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    While retirement might have disadvantages for people‚ for others being a retired individual can have different advantages that a normal working person does not have. As mentioned in the essay My Mother Never Worked by Bonnie Smith-Yackel‚ Yackel mentions how her after retirement workers can receive a monthly income from social security benefits. Men and women are able to retire at the age of sixty five‚ but some decide to continue working for a few more years. People who retire have a better chance

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    Work can be defined as several things‚ many in which we rarely think of. My definition of work is an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result. In order to get where you want to in life you have to work hard and plan ahead. According to Yackel in “My Mother Never Worked” (back ground on social security) social security is a federal insurance program that requires workers to contribute a percentage of their wages to a fund that they become unemployed

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    OBJECTIVES 1. Define the terms anatomy and physiology‚ and explain their relationship using an example of a human structure with its corresponding function. Anatomy means “Cutting up” in Greek it studies structure of the body parts. Physiology means “Relationship to Nature” in Greek it studies the functions of body parts. The function 2. List‚ in order from least to most complex‚ the levels of structural organization‚ discuss the relationship between the levels‚ and name an example at each

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    Every poem comes with a theme and a lesson. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about making choices and how those choices will affect you. In the first stanza‚ Frost talks about how he had to chose between the two roads. He couldn’t take both. In the third stanza‚ he talked about how one choice may lead to another. Frost continues in the fourth stanza talking about how the choice he made impacted his life negatively. One reason I believe that “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about making

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    My Boss and I

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    My Boss and I When I Take a long time‚ I am slow‚ When my boss takes a long time‚ he is thorough‚ When I don’t do it‚ I am lazy‚ When my boss does not do it‚ he is busy‚ When I do something without being told‚ I am trying to be smart‚ When my boss does the same‚ he takes the initiative‚ When I please my boss‚ I am apple polishing‚ When my boss pleases his boss‚ he is cooperating‚ When I make a mistake‚ you’re an idiot. When my boss makes a mistake‚ he’s only human. When I take a stand

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    I feel that the author is trying to speak for an extremely large group of people and not just the father that is mentioned in the story. I believe that he is intending to convey that there are so many people in this world that work extremely hard and don’t get any notice or thanks for their time and struggles. I feel as if this really relates to the generation that I live in today. In my generation‚ more than my parents and theirs‚ I feel that kids aren’t really appreciative of their parents and

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    South of my days Poem

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    South of my days’ circle‚ part of my blood’s country‚ rises that tableland‚ high delicate outline of bony slopes wincing under the winter‚ low trees‚ blue-leaved and olive‚ outcropping granite- clean‚ lean‚  hungry country. The creek’s leaf-silenced‚ willow choked‚ the slope a tangle of medlar and crabapple branching over and under‚ blotched with a green lichen; and the old cottage lurches in for shelter. O cold the black-frost night. The walls draw in to the warmth and the old roof cracks

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    in a brilliant poem written by a compassionate and hard working woman of the 20th century. Struggling to to accept her father’s way of separating English from Spanish‚ Rhina Espaillat‚ in her poem‚ “Bilingual/Bilingue”‚ shows a personal account of the realities of bilingualism and how it is possible to overcome language and culture barriers to learn a second language. As the speaker‚ Espailat uses rhyming couplets to make “Bilingual/Bingue‚” the nine stanzas‚ eighteen lines poem‚ flow smoothly

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    Compare and Contrast Media Essay: “The Sing the Body Electric” Ray Bradbury’s “I Sing the Body Electric” is a science fiction story about a family who‚ after the death of the mother‚ replaces her with a robot. In Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone episode‚ “I Sing the Body Electric‚” Anne must learn to understand and accept that her new grandmother can be tender‚ loving‚ thoughtful‚ and caring. The Grandmother’s ability to love changes the tone of the story‚ which in turn‚ changes the reader’s level of

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    Journal of Liberation magazine published in 1975‚ "My Mother Never Worked‚" Bonnie Smith-Yackel‚ author of several essays‚ book reviews and short stories in various magazines and newspapers‚ proclaims that society belittles women and the work they do. She does so by sharing a glimpse of the hard labor her mother did in her adult life‚ such as doing strenuous work on a farm with her husband‚ raising eight children and many more tasks as a mother‚ such as‚ keeping the house clean‚ sewing and cooking

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