C.J. Pascoe’s Dude You’re A Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School focuses on how high school boys prove their masculinity to one another. The book explains the inequalities that are created when boys prove their masculinity through dominating behaviors. In Pascoe’s book‚ she focuses on how boys defend their heterosexual masculinity by using the “fag epithet.” She argues that by insulting people’s feminine behaviors‚ they are able to strengthen their masculinity. She focuses on how white boys
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Why Breakfast Is Important Breakfast is one of the most important meals of any day. Both Health Canada and the Canadian Food Guide recommend it for both genders and any age. Breakfast is a meal that will impact you throughout the day in how you act‚ feel and continue to eat. Breakfast is helpful in many ways‚ one of them being with your mental health. Breakfast is also a very important meal when looking into weight-loss and weigh management. To benefit the body‚ a proper breakfast must be eaten
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finally two were children whose father (that the woman was in love with) enlisted for the war. Jacob Mendel‚ the Jewish main character‚ had family in Nazi-occupied Hungary. He had no idea if his son‚ his daughter-in-law‚ or his grandchild were alive‚ and if they were‚ they were either in hiding or had been captured. His problems and struggles in this book were very similar to Anne Frank’s‚ a young girl who lived during World War II. Anne Frank was also a Jew who went into hiding when the Nazis
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Why Is It Important To Vote? “To vote is like the payment of a debt‚ a duty never to be neglected‚ if its performance is possible”.~Rutherford B. Hayes . By voting you are expressing your voice and opinion which is very important because it makes you heard. Also‚ voting is a very important right that I respect greatly because we have the choice most people do not have. Finally ‚ voting affects everything from taxes to school. By voting you are expressing your voice and opinion. You vote
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the horse to take better care of them and more needed in todays society. People say we don’t need farriers because of how much they charge to do the work.Or they say they can do it themselves. Which in reality they never do. They find something else that needs done and they push back on trimming their horse’s feet. They say that they don’t need anyone else to do it for them. In reality people need farriers. Farriers are doing you a favor by doing the work for them. Some of the people that own horse’s
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Communication is an important management skill in organization. Introduction When a day starts‚ managers will start their work of attending meetings making phone calls‚ checking emails‚ supervising staff’s work etc. most of these activities involve communication. To be a good manager‚ people must have effective communication skills. This communication is that the process of transiting information from one person to another. Good communication skills can facilitate managers to communicate effectively
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“Dude‚ You’re a Fag” This research by C.J. Pascoe was about the use of the word fag and its relationship to homophobia and masculinity in a high school. The term fag is used loosely throughout most high schools. The reading explains that it is used in many ways. For example‚ fag can be used to describe a male who is doing something that is not masculine or that is feminine. In my words the article was explaining the how the word fag is used and the different meaning it may have depending on
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Why History is Important The Study of history is important because we learn from our mistakes‚ we share a common experience with people that binds us together‚ our minds store our experiences‚ and society can build upon past accomplishments. The first‚ and most significannot reason history is important is because we learn from our mistakes. If there were no history then everyone would make the same mistakes over and over. In any job‚ if you can avoid mistakes you or someone else
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greatly. I remember my mom reading aloud to me when I was a little kid and then I learned how to read aloud myself. When I was little I don’t think I really knew how important my new skills were‚ and I definitely didn’t know what literacy meant. I have come to believe that literacy is one of the most important skills that a person can have. To me literacy means not only the ability to read and write but I think it includes all forms of communicating your thoughts to other people. Whether it be
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When You Reach Me follows a sixth-grade protagonist‚ Miranda. She lives with her single mother who has a kindhearted boyfriend‚ Richard. Miranda’s best friend Sal‚ who she knew since she was a small child‚ had recently started ignoring Miranda after he had been punched in the face by another boy‚ Marcus. A homeless man lives on the corner of Miranda’s street. She calls him the "laughing man" for his tendency to laugh without cause. Miranda notices that he always utters the words "book bag pocket
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