Mackenzie Calderon Miss Bone English 2 Period 2 14 December 2012 English Literature Data Sheet Quarter 2: Speak Summary & Theme: The book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about an incoming freshman named Melinda Sordino. She’s riding the bus to school but she doesn’t have any friends to sit with. While she’s looking over the crowd of kids on the bus she spots her ex best friend‚ Rachel‚ but even she mouths “I hate you.” After Melinda attends her first few classes she already hates high
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Americans are against social reform because they have drawn a conclusion‚ that once a felon‚ always a felon. There are many prison inmates who come from broken homes and have mental problems that went undiagnosed and untreated. The problem is that prison’s do not try to teach inmates how to move
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an air of fear‚ and violent treatment was delivered in seeking subjugation and control. For example‚ the New Testament records many incidents in which Roman guards delivered unjustified brutality upon members of the growing Christian minority. In English-speaking countries‚ most police departments
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Why Do We Have A Need For Pride? No matter what we do we have always had a desire to have a sense of pride. It has always been part of the human race. It is born into us. But the real question is‚ is it a good thing for us to be like this? Or is it our down fall and one of the main reasons we won’t succeed? In this essay i will be stating my opinion and reasons for my opinion on this question and why i believe that pride is a necessary thing to have. I feel that pride is a very important thing
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they make us feel like we are less of people . But we belong here And We are somebody. Statistics show “These differences are also evident in public trust of local police forces. Among all Americans‚ 60 percent say they can trust their local police to do what is right for them and their community often or always‚ 28 percent say sometimes‚ and 11 percent say rarely or
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Immigrant Families Although visiting a new place can be frightening‚ imagine having to move to a completely different country in hopes of starting a better life. This is what many immigrants do with their families without realizing how greatly it will impact them. They are also unaware of how much they will struggle in a new culture that they‚ for the most part‚ know nothing about; making it difficult for them to find resources that are willing to help them‚ especially right now with the current
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were we going mom? What were we doing? " It’s gonna be alright hija‚” she soothed me. I stared out the window‚ brown and green blurs passing in and out‚ knowing something big was to come. I am one of 12 million immigrants who live in the U.S today. The reality of living life as an immigrant is worse than what people imagine. You are constantly living in fear and struggle‚ but it’s still better than going back to a country that is full of violence and no opportunities. Many people think of us as criminals
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One major contributor that has a great impact in my life is my church and the mentors in the church. Collectively‚ these mentors motivate me to grow‚ remind me to do what is right‚ and teach me to love and respect others. My involvement in the church outreach events also develop my character trait of citizenship and have given me tremendous opportunities to witness how the poor is facing hardship and challenges
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to tutor you because your professor can not attend the class. Continuing the last dialogue‚ today’s topic is the supporting reasons about why we really need to go to school. In this meeting‚ I will cover some points‚ which are the things that schools offer us and the pro and contra about home schooling and internet-schooling. Well class‚ what do you think about life when we relate it with school? Yes‚ right. Life is bored‚ especially schools. Can you imagine life without any homework‚ assignments
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Americans need to help these immigrants that are coming into the country. There are many things people can do to help especially if the people who help are in high school or in college. Students in high school have to have a mandatory amount of community service hours in order to graduate‚ and many students would like to continue on to a higher education (college) which they can’t do if they don’t graduate. So why not help with immigration. Immigrants come from all over the world and people need to help
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