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    I Told You I Was Tired I wake up at 6 am‚ tired and unfocused. Well doesn’t matter it’s time to get ready for school. Brush your teeth‚ comb your hair‚ get dressed‚ eat breakfast‚ and leave the house. I get to school‚ boom 1st period the test I forgot about. I work through the test just barely finishing. Next day I get it back and no surprise‚ C+. Many students are not getting enough sleep on a day to day basis. I believe that in order to fix this problem school start times should be pushed back

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    transgender. Brandon took on his true self and became whole heartedly a man. With this he had to fit the male stereotype. He became tough and joked like he was one of the guys. There was a scene in the movie where all the guys were holding onto the back of a pickup truck driving in circles until they flew off. Brandon fell but just brushed it off. The only person that new the truth from the beginning was his close friend back in Lincoln names Lonny. Brandon is tough and does not let people see his pain

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    speech still remains secrecy. William F. Buckley Jr. in his essay “Why Don’t We Complain?” attempts to influence his audience that they are cautious to speak up when faced with circumstances which demands our attention. This essay addresses what he feels to be an important issue in today’s contemporary American society. Why are we so afraid to speak up when we have a problem? Though consideration of the message is written‚ which is a fairly simple piece to read and understand the closer look in

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    Boys Don’t Cry The movie I chose to watch is the 1999 movie Boys Don’t Cry. This is an intense‚ sad‚ and emotional movie that displays the true life story of Brandon Teena’s gender identity disorder. The main character played by Hilary Swank‚ is a girl named Teena Brandon that lives life as a male named Brandon Teena. Throughout the movie you see the struggles and danger he faces in an unforgiving community. Gender identity disorder is when a person feels and identifies themselves

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    A Strange Person I know |   | I have a strange neighbour whom I meet only in the evenings when she comes home from work. I find her odd because of what she wears every day to work - a frilly and feathery purple hat! It did not matter what clothes she wore on that day or if the colour of her clothes matched her hat because she would still wear it‚ rain or shine.When I first saw her‚ I could not help laughing rudely because the purple hat lookedridiculous on her head. My friends and I would tease

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    are not minimizing the number of crashes. The number of incidents convey to all of us that the situation is out of control and something must be done.. The use of a hands free phone does not reduce the risk of an accident while your driving. AT&T developed a mobile phone application that prevent sending text messages while your drive. The application allows a text message to automatically reply to incoming texts. If all texting drivers don’t have this application we will still have the problem

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    physical violence to threats‚ and in many cases‚ even death (Yoshino‚ 57). However‚ in the movie Boys Don’t Cry‚ Kimberly Peirce shows that in spite of all the social stigmas that are related to coming out‚ there are people with a positive attitude‚ like Lana‚ who accept and love individuals who belong to the LGBTQ community‚ and who strive to make them feel more included in society (Boys Don’t Cry). Kimberly Peirce does a great job informing the audience about the stigma and abuse transgender people

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    revoked‚ denied‚ cancelled or has expired‚ it means you are not licensed to drive‚ period. When you rely on your car for everyday living‚ you may be so used to jumping into the driver’s seat without thinking that you forget that for you‚ for the time being‚ driving means breaking the law. Even when you do remember it‚ you may say to yourself‚ “After all‚ it’s just a quick trip to the mall‚ right? I’m a law-abiding citizen who is smart enough to drive carefully. Nothing will happen.” Sure—that is‚ until

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    for me since I became matured. Many people consider him as a very intelligent guy. He is very persistence‚ has got the quality of listening with empathy and is very flexible with his thoughts. He has got this great ability to listen to another person‚ to empathize with and to understand their point of view. The example of one of his intelligence is when I was in my adolescence period; I was confronted with the problem of self definition and identity. I was so frustrated once that I became isolated

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    The person that I admire the most Why my sister is my role model? She is not a world famous or a multimillionaire‚ but she is very important character in my life. I save my admiration for her because she is a special woman. I admire my sister because of her personality and for all she has done for me in my life. I grew up with my sister and she has always been my best friend. My sister’s name is Ana. She is 25 years old and lives her in Miami. Ana is studying at FIU University and is working

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