tells Roberto to keep moving forward to survive. Roberto ends up escaping from the camp finds an empty town and is able to stay there for a few nights. He finds a younger boy in this town and they work together to survive by cooking food and finding supplies to keep them alive. A significant passage that connected to the theme finding light in the darkness is, “Roberto stood in knee-deep water and watched Enzo. His heart beat so hard his chest moved up and down. All eyes were on Enzo, eyes that they had tried so hard to hide from up till now. If people kept...
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...Whitehead in 2008. It is a short story about African- American teenagers and its setting is in Sag Harbor, in 1985. The story begins with a question, “When did you get out?” The opening question emphasizes the title of the story on a particular notion to the reader. In the fictional story, the gangster, Benji and Reggie are twin brothers of ten months apart. They grew up together inseparably in every aspect. It was common for them to be seen together and when they were not, people always question them on where the other is. High school and puberty brought the difference between them physically. They would be seen away from each other severally, and they even looked different physically with Benji being skinny while Reggie looked chubby. Benji and Reggie are brought up in an upper middle class family, and their parents own a beach house in Sag harbor where they go to during the summers. In the summer of 1985, Benji was 15 years old, and Reggie was 14 years old. During the summer when the whole family left for their beach house, the boys would be left alone for some time when their parents went back to the city to work during the weekdays. Benji and Reggie are described, in the story, as Siamese twins when they were young, describing their inseparable nature. This is clearly brought out by the language used as quoted “Where is the surgeon, who is gifted enough to separate these conjoined twins? Paging Doctor Puberty, with arms scrubbed, smocked to the hilt, chasing the nurses and...
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...small, the baby is a boy and you can see the parents how happy they are because boys are more desired. The baby doesn’t seem very old but it does have money next to his head which I infer as a gift because he is a boy and shows just how their culture is so wrong. You can see the baby is wrapped in all sorts of blankets and nice warm clothes, when girls from other photos I saw are wrapped in small blankets. c. Look at the elements of design: color, line, shape, value, form, space and texture. How are these used in the photograph? iii. The bright colors in the photo bring out how happy the parents are and their own wealth in the country because everything and everyone looks clean. By having the dad’s hand on the boy, it shows just how small he really is. Analyzing: a. What can you learn from the clues in the photo? What draws your eye immediately? Also, look closely at other perhaps less significant, details. What information can they give you? i. That this family is going to have a normal life. The baby takes my eyes first, but then I notice the money next to his head which shows how much this country loves boys. Also the parent’s smiles are bigger than their faces because they know how well their life will be. Also the father has his nose pierced which I find very strange for a man to have his nose pierced with a big diamond in it. b. If there are people in the photograph, what kind of clothes are they wearing? How old do the people appear...
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