How Does Ms. Gruwell Earn Her Students’ Respect? In the movie Freedom Writers1‚ the most serious problem in the class is lacking of respect. Students don’t have respect for each other. And their teacher‚ Ms. Gruwell‚ they even hate her. This story happened at Woodrow Wilson High School2 in USA California’s Long Beach3 during 1990s. At that period racial discrimination still prevailed. Gangs4‚ violence‚ poverty were full of most people’s life. Erin Gruwell5‚ a 23-year-old first time teacher‚ was trying
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Anne Geddes One September day‚ in Queensland Australia a baby girl was born. September 13‚ 1956 Anne Geddes was born into her family as their third daughter. Anne and her four sisters grew up on a cattle farm. The Geddes girls grew up true country girls‚ horseback riding and helping out with the cattle farm. Around the age of seven or eight‚ Anne had an epiphany of her future. As she saw her mother hanging clothes outside on their porch‚ and for some reason she had the need to be a photographer
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have to be the superhero stereotypical story. “When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation‚ we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” – Joseph Campbell. This means that in any situation where you put another person before yourself you are being heroic in a way. Maybe you stood up for someone in the hallway that was being bullied and sacrificed how people thought about you as being “cool”. Or maybe you just performed a random act of kindness for someone
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surround the rise and fall of Richard the Third. It is hard to ignore such subjects due to the bonds and hidden reasons that many of the authors of the middle ages had towards Richard. In keeping an objective approach towards Richard III‚ the study of his rise and fall will be taken in the perspective of his royal acts and administration of England. Public sentiment over such things as the scandal surrounding the princes did have an effect over the rule of Richard‚ but there are many other underlying
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In the film “Her”‚ Theodore works in a company in which he creates love letters and express the emotion of each couples where he only sees them through pictures. As Theodore gets of his work‚ he had a same routine of playing this horrific‚ and boring video games where this creature is trying to help him find his way out. And there is Samantha‚ Theodore’s artificially operating system who lives in a computer which is designed to provide companionship. “Any person is available to become part of one’s
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Anne Frank talks about how she is becoming a young woman‚ how she envisions herself as a grown woman‚ how different she is from the old Anne and how she views her mother differently now that she is more mature and older various times throughout her diary. The people that have read this book can confer that she is changing from a immature girl to a mature young woman unlike most people her age in her time period. Anne says that “Now I look back at that Anne as an amusing‚ but very superficial girl
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1. John Smith valued individual initiative and commitment as a means to success (Franklin A: 81). In his earlier days smith’s sense of commitment could be seen through his military experiences in warfare. He was very willing to use force and his military background and temperament seemed well suited for these ventures. His many explorations in Virginia made him the most knowledgeable of the settlers (A: 82) Smith’s view of Native Americans was unpredictable and sometimes volatile. He had numerous
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Anne Spier has prepared baked goods for resale since 1991. She started a baking business in her home and has been operating in a rented building with a storefront since 1996. Spier incorporated the business as MAS Inc. on January 1‚ 2013‚ with an initial share issue of 1‚000 shares of common shares for $2‚500. Anne Spier is the principal shareholder of MAS Inc. Sales have increased 30% annually since operations began at the present location‚ and additional equipment is needed to accommodate expected
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1. How does Antonio feel as the scene opens? What explanations to Salerio and Solanio offer to account for his mood? How does Antonio respond? Antonio feels very depress in the opening scene. The explanation that Salerio and Solanio offer for Antonio’s mood is that he is only worried about his ship returning safety to the port. Antonio responds to them by denying that he is worried about his ships‚ they then accuse him of being in love which Antonio denies their accusations. 2. What insight
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Her Kind Anne Sexton was a profound poet and writer of her time‚ just as well as our time. Sexton used poetry as a gateway to express herself to people. Sexton’s work can be considered as an insight into being a woman. Poetry itself has be considered a way of relieving yourself of your emotions. Many poets have used the works to get a point across or just to inform. Take for instance the poem “Her Kind”. Look how it is detailed and self explanatory. Just reading a poem like this gives people insight
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