Brian. We both want to keep our grades as high as we can‚ yet I am not the kind of person to join after school clubs unlike Brian did. Brian is classified as a nerd and proves to be cared about by his family unlike some other people that he his serving detention with. I can relate to this‚ although I don’t really classify myself as a nerd even though some people may. I can visualize myself as this character as he acts almost exactly like me. We are both quiet and have some sort of intelligence (not
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Often‚ a name is given to the group‚ and to every individual. For example‚ nerd is the stereotype name for someone who is usually a computer whizz and can’t play sport very well. This however isn’t always true‚ because many people are computer whizzes and also good at sports. But‚ if you saw someone who you didn’t know come to school with disks and computer stuff‚ you would probably say‚ "he’s a nerd‚" or "she’s a nerd." The problem with that is that you are making a judgement of their personality
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had cheated on him with Jake. So Todd crashes Jakes’ party‚ and starts revealing Jakes’ past to everybody‚ but as Rick describes it he (Todd) sounds more like a prosecuter than an angry guy at a party. Todd starts telling everybody that Jake was a nerd‚ a mathlete and he also belonged to the chess team. He started acussing Jake of thinking he could just show up at F. Scott Fitzgerald High School and start over again. That his past at McKinley was unerasable. Is Todd rieght or wrong? I think Todd
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with numbers. If I need to know that stuff‚ I ask my boyfriend.” Does any of the above sound familiar? Or do you also feel what others feel about their Mathematics subject? Don’t be dismayed‚ you’re not alone. There are many. While the geeks and nerds are enjoying problem solving‚ others surely hate the ancient Greeks for inventing Mathematics. Others have hatred or lack of enthusiasm with this subject. One that aggravates their frustration is the experience of spending hours solving complex math
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Assignment In MAPEH Lucrecia Kasilag Lucrecia Kasilag (August 31‚ 1917 – August 16‚ 2008) was a Filipino composer‚ music educator‚ and National Artist for Music. She studied composition with Wayne Barlow. She was also a former president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines‚ head of the Asian Composers League‚ Chairperson of the Philippine Society for Music Education‚ and was one of the pioneers of the Bayanihan Dance Company. She
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The Steves He’s a legend. He’s a genius. He’s the legendary genius who built‚ from the ground up‚ one of the greatest tech companies of today. His first name is Steve. And without him‚ Apple would be nothing more than a household fruit. He’s Steve Wozniak. Terribly sorry. I do believe you were expecting someone else. You were probably thinking of the other Steve. The manipulative‚ semi-bald‚ and LSD-loving‚ Mr Jobs. But how is Steve Jobs not responsible for my iPhone‚ iPad and MacBook? He’s that
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General Introduction The Oxford School Dictionary describes music as “A pattern of pleasant or interesting sound made by instruments or by the voice” and this is the theme of my Communication Studies Internal portfolio “Music: How it Impacts the Lives of Male Teenagers.” In the expository section‚ I presented a 10 minute speech to my teacher where I discussed the impact of music on Jamaican teenagers and teenagers in general. In this presentation I brought up points having to do with
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THEATER‚ FILM‚ & TELEVISION In 1981‚ VCR sales rose 72% in 12 months. By 1989‚ 60 percent of American households with televisions received cable service. Huge or memorable movies of the decade included On Golden Pond‚ Tootsie‚ Arthur‚ Stephen Spielberg Movies like E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial‚ The Big Chill‚ Flashdance‚ Beverly Hills Cop‚ Out of Africa‚ Back to the Future‚ Cocoon‚ The Breakfast Club‚Platoon‚Star Trek‚ Good Morning Vietnam‚ Fatal Attraction‚ Rain Man‚ and Driving Miss Daisy
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“How can cultural experiences shape‚ impact or influence out perception of the world?” Being exposed to other cultures and experiences opens our mind to understanding other ways of living. If you are exposed to something different from yours‚ your perception would change by the way your thought process is about certain groups of people. Many things affect our point of view of the world positively and negatively‚ thought I think most of the time it does it negatively. In today’s world we see
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“The Breakfast Club” shows the typical stereotypes of before‚ specially the 80s. The snob girl that thinks she shouldn’t be there‚ the popular sports boy‚ the rebel that is not understood‚ the nerd that doesn’t want to be in trouble‚ the outcast that is ignored‚ and the teacher that thinks to highly of themselves and thinks that teenager equals problem. In the 80s “The Breakfast Club” became really popular. This could be because the teenagers that saw it found themselves identified with the characters
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