4/08/2013 Everything has right and wrong Everyone has an opinion of whether something is right or wrong. While one might think that something is wrong the other might think that it’s right. Lenn E. Goodman argued that certain things like slavery‚ polygamy‚ incest and rape are just plain wrong. “What I want to do here is single out a few areas where I think human deserts are irrefragable-not because these deserts are never questioned or breached in practice‚ but because they never should
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selected was “What it’s like to be a Black Girl (For those who don’t know)”. This is a poem written by Patricia Smith. The three elements of the poem that I found to be engaging were the tone‚ the content‚ and the language that the author uses. This poem struck some feelings in me. Therefore I am taking a descriptive approach to my response. As a black woman I felt somewhat belittled by the tone that this author uses in this poem. She speaks about the idea of being a black girl as being someone
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of “What it’s like to be a Black Girl (for those of you who aren’t)” by Patricia Smith‚ is just that‚ an explanation. From the first three syllables “First of all‚” the author gives a sense of a story being told. She uses jagged sentence structure and strong forceful language to also show the reader the seriousness of her topic. Smiths poem gives the audience an insider’s view into a young black girl’s transition into black woman-hood at a time where both being a black girl and a black woman was not
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The two poems‚ ‘What it’s like to be a black girl’ and ‘Child of the Americans’ are of great inspiration to the readers. The two poems relate especially with the African Americans‚ who face many life challenges‚ together with these being discussed in the two poems. This caught my interest as the subjects and events talked about in both poems are real and happen in the society each passing day. In the poem what it’s like to be a black girl‚ the choice made by the girl is desirable. She is determined
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To Be Fat Like Me is nutritional video that stresses the concern for weight management. This video has sparked intense emotions‚ thoughts‚ and ideas about people and my thoughts and actions in life. Throughout the video‚ people in the movie bullied people that were obese and unfit as they were. I began to hate those people that put down others either for their entertainment or to make themself feel better. I also began to see how people that were overweight felt through the eyes of Ramona‚who
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What I like about this novel is that it’s not like a novel that I have read before. I first want to remark that I like the time frame of the novel taking place during the Second World War and in the setting of New Mexico. I enjoy how the novel begins about a young boy who is conflicted with the pressures of parent opposed expectations. Needless to say‚ Antonio the main character has to grow up to be a man on his own without some kind of guidance from brothers who are away at war during the early
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Patients Like Me is a free data –sharing social network (1). This online community allows patients to communicate and share their health experiences‚ find others with similar conditions and exchange their medical research and clinical data. Patients Like Me is designed to help its members to quantify data about diseases through detailed questionnaires and survey tools (2). By creating this type of social network‚ the founders believed that information can change the outcome of the disease and help
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A GIRL LIKE ME: GWEN ARAUJO STORY The film‚ A Girl Like Me‚ is based on a true story of a transgender teenager who was not accepted by the society. Gwen Araujo was born as Eddie Araujo. However‚ as he got older he started to realize that he was more female than a male. Eddie feels like a girl. Eddie likes wearing makeup and woman clothes. When he wore makeup and woman clothes‚ Eddie’s mother Sylvia gets angry. Sylvia is having a hard time to accept Eddie’s situation. After Eddie started to high
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To: Jame + Ben HeyWood Re: Patients Like Me: An Online Community of Patients Patients Like Me is an online community that allows patients to share information with other patients who suffer from similar diseases. The widespread request for a General Platform is under consideration because it can potentially reel in profit in term of knowledge for the online community and greater cash flow for the company. Background PLM is a community with over 80‚000 members who share information with and learn
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Case: Patients like me‚ 23.09.2013 1.Why do patients join PLM? Patients like me(PLM) is a social network which covers different diseases. Members get access to a large database of information about other people who has the same illness as them selves. They also have access to forums‚ which lets them communicate with other patients as well. This enables patients to get information about their disease and gain new insight‚ the possibility to ask for practical advice‚ which doctors do not know about
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