Assignment 1.1 Summary and Personal Response to “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” By chin Uva‚ Professor‚ Dr‚ Atia Yasmeen‚ Course: English Composition 115 Date: Feb 11‚ 2012 Suki Kim who came from Korea‚ tells in this essay that is named “Facing Poverty with a Rich girl’s Habits” about why she and her the richest family moved to Queens‚ New York in the early 1980’s. When she was enrolled the seventh grade‚ her millionaire father bankruptcy overnight. After her father lost all
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Summary & Response: How It Feels To Be Colored Me Living in a world where it is foreign to be colored was hard for many people of this nature in the 1920s. For Zora Neale Hurston‚ this was not a challenge at all. This high-spirited girl gives an explanation of how it felt to be‚ “...like a brown paper bag of miscellany propped against a wall” (Hurston 197). Written by Hurston herself‚ “How It Feels To Be Colored” gives us a humorous‚ sarcastic-ridden view of what her childhood was like from her
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Summary Response Paper In this article she is talking about online dating. She believes that there is nothing wrong with it and sees it as just another method to meeting new people. She states that people have been going on blind dates for as long as the mind can remember so what is wrong with setting up your own blind date? She says that the stigma against online dating with the people in the twenty something age group is interesting. This is interesting because it is that age group that came
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audience built in its very ethical treatment of Henrietta. This very much contrasts with how Henrietta was being portrayed by journalist prior to the extensive research that Skloot completed on her. Take for example the chapter
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Agents of Change and Nonviolent Action* Nonviolent action is a way for ordinary people to fight for their rights‚ freedom‚ and justice. It is frequently associated with moral or ethical nonviolence‚ but I will address it here as a distinct phenomenon‚ separate from any moral or ethical underpinnings‚ to expand on how it works as a pragmatic way to exert leverage in a conflict. Nonviolent action is based on the insight that power in a society is ultimately derived from people’s consent and obedience
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In “Dealing with Feelings‚” an article excerpted from a college textbook “Communicate!‚” the author Rudolph F. Verderber indicates the best way to deal with feelings is by describing them rather than withholding or displaying them. The author explains‚ first‚ withholding feelings‚ hiding them inside and not giving any clue to their existence‚ is an inappropriate way of dealing with feelings. Psychologists believe that when people withhold feelings‚ they can cause physical problems as well as psychological
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As a leader you may encounter many scenarios that can affect your staff. By being a leader you must provide your staff with methods to effective handle any situation. According to Greenwood‚ Bradfield‚ Kaminski‚ Lina‚ Carta and Nylander (2011)‚ Response to Intervention (RTI) shifts practices from the traditional model of students waiting to qualify for special education or services to one that provides immediate prevent for developmental delays and challenges from becoming disabilities. The special
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African American History The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks Throughout history both African Americans and women had to fight to be treated not only equally but also even humanely. African Americans have endured being enslaved by people of white color‚ beaten hung‚ even shot. You would assume slavery to any human would be bad enough‚ but no it wasn’t. Women were discriminated against‚ all races. Women weren’t allowed to vote‚ participate in sports and sometimes not live independently. So what
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The Summary Response January 26‚ 2013 DUE: February 1‚ 2013 The Summary Response builds on summary in two ways. First‚ before you can respond to a text‚ you must be able to summarize its main points. In other words‚ you must understand a text on its own terms before you can express an opinion about it. Second‚ the Summary Response expands textual meaning by including reader response. It’s the kind of reader response‚ however‚ that distinguishes a good Summary Response from a bad one. A
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Summary/Response paper of “Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” essay by Karyn Lewis Jennifer Morgan Capella University Summary/Response paper of “Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” essay by Karyn Lewis In the essay “Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All”‚ Karyn Lewis gives a powerful‚ somewhat argumentative‚ view on her reaction to a clothing advertisement for Fila Jeans. She opens the article with a precise description of a young‚ black‚ muscular male purposely posed in front of a dominating
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