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    There are many obstacles for the blind. Some of these obstacles would be not knowing if you get correct change at a store‚ or being able to drive‚ and maybe even knowing when to cross the cross-walk. People also tend to “baby” and feel sorry for the blind‚ they don’t want that. Social interaction for the blind is difficult. They don’t know who to trust or who not to. For example‚ a blind person goes to the grocery store and they pay for their groceries‚ how do they know if the cashier gives them

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    in their life. No one in life choses to be homeless it’s just something that happens. Some people become homeless because of losing their job‚ getting pregnant‚ or even family problems. Bad habits are not always the reason for the cause of people being left to live in the streets. Many can say the homeless are responsible for their own actions. However people like‚ NFL player‚ Michael Oher can argue differently. Michael didn’t choose to live in the streets but family problems got in the way and caused

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    If I had to choose whether to be forever homeless‚ but free to roam the earth as I please or live the life of luxury and be locked in my mansion‚ I would choose to live the life of luxury and be locked in my mansion. First‚ I would have to worry about food or other needs. Homeless people sometimes go days without food or water. I cannot imagine how difficult that would be. If I were homeless‚ I would spend my time roaming the earth for something to eat. I would not have enough money to even travel

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    culture or society because of gender‚ race‚ class‚ or creed. Choose a novel or a play in which such a character plays a significant role and show how that character’s alienation reveals the surrounding society’s assumptions or moral values. In Nancy Farmer’s The Sea of Trolls‚ the protagonist‚ Jack‚ leaves the remnants of his conservative father’s farm to become a Bard’s apprentice. He is forced to embark on a journey with a crowd that he thought could only exist in his nightmares. In this “fish

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    because you have a certain blonde lineage doesn’t mean you act and do the same things as everyone before you such as the sports you play‚ The community around you‚ and how big or small you family is. Everyone is different not everyone is the same. Being Hispanic change the way people look at you from the start it changes the way the act around you and them way they speak and talk to you. When you talk about sports most people instantly think that i like or play soccer because it’s the main sport that

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    Being Strong

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    Paper 2: “Being Strong” After reading Gerard Jones convincing argument on how violent fantasies can become a healthy outlet for young adults and children‚ if they’re under the right conditions‚ I have come to agree with his opinion. Kids who watch violent movies‚ play violent video games and read or write violet comic books have the ability to express their feelings. Instead of parents banning their children from playing these sorts of games‚ they should monitor what they are watching‚ reading‚

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    Being Me Its tough being a teenage girl; especially me‚ that’s excruciating. Take some advice – no one can ever fully understand someone so don’t even try to – it’s impossible. As you read this essay beware‚ not everyone lives with money and happiness handed to them or lives ‘the dream’. Fact 1‚ Everyone is stereotyped‚ bound to whatever group everyone else thinks you are‚ not who you actually are every stereotype hates at least one other. I get stereotyped because of the make-up on my face‚

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    Anita Henestrosa Dr. Matt Oliver English 112 September 28th 2010 Robots are not human beings It is almost impossible to create a creature which is exactly the same as humans. Most of the robots can think as logically as we can and they can maybe act approximately the same we do but they hardly ever can show feelings. Not be able to think cognitive is one of the major problems in the short science fiction story “Liar” by Isaac Asimov. Herbie‚ a RB-34 robot‚ has the gift to read others mind

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    English 100-13 January 29‚ 2014 Personal Essay - Being descriptive about being grateful for something As I sat looking out my window I saw the beauty of Vancouver‚ this city that I now felt was a part of me. I didn’t feel as much joy as I thought I would have‚ though I desperately wanted to. I felt no different about this place then I did all the other countless places that we had moved to throughout my life growing up. Perhaps the only difference was I now had expectations of myself.

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    Being born blind means you are unable to see anything‚ and since being brought into the world‚ you have no real concept of what anything looks like. Being born deaf means that you have never been able and will never be able to understand or comprehend any form of verbal communication (excluding reading a person’s lips)‚ which some believe can set you up poorly later in life. The debate on whether being born deaf or blind is more serious than the other‚ can be discussed and argued for a long time

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