As part of the summer reading assignment this year‚ I read the book Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol. In this documentary-style book‚ he told about the horrible yet completely realistic conditions of the most poor‚ rundown neighborhoods and districts in New York City. Kozol wrote the book for the purpose of telling the stories of the children who lived in these parts of the city. He dedicated his work to those children and it was his goal to inform readers that slums were in fact in existence and
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As I have been progressing in the Masters of Social Work (MSW) program‚ I have been able to reflect upon my strengths and weaknesses. Through reflection‚ I have been able to better understand where I was‚ where I am‚ and where I am going as a clinical social worker. Compared with this time last year‚ I now know that as much as I tried to steer away from policy and research it is impossible to practice on the clinical level without them. While practicing in the agency I was placed at last year‚ evidence-based
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January 16th‚ 2015 The Greek Gods Evslin‚ Evslin‚ & Hoopes 116: Greek mythology December 27th- January 6th The book begins by introducing Cronos the king of the gods‚ who was originally father of gods. This was after he selfishly murdered his father. Ever since Cronos was afraid that his children might do the same to him‚ so instead of letting them lived he swallowed
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I chose Holes by Louis Sachar for the book that I would save if I could only save one book. Although I read it about eight years ago‚ I have very fond memories of this story. I remember when I was about eight years old‚ my family and I listened to the audiobook while we were waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks to start. It is a small event‚ but I have not forgotten it yet‚ and I am not sure that I will anytime soon. In addition to the fond memories of reading and listening to this story‚ the
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thought the book. Instead she stalks the main Upper
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Egypt and then all the way back home at the end of the book. On many pages of the book‚ the term‚ “Personal legend” appears; this refers to‚ “What you always have wanted to accomplish” (23). The only difference between a personal legend and destiny is that someone must desire to accomplish a personal legend. Once passion and desire exists‚ your personal legend becomes your destiny‚ a key lesson within the book. Ben brought up how the book in its entirety compares to the story of each and every
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different meaning in prison because it can easily determine your survival and the quality of life prison holds. Crimes against children are not tolerated among inmates. (I find it ironic that there exists a barometer of acceptable crimes in prison!) The book begins with the story of a child abductor/molester‚ Joe Hicks‚ who needs to be transferred to the hot house from Michigan because he will not survive since he is a child molester. He goes to the hot house as an informant and it does not take long
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Applewhites" received the Newbery Award. She lives with her husband in Charlotte‚ North Carolina. About the Book Have you ever thought what would happen to you if you where kicked out of every school around and burnt down one.Well the main charcter in Surviving The Applewhites does.This book is about a thirteen year old young man named Jake Semple. In the beginning of the book‚ Jake is a punk school drop-out. He had been to many schools before‚ and he even burned down one of his schools.
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Aaron Leyva 24‚ February 2014 B2 Title: Inside Out Author: Terry Trueman Genre: Fiction Summary: “Time… grime… pantomime… long-gone is a wong-gong long gone” These are some words that run through innocent Zach’s mind day in and day out. These run through his mind because Zach has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relations between thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior‚ leading to faulty perception‚ inappropriate actions and feelings. He finds
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Managing Sucks Michael Centers 06/03/13 BUSA 3210 Vonda Laughlin Managing Sucks The book I chose to read and to write about is called “Why Managing Sucks And How To Fix It‚” written by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson. These ladies began working together at Best Buy‚ Co.‚ Inc.‚ which is where they had the idea that companies should trust their employees to complete their work and also live their lives without having to manage them (Ressler & Thompson‚ 2013). The authors believed that people
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