Textbooks “More Americans have learned the story of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction from Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind than from all of the learned volumes on this period” -Warren Beck and Myles Clowers The book Lies My Teacher Told Me was written by James Loewen. I choose to read Chapter 5: “Gone with the Wind”: The Invisibility of Racism in American History Textbooks. The chapters that I read discussed how in many of the American History Textbooks‚ that many young students
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My Aim in Life Browning an English poet says‚ “The aim‚ if reached or not makes great the life”. Human beings are superior to others because they plan their lives. Sometimes this planning is short term. Sometimes it is long term. Long term planning is called aim. It is also called ambition. Aim is the target which we want to achieve‚ towards which our physical and mental abilities are focused. Life is the period which starts from the time of birth and ends
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Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you‚ and describe that influence? I was born in Taiwan‚ a small island near China. My family live there and I was lived there until eight grade‚ after that I went to United States of America for high school‚ because my mom wants me to learn how to speak awesome English. In my country‚ the educational system is divided into four part‚ elementary‚ middle school‚ high school‚ and college‚ there are still some higher educations above
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now‚ my mother has been the sole supporter of my family. And in many ways‚ I wouldn’t be writing this essay had it not been for her efforts to hold this family together‚ to keep us focused on our responsibilities. Including our education. This small excerpt has aroused several questions I’m sure: Why has my mother been the sole supporter? How has she inspired me to rise above our situation? Where is my father‚ meanwhile? All questions that will be answered within the proceeding synopsis of my life
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As a student‚ I lead a life of honesty and simplicity. By habit I get up early from bed and clean my parts of the body and brush my teeth with a brush. I take physical exercise to keep my body healthy and fit and if it becomes advantageous for me‚ I take a walk of about one kilometer. I get refreshed with the morning walk or a little exercise and then prepare myself for the study with utmost sincerity. It is against my principle to put off today’s work for tomorrow or to have any private tutor
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to gang activities. In the midst of my environment disadvantages‚ my parents were doing a little bit better compared to the rest of our community until I reached the age of 5. One month after my 5th birthday‚ my life took drastic turn. My mother migrated to the United States (US) and left me in Haiti with my father‚ who subsequently became a drug addict. My living conditions came from as being ‘doing ok’ to worst. I suffered malnutrition‚ if it were not for my neighbors I would
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perfectionist‚ yet I feel like my life revolves around homework and I have no free time to relax and hang out with my friends‚ and I need to work on being involved with school and during class‚ When I was a little kid‚ I have always wanted everything to be perfect‚ from projects to homework. It has grown to be an everyday thing for me‚ even if it was just to fix a crooked line. When it comes to my room or my house‚ every little thing has always get to me when it is out of place. My older sister has always
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Catalyst of My Life There’s always an agent for every renewal. The agent is the one responsible for the magnificent effect that causes a great impact into our lives. In my life there are so many dilemmas that I have encountered and I conquered all of those dilemmas because of the catalysts whom I considered as the hero to my life who always there for me in good times and in bad times. Of course I considered the Almighty God as my infinite hero but aside from God‚ without her I think my life had already
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history. My mother’s womb carried me the spring of ’95. Her amniotic fluids caressing my flesh – the pink secret dot of break-ups bound up by my parents’ bodies closing distance. She‚ my mother‚ held me and knew me‚ but not what was to come. She couldn’t. She had no history. ... My mother’s mother also knows the weight of seasonal secrets. At 21 she had sex. Unprotected‚ out of wedlock sex. And excommunicated herself from ‘good girls’ everywhere in 1967. Her own mother sent her across state lines
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In my freshman year‚With the admiration to college‚ I had strived for and adherence to happy home‚ I came to Anhui University of technology and science. Everything was so nice and new‚ even though it is not as perfect as I imagine. I could still carry on my discipline habits cultivated in my dependent high school. I still remember day and time‚ in the doorway‚ with my case‚ a shy and slim boy was crowed in the welcoming bus‚ I was not like an Irish guy in New York actually‚ though I came from the
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