"If I Were a Boy‚" sung by Beyoncé Knowles‚ is a popular song that reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2008. Surprisingly enough‚ Beyoncé herself did not right the original song. Songwriter‚ BC Jean‚ wrote the hit single around 2005‚ however‚ it was rejected by her label company. Knowles heard it and recorded her own version that was released by Columbia Records. There were rumors speculating that "Queen B" had stolen the song‚ because Jean did not know anything about it until after
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If I were the principle of my school I would try to make my school an ideal school by introducing various reforms. I would make some classes shorter. If there were two classes of the same period on a day I would not keep them together. I would keep a recess or another period between the two. I would give proper care and personal involvement to children. Bookish knowledge would not be pumped into their heads. All efforts would be made to enhance the moral and mental intellect of students so that
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If I Were Leader of the Free World The First Issue I Would Address Would Be…. By Walker Brown When we purchase a phone‚ an ipod‚ a television and even a video we do not stop to think about how fortunate we are to have the item. American society today has been spoiled with riches and technology. We live in houses with heaters that keep us warm in the winter and own cars that will take us where we need to go. Students can attend school everyday to help broaden the possibilities of our future
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If I were the finance Minister of India - Essay In the economy of a developing county like India‚ the role of the Finance Minister is a crucial one. This is more so in the case of the country which has chosen the path of planned development‚ as Indian has done. If ever I become the Finance Minister of the country‚ my first effort would be to root out the demon of back money. It is black money which leads to inflation and to the rise in prices‚ and this makes financial control almost impossible
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If I had to imagine my life as a homeless dog or cat my typical day would be waking up hopeless by just waking up all over again with that same feeling of all my pain‚ being lonely‚ scared‚ cold‚ or maybe thirsty and hungry also wandering around and look for attention .This would also depend on whether I live in a busy city or countryside because as a cat for example living in the busy city I would probably have an awful‚ hunger-filled day because without water and food I could cause a
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One thing that I have tried that was new was softball. I started playing softball 7 years ago. I really liked playing softball because it is really fun. And it always gave me something to do on the weekends‚ it was either tournaments or practice. When I was playing I always felt like giving up. When we would always learn something new and it was hard for me I always felt like giving up. When we went for pitching machine‚ to a girl pitching it to us it was hard because it was a lot faster that the
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If I was snowed in school for a whole week‚ I would do lots of things. I’m only going to share a couple with you now‚ they may not be good but they are kind of funny. Some of these things may be weird‚ but I find it funny. Some people may find it mean but I don’t really do this stuff. So here are my thing I would do if I was trapped in school for a whole week. The first thing I would do is I would make all the teachers give not more homework for example math and social studies homework. I would
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Gilman: Charlotte Perkins Gilman was one the first theorist to explore the role of females in society. Gilman sought to explain the development of gender inequality‚ from both a biological and sociological standpoint. With a multidimensional approach and a sociobiological perspective‚ Gilman maintained that political factors‚ economic factors‚ and the process of socialization lead to gender inequality within the human race. Gilman was concerned with the traditional family structure‚ where men
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ is a diary of a woman in the 19th century suffering from nervous depression. While writing this short story‚ in reality‚ Gilman was going through an illness‚ known as hysteria. This information helped me realize that the quote: “Every kind of creature is developed by the exercise of its functions. If denied the exercise of its functions‚ it cannot develop in the fullest degree.” summarizes up the short story‚ The Yellow Wallpaper. The fact that Gilman herself suffered
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Charlotte Perkins Gillman’s gothic tale of “The Yellow Wallpaper” took nearly a century to finally find an understanding audience. Initially‚ readers at the time were struck by its grisly tale of a story; however it was not until years later that the story was recognized for its thematic societal undertones hinted with feminist connotations underneath its façade. Written in first person‚ the reader gets to witness first-hand through the eyes of the narrator in her path to insanity‚ rather than from
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