Abby Pointer Mr. Davis Language Arts III 3rd Hour 14 September 2012 “Whaaa!!,” cries a newborn. Another baby is born to a teen mother. Maybe this wouldn’t of happened if she took sex education? I think so. I strongly believe students should have the opertunity to take sex education for many reasons. Sex education can prevent pregnancies and STDs by teaching safe sex. Also it can benefit those shy parents out there who are too uncomfortable to have “The Talk” with their teens
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problem is significant by citing statistics from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy as well from The Center for Population Options. Balash explains how it might affect the reader in the second paragraph where she states that she is a mother of two soon to be teenagers, as well as a taxpayer shouldering her part of the financial impact of the entire problem. 2. In paragraph 7, Balash states her solution as building on other’s ideas of using education by including parents and educators
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Mother… This word associates with something sweet, tender, nice and merciful. We are born little and defenseless to this world and at once we submerge in the heat of her love and anxiety. We listen to her soft voice while she sings songs over our beds and calm down. The great number of dear to the heart words can be said about mothers. She’s the only one person who will understand and forgive everything. The mom’s kiss will heal all the wounds – either psychological, or physical. In the mother’s
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tell you how some people feel about absentee fathers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxulantPiXI It was very easy to find people writing poetry about their fathers: (1) Tupac’s classic Dear Mama: Pay attention to how he talks about his mother vs. how he talks about his father. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byyWQEYzS2A (Lyrics are in the description so you can follow along). (2) J. Ivy does a spoken word poem about his father. What do you notice? Are you starting to hear a pattern
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The Dress The short story “The Dress”, written by Julia Darling in 2006, is about two sisters and the mother. The story takes place on the mother’s birthday. The main conflict is a missing silk dress of one of two sisters, and this conflict ends up coursing great damage on the structure of the family. The main characters are the two sisters Rachel and Flora, and their mother. The story takes place in a wealthy district with expensive restaurants. The sisters have very different personalities;
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kids, such as asking his mother a lot of questions (p.1 ll. 22-30), getting picked up by his mom after school, and being stubborn about small things (p.1 ll. 14-15) “I wanted beetles.”, things that’s normal considered as a childish acting. He also requires a babysitter (p.2 l.75) “Anne-Marie was the babysitter”, which tells us that he’s not old enough to take care of himself either. He also plays with the food at (p.2 l.55) “Alex! Stop messing with the food”. Alex’s mother and father have a distant
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best, but his mother the longest. – By Irish Proverb * A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done. – Anonymous * A mom's hug lasts long after she lets go. – Anonymous * A mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart a heart so large that everybody's grief and everybody's joy found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation. – By Mark Twain * A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive. – By Samuel Taylor Coleridge * A mother is a person
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Stage Fright I have this fear. It causes my legs to shake. I break out in a cold sweat. I start jabbering to anyone who is nearby. As thoughts of certain death run through my mind, the world appears a precious, treasured place. I imagine my own funeral, and then shrink back at the implications of where my thoughts are taking me. My stomach feels strange. My palms are clammy. I was in the ninth grade in October 2004 in India. That was my new school. People were unknown and teachers were new to
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Lauren Olamina has very strong leadership qualities despite suffering from “hyperempathy syndrome” in which she feels other peoples pain and pleasure as if it were her own. This syndrome was acquired from Laurens mothers addiction to Paracetco when she was pregnant with Lauren. Laurens mother died giving birth to Lauren. Lauren tries to keep this weakness to herself. Lauren eventually becomes more aware that her neighborhood will be destroyed and has prepared for the worse when disaster happens
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with my mother, I have a very strong relationship with my mother. My mom has been with me my whole life and she will do anything for me and I can tell her anything. Compared to my father, we do not have a strong relationship. After he divorced my mom when I was two, my life with my father has been tenuous and stressful. My dad hasn't really played a role in my life. He basically sat on the sidelines and watched. A past situation that I had was with my grandma. She was like a second mother to me.
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