What’s so wrong about the word “retard”? Joseph Franklin would say‚“ it means that the rest of you are excluding us from your group. We are something that is not like you and something that none of you would ever want to be. We are something outside the "in" group. We are someone that is not your kind. I want you to know that it hurts to be left out here‚ alone.” Franklin has Down syndrome. The 30 year old who serves as a Global Messenger for the Special Olympics‚ has struggled with the public’s
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the boat I grabbed the fallen rod and and reeled in the fish. That was lucky. Every fisherman has their luck‚ the luckiest are the ones who get blessed from the beginning. My great friend Michael Petron was chosen to be a lucky winner of the beginner luck. He went to Lake of the Woods for the first time and reeled in a beast 32 inch walleye. Many people know someone with beginner’s luck‚ but everybody knows somebody with bad luck. Bad luck has been with fishing ever since man knew how to fish‚ and
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one does during high-school will greatly affect their future and which college they go to. Getting into college you want can be very hard. I want to attend the University of Southern California (USC)‚ although their undergraduate admissions are very competitive. Approximately 20% of the people who apply get accepted. The first step in this process is to research and find the college you want to go to. Students should look for colleges based on how far they want to go from home‚ what career they want
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In this essay you are going to hear about how we celebrate Thanksgiving compared to how the first Americans celebrated. Our Thanksgivings are very different first off we use forks and spoons‚ the pilgrims mainly used their hands to eat their food. A thing the pilgrims did was the they ate the food closet to if it was across from them they wouldn’t eat it. We go around the table to get what we want to eat instead the pilgrim way of doing things. Thanksgiving became a holiday in the eighteen hundreds
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numerous malls and amusement parks. but‚ there’s one common thing that people years ago and people nowadays do. which is watching movies. And don’t tell me‚ what if someone doesn’t watch movies‚ because it’s for everyone! If one likes to laugh they would choose to watch comedy‚ which is the first category i’ll be talking about. big mama for example‚ is a hilarious movie‚ where a secret agent from the FBI plays a role of a grandmother and spies on other people. just watching a man trying to act
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in us all‚ it is how individually we react to it. This is what makes each of us unique. Stress does not have to determine our future. The most important lesson to learn is try not to stress the little things in life. This is important as it affects you daily at school‚ in your family‚ and your future. Learning to put things in perspective is important to dealing with daily stresses. A little worry and desire to achieve our best is ok‚ but when we get overwhelmed by these feelings‚ problems can occur
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Teen issues Task 1. How can you go through teen-life with all the issues you may come across? To help you through your issues‚ talk to your friends and family. It may seem hard to do‚ but you can get some help for your problems from someone who has been through similar problems. It may not be the same problems that you are going to have or having‚ but it is still important to talk to someone about your issues. Task 2. In what way do you think your class can be a strength rather than a weakness
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Ghida al Messelmani Child Abuse How can someone abuse a defenseless child? That question is usually asked every time we hear about such thing. Child abuse is one of the most terrible‚ saddest and most tragic problems that each society suffers from. It occurs in all income‚ racial‚ religious‚ and ethnic groups and in urban and rural communities. It is‚ however‚ more common in some groups‚ especially those below the poverty line. It is a serious problem that plagues youth all around the world
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About a Boy is clearly a text about growing up. Discuss the ways in which Marcus and Will help each other grow up‚ and relate your discussion to some defining realisation you’ve had in your own life about aspects of growing up (the end of innocence‚ need for conformity/individuality‚ social pressure to conform‚ bullying‚ self-discovery‚ dealing with parents). Use examples from the text and form your own personal experience of life to support your response. About a boy is a novel which follows the
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& Ten Things I Hate About You Several hundred years separate ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and 10 Things I Hate About You‚ are women represented any differently in today’s society? (M) Hello there‚ and welcome to S.A.S. otherwise known as the Shakespeare Appreciation Society. My name’s Mandella and we’re here live at Hathaway’s Theatre. Today we’re going to look at the differences between good ol’ will’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ and its movie adaptation ’10 Things I Hate About You’ and to help us understand
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