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    The EdLittle Tree The Education of Little Tree starts here‚ when Little Tree’s mom passed away and his grandparents took him in. He lived during a time of racism and prejudice that had lived on for many years between white people and Indians. He encounters this first hand on the bus ride to the wagon trail. His grandparents did not have tickets and when they entered the bus‚ the driver proceeded to make a joke and say “How!” and everyone on the bus laughed. Though Little Tree did not know this‚ he

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    watching evening news programs has inspired me to read the newspaper and read news websites. I remember as a child hearing these dreaded words from my mother: “Get your coat. We are going to Grandma and Grandpa Brose’s”. During my childhood my grandparents lived minimally with a TV that had rabbit ears‚ and 4 channels. One of Grandpa’s favorite channels of which every Sunday was set on 60 Minutes‚ which by then Grandpa had finished his evening supper and read the Sunday paper again for the fourth

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    the image that I normally get is the people in pain of war‚ and devastated land. However‚ in my grandfather’s deep wrinkled‚ rough face‚ there is an important message that is offered to my generation. People tend to get to hear about their grandparents when they are already gone and that was also my case. I was grade 7 when I heard this story and I still feel chill whenever I remind me of this story. My grandpa was born in northern part of the Korea‚ where we call “North Korea” these days. He

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    1930‚ an estimated 13 million Italians migrated out of Italy‚ making Italy the scene of the largest voluntary emigration in recorded world history (Molar). They came to the United States in search of opportunities and a better life. My great grandparents became a part of the generations of immigrants who traveled to the United States. Yolanda and Sylvester Del Signore migrated from Teramo‚ a small city just outside of Rome‚ during the 1930’s. Their lives here were far from easy; language barriers

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    “Little boxes on the hillside/ little boxes made of ticky tacky/ little boxes on the hillside/ little boxes all the same‚” sang Malvina Reynolds. This song is so all-encompassing of the generations before us‚ who were taught with a very different mind fame. We‚ generation Y‚ were raised by omnipresent parents to believe we are special snowflakes. The generations before us were taught to toe the line‚ to fit in‚ that conformity was the best way; “All went to the university/ where they were put in

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    Before You Were Born I am going to talk about how my family got over here from Ireland. Stuff for about my great grandparents. I am going to talk about some stories that my grandpa told me about his dad and my dad. My three topics I like because you get to know stuff about my family My family came over from Ireland because there was a drought. They came over on a boat. They settled in Nebraska where they stared to farm. They came on their own. How we got to south Dakota was because of my great grandpa

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    play‚ and eat. I also like to just go out and sit and think about things and just get away from everything for a little bit. It is everything that you would think of. What home means to me is family time. Spending time with my parents and my grandparents is why I love home so much. It is filled with so much love. Love is an important thing to me especially when my family is involved. It also means that I can go anywhere on my parent’s land and I can have alone time to think about things and to

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    Part II Book One Quote‚ Page # What does the quote mean? What does it reveal about the character? What does the quote indicate about the setting and/or other characters in the novel? " You got many Shimerdas no got" (pg.57) The Burdens have a lot of more things than the Shimerdas. Mrs.Shimerda seems like a person who is very envious over other people’s stuff It shows that the Shimerdas are also envious of what other have. Not just Mrs.Shimerda. "I hope that snooping old woman wouldn’t

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    Dance Man. This book was one of my favorites as a child. It was written by Karen Ackerman and illustrated by Stephen Gammell. The Song and Dance Man received the Caldecott Medal in 1989. The story is about grandchildren coming to visit their grandparents. The grandpa decided to show his grandchildren his past life as a song and dance man and what people did for entertain long before television. The theme of the story is that family is more important than being famous. He shows them that he

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    Amarise. “If you’re around my family and you want to speak to my grandparents‚ you must speak to them in Spanish. If you do not‚ its kind of like insulting to them.” Church is also a major tradition in Mexican Culture. Amarise was baptized when she an infant. She made her communion when she was in the fourth‚ her family was very proud. She then continued to make her confirmation in her early teenage years. This made her grandparents even more proud of her and showed her obedience to Jesus El Padre

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