other hand because of personal experiences, abortion is what struck out to me the most. At 17 I had an abortion and not only me, but three of my other friends as well. All throughout my senior year in high school, there were more classmates either having babies or abortions. It became an epidemic in my neighborhood. For my final essay in my Advanced Composition class, I analyzed abortion’s pros and cons, comparing the pro-life and pro-choice aspects, and the circumstances using inductive and deductive
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nature, including our actions. To put it simply, every cause has an event. Our ideas, which themselves are a type of event, could then be seen as having
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made our way to the downstairs bathroom. As the urine landed on the Clear Blue stick, something told me that this will determine my future. Would I go off to college? Would I have to stay home to care for a baby?? I contemplated. “Am I pregnant???” was the biggest question of them all. My boyfriend and I waited impatiently for the results to appear on the stick. Hot tears began to roll down my cheeks before I could view the results. My boyfriend gasped. The look on his face told me that our lives
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demonstrate their unique culture. Having the guts to admit an
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Quick Little Not so Little Adventure Having an older brother comes with benefits and downfalls. Constantly bickering, laughing, and going on awesome adventures. I do not only experience this with my brother but also my best friend Hannah. Usually if I’m not by Max’s side the next place to look is right next to Hannah. Hannah and I met through our older brothers when we were much younger. We immediately became best friends. We were constantly together running all around New London creating havoc
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At the Crossroads CAST & Characters: *Jocelyn Elders- Morlin McCoy *Lottie Shackleford Alice Walker -________________ Aunt Gert-Angela Doyne Barbara Jordan- Helen Boone Betty Shabazz – Tracey Shine Cicely Tyson –Wynona Bryant-Williams Coretta Scott King – Marva Davis Daisy Bates – Deborah Rhodes Dorothy Height – Angela Moore Fannie Lou Hammer-Pamela Grider-Cross Frankie Muse Freeman-Video Clip Harriet Tubman – Shae Allen Iyanna Vansant – Karen Lovelace Gabriel Douglas-Jadin Vincent Lalia Ali-________________________________
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seating in a taxi, airport, waiting room, etc. doing something very important on your computer. You phone ringing - it is your boss, or client, or somebody very important that can change your life – and before answering you noticing that your phone says that you have
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Déjà vu and the Brain We have all some experience of a feeling, that comes over us occasionally,, of what we are saying and doing having been said and done before, in a remote time - of our having been surrounded, dim ages ago, by the same faces, objects, and circumstances - of our knowing perfectly what will be said next, as if we suddenly remember it! (Dickens in David Copperfield - chapter 39 (1)) It happens to me and it has probably happened to you. It is sudden and fleeting, leaving as
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alternatives concerning what to say, think or do and in hopes of resolving this confusing conflict, we seek out some wiser person, some authority, who can give us the correct answer. This raises the question: Who is the authority we can turn to: our Mom, our Dad, our grandparent, a priest or a clergyman, a Rabbi or Ayatollah, a bodhisattva, a therapist or counselor, the Pope, a lawyer, a real estate agent, an auto mechanic? Well, of course, our choice depends on the nature of our problem. So, reason needs
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Shaping the Future of Our Nation “People believe that the youth of this country are insignificant. People believe that the youth have no voice. I say that we were the only people who could have made this movement possible” (Wind). This is one of the many ideas that shaped the March for Our Lives Campaign. Protesters gather across the United States to show support for what they believe in. This is surprisingly similar to the Vietnam War Protest which occurred about 40 years prior. Both of these protests
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