14 September 2012 What is your Borderland? What is your borderland? Essentially that is the question one ask themselves when reading Gloria Anzald’s “To live in the borderlands means you.” The brushstroke is broad‚ but Ms. Anzald brings it into focus with this poem. This piece of artwork brings awareness to the ethnic‚ social and cultural movement that was coming abreast during that era. During the 1980’s‚ immidtation and ethnic diversity was central characters of the American experience
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myself as being that dark. There were plenty of other people darker than me walking around. "Why did they pick me to single out?" That’s what I kept thinking to myself. After I looked the list over I just laugh it of and called the boys stupid. I didn’t want to show anyone I was hurt and offended by the comment by my name. Deep down I knew it hurt me every time I looked in the mirror I saw a different person than the one I had seen so many times before. Once the girls saw the rating list‚ they were
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A Place without People A place without people can be hard to imagine and out of our imagination because it hardly exists in this world. In this world people are everywhere but it’s beyond our imagination and you can even find them in the most unexpected place for ex‚ Top of the mountain‚ in caves‚ digging through mines‚ diving through seas. But there are place without people. It can exist in our dreams or thoughts I wake up in a daze and find myself in a pitch black space. It is a few moments
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but may not know where to start. What seasoned speakers know is this - it ’s all about the audience‚ not you. How do you prepare efficiently while keeping your audience ’s needs in mind. (Gilman‚ S. 2012). You should know at least the size‚ age‚ and education and experience of your group before you prepare your talk. One way to do this is ask your host or simply ask the audience some questions before you start. Will you be talking to a group of five‚ 50‚ or 500? This may not impact what you say‚ but
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TOOL KIT Is Yours a Learning Organization? Using this assessment tool‚ companies can pinpoint areas where they need to foster knowledge sharing‚ idea development‚ learning from mistakes‚ and holistic thinking. by David A. Garvin‚ Amy C. Edmondson‚ and Francesca Gino L Daniel Chang EADERS MAY THINK that getting their organizations to learn is only a matter of articulating a clear vision‚ giving employees the right incentives‚ and providing lots of training. This assumption is not merely
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Is your generation wiser than your grandparents’ generation? This question has been asked about numerous times in the past and yet with so many people pondering and contemplating about it‚ there’s no definite answer to this question. It all comes down to how you look at it. From my point of view‚ I think that the current generation is becoming more and more of a ‘book smart’. There is a clear divide between a ‘book smart’ and a ‘street smart’. Being ‘book smarts’ means being smarter
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from an early age. Learning how to effectively discipline your child is an important skill that all parents need to learn. “To get what we want in life‚ we have to do what we have never done.” (Derrick 25). Whether the parent is traditional‚ a stay home parent‚ or a fulltime worker‚ the most precious thing a parent can give his or her kids is their time. Here are some ways to discipline‚ educate‚ and spend quality time with your children. It is very important to educate your child to succeed
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Persepolis is a coming of age graphic novel written and illustrated by Marjane Satrapi. The novel ( also adapted into a film in 2007) depicts her childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. The story is timeless and captures the roller coaster of emotions of the human experience. It would translate beautifully to the stage. Even though I think about producing a show with a young audience in mind‚ this is a story for everyone. The narrative creates an experience
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ran by well-known experts‚ spanking your child does more damage than help. Spanking changes the way one’s child behaves now and later in life. Children who are spanked show multiple signs of antisocial behavior‚ aggressive personalities‚ and end up spanking their own kids. These studies show that we should look for alternative forms of discipline on our children instead of continuing to negatively change their minds and personalities. It proves how bad spanking your child actually is even though so
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Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee explains how the color of your skin affected a person or favored a person. Harper Lee talks about a trail that took place with a black man named Tom Robinson‚ and a white young lady named Mayella Ewell. Tom Robinson was accused of rapping Mayella Ewell‚ because he was a black man he ended up losing the trial. Tom Robinson was sentenced to life prison‚ and later on was killed during one of his breaks.The message in this story is that people in our world are treated very different because
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