Good Afternoon‚ thank you for coming to our 8th grade promotion. 9 years ago I walked onto this campus for the first time hand in hand with my mom. Being only 5 years old‚ I had no clue regarding what would happen in the years to come. All I knew was in that moment‚ I was utterly terrified. Looking back on it now though‚ I had nothing to worry about. These past years have been eventful‚ exciting‚ and strange. I have formed new friendships‚ and left some behind as I’ve grown. I have been challenged
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 Welcoming ceremony into Judaism for a boy  Includes circumcision  Covenant of Circumcision  Occurs 8 days after birth - VERY important‚ nothing interrupts  Ritual objects used:  Circumcision tools (anesthetic is possible according to some)‚ tallit (prayer shawl)‚ booklet with ceremony text‚ Elijah’s Chair  Time of ceremony early in the morning  Ritual setting morning prayer service  Parts of ceremony welcomed‚ circumcision
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Tayo’s Conflicts In Ceremony‚ Leslie Marmon Silko writes an interesting novel with many conflicting issues on the main characters side‚ Tayo. One of Tayo’s main conflicts is about his culture and how he is not well accepted by some of the people who coexist with him in his daily life. Other terrifying conflicts that Tayo had were the ones about Josiah and Rocky’s way of dying‚ which in Tayo’s conscious he declared himself guilty for their death. Therefore‚ he would have unhealthy psychological
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Soyal‚ the winter solstice ceremony‚ a lunar festival begins. Powamu represents the festival in which the Hopi observe the first new moon after Soyal. The leaders observe the crescent moon that would be waning to become a New Moon. “Thus‚ Powamu is fixed in time by an observation of sunset to determine Soyal‚ a subsequent count of days for the length of the Soyal festival (and perhaps the Warrior ceremony)‚ and then the first Full Moon and New Moon following these ceremonies lead into another day count
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idea of perspective is woven through the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Reading through the eyes of different characters in Ceremony can change how the text is interpreted. Thomas C. Foster also argues this point in his book‚ How to Read Literature like a Professor‚ that one must read a piece of literature not only with their eyes‚ but through the eyes of the characters as well‚ in order to fully understand the text. While reading Ceremony‚ looking at the story through Tayo’s point of view
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son`s graduation was a memorable experience for me. A good looking is important for this event. For examples‚ he was dressed in pants‚ and shirt‚ and tie. He looked like a man. He is taller than me and that it means too much for me because I `m very short for him. And sure I was in perfect dress for that event‚ too. I bought a beautiful dress especialy for that day. I invited my mother to be with us in that special day. The ceremony was so emotional. For inctance‚ the principal`speech was so
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PREPARING TO GO FROM COLLEGE LIFE TO PROFESSIONAL LIFE INTRODUCTION Well graduation is fast approaching and now is the time to begin preparing yourself for the job search. When you decided on your individual curriculum you took the first step on your professional journey. While recreating yourself as a nurse‚ teacher or whatever field your degree is in‚ you were gathering information about your various practices and career environments. Now is the time to make the transition from college
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The next example is one of a protagonist that in some way resembles Wilhelmina‚ he as well‚ tries and wants to pull away his cultures and traditions in order to fit in at school. Tayo‚ in the book Ceremony by Leslie M. Silko is a young man who finds himself in between the coalition of two cultures‚ his two cultures. Tayo is initiated into the Native American culture and traditions. The distinction here is between the White and the Native American ethnic-race groups. To sum up‚ one of the takeaways
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Graduation Speech I have been at Englewood School for four years. I am pleased to say that during these years I have created new friends and lived many exciting experiences. As a new student in third grade‚ my classmates and teachers made me feel as if I was among my family. From class time discussions to Christmas plays‚ we have enjoyed every single day within this community. Days filled with joy‚ laughter‚ and even sometimes sorrows have been our foundation to move to our next step. Our teachers
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The customs of an ancient Jewish wedding ceremony teach us over and over again what Jesus actually did‚ and will do for a people that have followed His Father’s Commandments‚ and kept themselves holy‚ and set apart from the world. The first step in an ancient Jewish wedding ceremony began with the father of a bridegroom choosing a bride for his son. However‚ the father of an ancient Jewish bridegroom could have also sent a representative to secure a bride for his son. We see this occur when Abraham
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