Maya Angelou’s “The Graduation” In the essay “The Graduation” (McGraw-Hill 2003)‚ Maya Angelou tells the story of life in 1940s Stamps‚ Arkansas. She explains how it feels to be discriminated and thought of as less than equal. Angelou shows that with a strong will to overcome‚ it is more than possible to set aside disgusting racism and impersonal discrimination. Angelou delivers a very detailed‚ inspirational‚ and informative story of self-acceptance. Summary “The Graduation” is an inspirational
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role in one’s life and attitude towards life. In each of the two stories “Graduation” by Maya Angelou and “Salvation” by Maya Angelou a very young person has assumptions from a particular experience that differ roughly from what adults in both stories expect. Feelings such as excitement‚ anticipation‚ and anxiousness can be found in both stories. However‚ when each author concludes the outcomes are different. In Graduation‚ for instance‚ Marguerite an African-American middle school studet‚ who
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red and navy blue striped dress. The sound of medals and ropes together clinking through the door across the hall. A red graduation overlay sat flat on the comforter that had not been disturbed. The end of the school year seemed to go on forever until the last few days before her graduation. Those few weeks went sprinting by like a runner fifty feet from the finish line. Graduation didn’t seem like an event that would change what I think of her. A clink of red heels travel down the stairs and a car
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Graduation Day Like once said by Mahatma Gandhi‚ “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. Throughout the story Graduation Day you could really tell that this quote applied to Maya Angelou in a huge way. The story is based around the eighth grade graduation of Maya Angelou. Her main point reflects the unfair treatment of african americans during that time because they were not valued for their educational intelligence. She does an amazing job telling the story by changing her tone and feelings
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Summary Response Essay: “Graduation” Narrated in the first person “Graduation” is Maya Angelou’s account of her eighth grade graduation and how reality doesn’t always meet expectations. Using allegory‚ allusion and changes in tone‚ Angelou builds her story‚ giving the reader a sense of the excitement and anticipation she felt‚ inequalities in gender and racial prejudices of that time‚ and how those inequalities and prejudices encroached upon her graduation‚ ruining her expectations and leaving her
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In Maya Angelou’ article “Graduation‚” she explained that a gap of education between black people and white people because a few of black people could had opportunities to go to college. Firstly‚ she talked people of Stamps felt excited and proud‚ and they did a lot of preparation and tradition activities about the graduation of the eighth grade before the graduation came in Stamps. For example‚ Angelou got a lot of gift and some money from her family and friends because people gave a gift to their
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Good evening and welcome to the graduation of the class of 2011. It’s my pleasure to have all you here. Hello‚ everyone‚ my name is..... I am honored to speak here at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Today we also have many special people that have been with us all the way through this journey‚ which we finally have conquered. I specially thank the entire staff of teachers‚ our guidance counselors‚ our principle Mr. Sciolaro‚ our vice principle‚ and all the friends and family that have come to see
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Valedictory speech My fellow graduates‚ over the last four years here at [Insert name of school.]‚ we have learned a lot. Mr. [Insert name of math teacher.] has taught us how to [Insert a complicated sounding math thing.]. Ms. [Insert name of English teacher.] taught us [Insert interesting tidbit from a favorite piece of literature.]. And Mr. [Insert name of widely known funny‚ popular teacher.] has taught us [Insert something odd that parents might be surprised to learn. For example maybe he taught
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Good afternoon gentlemen of the Assembly. It is my distinct honor and priviledge to stand before you today. As you may or may not know‚ I am Aristarchus of the Solonian Aristocrat faction. I am deeply concerned for the future of this great city and I believe it is in our best interest to reduce internal costs by opting not to pay Assemblymen and jurors for their services. We can instead allocate those funds to the reconstruction of Athens. We have been crushed by Sparta‚ to put it simply‚ and have
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Handbook of Procedures for the Graduation Program 2012-2013 Ministry of Education Student Certification Branch PO Box 9886 Stn Prov Govt Victoria‚ British Columbia V8W 9T6 250.356.7270 (Phone) 250.356.9460 (Fax) Websites: www.bced.gov.bc.ca www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/ www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/trx_updates/ Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Handbook of procedures. Grade 12 transcripts and examinations. — 1996/97Annual. Continues: Grade XII provincial & scholarship
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