Race and ethnicity is such a wide subject. Race to mean, means culture and ethnicity means to me being included. Looking at the much broader picture, race in the United States, makes me think about slavery and immigrants. With the history between whites and African American, when I think of race, it brings back what I learned in school and where we are now. Now, is a much small picture, it reminds me of just how much racism there is in small communities and that puts me to shame. Ethnicity
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At 8:30 a.m., all of the students begin filing into the classroom. They proceed to do their regularly scheduled activities of putting away their coats, backpacks, and then checking in. Unlike last week, all seems to go well in the morning. I notice that some of the students don’t check in right away and the attendance taker reminds them to check-in. When a few of the students still don’t check-in, the attendance taker consults with Mrs. Sinatro on what to do. Mrs. Sinatro informs the student that
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Christopher L In literature, the concepts of showing and telling are fairly straightforward, given a reader has some background knowledge. They are what one might think. When an author utilizes "showing", they are, in effect, showing the reader the character. The reader can infer as to the type of character that is in a story that is shown to us in their actions, the words they say, as well as their movements within a story. "Showing" a reader the type of character brings a direct likeness to an
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A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way Have you ever thought about what happens when people are kind, or how it feels to be filled with benevolence to other human beings? Recently I have found myself being very kind to other people and having concern for their feelings. Time flies by too fast to be hateful or rude to other people. We as humans often underestimate the power of kindness and caring, and don’t take into consideration of other peoples feelings. A simple smile or an honest compliment can
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Today was a monumental day in history. For some time now there were rumors about an African American man trying to enroll in school. For the University of Mississippi he would be the first African American to do so. The amazing thing is that it happened. There were protests, court dates and proceeding, and finally the man did it! James Meredith was the first African American to enroll here at the University of Mississippi. Why this is so important and great is because this school is, well was segregated
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My Angel, June, 13th, 1990 Hello my precious daughter, I have been carrying you for 8 months now and it has been the happiest time of my life. You have brought so much light to my dark, cold, and gloomy life already and we have not even met yet. Unfortunately, this may never happen so I cherish every moment I have with you until god calls me home. I am very sick my darling and the doctors fear that
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October 1846 Dear Journal, Today is another day that we have gone without our potato crops growing. I do not understand what is going on. We have a huge farm land in the outskirts of Dublin and we are doing everything right but the crops will not grow or they will grow and will then wither which at that point, we are unable to eat them. My family is starving and we are loosing weight at a rapid rate. I do not know how much longer I am going to be able to deal with this. I have taken the time out
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DENIAL Denial. A Key Reason for Progression of the Disease of Addiction. "Denial is a very human defense mechanism we all use at one time or another to protector ourselves from facing something we just don't want to face. It can be seen in the eyes of a guilty four-year old who denies breaking a vase for fear of being punished, or in the tears of a lover who doesn't, want to admit the relationship is over..." I think denial in many ways allows for an addict to become progressively worse without
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Annie was a very good read, what I was able to get from Annie was a different perspective on a situation. I have never been fortunate to travel travel Europe and this nice little short story gave me insight to a world which I have never experienced. This beautiful world is also the location of where a mass genocide occurred. The location which housed a beautiful little girl whom bear witness to such horrific acts—something no girl should bear witness to. Although the setting was of a beautiful location
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The Life of Frank Sinatra Ta-Layza C Miller Winston-Salem State University Abstract Francis Albert Sinatra, better known as Frank Sinatra was one of the most famous American singers during his era. He was not only a singer but also a motion-picture actor. Sinatra appeared in fifty-eight films and won an Academy Award for his role in From Here to Eternity. His career started in the 1930s and continued into the 1990s. For music inspiration Sinatra was influenced by Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
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