Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall‚ don’t give up. Figure out how to climb it‚ go through it‚ or work your way around it.” -Michael Jordan. Sometimes life throws difficult obstacles at us that may seem impossible to overcome‚ but why not make something good out of it? The human specie has the ability to overcome obstacles‚ but only some are able to benefit from it sooner or later in life. Some therapists can teach you how to overcome obstacles‚ and that’s great because
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Time and Distance Overcome The text "Time and Distance Overcome" deals with race struggle in the southern United States‚ in the early nineteen century. Eula Biss starts the text with telling the story of the phone’s origin and development and deployment of the telephone network. The racial struggle was a subject that preoccupied many people‚ especially in the southern states there was cruel scenarios that you cannot even imagine in today’s America. In the first part of the text‚ it is especially
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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Jessica York May 8‚ 2014 Challenging Behaviors in the Preschool Classroom Challenging behaviors come in many shapes and sizes. Some children have tantrums‚ others may go hide in a corner and some may even get extremely aggressive. The underdeveloped or emerging language and social/emotional skills of preschool children can lead to challenging behaviors in the classroom when they cannot communicate their needs. Finding strategies
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How to overcome depression I must tell this from my point of view‚ for I have the mental illness of depression. I was diagnosed 18 years ago after a suicide attempt. This is the first time I have written about it. Only close friends and family know about my struggle with this disorder. What is depression? According to Wikipedia‚ is called “Major depressive disorder‚ also known as major depression‚ unipolar depression‚ clinical depression‚ or simply depression‚ is a mental disorder characterized
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Time and Distance Overcome Eula Biss discusses in her essay "Time and Distance Overcome" how the invention of the telephone ultimately resulted in one of the many racist acts in history. Black men were hung every day without even being guilty of charge. She certainly puts a lot of emphasis on describing these hangings which sort of makes her essay quite monotone‚ but in the end definitely makes this essay a lot more personal. I think that the purpose of this essay is to bring back the racial question
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about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She would have been a good woman . . . if it had been someone there to shoot her every minute of her life." The second quote is from
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The character in “where are you going‚ where have you been?” Connie is affected by the role she plays in modern society. Fifteen year old Connie has the confusing‚ often exterior behavior typical of those girls who are facing the difficult transition from girlhood to womanhood in the 1960s. She is caught between her roles as daughter‚ friend‚ sister‚ and object of sexual desire‚ uncertain of which represents her real self. The sixties were the age of youth‚ young people wanted change. The changes
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Time and Distance Overcome “Nothing is innocent”. This phrase could very well have been the headline of the essay written by Eula Biss. However the headline ”Time and Distance Overcome” does the essay well. Eula Biss explains the progress from no communication but physical to a web of telephone wires and how the invention of the telephone served the civilization - or most likely did not. There might be a difference between civilization and civilized. To most people‚ the civilization is associated
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In her essay‚ Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ underscores the importance of communication to develop her story. Both the presence and absence of communication are utilized in the evolution of Oates’ purpose. The author relates each of her subjects to archetypal characters in order to firmly cast them into a category. Through careful consideration of detail‚ Oates’ offers a particular understanding of Connie’s relationship with her parents and the world around Connie.
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