I am Mexican in the 21st century. Many who just look at me couldn’t tell you so. Being Mexican is a part of me cast aside by others‚ as if my culture‚ my very essence‚ is a pebble among stones. I want everyone to know how much I despise the attempts to make my culture vanish‚ with words of how “lucky” I am to have straight black hair and pale skin‚ how “lucky” I am to be able to hide the Mexican blood that goes through my veins. As if somehow I should be thankful that no one can see my blood‚ only
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Hernando de Soto was a conquistador that lived in Spain in the 16th century. De Soto explored and helped conquer places like Peru‚ North America‚ and East Asia. Personal background Hernando de Soto was a 16th century explorer that was born 1500 a.d. in Jerez de los Caballeros‚ Spain and died on May 21st‚ 1542 in Ferriday‚ Louisiana. When de Soto was a child he wanted to be a lawyer but his father said he would much rather be an explorer. Hernando was invited by Pedro Arias Dávila on an expedition
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“Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is a great book that can be enjoyed by all middle school readers. The story canyons is mostly based in canyons‚ caves‚ and a camping ground. Itis also based in highschool sometimes throughout the story. Brennan and he is fifteen years old and he’s a sophomore. Brennan also likes to run a lot to escape his thoughts. Brennan is a fifteen year old boy. He is now a sophomore. In the story Brennan goes on a camping trip and he decides to go into a nearby canyon. In the canyon
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to talk to you about what I thought of the story‚ "The Born Worker". "The Born Worker" is a short story novel written by Gary Soto. Gary Soto was born in 1952 in Fresno‚ California. He is an author of above twenty books and has won numerous awards for his poetry‚ short stories‚ and nonfiction. Much of Gary Soto’s writing is focused on the Mexican-American experience. I like how he focuses on the Jose in the beginning as aging quickly and acting way more mature than he should be at his age. At
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English 2030 Mar 5th‚ 2013 A reading of Gary Soto’s “Behind Grandma’s House” The poem talks about main character that has intense craving for attention from family‚ friends‚ and even strangers. Because of this kind of intense craving‚ the character has hostile behavior‚ rebellious acts of misconduct‚ and a lack of respect for authority. The boy in “Behind grandma’s House” does so as a way to appear tough and intimidating. At the end of this poem‚ the Grandma finally shows up‚ and stops the boy
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very nervous and thought to myself if I could actually be successful in college. As the quarter went on‚ yes it was difficult at times‚ but I managed to work hard and get through everything. I have had good experiences and I have had bad experiences. I have had a mixture of these experiences throughout my classes. Academically I did a relatively good job. Although most of the time I was lazy and watched netflix a lot‚ towards the end of the quarter I did better on fully completing my work as well
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I recently reread the book "Hatchet"‚ by Gary Paulsen‚ and realized that it does not take much to survive. In this book a young man by the name of Brian was on his way to see his dad when his single engine plane went down. The only things Brian had was a hatchet‚ and a little hut that he had built. Today people think that you need the newest stuff and premade food. In this book Brian shows not only the public but the military that he can survive with one tool. The one tool that Brian had he decided
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650 miles away from where the earthquake had struck. Beds were banging against walls. People still wearing their pajamas ran from their homes and they gathered in frightened groups. The violent shaking had made a second national emergency for the Mexican government agencies. They had already been trying to get ready for Hurricane Katia on the other side of the country. The storm was thought to strike the Gulf Coast in the state of Veracruz on a late Friday night or an early Saturday morning. The
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Case Analysis Southwest Airlines and Gary Kelly Oscar A. Anzaldua Davenport University Southwest Airlines Company is a well-known low-cost American airline that offers excellent customer and employee service. As of 2009 Southwest is the largest airline company in the world that carries the most number of passengers and it is the third largest passenger fleet of aircraft among the world’s commercial airlines. It also boasts the highest number of customers than any other airlines in the United
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Abstract As the end of the second week in MMPBL/500 comes to a close‚ we have been asked to reflect upon our experience with decision-making methods. Many students in the class‚ myself included‚ have commented on how the methods can be used in both personal and professional life. I have included examples of both in my paper. Personal Experience with Decision-Making Models According to Wikipedia‚ decision-making is “the mental processes (cognitive process) resulting in the selection of a
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