The book‚ Ain’t No Makin’ It‚ allows us to enter the world of two distinct peer groups in a low income housing project in America. Jay MacLeod takes us on a journey to explain why the attitudes‚ beliefs‚ expectations‚ and aspirations of these two groups of teenagers differ so greatly despite their similarities. One of the primary focuses is on education and the Hallway Hangers and Brothers experiences within Lincoln High School. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ and the UN Convention on
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In her “Ain’t I A Woman?” speech‚ Sojourner Truth uses definitions of women and descriptions of their strength in order to create an argument advocating for their equality. Instead of using explicit definitions‚ Truth presents implied definitions of what makes a woman. First‚ she explains the societal definition of a woman as someone who “needs to be helped into carriages‚ and lifted over ditches‚ and to have the best place everywhere‚” implying that women are the weaker‚ and therefore inferior
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Millions of children are affected by prejudice and discrimination each day. In the short stories‚ “I Ain’t Sitting Beside Her” by Shyrose Jaffer and “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu‚ both protagonists are affected by prejudice and discrimination. Each protagonist was discriminated against for their hobbies and looks or their culture. The narrator in “I Ain’t Sitting Beside Her” and Jack from “The Paper Menagerie” express their beliefs without having to shame them. In this regard‚ prejudice and discrimination
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Human nature is basically the different traits that individual humans are born with and have picked up while being raised throughout their life. The early thought up idea of natural selection has close ties to the explanation of how human nature is good and or evil. If you look at the definition of natural selection‚ “ The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring” you can see that there is no room for humans being kind to each other
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was pointed out by Sojourner. She claimed he said‚ “women can’t have as much rights as men‚ ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman!” As this accusation had been made‚ she continued and refuted saying that Christ came from a man and a woman. If not‚ “Where did your Christ come from?” (“Sojourner Truth”). This was repeated twice‚ emphasizing her beliefs in
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he can talk to females and I can talk to boys‚ what is that? So some things i’m going to say are “I’m not some little girl you need to defend” “I obviously don’t like them if I’m going out with you!” “And why would you try and fight a freshman half your size?” etc etc. So hopefully Monet is late and once I see her I’ll walk down the stairs. I’ll say “ok ok whatever” and laugh. Then I’ll say “My phone is in my pocket so hang up alright alright bye Austin.” If Monet is already there still go upstairs
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Niccolo Ammanitis ‘I’m not scared’‚ illustrates the life of a young boy named Michele Amitrano who has to deal with issues that are not a common occurrence for a 10-year-old boy. Throughout the story we witness Michele journey from childhood innocence into a maturity beyond his years. This is evident through Michele’s ability to stand up to his fears in order to support what he believes in. Throughout I’m not scared‚ Michele has to face many fears‚ both childish and real in order to stand for what
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Chairman: A very good afternoon to Madam Sabrina‚ our distinguished class teacher and the entire audience cum pupils of (class)‚ (School name). I‚ (your name)‚ chairman of this forum‚ would like to welcome everyone to this forum entitled “Tips on How to Save Our Earth”. I am pleased to introduce to you two panel members of this forum‚ _______________ and _____________‚ who will be discussing with us the Tips on How to Save Our Earth. Our first question today to Miss (Panel1) - Can you describe
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grey eyes looks like the girl Raheem once left me for.” If this problem gets bigger the story would be more interesting. The story is very good. It gives the readers an idea of what some girls are capable of doing for a boy. “I’ll do your homework‚ wash your clothes‚ lend you money‚ anything… Just keep on being my boo.” The narrator just wants to be with her boyfriend and will do anything for this to be possible. Overall this is an interesting story about the struggles of a girl with her relationship
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As I read the essay‚ “Trayvon Martin and I ain’t shit” by Questlove‚ I could already see the inaccurate negative responses pile up in the original posting on facebook. Not for his writing or stance on the case but for his revelation that the world we live in today is still very racist. I felt the pain and inconvenience of a man who lived his life to extreme measures‚ to protect others while belittling himself. Questloves size‚ and race prohibited him from living his life to his full potential because
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