Reading Report# 1 Ben Carson Gifted Hands Ben Carson is a young boy when his mother tells him that his father is leaving and will not be back. Ben loves his father and is very upset. Ben recalls how much fun his father was‚ how he would count the minutes until his father came home at night. Only later in life did Ben and his brother Curtis find out that his father had another "wife" and other children. In later years‚ Ben’s mother refers to his father having been involved with other women and
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Ben Carson was born in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ on September 18‚ 1951. His mother‚ though undereducated herself‚ pushed her sons to read and to believe in themselves. Carson went from being a poor student to receiving honors and he eventually attended medical school. As a doctor‚ he became the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33‚ and became famous for his ground-breaking work separating conjoined twins. Contents Synopsis Early Life Influential Mother Early
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Gifted Hands is the story of the world famous Pediatric Neurosurgeon‚ Ben Carson. The book tells of Carson’s journey from the bottom of his fifth grade class to his current position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In his autobiography Carson explains how a strong faith in god‚ and the help of an extremely strong mother‚ he was able to overcome not only the doubts of his classmates and teachers but also the doubts of his own intelligence‚ and turn his life around.
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Duane L. Burton Dr. Shirokova English 1102 13 September 2012 Another Look at Ann Carson ’s Short Talks Who is Ann Carson? Why do I have to read this anyway? I really didn’t see the point in it. For one thing‚ the writer lost me after the introduction. I was then asked to find the meaning in what Ann Carson was trying to say‚ to me. It was very hard reading Short Talks. Confusion twists and turns. It was like going through the “fun house at a carnival.” Just imagine. Before you go any further
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Kate Middleton’s Wedding Dress The wedding dress was designed by Sarah Brunton. Catherine Middleton has followed her own taste‚ a V-neck décolleté and a silhouette that stayed close to her torso‚ and long‚ delicate lace sleeves that evoked‚ perhaps‚ the wedding dress worn by Grace Kelly when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. On her head‚ she wore the Cartier Halo tiara (lent by the Queen‚ who herself was given it by her mother on the occasion of her eighteenth birthday) which carried
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“Early one morning words were missing.” When I first read Short Talks‚ I had difficulty understanding why Anne Carson wrote about what she did‚ and thought that some words must have been missing. I was confused as to how they all fit together and it was only after further consideration that I came to see how the sections unite into one cohesive piece. Anne Carson’s Short Talks is a series of short reflections on different subjects that at first do not seem to be related‚ but through her use of cyclical
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Kiersten Baxley Professor Shirokova English 1102 12 September 2012 Anne Carson’s Lessons Anne Carson is a very intelligent and well rounded writer. When I first read Anne Carson’s “Short Talks”‚ I was seriously confused. At first‚ I thought she was an abstract writer that wrote just to write. But then I took a second look at her work and realized there was much more to it than just crazy jumbled ideas. “Short Talks” is a mixture of many elements. It has argumentation‚ facts‚ personal opinions
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risqué fun! Divide the guests into teams and have the teams appoint captains. Then‚ give each captain a broomstick or pole and ask them to stand against a wall‚ holding the pole between their legs. Give the other team members rolls of toilet paper. The goal of the game is for each team member to cross the room to their team’s pole with the roll of toilet paper between their legs (no hands!). The first team with all four rolls on it’s captain’s pole is the winner and gets a door prize. This game is hilarious
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The flurry of undone hair‚ unironed pants‚ unhemmed dresses‚ and unnerved faces had set the scene for (the opening act). Flustered bridesmaids and harried groomsmen scurried down stuffy halls. They glanced at each other and smiled‚ for they knew that one of the most incredible love stories was finally going to have a happy ending; or should it be said‚ beginning? As the final guests arrived and set their gifts on the table‚ the ceremony was finally ready to begin. As the
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THE WEDDING As I opened my eyes with the sun streaming in through the window‚ I smiled to myself and thought “The day has finally arrived”. I couldn’t believe the sun had finally decided to make an appearance as it had rained every morning since I had arrived in Mexico. “It’s time to get up Nicole‚” I called out. Nicole was to be a bridesmaid at my Dad and Christine’s wedding along with me although my role was to be the best woman as well as a bridesmaid. I opened the curtains and the sunlight
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