The first time I took a step into the Boys and Girls club room during my sophomore year‚ all I saw was a vast amount of people working on school assignments‚ I was very scared to come inside because I had a fear that I was going to be judge based on my religion and my cultural identity‚ which are qualities that have always been important to me. When I first came in I sat down with my friend Carla and we were working on a math assignment‚ The club was situated in the library that day‚ it wasn’t loud
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“It Was Only a Girl” “It was only a girl” is a statement that previously was accepted in society. With views shifting in society‚ the distinction between gender and sex widens‚ and the political correctness of such statements are considered sexist. The emphasis on the liberty to choose one’s own gender is quite relevant in the 21st century; however‚ the message in the short story “Boys and Girls” (1968) by Alice Munro provides readers with the impression that gender is a biologically predetermined
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The Boys and Girls Club is a national organization that has devoted all of its years to helping underprivileged kids achieve their full potentials. The mission to help these children isn’t a simple one on its own‚ and cannot be titled as a single movement. The Boys and Girls Club operates for the purpose of accomplishing the goals of many movements all together. Helping children is a general concept that many people are interested in. In order to succeed in helping children‚ one must work under the
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represent my views. Girls Rule! On to the debate. I will focus on three main aspects: intelligence‚ physical capability‚ and contribution to society. Firstly‚ intelligence. Most people will tell you that girls are smarter than boys. A study by Dr. Paul Irving and Dr. Richard Lynn‚published by the British psychological journal‚ states that the opposite is true. Despite the fact that girls get slightly better grades‚ males‚ on average‚ have a higher IQ than girls by about 5 points
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(Benjamin Franklin). But what about the women who work? Working women may be happy too‚ but it depends on the work that they are doing to support themselves and their family. In the short story “Boys and Girls” written by Alice Munro‚ the female narrator remembers a time when she was an eleven year old girl working on her family farm. She struggled with accepting that she was going to grow up to do “women’s work”‚ so she chose to do the same work as her father and brother‚ to the dismay of her mother
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The story‚ “Boys and Girls”‚ by Alice Munro illustrates the narrator and protagonist character‚ a nameless little girl‚ as a round character‚ with traits such as her endurable strength against the hardships and inequality in her own society. Thus‚ we are shown her firm views toward life‚ her rather contrasting views toward her own family members‚ and the significance of her hopes and dreams. Unlike other young girls‚ Munro’s protagonist had rather obstinate views toward life. Having grown up in
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League While America was at war in Europe‚ many Americans were stocking up on supplies like food‚ water‚ and clothing while worrying about shortages of these materials necessary for living. “America was in the middle of World War II. Baseball was at risk because‚ as citizens saw generously paid athletes "swatting balls while their loved ones were dying on foreign shores‚" interest declined and criticism went up” (Peterik‚ Adam). With top notch players participating
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Being a girl trying to experience childhood‚ the girl in "Boys and Girls" was very restricted in finding out who she is‚ because of her dad’s expectations. Perhaps because of the way he was raised‚ he made judgments on her before she had even done anything wrong (or ’girly’‚ in his eyes). Before the day she let the horse out‚ her father seemed to be waiting for the day when she would slip. It was as if he expected her to let the horse out before it even happened. He categorized her as a foolish‚
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the disadvantage of both men and women. In the short story “Boys and
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Education Summary : The first lesson was about healthy boy-girl relationships. Topics include friendships in mate selection‚ The differences between Love and Infatuation and things to keep in mind about dating. The second lesson was all about courtship and engagement. There were even some things I didn’t know about like Classical courtship practices like Harana and things like that. We also reviewed some modern ways of courtship and all about dating and choosing lifetime partners. We also tackled
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