Monday‚ May 4‚ 2009 NEGATIVE SIDE OF TATTOOS-- informative speech outline Topic: Presentation about Ideas Organization: Topical Specific Purpose: I would like my audience to understand three negative effects of getting tattoos. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: Thirty years ago the percentage of people with tattoos was one percent. Today that number has increased to one in four. II. Relevance: The art of tattoos can be dated as far back to 2000 B.C. Back then tattooing was used
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confessional poems “I had been hungry all these years” and “I gave myself to him” by Emily Dickenson have a unique economy of style which actively challenges these dichotomies in the notion of “belonging”. Moreover Dickenson is contrasted with Annie Proulx’s shocking short story “55 miles to the gas pump” which promotes the view that geographic and social isolation‚ taken to extremes‚ can result in destructive and macabre outcomes.
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One of the quotes I find most interesting is the quote that Ptolemy had saying that “Earth is the center of the universe” although at the time was what they had thought due to humans not being as technologically evolved to figure that out. That quote reminds me of one my elementary school teachers would state which was that “Columbus discovered America.” Which is false because of where columbus landed at islands at that none of which were in America. Those islands he landed on were already inhabited
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In the song‚ “All That I Require” written by Radney Foster‚ the speaker conveys a theme of the political dangers of extremism and fascism. The line “I’ll make us strong again / you’ll sleep safely in your beds / I’ll reign down hell upon those dirty mongrels’ heads / And the blood of all your children is all that I require” directly correlates to pathos for the pity of the beliefs against previous fascists leaders like Hitler‚ Stalin‚ and Mussolini during WWII. Through this‚ he illustrates the errors
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Reading Response Paper for “All I Asking for is My Body” ------------------------------------------------- 1. “Someday you’ll have your punishment. You’ll have an unfilial son like you‚” mother said. “At least I won’t saddle him with a “$6‚000 debt‚” Tosh said. “And I’ll send him to high school and college. You people are upside down. The parents should owe the children‚ not the children the parents. Look at the haoles. Obligation is to the children. Traditionally‚ “filial piety” has been greatly
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on the shore of what is now Cuba. It wasn’t until 300 years later in 1792 that Columbus was actually honored in America. But every second Monday in October is met with a series of celebrations and protests regarding this man who is said to have discovered America olumbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy in 1451. He received very little formal schooling‚ but taught himself Portuguese‚ Spanish‚ and Latin. He never learned to read or write Italian. As a teenager he took particular interest in the sea‚ and
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Mr.Bluhm Page 1 ENG 110 05/21/2013 Babies Having Babies It’s a gloomy‚ rainy day when I see the young girl sitting at the bus terminal in a yellow rain slicker. She sits alone‚ soaking wet. My seventeen year old daughter elbows me leaning her head in the direction of the young girl who is obviously very pregnant and whispers‚ “Mom‚ how pregnant do you think she is?” which she immediately follows with‚ “Man‚ she’s young!” I take a closer look at the girl who is nothing more than
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All I really need to know I Learned in Kindergarten I can remember my mother telling me for a few weeks before the first day how wonderful school was going to be and how I would meet loads of new friends. She also told me that the other kids are going to be scared just like I was. Turning five years old‚ and knowing that it was time for me to begin school already‚ was really very scary. The thought of waking up early and going to school and not being with my mom all morning made me feel sick to
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Having a growth mindset can help us succeed our goals. It can make things less overwhelming for ourselves and help us move forward from our problems. It can make us feel more confident in our outcome of being in a growth mindset. Grit relates to sticking with something until it is achieved. Like a bad test grade. When I get a bad test grade I keep trying and I study harder each time to get a passing grade. It’s similar to having a growth mindset. It can also bring out the inner strength
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Chinese theory There are many theories or ideas on who discovered America first. Many people believe it was Christopher Columbus‚ the Vikings‚ or in my case some believe that the Chinese arrived here before Columbus. It is believed by some people that Chinese sailors beat Columbus to America by more than 70 years. Anthropologists‚ archaeologists‚ historians and linguists have debunked or out ruled much of the evidence that has been gathered over the years to support this theory. It has been
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