BHARATI MUKHERJEE Two Ways to Belong in America Born in 1940 and raised in Calcutta‚ India‚ Bharati Mukherjee immigrated to the United States in 1961 and earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in literature. Mukherjee is the author of several novels‚ including Tiger’s Daughter (1972) and Jasmine (1989)‚ and short story collections‚ such as The Middleman and Other Stories (1988). She teaches literature and fiction writing at the University of California‚ Berkeley. "Two Ways to Belong in America" first
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3 HEALTHY HABITS THAT REDUCE STRESS There are many ways for teens to reduce stress. Some things you may already do help you manage stress. In the following paragraphs it will explain 3 ways to reduce stress that are simple and easy. These habits are: owning a pet‚ laughing at least once a day‚ and keeping a journal/diary. How owning a pet reduces stress: Pets can improve your mood; if something bad happens to you then they can cheer you up. It is pretty much virtually impossible to stay
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IB Theory of Knowledge 12 6 December 2012 Intuition: A ‘Hybrid’ Way of Knowing Many have experienced a moment in which a decision was quickly made‚ based solely on these four simple words: It just felt right. There were never any supporting facts or even ample time spent to mull over the decision as any decision would normally require. The surprising result? The decision just happened to be spot on. Now‚ the odds of this occurring may seem quite low‚ even impossible. Call it
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learned within them and how they were a major aspect as to how I view situations in the world around me. I cannot pick a favorite text that I have read throughout my grades nine to twelve years‚ but I will review a few that made an impact on me. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. This is the memoir of Ishmael‚ who was once a child soldier‚ reflecting on his
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Ways to empower people There are many ways of empowering people in the day centre such as using care values‚ promoting choices‚ communication‚ positive working practices and working in partnership with other people. Care values Care values can be used to empower the service users such as showing them respect. This can make them confident because their able to share their own beliefs and opinion respect would allow the service user to express themselves more openly. Care values also be used by providing
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1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? There are many ways that a group of people can be identified but the four criteria for classifying minority groups are race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ and gender. Race is mainly determined by the color of someone’s skin‚ hair (in some instances eyes)‚ height‚ and bone structure of the human body: big head‚ narrow eyes‚ tall short. Ethnicity is determined by where you were born and raised and what cultural patterns. Religion and is determined
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The Way Home‚ is the heartwarming story of a city born and bred boy‚ going to live with his grandmother in the rural area of Korea. The movie at first portrays the lack of love and understanding by the grandson towards the grandmother‚ which at the end evolves to him loving and missing the grandmother greatly. In the movie‚ their differences in lifestyles quickly play themselves out‚ emphasising the stark difference between the two generations. The boy‚ Sang-woo‚ is shown to be rude and disrespectful
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50 ideal/Ways to Save the Planet 1. CHANGE YOUR LIGHT If every household in the United State replaced one regular light bulb with one of those new compact fluorescent bulbs‚ the pollution reduction would be equivalent to removing one million cars from the road. Don’t like the color of light? Use these bulbs for closets‚ laundry rooms and other places where it won’t irk you as much. 2. TURN OFF COMPUTERS AT NIGHT By turning off your computer instead of leaving it in sleep mode‚ you can save 40 watthours
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lemon juice. When you rub lemon juice on your pimples‚ it has a quick effect. Use it before going to sleep to see great results in the morning. 9 ways to prevent a breakout and get clear skin 1. Do the One-Minute Rule Using a face wash laced with salicylic acid (from one to two percent depending on how bad‚ and how often‚ you break out) is a surefire way to stop pimples from forming. It’s simple: Instead of spot treating after one pops up‚ you’re keeping every single pore clear from the get go. Suds
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13 ways of looking at a blackbird This poem consists of thirteen parts. Each section could exist by itself as a poem but is used only as part of a whole. The poem is Oriental in nature and approach. The title suggests a series of Eastern prints in which the blackbird is the subject. The bird and natural imagery in this poem are also used often in Oriental poetry. The terseness of speech‚ in which lines are pared down to the essential words‚ the ideas captured in short concise stanzas‚ suggest
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