Edsel Ryan Superada A Hidden Beauty A legend of an ugly princess hidden in a cave by her royal parents to avoid embarrassment as cursed by a enchantress. When the child grew up‚ she came out of the cave and became amazed at what she saw. The enchantress‚ who cursed her parents‚ saw her and made an offer to transform her into something of great beauty and splendor. She accepted the offer and became the Tinago Falls. The City of Iligan‚ a city where most of my childhood summer is spent.
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In his essay "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff argues that intellectualism is not something that can only be archived through proper education like school or college‚ but with subjects that people consider non academics as sports and cars. The writer considers "street smart" to those people who learn things outside of an academic environment‚ for example in the streets of their neighborhood. The writer argues that educators should let students decide on the subject that they are more interested
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I believe this essay "Hidden Intellectualism‚" by Gerald Graff is a very persuasive argument. It seems to be a sound‚ strong argument for the authors point. he not only lists exactly what he is talking about‚ but also what could help other; specifically how street smarts can very well be more intellectual than book smarts. Gerald Graff’s essay‚ "Hidden Intellectualism‚" is a critique on how schools are missing out on a valuable opportunity to encourage students to learn more academically. Graff
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Running Head: The Relationship of Self Esteem and Skin Color 1 The Relationship of Self Esteem of Skin Color in African American Culture Tony J. Oates Indiana Wesleyan University PSY155A Jackie Fortner December 27‚ 2010 The Relationship of Self Esteem and Skin Color
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when I got home. I liked to take walks around my neighborhood. One sunny afternoon‚ I came across this hidden pond a few blocks away from my house. I was a kind of creepy old pond. If you ever saw it‚ you probably would not want to go there. However‚ it was a sunny afternoon‚ and I decided to jump over the gate and walk towards the pond. One thing you have to know is that the reason why it’s a hidden pond‚ is because‚ it almost looks like its a small forest when you look at it. It’s surrounded by
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How Our Skins Got Their Color Summary This article states on how we got our skin color. In this article Marvin Harris described how the pigment of our skin originates where we live around the equator. If someone lives around the equator they have high risk of getting rickets‚ or osteomalacia. For example‚ if someone was light skinned living in Australia your chances of getting melanoma is high. The reason the risk is high for light pigmented skin living in Australia‚ is because many of them wear
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Hidden Lessons David Suzuki is the world renowned scientists and visionary. He has won many awards throughout his life time and still continues to right stories about his life. David Suzuki has written numerous amounts of books in order to educate the larger public about the dangers of and promises of science. He has written an article named Hidden Lessons describing his thesis of how for convenience & cleanliness‚ adults subconsciously teach and demonstrate to the younger generation to hate
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Hidden Intellectualism In his article "Hidden Intellectualism‚" Gerald Graff criticizes those that do not put value into "street smarts." Graff insists that knowledge goes far beyond academic learning and continues into the everyday world. As a child‚ Graff always looked for a happy medium between brawn and brain. As Graff describes‚ he felt "the need to prove I was smart and the fear of a beating if I proved it too well." In a culture that values sports and entertainment‚ Gerald knew he would
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in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple and By the Light of My Father’s Smile Alice walker-a renowned novelist‚ short story writer‚ essayist‚ poet‚ critic‚ and author of children’s books-sees the corruption in the world and writes to portray the struggles that African American women encounter. The snags that they have in everyday society are largely copious‚ however‚ Alice Walker does wonders writing specifically about racism and sexism. In two of her famous novels‚ The Color Purple and By the Light
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The late Tokugawa period marked the start of Japan’s evolution with western ideologies. The internal crisis during the Tokugawa period‚ however‚ showed that Japan as a nation still had many issues they needed to discuss such as equality from all social classes (including those from Eta)‚ economic instability‚ and the deficiency of the samurai class‚ especially with the high-rank samurai. The Twilight Samurai and Musui’s Story both depict the deficiency of samurai class during the Tokugawa period
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