Section 1 “Why I Quit the Klan” is a non-fiction story written by Studs Terkel‚ which talks about former Ku Klux Klan leader‚ C.P. Ellis. Ellis was invited‚ as a Klansman‚ to join a committee on how to solve racial problems in the school system. This committee included people of all different ethical backgrounds‚ including African Americans. He reluctantly accepted‚ however after a few short meetings‚ he was elected co-chair of the committee‚ along side of Ann Atwater‚ an African American woman
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I do agree that the healing process can only begin with the acknowledgement‚ understanding‚ and the ability to communicate the traumatic occurrence to an outside source. The source in which this information is revealed should be reliable and knowledge with the ability to provide the assistance need at that time; however‚ I do not feel it has to be a crisis interventionist or licensed counselor. For decades‚ many have argue that only license professional with degrees should aid an individual through
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Can you imagine how life been without smoking?? Beautiful have not it?? But you can not appreciate it‚ until you had been an Ex-smoker. Unfortunately I was smoke Addicted six years and I can not imagine my life is now without smoking. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast my life when I was smoking and after I quit it. When I was been smoking I faced three main problems: First: health problems and it was the worst! I was always sick tired and lazy‚ so that led me to lose my
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Claudia Abebefe October 1‚ 2013 English 101-104 Hornyak How to make a Delicious Strawberry Shortcake Who doesn’t like the sweet fresh taste of strawberries? What better idea would it be to put them in a cake? It makes a delicious dessert‚ especially for strawberry lovers. It doesn’t hurt that it’s healthy and is an excellent source of folate‚ potassium‚ fiber and vitamin c. So you won’t feel that guilty while eating this dessert. This whole recipe will take about 45 minutes to prepare‚ and it
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“Smoking kills. If you’re killed‚ you’ve lost a very important part of your life”. –Brooke Shields. Many people are already aware of the fact that smoking harms their body. Why do people continue to smoke then? Sometimes people have an addiction‚ or are not aware of the things that it can do to their body. Other times‚ they do not believe what people say about smoking‚ or do not think that these effects will happen to them. There are a lot of reasons why someone should not smoke. Some of them are
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Topic: Teenage Smoking Title: There are many teenage smokers in the Philippines and there are several causes and effects to this issue. Introduction I. Peer Pressure‚ Curiosity‚ Habit and Depression are the causes of teenagers that has been smoking cigarette. Based on my experience‚ Peer Pressure is one of the influencial factors to teenage smokers. It occurs when a non-smoker joins a group of teenage smokers. When teenagers have been influenced most likely he or she will start smoking. The behavoir
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After reading “The Writing Process” in chapter 2‚ I learned the major aspects to writing a well-developed essay. The methods in developing an essay are: finding a focus‚ developing a thesis statement‚ drafting‚ and editing. Firstly‚ finding a focus plays a crucial part because when there are many ideas in mind people tend to have trouble focusing on one topic. After settling on a topic‚ the next step would be to create a thesis statement. The thesis is a statement that relates to all the ideas and
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Facts about Smoking Essay Many people in the United States smoke for many reasons. Some reasons include being stressed out‚ trying to be popular‚ or their friends are doing it. Other people know that smoking can shorten your life‚ cause bad breath‚ and increase risks of disease‚ etc. Many people in the United States today don’t smoke because they are aware of the risks of smoking. People who have smoked before are trying to give up smoking for good. Here are some truthful facts about smoking. There
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Quit Smoking in China? Impossible! China is the world’s largest consumer and producer of tobacco. There are 350 million smokers and China produce 42% of the world’s cigarettes (Li‚ Hsia‚ and Yang). China is a country where a lot of people smoke and where it is common for people to smoke in hospital waiting rooms. In China‚ smoking has already become a social behavior. I first smoked a cigarette when I was in high school. At that time‚ I thought smoking was cool. Therefore‚ I asked my friend to give
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his crew members were introduced to smoking by the indigenous people who gave them the dried leaves as a present. “Tobacco [can] be chewed‚ drunk as tea‚ inhaled as powder (snuff)‚ inserted as a liquid enema and consumed as jelly‚ but it was smoking‚ the burning of the herb to produce smoke‚ that quickly became part of a priestly healing ritual‚ both to diagnose and cure illness‚ as well as to drive out the evil spirits that had supposedly caused it…smoking was a cure‚ but it soon became a passion”
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