The House I Live In was an amazing documentary. I was saddened to hear Nannie’s story and the stories of others that I witnessed in the film. I was blown away by how much the war on drugs is really a war on blacks more than anything else. It disgusted me to see the stereotyping of blacks by police officers under the guise of "probable cause." The police aren’t about doing real police work‚ only placing cuffs on blacks and low-income civilians and sending them to jail. It’s mind blowing to me how
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The phrase "you only live once" is commonly attributed to Mae West‚[1][2] but variations of the phrase have been in use for over 100 years‚[3] including as far back as (the German equivalent of) "one lives but once in the world" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his 1774 play Clavigo[4] and as the title of a waltz‚ "Man lebt nur einmal!" ("You Only Live Once!") by Johann Strauss II in 1855. A restaurant in Fort Lauderdale‚ Florida‚ has held a trademark to the phrase "YOLO" in the context of the frozen
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today. I believe that Hamlet is his best piece. It is written in Old English‚ which is hard to understand because it is very different from how we speak and write today. The Old English style of writing makes it more authentic in the sense that you can take the words from the play and relate it to the current time period to have a better understanding. Although I read Hamlet in my English class my senior of high school‚ it really did not interest me as much as it did this time around. When I read
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commonly used in many pieces of literature to convey a deeper meaning. Although there can be multiple themes‚ they all serve the same purpose and allow the reader to determine an overall meaning for themselves. Three common themes developed in “I Stand Here Ironing‚” by Tillie Olsen‚ are the lifelong search for one’s identity‚ womanhood and femininity and how it can affect a person‚ and the inevitable hardships of motherhood. The theme of identity can serve as a way to tell a reader about the certain
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Jaxon Petersen Sociology DJ Hall 10 April 2014 The House I Live In The war on drugs whether wrong‚ right‚ or indifferent‚ has yielded a plethora of life changing outcomes for many United States citizens. Both the plaintiff and the defendant have their own side of the dispute‚ and yet somehow the plaintiff in the non-stop ‘cash grab’ that’s so conveniently nicknamed the “War on Drugs” gets the benefit of zero-tolerance‚ or minimum sentencing. In most cases the defendants simply are doomed from
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Writing Center Should I Use “I”? Like Be the first of your friends to like this. What this handout is about This handout is about determining when to use first person pronouns (“I”‚ “we‚” “me‚” “us‚” “my‚” and “our”) and personal experience in academic writing. “First person” and “personal experience” might sound like two ways of saying the same thing‚ but first person and personal experience can work in very different ways in your writing. You might choose to use “I” but not make any reference
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asked questions about family‚ personal exercise where violence was inflicted on them‚ and events where they saw violence being inflicted on others. Having an understanding of what is asked and how puts a different tone on what theses kids go through once they reach the United States and are under the watch of some governmental group that is working to evaluate their situation‚ “Then‚ we ask if they were actively studying‚ what grade they last completed‚ how they performed academically‚ what type of
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Here in America Here in America in every single state there is a set of standards for every single subject required for the teachers to teach by the end of the term. But the greatest lessons you will ever teach us will not come from your syllabus. The greatest lessons you will ever teach us you will not even remember teaching. Because you never taught us. And You never told us what we weren’t aloud to say. We just learned how to hold our tongues. Now somewhere in America there is a child holding
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their socioeconomic status such as they are more likely to become employed than those who received little education and in consequence‚ it leads better health outcomes. Education can lead to people having higher incomes and thus‚ a better chance to live in healthful neighbours‚ safe living conditions and access to both nutritional dense foods as well as better health care (Skolnik‚ 2013). Moreover‚ higher education can promote the participation in the community as one is able to make informed
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Character Analysis: Eudora Welty in “Why I Live at the P.O.” Introduction Eudora Welt’s short story “Why I Live at the P.O.” is a tale of interfamily squabble and the inferiority complex of the eldest child. Narrated by the protagonist‚ the family is type casted in a bias fashion‚ refracted by her perception. The ensemble of characters in this short story portrays a white‚ highly dysfunctional extended family living in China Grove‚ Mississippi. The story’s events take place during the 4th of
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