“ Rose clean this house and go to the market”‚ the crazed woman yelled. Only 14 rose is treated like a slave by her own mother‚ even worse she was terrified to go to the market. Although the market does not seem like a terrible place to visit‚ Rose would also have to visit her cousin on the way. Roy was much older and bigger than rose‚ he is almost 18. One week ago it started‚ Roy approached Rose on her way to the market. He confronted her of having a secret admirer‚ it was against her mother’s rules
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Surrounded by a massive ray of brightness‚ complete silence‚ I was just as shocked as my mother and father standing on the lush and thick grass. All I could see was my teammate‚ Zayna with her short‚ black‚ thick hair and the other team’s goalie. I was standing on the field right in front of the goal. Even at the age of 8 years old‚ one soccer goal would be a great accomplishment for me and would help me move forward in life. I was so excited when I joined my first soccer team‚ the Hornets‚ because
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When I was young‚ I lived in a house in the small town of Richland. My house was white‚ hence it was always called “The White House”. We always had numerous neighborhood kids running about‚ because our house was caught in the middle between two apartment buildings. The summers were always beautiful‚ with the colors so vibrant. Our house was surrounded by Northern Catalpa trees. They had leaves that could be larger than your face and I always remember stacking them up in towers or pretending they
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During my time at Dominguez Hills several of my classes have discussed white privilege. I remember first hearing this term in my Cultural Anthropology class. I believe that as a result of me being born caucasian many people carry prejudices and stereotypes against me just because of that. Typically‚ people judge me and automatically assume I come from a wealthy to do family‚ with an educated family‚ and a successful life. Although I have learned because I am caucasian there are some privileges I
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given me motivation‚ strength‚ sisters and learning experiences I would have never experienced if it wasn’t for softball. As I start thinking about that‚ I notice I have a little smirk on my face. I shake that grin off my face so that I can focus on what I need to do. Between innings‚
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Deep Waters “Do one thing every day that scares you.”‚ a quote that Eleanor Roosevelt once chanted. This is something that I once never dreamed of accomplishing. As a child‚ I was described in three words which included quiet‚ shy‚ and a scaredy-cat. These words would slowly disappear after a visit to East Silent Lake Resort‚ in Dent‚ Minnesota. It’s a place in which me and my nine family members vacationed to three years ago‚ when I was thirteen years old. This visit to the resort was during a humid
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Steckley‚ J. (2008). White Lies about the Inuit (p. 168). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. In White Lies about the Inuit‚ John Steckley attempts to dismantle many popular “lies” about the Inuit by examining their sources in both academia and in pop culture (Steckley‚ 2008). Why is he qualified to write this book? Steckley‚ who holds a PhD in education from the University of Toronto‚ is also the last known speaker of the Huron language (Goddard‚ 2010). He is clearly an eminent scholar who has
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way I think‚ feel‚ or do something. One example of this would be water polo. Making the varsity water polo team this year has shaped me overall to work harder‚ try harder‚ and believe harder. Academically speaking‚ I am not the best student. I am not the straight A student with all AP classes or close to perfect SAT scores. I have always worked hard in school and tried my best to keep up with my grades and try to go to college. Water polo has‚ since I started freshman year‚ made me work 10x harder
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at school about us moving but i couldn’t hold that for them. So at the end of the day I told the two of them that i was moving they were sad but they helped me and when I was sad they made me happy again.
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house‚ it would be nothing but baseball. My brother decided for us though. It might sound like the strangest thing‚ but we were going to hit each other(no‚ not with our fists). My brother and I were going to practice turning into a baseball that’s about to hit you. This is pretty much when my brother can get revenge on me for what I do to him. Fortunately for me‚ we use tennis balls‚ not baseballs. Now I’m going back to how this all happened. “Yay! You finally woke
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