My Interview with Aleida Garcia‚ M.Ed. Our assignment was to interview a person who I felt could have a positive impact on me as a student. I decided to interview my aunt Aleida Garcia‚ who is a teacher and attended school at Temple University. I chose to interview her because she had struggles similar to mine. I am a single parent trying to balance effective study habits‚ with my life as a mother and the interests of my two year old child. I know that by putting some good study habits and strategies
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Adrienne Rich’s poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ is about how Aunt Jennifer is becoming fragile and potentially old‚ but Rich used the idea of Aunt Jennifer’s tapestry and the tigers as some form of release‚ as the poem suggests that she is tightly governed by her husband. The phrases ‘massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’ and ‘sits heavily’. Later on in the poem‚ in the last stanza‚ Rich uses the ring as a metaphor again‚ ‘still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by’. By using the word ‘ringed’
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funeral listening to my Aunt Deb give her eulogy. My grandpa‚ Arvid‚ was a laid back and easy going kind of person. Nothing you said seemed to ever get under his skin. Even when you said something embarrassing or stupid he would simply look at you with a twinkle in his eyes and ask “why”? Besides learning‚ literature‚ and reading the bible‚ understanding people and what made their world spin was one of his favorite challenges he faced. As my Aunt Deb is telling the story‚ “He was the kind of person
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ADRIENNE RICH (b. 1929) Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers The Uncle Speaks in the Drawing Room Trying to talk with a Man Aoife O’Driscoll 2010 www.aoifesnotes.com Page 1 of 13 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen‚ Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding
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think what prompted this minor obsession was dearest Aunt Alice! Yes my favourite Aunt Alice all the way from Dublin‚ no less! Well it all began about 6 months ago when it came to my first foray into end of year exams – actually my chemistry final – science the bane of my life! Honestly‚ I had intended to prepare but it just came upon me -yes! Just like that! I looked up and there it was staring me in the face. And then an epiphany!!! Aunt Alice – she always comes to the rescue –ah yes the LUCK
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121 5/12/10 “Analysis of Undressing Aunt Frieda” “Undressing Aunt Frieda‚” is a poem about the narrator’s remembrance of his Aunts life while visiting her on a death bed. The narrative is in first person‚ and takes place as the narrator and his daughter are about to leave the relative. The first half of the poem explores Frieda and her past. The second half is about how the narrator and daughter have grown and learned from the aunt. While undressing her aunt‚ the narrator feels emotions and remembers
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Dear Aunt Bessie‚ November 25‚ 2013 Knock knock. Who’s there? I don’t know just read this letter Aunt Bessie. So as you know progressivism is a series of reforms needed in order to repair the underside of America. You also are aware that you have asked me to give away your million dollars to three reform movements in the levels of $600‚000‚ $300‚000‚ and $100‚000. The three problems I came up with are women’s suffrage‚ food safety‚ and child labor. I have decided that Woman’s suffrage will
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In the video I watched‚ the speaker was Sue Klebold‚ the mother of one of the Columbine High School shooters. During the video‚ she discusses her struggles of the situation and what she has learned throughout her experience. She addresses the three challenges she faces when talking to a big group of people‚ and meeting strangers. She also talks about the toll the actions of her son has put on her. She also brings up a discussion about mental health and suicide and list facts others might not be aware
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writing. At first glance‚ one might assume that Adrienne Rich’s poem‚ "Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers‚" is about an old feeble woman‚ who is depressed about her husband’s death. So‚ she creates something beautiful to replace him. However‚ in a more in-depth reading you see a woman suppressed by her husband. Aunt Jennifer doesn’t create this beautiful panel with tigers so brave and enduring‚ because she misses her husband. Aunt Jennifer makes this panel because she wishes she could be as brave as these
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Scout’s Negative Impact from Aunt Alexandra and Positive Impact from Atticus and Maudie The time difference from the Great Depression setting of To Kill A Mockingbird and present day is rather large‚ but that does not change the lessons that are learned or taught in the novel because some of the problems that existed back then still exist now. Scout gets to experience the feeling of prejudices and how it affects the lives of others. Scout does not know much about the events that are happening or
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