Just a quick note, but I wanted to just get some thoughts down about my course from last night. We watched Waiting for Superman in class to go along with our reading of the second half of The White Architects of Black Education by William Watkins. As the movie took the first two thirds of class, we quickly transitioned into a group project where each student was with a group who elected to read the same chapter of the optional readings (Everyone read the first three chapters and chapter six, and
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a knight even though he wasn’t meant to be since he was poor. William showed us many things such as no matter what condition you are in you can be a knight if you do the correct decision. A knight to us will be a superhero,for instance Batman or Superman. A knight can even be compared to a firefighter or a policeman. These people help out their people out when it is necessary. When we first see a knight we immediately think of war and how they fight with such violence, but in reality they are wholesome
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An Everyday Hero When someone mentions hero, the first image that pops into mind is superman. Others think of a firefighter, or someone who has served in the armed forces. But I have a different image when hero is mentioned. My hero is my mother, because she is habitually patient, always supportive, and constantly emotionally strong. She is one of the most impactful people in my life. The patience that she has had while trying to raise me into the person I am today, is well worth some credit. Heros
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Sometimes people must risk their reputation to do what is right. This is what made John Proctor a hero, despite the flaws he had. The Crucible by Andrew Miller is a play about the Salem witch trials during the Puritans era. John Proctor is a hero in The Crucible because he believes in justice, values his reputation, and is fallible. John Proctor believes in justice for the people accused of witchcraft. He is willing to put himself on the line so others can be free. When John was at the courthouse
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The Hook-up generation has changed the meaning of what we used to call dating in a more traditional way in America Culture. As we can recall in how the whole dating game started it begun by a simple old-fashion way for the guy taking the first step to approach the girl and ask her for a date. Moreover, and after a while of them dating this relationship had the potential to developed into a more serious relationship, and perhaps a marriage proposal from the guy to the girl as his future bride to form
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Teresa Moore IRN#9053221982 Myplace: The Place for Diversity Multimedia Analysis Comm 315/Diversity Issue in Communication November 22, 2015 Professor: Martin Carr Jenna- received her bachelor’s degree in English and worked as a manager editor of a weekly newspaper while she was getting her master’s degree. She also had thirteen piercing and eleven tattoos that had special meaning to them. Looking at Jenna I would have never thought she even had a bachelor’s degree. I judged her
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Nathan Mendiola (A.Grabber)Movie star, Christopher Reeves, was famous for being the 1995 superhero, Superman. He suffered from a spinal cord in a horse riding accident. He believed that he might walk again one day, but died of a heart attack in 2004. (B.Theseis) Stem cell research can benefit those who have been burned in a fire accident or were born with one or more genetic defects. (C.Organizing Statement) The reasons why stem cell research are good and can be shown by the description of stem
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Nick Longo Nicholas Ray Longo was born on May 21, 1994 on a Wednesday at 5:15 in the morning. Nick was born at Leominister hopspital, he was 8 lbs 5 ounces. He is the son of Chris Longo and Karen Longo, he is an only child. His father Chris is an autoparts salesman at North end Subaru. Nick’s mom is a secretary at Babs Autobody. Nick lives with his mom during the week and has a good relationship with his mom and is very close to his mom. On
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Epic Hero The Hero of the epic would definitely be Chingis Khan aka Genghis Khan because he was the one who united all of the nomadic tribes into the great Mongol Empire. However, he did it with great cunningness and cleverness by betraying his close enemies and manipulating his friends. Since Temujin was his birth given name Genghis Khan (universal ruler) would be his greatest epithet along with many other titles as he conquered other enemy tribes. He embodies Mongolian cultural values such as
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Experience Every people may have their own favorite book when they were young. It could be a bedtime story, fable, or novel. This would pretty much affect their lives in a good or bad way. In Sherman Alexie’s essay, “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”, he simply explained about himself as an Indian kid who loved to read even he lived with low standard of living. Sherman’s dad had always spent his extra money to get new books for him. However, Sherman was different with most of Indian people
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