“What’s the Matter with Kid’s Today?” Journal Assignment I have often times been ridiculed by my parents‚ grandparents and even strangers by my use of the internet. My parents will often times say I spend way to much time on the internet‚ my grandparents say that the internet has consumed my life‚ and some strangers will mumble that I’m not paying attention to surroundings when sitting in Starbucks or Panera on my laptop‚ phone or iPad. They aren’t wrong either. I do use the internet a lot‚ and
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Jhumpa Lahiri’s remorseful short story “A Temporary Matter” demonstrates a loss of faith as grief exposes differences. In modern Boston‚ a young couple has begun to isolate themselves from each other and lose interest in their well-being. It has been six months after the stillbirth of Shoba and Shukumar’s first child. Shukumar stays at home all day and puts off his dissertation while Shoba‚ who used to be a busy body around their home‚ now stays away from the house as much as possible. The electricity
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1.) Moyers compares the study of history to “the view in the rearview mirror.” In what ways is this quote an apt comparison? I don’t know how to drive‚ but I’ve heard that your rearview mirror is extremely important‚ as is history. It’s like looking behind you‚ or that phrase‚ “How do you know where you’re going‚ if you don’t know where you’ve been?” History can be boring‚ but generally when it’s boring‚ it’s probably being told wrong. People and stories are interesting and they make up who we
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Black lives matter. By now‚ most Americans have heard the phrase and formed an opinion on it. There have been a countless amount of protests and demonstrations in support of the subsequent movement‚ making it one of the hottest topics in the country today. Supporters of said movement have acted in response to many problems commonly facing the black community‚ including systemic oppression of and police brutality against black people. Those who oppose the movement find problems with the way protesters
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Black lives Matter Although some people may believe that there is not much racism left in our country it is still here. Hispanic‚ Asian‚ Blacks and many other people experience racism‚ some on a daily basis. Lately one of the biggest focuses has been the Black population. The black lives matter movement came about after a series of police killings. It was made to bring light the injustices that were taking place. Yes‚ there are many laws in place but they don’t always protect you from harm. When
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movement was founded to allow the world to know that despite racism and oppression running rampant even today‚ the Black community will not be defined by these stereotypes. Taking these few points into consideration‚ I support the movement of Black Lives Matter. To understand the movement itself‚ we must first understand the background‚ question if God is racist‚ understand the
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The title of the article is “Should SAT’s Matter?”. It was written by John Cloud and it was published on March 4‚ 2001. The main idea of the article is about should the SAT test matter as much as it does. The article shows how a kid that has a GPA of 3.9 and receives a SAT score below a 900 would be denied into the particular school. The article raises the question as to what if that person is very intelligent‚ but is not that great at standardized tests. The article also talks about colleges
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people protesting about “ black lives matter “. Some people don’t believe in black lives matter‚ some people believe in “all lives matter “. Cinc believes that is true but the “ black lives matter “ is a different subject. Of course everyone matters on earth but black people have been getting treated unfairly and poorly. They’ve been getting killed by police officers and the deputy’s haven’t been getting consequences. This is way more than “ all lives matter.” Pretend you wake up and you get a phone
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A Matter of Taste is about two alien races‚ spider and human‚ and their differences. Humans arrived on an uncharted planet‚ possibly looking for resources‚ when they encounter the spiders. The spiders showed no sign of threat‚ but in the end the human killed the spider out of fear. The Cask of Amontillado is about two men‚ Fortunato and Montresor. Montresor is vengeful against Fortunato for humiliation he he caused him in the past. Montresor plots the perfect plan to execute his revenge‚ making Fortunato
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tweeted after an event that is considered racist‚ such as a white cop shooting a black person. The first three tweets I see about “Black lives matter” are as follows: “Police officer allegedly urges drives to hit “Black lives matter” protestors.” “Black lives matter’ protestors block San Francisco Bay Bridge” “All lives matter as a rebuttal to black lives matter is like running through a cancer fundraiser screaming THERE ARE OTHER DISEASES TOO” When I think about the hashtag I think of one very recent
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