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    Most people believe that people are good hearted by nature and the reason many stay silent is to prevent hurt. That being said‚ when someone is headed down a dangerous path it is simply selfish to remain silent because it’s comfortable for you. By staying silent‚ you may be harming the very people they hope to help. Often times‚ surrounding

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    If I had the choice I think I would stay at Valley Forge. (Doc A) One reason i would stay at Valley forge is that the chance of even getting sick was around 50%. out of the 12‚000 only 2 out of 10 people would actually die at Valley Forge from starvation‚ frostbite‚ or disease. (Doc C) Another reason I would stay is from the diary of Dr. Albigence Waldo. Even though there was a lot of negative things that would go against my claim there were some reasons to stay. in the journal it talks about a soldier

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    The early Maya villages were formed somewhere between 2600 and 1800 B.C. The first place of the Maya was on the Yucatan Peninsula. The people were farmers that grew crops such as corn‚ beans‚ squash‚ and cassava. After a while‚ the farmers started to move to highland and lowland regions. The early Mayas were also good at building cities‚ constructing pyramids‚ and making inscriptions on stones. The Popol Vuh is the creation story of the Maya. It talks about how the earth was formed from the

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    This article discussed the origins of Lowland Maya Civilization and the role of the Gulf Coast Olmec. There are speculations that the Gulf Coast Olmec had some type of influence on the lowland Maya Society. According to recent excavations‚ the growth of ceremonial space that turned into pyramid and plaza complexes have similar buildings in both Lowland Maya areas and in the center of the Olmec. Since Gulf Coast Olmec is considered the mother of culture‚ it could be assumed that the Olmec culture

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    In the story “If i Stay” by Gayle Forman‚ Mia and her family plan to go on a road trip. During their road trip‚ the family gets into a serious car accident. Mia finds herself in a coma and has an out of body experience. Although she is outside of her body‚ she can see everything that is happening‚ but nobody can see her. Mia finds out new things‚ while exploring around the hospital she is in and overhearing the people talking. First‚ Mia’s reaction to the car accident is she is scared. She hears

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    In Maya Angelou’s excerpt‚ “What’s So Funny?” she pointed out that vulgarity and crudeness happens to be the direction in which comedians‚ entertainers‚ and people take their jokes. She explains that behind the obscene profanities‚ are people who are just as vulgar as their jokes. By us laughing with them‚ we are not only stooping down to their level‚ we are also taking part in the humiliation. I agree with Maya Angelou’s point. For example‚ laughing when someone makes a joke towards someone

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    five other people’s. His reason; the clinic provided abortion. The government needs to keep abortion safe and legal‚ and in so doing‚ it needs to treat anti-abortion terrorists with the same seriousness it applies to Muslim terrorists. Abortion should stay legal and protected by the government as it is a right and choice to every pregnant women‚ the government can’t afford poor mothers taking care of children they simply cannot afford‚ and religious beliefs should remain irrelevant to constitution.

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    president. When I came to the US for the first time it was like I am blind and could not see anytime because I was new to all the roads that were going we our road‚ on top of us‚ etc. In the the US they use to say that if you don’t know how to drive then you are without legs‚ if you don’t know the roads then you are blind‚ if you don’t know English then you are dumb. When I came to the US I knew how to speak English a little bit. It was very difficult to settle in US. When I came to the US it was

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    Maya Lin Maya Lin‚ a graduate of Yale University‚ is a politically fueled artist who caused quite an uproar with her artwork. Maya Lin concentrates on reality as most of her artwork that gained nationwide attention consisted of memorial type structures that were interactive art. The Rosa Park’s memorial and the Vietnam memorial alike are both gigantic structures carved out of solid marble to remember those to impacted the development of the United States to what we are today. Maya combined

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    I Know Why the Caged Bird sings is the autobiography of Maya Angelou. She tells of the hardships she experienced in her youth‚ beginning with her parents’ divorce when Angelou was only three years old. As a result of the divorce‚ Maya and her older brother are sent to live with their grandmother in a small‚ Arkansas town. Here‚ she experiences the horrors of racism and learns to hate herself for not being white. When she is eight‚ Maya goes to live with her mother in St. Louis. There‚ she is sexually

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