On September 3‚ my boyfriend and I attended the 38th Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park. This was my first jazz concert. My boyfriend and I headed towards the Jay Pritzker Pavilion; its stage looked like a steel version of the Sydney Opera House. As we looked for a place to sit‚ I noticed that the audience’s demographics consisted of Indian‚ Asian‚ some African Americans‚ and Caucasians. We sat near the stage in the plastic orange seats because the grass area was extremely packed. However‚
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THE FIRST CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE: ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA’S 1542 LA RELACION Ramón Sánchez University of Washington‚ Bothell In this paper‚ I will discuss the development of one type of Western captivity narrative‚ a Spanish one that in the context of expanding Western conquest brought (1) the need for the European conqueror to defend himself from the accusation of cultural betrayal and (2) the need to redeem a failed conqueror. For this I focus on Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca’s 1542 La Relacion
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For my first biology test I received a grade that I am not proud of. To be completely honest the night before the test I attended a concert and didn’t get to sleep until two in the morning. This optical is defiantly something that I could have avoided. I should not have attended the concert‚ or at least I should have prepared myself weeks in advance knowing that I had a concert the night before. This is my second time taking the class and I expected better out of myself. I made the same mistake I
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My second day of clinical‚ I got the opportunity to go to Jane’s House and do physical assessments on children. I was first skeptical because I know I love working with infants and adolescents‚ but was unsure about toddlers. I learned that I absolutely love working was toddlers and brainstorming ways to get the assessment complete‚ yet remain professional. I truly think I want to work in pediatrics. Some ways I remained professional with the children was building that therapeutic communication to
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the Tanger Outlet I thought to myself‚ “today is the day”. Turning left at the entrance‚ the parking lot was jam-packed with cars almost touching bumpers. It was my last and final day working at the Banana Republic. The dim lights‚ old people‚ and today’s hottest hits music playing in the background made the atmosphere laid back and relaxing. That was until you see unorganized clothes and meet unfriendly customers. As I walked in‚ in my blue and white squared button-up‚ ripped jeans‚ and Sperrys
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First Amendment rights to freedom of speech are regulated in various ways in many different variations of institutions. For instance‚ public school administrations have broad standards created by the Supreme Court to use when there is a need to suppress student speech believed too distracting‚ offensive‚ presenting a harmful image for the school‚ or even promoting illegal drug use. Though broad‚ a few cases do provide guidance when looking at student speech‚ and how there are times when the regulation
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the US‚ about 43% of schools have a four day school week. There are many concerns on this situation. People don’t see most of the effects of this decision. I believe that our schools should remain as is because there is no interference with after school activities‚ and vacation time is longer‚ and no economic concerns. First and foremost‚ having a 5 day weekend makes the day shorter. In other words‚ one is released earlier from school. For example‚ having shorter school days causes classes to be
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A reduction in school financial cost may be a great factor considered when moving to a four-day school week. Transportation costs are reduced‚ as well as utility costs to the school. It would save a lot of money‚ especially in rural districts. Money would also be saved by the reduction in use of electricity and by not paying the employees for the fifth day of the week. Researchers report that districts implementing a four-day week have found savings on utilities‚ school buses‚ cafeteria programs
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It wasn’t too long before I realized that high school was not just a walk in the park as I anticipated and to be extra serious than what I was. Sophomore year is when I figured this all out and in my Junior year is when I flipped the script. Now I’m striving‚ working‚ and improving on my learning to graduate. In my sophomore I wasn’t doing so sound‚ in I would say the majority of my classes I did fail 2 of my classes when honestly it shouldn’t have happened. The two classes I didn’t pass were English
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Personal Narrative Essay It began in middle school. The experience that has made me the student I am today–a determined one. Having English as a second language has had a huge impact on how I view things as a student and as a writer. Being bilingual has its ups and downs. One of its downfalls is being placed in ELD class‚ or English language‚ class. Being put into ELD is very different than regular English classes. Having learned Spanish since birth it is a big change from English. For example‚ when
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