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    Many have considered mothers the family structure because mothers do whatever they can to ensure each of her child is safe‚ happy‚ supported in any way and loved. Although children are a blessing‚ it does have a fair share of frustrations‚ irritation‚ and annoyance. A mother’s love is nearly impossible to understand‚ but it is defined to be a vital point of children’s well-being as it shapes cultures and individuals. As foretold‚ women carry their young for nine months before they are born and continue

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    One woman‚ New Zealand born‚ Nancy Wake was among the involvement to stand against this. Inheriting money from a distant aunty Wake became a journalist in Europe. 1932 interviewed she interviewed Hitler and saw treatment of jewish first hand in Vienna. These first hand accounts instigated her significant work as a courier‚ within the south of France and to later lead to the setting up of safe houses. Alas these safe lines attracted interest from The Gestupo‚ making Nancy Wake #1 most wanted‚ and resulting

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    Nancy G. Brinker has devoted her life to helping others. She took care of her only sister‚ Susan‚ when needed the most. She has been involved with charity since early childhood. Nancy‚ herself‚ is a breast cancer survivor. Nancy G. Brinker is admirable for these traits; she is caring‚ charitable‚ and she is a survivor. Susan G. Komen was diagnosed with breast cancer in the late 1970’s. Nancy would make sure she was with Susan during her treatments. She would help Susan’s husband with the

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    A story that resonated with me was “Panhandle Lessons” by Nancy Leonard. Nancy Leonard had much adjustment to do when she moved from Illinois‚ where she was surrounded by loving family and friends‚ to a remote community in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Similarly‚ I was raised a lively community in Vietnam‚ and all was new to me when I moved halfway across the world to the small town of Altus‚ Oklahoma. From a neighborhood where gates were almost always open and the streets animated with sounds of children

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    INS 4-Nancy Drew: The Demon of River Heights The title of the book I read is "Nancy Drew: The Demon of River Heights" written by Stefan Petrucha. The main character of the book is Nancy Drew; the girl detective‚ she was the first one to be introduced in the book. Most of the characters of the book were introduced in the beginning of the story‚ but some were presented in the middle. In this story‚ Nancy was starring in her friends Ben and Quentin’s movie to make her acting debut. During this‚ a

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    Mari Evans Southern black poem “When in Rome‚” written in the 1920s portrays the differences between two contrasting races. The poem has two speakers; one who is an owner‚ and the second is the maid herself. The owner is white whereas the slave is black. The owner has a chasten personality towards the black maid. The poem and the illustrations can relate back to the Jim Crow Era. The slave owner exemplifies‚ “take whatever you like to eat‚” directly towards the slave. The owner tries to illustrate

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    In her essay‚ On Being a Cripple‚ Nancy Mairs comments satirically on the English language‚ American society and her overarching life struggle with multiple sclerosis . Mairs begins her essay by writing on her life experiences‚ and why she prefers to be called a ‘cripple’ over being called a ‘differently-abled’‚ person. In paragraph two‚ Mairs writes that‚ “As a cripple‚ I swagger‚” In order to understand what she is saying‚ the context of the quote must be made known; in order to understand the

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    UNIT 34: UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL DISABILITY – LEARNING OUTCOME 2 2.1 Define the term “physical disability” Physical disability pertains to total or partial loss of a person’s bodily functions (e.g. walking‚ gross motor skills‚ bladder control etc) and total or partial loss of a part of the body (e.g. a person with an amputation). Simply stated‚ a physical disability is any type of physical condition that significantly impacts one or more major life activities. That is a pretty broad definition‚ but the

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    way media shapes the way the public views people with disabilities. Our culture is media driven in the form of movies‚ TV‚ social media‚ advertising and so on. It is important to understand that the images and notions of disability are not always accurate and can be prejudicial or inflammatory. First‚ I will talk about how stereotypes are created and perpetuated largely by people who make assumptions about what it is like to have a disability (Barnes‚ 1992). Telethons are notorious for creating stereotypes

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    performed by athletes despite their disabilities. Unfortunately‚ the athletes and the disabled population comes off worse due to negative stereotypes created by segregation‚ lack of funding due to the Paralympics and being separated by social borders. These issues have been brought to the spot light by Keith Storey. Segregation in sport is used to create a fair playing field by separating athletes based on age‚ gender and disability. However‚ athletes with disability come of worse from segregation as

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