People are people Autumn Heather Lundy Concorde Career College Friday‚ July 12‚ 2013 Prepared for MS Hill Multicultural competence is the ability to appreciate‚ value‚ interact with and benefit from difference cultures. Cultures are group with a common outlook. They may be racial or ethnic; male or female; of a certain sexual orientation belief or age (job readiness‚ 2013‚ page 104). You will always see in this world multicultural competence because every judges everybody. Before I was born
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Good Morning/afternoon Mr Hammoud and fellow students. I am one of the direct descendants of the Afghan people that migrated to Australia between the 1800’s and 1900’s. The Afghan people have contributed to Australia’s communities more than any of us can imagine. Despite suffering seclusion and unacceptable treatment by the Europeans‚ the type of work done by the Afghans has helped us build Australia to what it is today. So why did the Afghans come to Australia? The first Afghan settlers were BROUGHT
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The Taliban In everyday life in Afghanistan‚ people live in constant fear due to a group of terrorists. The novel‚ Under the Persimmon Tree‚ by Suzanne Fisher Staples‚ demonstrates the cruel truths of life in Afghanistan. The book follows two girls‚ Najmah and Nusrat as they are faced with tough challenges everyday that will alter their lives forever. The Taliban impact the everyday lives of people worldwide in an awfully negative way‚ and the book accurately proves this to be true by following
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message throughout the book of what happened in Afghanistan and how the people felt.. A few important events that occurred during this time that the novel was set in were when the tribal groups first weakened by the central government‚ when the Taliban group took over and the militia groups fought which resulted in making Afghanistan unsafe‚ and finally the group once again making the country threatening by controlling the people by making laws. Between the years 1978 to 1989‚ occupation by the Soviet
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but it wasn’t until the mid ‘90s that they really began to gain followers and power. Afghanistan’s bitter civil war shattered the country and weakened the control of the government‚ dividing the country and forcing its citizens to live in chaos. People desperately needed protection‚ leadership‚ and guidance‚ to put an end to the lawless free-for-all the country had become during the Mujahideen era (Kakar 1). This is where the Taliban stepped in. They were a young group of freedom fighters‚ few in
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The purpose of many books is to convey the characters’ struggles and experiences of everyday life which are similar to what people have experienced in modern and past societies. John Steinbeck‚ an American author‚ reveals these subjects throughout his books. Steinbeck explores these struggles primarily in the books The Pearl and Of Mice and Men as the characters attempt to change their situations all while preserving their relationships. In the two books‚ Steinbeck reveals the themes of relationships
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times throughout the book and this misuse of power is with Amir’s childhood enemy Assef. Both of these misuses of power shape the lives of Amir and at some degree the lives of all the Afghanistan people. One of the main abuses of power is that of Amir’s father‚ Baba. Amir and Baba are completely different people and they do not relate at all. When Baba was young‚ he was an athlete that played soccer and was a champion kite fighter. Amir is quiet and loves to read and write stories‚ a completely different
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what happened in her childhood‚ even if it doesn’t have a happy ending. The characters experience a point of change when Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese in World War II. Naomi’s actions did not result to her change of life‚ but it was other peoples decisions that changed her life as well as other Japanese Canadians. Hosseini’s protagonist lived a wealthy life in his youth and never stood up for himself. Amir’s father said‚ “a boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand
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whilst residing in America. The road to redemption is strenuous and long‚ but Amir having matured comes to this realization. Once learning of Soraya’s unfortunate past‚ he immediately forgives her‚ as his internal monologue reads‚ "How could I‚ of all people‚ chastise someone for their past?” Indeed‚ this passage is the first in the novel where Amir begins to atone for his sins. By becoming aware of Soraya’s past‚ Amir is forced to learn that he is not the only person with regrets. In other words‚ Amir
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to listen to their siblings as they both came from the same womb‚ or something of that matter. This to me is often how sibling rivalry occurs‚ as it is also the point where the sibling relationship goes through its roughest of times. I’ve heard of people being in their thirty’s that are still bitter from growing up enduring a sibling relationship. Some that feel their relationship can never be sane and have accepted the fact that as siblings they just don’t like each other. I find this strange seeing
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