Week Three Reading Notes Julia Serano‚ Whipping Girl I found this book as disturbing but yet inspiring as well. This book is about a transsexual male to female. Transsexual is a person who has undergone a sex change operation whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex. I could say that the book is disturbing because as I go through words and sentences‚ images keep showing up in my head. He was discriminated because of his change of sex and his behavior (girly boy). Being
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negative affects towards the children in those families. Although the children are not the ones who are unemployed‚ they have to suffer the poor outcomes that come along with this hardship. The article‚ “Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective‚” by Julia B. Isaacs show that more than one in six children are affected by parental unemployment in the year of 2012. Though different families cope with this situation differently‚ it is proven that the children tend to go downhill due to their parent’s stress
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Based on the novel Julie & Julia by Julie Powell that converted into a movie directed by Nora Ephron‚ one of the character that inspired me the most is Julie Powell . I had learnt that we must not give up easily as Julie show us an example by making boeuf bourguignon because there an editor called Julie that the editor want to have dinner at her house Julie was very happy. As in our life‚ we faced a lot of obstacles ‚ depression and disappointment . I used to get A at math when I was primary but
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Struggles of faith Is struggle always a part of believing in something? A part of having faith? A part of religion? Struggle builds strength and allows people to grow. Oprah Winfrey states‚ “Where there is no struggle‚ there is no strength.” In Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of the Butterflies‚ struggle‚ religion‚ and faith have always been a part of the Mirabal’s family. While the three of the sisters‚ Minerva‚ María Teresa‚ and Dedé‚ lose touch with their faith‚ Patria battles to keep a strong
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From the assigned reading‚ Julia Balzer Riley‚ the author of Communication in Nursing‚ defines conflict as "a natural part of interactions‚ and‚ when effectively addressed‚ improves interpersonal relationships and can promote organizational growth (Chadwick‚ 2010)" (Balzer Riley‚ 2012). Conflict typically carries a negative connotation‚ when addressed effectively it can be used as a way of promoting improvement and growth. Through disagreement‚ collaboration needs to be sought out and then through
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“Diet for a Warm Planet” by Julia Whitty is an interesting article. Throughout this article‚ Whitty made her argument for her proposal about reaching a consensus that the earth is currently heating up because of human. According to the author‚ she also discusses many ways that can help people reduce the carbon by installing more efficient lighting‚ heating and cooling in the plants. However‚ Whitty noted that dieting and losing weight were able to reduce the amount of energy‚ which can reduce atmospheric
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1.) Of this week’s reading by Julia Angwin draw on her observation and experience that highlights how the technology we use every day to converse‚ could easily be used against us by interfering with our privacy .Because our privacy is not really private‚ it could it up hurting up as well‚ Angwin found this to be true when Face book decided to change its policy‚ which made it possible for people to see you friends list even if you had a private account. As a result‚ not only was her life in danger
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In the book “Religion in America” by Julia Corbett Hemeyer describes the various roles and feelings people have about religion within the United States. She goes into quite a bit of detail regarding how Americans display their religious beliefs‚ how they feel about people with different religious backgrounds‚ in particular after the events of September 11‚ 2001‚ and some of the contradictions regarding the leaders of some religious groups. The 1st chapter in the book was about how religion is studied
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a 39-year-old member of the Outer Party of Oceania. He holds a position at the Ministry of Truth rewriting history in the Records Department. Julia is a 26-year-old member of the Outer Party of Oceania and a member of the Anti-Sex League. She holds a position at the Ministry of Truth operating a machine in the Fiction Department. Separate Winston and Julia have their own forms of rebellion but nothing that threatens the Party too much but together they represent what the Party fears they most‚ two
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Imploding the Miranda Complex in Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Jennifer Bess The article of Jennifer Bess who is an assistant professor of Peace Studies at Coucher College in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ starts with a quotation from Alice Walker’ s book The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart: A diary like this‚ with so many blank pages‚ seems to reflect a life permeated with gaps‚ an existence full of holes. But perhaps that is what happens when one’s experience
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