I believe that I am a strong candidate for the Social Justice Fellowship Program because I embody a commitment to social justice and I have been able to excel academically; earning a 3.745 cumulative G.P.A.‚ full scholarship for my senior year‚ dean’s lists‚ honors and awards recognition‚ and being an active change maker through leadership and service. In 2013‚ I earned the President’s Bronze Standard award given to me by Honorable Mwai Kibaki‚ the third president of Kenya‚ for being a young person
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Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence edited by Marion Dane Bauer Evelyn V. Johnson Grade Levels and Audience: Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994) edited by Marion Dane Bauer presents issues of adolescence and homosexuality in a valuable anthology of short stories. Christine Jenkins (1994‚ June)‚ reviewing the book for the School Library Journal congratulates the authors for successfully conveying “the very mixed emotions that accompany the acceptance of sexual difference at any age that
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Change Within The Juvenile Justice System: The History & Review of the Juvenile Justice System Jerod H. Richardson Survey of Law and Criminal Procedure CJ 2241 Professor David Horiuchi 11/20/2014 Change Within America ’s Juvenile Justice System One of the hardest decisions that judges have to make is sentencing a juvenile to be tried as an adult. With the increase in violent crimes in America today‚ juveniles are often found in the front line of media for violent crimes.
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Edward Tenner‚ in his interesting and enlightening work of Why Things Bite Back‚ paints a portrait of a scientific law in a way we can understand and relate with. Not only is it true in an abstract way that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction‚ but in our lives and on the plane we live in‚ the same is also true. He gives us insight as to how many of the scientific and technological advances we‚ as humans‚ have made throughout the years “bite” us back with that reaction. Many
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Jonathan Edwards incorporates simile‚ personification‚ and metaphor as his rhetorical techniques within his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Edwards incorporates rhetorical devices as a means to terrorize and persuade Puritans and to repent their sins. Throughout his sermon‚ Edward utilizes details and God himself to construct a frightening corollary for sinners in the after life. Edward emphasizes how dreadful and cruel the wrath of God truly is. For instance‚ Edward compares the "destruction"
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The poem Icarus by Edward Field weaves a story about what if Icarus survived the fall‚ and what his life would be. Usually‚ most stories of Icarus and Daedalus ends with Icarus’s tragic fall into the ocean‚ but not this poem. In this poem‚ Edward Field starts after Icarus’s fall and his life after. The poem “Icarus” the opposite of most stories and cleverly crafted by Edward Field uses three literary devices setting‚ characterization‚ and imagery. Edward Field cleverly uses the setting to adapt
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accused to be a victim of witchcraft‚ which in those days meant death. John Hale is very well known for his expertise on witchcraft‚ so he is called down to view this situation. Parris also is losing control against his niece because he found her‚ his daughter‚ and a few other girls dancing in the forest the in the night. Parris also saw someone naked running around when they were dancing‚ whom he figured to be Betty or Abigail‚ his niece. I found it interesting that they were dancing with their slave
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At first glance‚ it would appear that Henry James’ "The Turn of the Screw" and Tim Burton’s "Edward Scissorhands" have only one thing in common: they are both from the gothic genre. But upon looking closer‚ one will notice that there are a number of other similar traits between the two. There are noticeable similarities between Edward and the Governess‚ as well as similarities between Edward and the two children in The Turn of the Screw‚ Miles and Flora. There are also general themes which the two
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Edward Albee’s "The Sandbox" The inability of people to communicate and loss of personal values can lead to dramatic effects. Edward Albee’s play "The Sandbox" is an example of modern American drama in which he demonstrates cruel relations in a middle class family‚ criticizing modern society’s decay. Within the story we see the dialogue between family members‚ a husband and his wife‚ who are awaiting the death of her mother. As the names of characters suggest (Mommy‚ Daddy‚ Grandma)‚ the action takes
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The most important difficulty was originally having the lawyer inform me that I would be released and that the case would be dismissed after seeing the mental specialist and being considered normal to now facing 6 months. One feels powerless at this time I mean if I had truly committed a crime and was originally informed that I was going to be sentenced to 6 months in jail then I would had already have known that I was committing a true crime and would have expected to possibly face that much time
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