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    Hunter Talley Mr. Tyc Pre Calculus 26 Sept. 2014 An Imaginary Tale: The Story of of i [the square root of minus one] An imaginary tale is the story of the square root of minus one‚ a number we find described as "impossible" or "imaginary". Nahin’s historical and mathematical explanation of complex numbers and functions stretches across two millennia. The square root of minus one was such an unlikely concept for early mathematicians that they ignored it. For centuries mathematicians viewed negative

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    “An Introduction to Fairy TalesSummary Maria Tatar‚ a teacher of folklore at Harvard University and an author of several pieces on fairy tale literature‚ tells about how fairy tales are an escape for readers and that fairy tales help explain why people do certain things. The temptation and memories all lie within fairy tales and Tatar explains all of this in her except in‚ Writing & Reading for ACP Composition. Tatar begins with the belief that fairy tales we read growing up are sacred objects

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    In the article Childhood Bullying May Lead to Social‚ Health Issues in Adulthood by Michelle Castillo showed an eye opening view on bullying. When one might think of the effects of bullying they would only think of school issues. When thinking about bullying the thought of it causing long-term effects outside of school doesn’t come to mind. This article shows that bullying can cause long-term issues for the children when they are adults. In this article it talks about a study done on children to

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    After reading A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” by Richard Rodriguez‚ and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ I found that being bicultural is one of the best qualities I could have. Speaking two languages‚ eating different kinds of foods‚ and celebrating my culture are some of the advantages of being bicultural. Although my family and I live in the U.S we follow the customs and traditions of America and Pakistan. I have learned to speak three languages‚ including English. I eat a variety of foods and celebrate

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    The Tell-Tale Brain The book‚ The Tell-Tale brain explains how humans are unique in the world. This uniqueness stems from the brain we humans possess. The human brain has evolved according to 2 different methods. The first‚ most commonly known‚ is biological evolution. This type of evolution is slow and can take centuries for a single‚ subtle change to appear. While the second‚ is the cultural evolution. This type is fast compared to biological evolution. These two evolutionary processes gave birth

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    Annette Lareau’s book Unequal Childhoods is a compilation of her observational data of 12 children between the years of 1994 – 1995. Recently‚ a second version of her book was published in 2011 that included follow-up interviews with some of the selected children ten years after the study finished. The 12 children selected for her study were put into various categories to facilitate a diverse range of economic‚ racial‚ and cultural backgrounds that would allow her to try to make broad observations

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    numerous connotations can allow the reader to imagine more than just the broader aspects of these two subjects. Blood imagery reveals the darker side of humanity where water can either mean pureness and tranquility or destruction and chaos. The novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens‚ uses the imagery of blood and water to represent the ways of the revolution. The water in this novel foreshadows and represents the building anger and rage of the peasant revolutionaries. From the beginning of the

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    is not only true for adults but also for children. For children ages 8-18 is estimated that including when they are multitasking children consume an average of 7 hours and 11 minutes of screen media time per day. (Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood ‚ 2016) This book discussed the theory that by remaining sedentary we are not only hurting our bodies but also limiting the potential of our brains. Spark talks about the relationship of exercise and the brain and how it can make a difference in

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    Thomas is a nine year old boy that suffers from schizophrenia. He is the youngest child in his family and has three older sisters. His single mother is very supportive and is constantly looking for resources to help him be successful. His father is not involved in Thomas’s life due to struggling with alcohol and drug addictions‚ as well as several short term sentences served in jail over the years. Despite being a single parent‚ Thomas’s mother provides a financially stable household and lifestyle

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    television‚ in class or even a conversation will always have conflicting and different beliefs‚ theories and responses. For example last night my husband and I were watching the premier of “Angry Boys” a mockumentary by Chris Lilley. He described the series to be a comment on "what it means to be a boy in the 21st century by putting representations of the male of the species under the microscope." To me the program sounded intellectual when in fact it consisted of a variety of comedic representations

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