My insider/outsider partner was Alicia Garcia. As you can tell by her last name she is Hispanic. I don’t have many Hispanic friends and I am not use to their culture. Starting on the project Alicia told me a little a bit about her heritage. One of the things I asked her was‚ “Do you celebrate the day of the dead?” I know that might seem like a crazy question to ask‚ but I the only thing that I truly knew about her culture is what I seen on TV. Alicia said that they do celebrate it to some extent
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Music has made a very great impact in my life. For as long as I can remember‚ I’ve always been interested in the ways of music and how it works. It has affected me in my childhood‚ teenhood‚ and will affect my life future. In my early years‚ 2-10 years‚ I mainly listened to a lot of pop music‚ for example: The Black Eyed Peas‚ Michael Jackson‚ Maroon 5‚ etc. I would imagine myself being the singer‚ the guitarist‚ or the drummer. By the time I was 10 years of age‚ I began to form an interest in instruments
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is very common nowadays in children. “In over 60% of children diagnosed with … ADHD‚ the symptoms continue into adulthood” said by Dr. Oz. There are many symptoms of ADHD which tell you if someone’s child has ADHD or not. Dr. Hallowell said “It is characterized by distractibility‚ impulsivity and restlessness or hyperactivity” in a child. But with finding out if a child has ADHD; the person should be also prepared
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barely grazed my fingers and my gaze followed it to the back row‚ not paying attention to how my feet were about to land. A split second after‚ I found myself curled up in a ball‚ grasping my ankle while my eyes started to water. Seeing as how it was our pink-out game‚ my tears began mixing with my makeup‚ creating miniature pink rivers streaming down my face. The athletic trainer darted to my side‚ trying to stop the crying‚ but nothing would work. While being escorted off the court‚ I did my best to
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breath‚ repositioned my hands‚ and continued. CREAK! This cannot be happening. Again? Seriously? SNAP! This was the day I ripped my fifth roll of film. The four previous times it happened‚ I exited the darkroom‚ plastered on a smile‚ and continued on. On this day‚ however‚ when the bell rang‚ I scurried into the nurse’s office‚ pretending to be ill. Sulking home and locking myself in my bathroom‚ the bottled up emotions poured out in tears of frustration and embarrassment. Being my eighth mess-up in
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disorder (ADHD)‚ also known as attention deficit disorder (ADD)‚ is a mental disorder that most often occurs in children. Symptoms of ADHD include trouble concentrating‚ paying attention‚ staying organized‚ and remembering details. With the insurmountable number of children that are being diagnosed and a continued increase in numbers‚ teachers need to be able to address this disorder and implement measures to ensure that students’ needs are met academically. The issue concerned with ADHD are the
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It was May 20‚ 2007 and it was sunny outside and my parents told me that we were going to have a picnic in Ed Levin Park with my cousins the other day and I felt happy that I would get to play with them and dressed up. I wore a white shirt with a logo on it with shorts and a grey jacket with my mom and dad wearing similar things to what I was wearing but my dad was wearing jeans. My dad was tall and had brown eyes and hair like my mom but she was short. It took about 10 minutes to get there because
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The Fear I Will Overcome I have this fear. It causes my knees to shake. I break out in a cold sweat. My heart starts to beat at 100 miles per hour and I get light headed. I am crying inside but try to act strong around people who think that I am the toughest one there. The thoughts of certain death run through my mind as I imagine my own funeral. My stomach feels strange. My palms are clammy. I am terrified of heights. Of course‚ it is not really a fear of being in a high place. It is the view of
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I had finished school and was walking home when my friends came out of the bushes. It was bob‚billy‚bobby‚and potato face. I asked them why they were hiding in the bushes and say told me not to ask again. So I didn’t ask again about it. We walked to the mall‚ the bowling alley‚ Mcdonalds‚ and too my friends house. We played games and we toilet paper my friends neighbor house. I than left home to make my model tank. I was about half way done all i needed to do was paint it. I got home and nobody
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As I rolled over to shut off the blaring sound that came from my IPod‚ I realized what day it was and fell off the bed in a moment of pure excitement. I was getting my braces on today‚ and I couldn’t wait until they were on. I lay on the floor‚ thinking about how “amazingly awesome” this would be‚ and I was snapped out of my thoughts as I heard my mom. “GET OUT OF BED RIGHT NOW OR YOU WILL BE LATE AGAIN!” she yelled. And I yelled right back “OK OK IM COMING!” Normally I would’ve argued for a few
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