Jimmy Nguyen English049 Assignment 1 A memoir from Lac Su‚ "I love Yous Are for white People" " I love Yous Are for White People" is a memoir about Lac’s journey and his family immigrated to America from Vietnam‚ after the Vietnam’s War. Lac’s family had to deal with cultural shock‚ language barrier‚ and difficulty finding jobs. As a Vietnamese immigration myself‚ I feel like Lac’s experiences live through me because there were a lot of similarities in his memoir compared
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Professor Gilmor‚ I developed and practiced writing skills related to research that I had not practiced before I took this class. I developed observation skills in which I did not have before‚ the ability to document workshops with peers‚ and the ability to construct a research plan and a secondary source literary review in preparation for a final document. I found that overall‚ this class taught me to approach the process writing in a pragmatic way when involving research. These skills that I have developed
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Reprints Follow @TIME The life threatening spinal-cord injury that Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett suffered on Sunday while trying to make a tackle adds urgency to a question that gnaws at the NFL with each passing season — is playing pro football worth the risks? Everett‚ 25‚ remains sedated and on a respirator at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital in Buffalo following surgery to relieve the pressure on his spine. His orthopedic surgeon‚ Dr. Andrew Cappucino‚ had said Everett’s chances of
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March 23‚ 2013 Concussions in Football Injuries in sports are bound to happen no matter what sport you are playing and you never know when an injury will occur. They just come with the territory and they can range from a cut to an injury that could end an athlete’s career or even worse lead to a death. A big problem in sports nowadays is that there are too many concussions in pro sports all the way down to young kids who are just starting to play a sport. Football in particular has received a
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Because I Could Not Stop For Death Poet: Emily Dickinson The Historian Emily Dickinson lived from 1830-1886 in Massachusetts. Her parents considered her a very obedient child who caused little trouble. During her school years‚ teachers considered her an excellent student. She led a introverted life corresponding with most of her friends by letters. Emily failed to greet guests because of her shy nature and the community considered her peculiar. The Summarizer “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”
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Stop Bullying! What defines bullying? What makes it so wrong and how can we minimize the outcome of it. Schools can do so much to stop buylling happening right in front of there eyes. Why is it not being recognized like it should to finally put a stop to it all? Schools should enforce no bullying policy. Any student who commits cyber or verbal bullying should be suspended from school. Schools should talk to there students about bullying and explain to them why its wrong. I mean come on students
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Upon coming to Augustana I was very excited to join the Cheerleading squad. However‚ I was also very nervous because I was informed that there would be tryouts. The tryouts were held on the first weekend of college and it was a very exhausting day. But I was delighted to find out just two days later that I had made it! Over the past four weeks that I have been involved in the practices I have learned so much and met many new friends. The three main things that I have learned since starting cheer are
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Dickinson according to Biography.com. Dickinson began writing poetry as a teenager some of her best works include “Because I could not stop for death” and “If you were coming in the fall.” In 1886 Dickinson died at the age of 55 due to kidney disease. Additionally‚ Dickinson’s life impacts major themes in her poetry including death‚ love‚ and separation. “Because I could Not Stop Death” was written in 1863‚ it is one of Dickinson’s most famous works and is also “considered to be one of the greatest
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“How dare you tell me you understand my situation?” This was the response I got after telling a patient‚ on a medical mission trip‚ that I understood it was difficult for her to buy fresh toothbrushes regularly. I learned the hard way never to tell someone that you understand their situation because everyone’s situation is unique to them. Based on my experiences‚ being humble does not mean sympathizing with other people’s struggles‚ but rather stands for being fully present while interacting with
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Everybody loves to watch football. It is a large part of the American culture. 64% of Americans watch and enjoy football every Sunday according to gallup.com. But everyone seems to leave out the ugly truth of the whole sport; the violence. Football is said to be the 3rd most violent sport in the world‚ right behind hockey and rugby‚ according to reference.com. The difference between football and those two sports is how many people play them. About 6 and a half million people play hockey and rugby
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