when I was middle school student which is co-ed school‚ one time I really embarrassed in my class. For me‚ saying my opinion is very cool‚ but in fact the opinion was wrong‚ and suddenly some students especially girls started to whisper of course about me and stared me like I am stranger. Since I spoke in my class‚ I hardly say anything. If I were single sex school student‚ I would have more confidence to express my ideas a lot. Entering same gender schools is one of the biggest effects that students
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As Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom indicates‚ an issue such as classism is not merely an ideology‚ but a way that differentiates the classes on a social and economic scale. Classism is reflected in the play where the people on the top feel they are naturally superior to those on the bottom‚ especially displayed through the set-up of the recording studio. Irvin and Sturdyvant are at the top of the economic scale and are characterized as the leaders of those below them. They feel that because they are of
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give him dinner. I think the theme in this story is that some people do bad things‚ but that doesn’t mean they are bad people they just need help to get back on track. My first piece of evidence for why is when he first tried to steal her purse. Most people would have acted in a different way but she said‚ “You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. Are you hungry?” (5). This passage shows how even though he tried to steal her belonging
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In "Two Kinds‚" Amy Tan writes a coming of age story about a young girl in San Francisco and the cultural differences she has with her Chinese mother. The result is conflict between the two from the girl ’s inability to live up to her mother ’s expectations. The mother left China after losing everything and sees America the place where you can have it all. She attempts to make her daughter into a prodigy against her daughter ’s will. After years of clashing the daughter disappoints her mother
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In the short story “Thank You Ma’am” written by Langston Hughes‚ Mrs. Jones teaches the importance of integrity to Roger. “Thank You Ma’am” is about a thirteen year old boy named Roger who tries to steals a ladies purse. The lady named Mrs. Jones drags Roger to her house‚ feeds him‚ allows him to wash up‚ gives him money and educates him about the importance of integrity. Integrity is being honest and having strong moral principles. Within integrity a character must develop trustworthiness‚ fairness
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Fear affects many in life; it comes in all different forms and can etch itself on to some one and never let go. Amy Wang tells us of a girl that was scared in a way for the majority of her young life. In "The Same Difference"‚ we are able to see how the fear of her own nationality led her to set up barriers against the world unlike her own. When we are young‚ we are very naïve to all that is around us‚ so when we are faced with taunting children we are very likely to over interpret and get hurt
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Half and Half Thought Paper In Amy Tan’s “Half and half” She writes of two different cultures merging: eastern and western culture. She also writes of faith‚ supposed loss of faith and superstition. She continues to write of her mother’s secret hope that her lost child‚ Bing‚ will someday return. Finally‚ she addresses the archetype of water and the concept of baptism through the death of the narrator’s younger Brother. As the title suggests‚ Tan’s life is full of halves. A predominant aspect
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Mother Tongue is a story about a mother-daughter relationship between the writer and her mother and the difficulties that they had to face as immigrants in a foreign country. The story also centers around the difficulties that her mother had with English and how she evolved her own dialect that later became part of their relationship. At the beginning of the story‚ Tan makes it clear that she was not much of an enthusiast of English making her claim that she was no expert on English. “I am not a
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of the line which has a x-intercept of 3 and passes through the point (5; 1). 7. [2 marks] Consider the parabola given by y = 2x2 (a) Determine the x-intercepts of the parabola. 8x 1. (b) Determine the coordinates of the parabola’ vertex. s 4 8. [4 marks] Consider the functions f (x) = p x+3 and g (x) = x x2 4 3. (a) State the domain of f and the domain of g. (b) Determine f (2 + h) and simplify the resulting expression. (c) Determine (f g) (x) and then evaluate
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ways. The texts states that the purse Mrs. Jones was carrying around had everything in it but a hammer and nails. What is interesting about this phrase is the way it is used. Symbolically the purse has more meaning than how it physically sounds. In my opinion‚ I found this purse to be the base line of the story. The purse has everything in it except a hammer and nails. Well‚ the way the author used the sentence and the way the story is designed‚ I believe the purse is symbolically more than just
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