national sorry day was to honor the aboriginal and Torres strait islander children who were token from their families and communities and then were placed in fostering homes or institutions. However, to also remember the members from the stolen generation who still live today still carry the grief and suffering they have experienced. Then during the year 2008 on the 13th of February Kevin Rudd our former prime minister apologized on behalf of all of Australian indigenous people he said sorry for the
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talking to, it was the new girl, Meadow. Maggie was assigned to show her around the school. I thought this essay was gonna be fun, but of course with my luck it won’t. When the teacher told us to pick partners I turn around and Maggie whispers to me, “Sorry, I’m gonna work with Meadow.” I waited until everyone had a partner except me and a guy named Carter. Drama and Spanish quickly flew by, language arts, felt like it was hours long. I hadn’t finished my paper because of my dad. The teacher gave me
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a commemoration of a deep loss. The issues outlined in the Day of Mourning speeches in 1937 led by three Aboriginal men were for the Aboriginal people to be able to access the same citizenship rights as those of white-Australians. This included their land being returned, equal employment opportunity, improvement in standards of health, housing and education. They also requested that Aboriginal children should no longer be taken from their families and a return of the loss of the right to practice
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After being told that her cells were still alive, the family of Henrietta Lacks was heckled by the media, pummeled with questions that they didn't know the answers to. The scientific community had been withholding this information for over 20 years. George Gey, a researcher at Johns Hopkins Hospital had experimented on her tissues, putting them into culture so that they would replicate themselves over and over, to grow a long line of HeLa cells. At first, Henrietta’s identity had been concealed and
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end of the book Gene has found peace within himself and with Finny. Even though Gene does not want to show emotion, he is breaking down before the funeral, and can’t handle his emotions. ‘I’m sorry,’ I said blindly, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry’ (185). From this quote alone we can tell that Gene can’t handle this loss, he isn’t ready. Even though sometimes we villainize Gene in the end of the story he really does lose his best friend. As Gene goes thru his life he will always have to deal with the fact that
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crew members died and caused large-scale oil pollution. The economic loss of ecological environment in Gulf of Mexico would up to several hundred billion dollars. As the main person in charge, BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward, did not timely response to this oil spill event. And his inappropriate remarks and performance was even aroused great dissatisfaction among the people and caused a huge loss of profits of BP. “I'm sorry. We're sorry for the massive disruption it's caused their lives. There's no one
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brain is fully developed, while a teenager’s is in the process of development. In the article “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains,” Paul Thompson states, “A massive loss of brain tissue occurs in the teen years.” Even Though this statement could be true, this does not mean all teenagers are going around enacting crimes. The massive loss tissue should not be used as an excuse to let teenagers commit crimes without serious consequences. Teenagers
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approved in error, as it violates our advertising guidelines. We immediately removed the ad last weekend, once we became aware. We are sorry that this happened (McKinney, 2018).” They strategized and issued various statements apologizing about the incident. Snap Inc. stated, “This advertisement is disgusting and never should have appeared on our service. We are so sorry we made the terrible mistake of allowing it through our review process. We are investigating how that happened so that we can make sure
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After taking care of me for my whole life (only 10 years old at the time) and helping my mom raise me and my brother, my sister Alexis Lynn Harrell suddenly and tragically passed away on April 26, 2010 and only at the age of 19. She died suddenly after a truck hit her as she was walking across the road. She was a very loving and caring person that everyone wanted to talk to and get to know. She also wanted to become a nurse after graduating from Edgecombe Community College but never got that chance
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addicted to cocaine and drank heavily. He talked about how his addiction led to the loss of his job and family. He talked about how much he regretted what he had done and how lonely he was. All was quiet at the table with some of the gentleman nodding in agreement with him. Then it was right back to talking about the old days. As I watch these gentlemen talking about the ole days, I couldn't help but to feel sorry for them for the things and the people that they have lost in life. The older ones
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