1. A multicultural Reading Comprehension. Making connections: Judy Baca’s Art for Peace. Change: According to Baca‚ “Adversity breeds a certain kind of strength” Do you agree? Give an example to support your opinion. Is it really true that what does not kill you makes you stronger? I do believe so. Maybe when people face a problem it does not makes too much sense in the near future‚ however it will do. The story that Baca’s grandmother told her when she was a girl is an example of how sometimes
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Many wives sometimes feel unappreciated‚ neglected‚ and often used; which sometimes may lead to speaking out loud for themselves. This was the case with a woman in the 70s named Judy Brady. In 1971‚ Judy Brady’s essay “I Want a Wife” was in the first edition of Ms. Magazine; which targeted the inequality that was promised to women at this time. Being as the 70s was a time when women constantly struggled for equality and rights‚ Brady has some very interesting views on the term “wife.” Brady begins
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Christian Challenge Matches Week 4 - After the Peep Show‚ before talking to Tiffany‚ go to the top locker room on the map and talk to Regal. He will challenge you for Superstars. Week 5 - Find Kane and get challenged to an Inferno Match. Week 7 - Find CM Puink in the hallways and talk to him. He will fight you in an extreme rules match at Superstars. Week 9 - Find Jericho in the trainer’s room. He will challenge you for Superstars. Week 11 - Find Legacy backstage. Fight them 2-on-1
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Dave Pink’s Ted Talk reminded me of Ivan Pavlov’s conditional reflex theory; I believe sometimes in order to get a person motivated to do something‚ an incentive must be presented. We learn at a young age to have extrinsic motivation (if you did chores‚ you would get an allowance; if you got A’s in school‚ we would get rewarded; and so on and so forth). Growing up‚ I was never motivated by intrinsic motivation‚ I wasn’t personally rewarded by doing chores; I was motivated by the allowance. While
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Last week‚ Dave Goetschalk’s presentation on Planned Parenthood and the example of advocating for comprehensive sex education in Omaha Public Schools (OPS) pointed out a key debate in leadership studies – what role does leadership actually play in achieving desired outcomes? Many studies in private firms show that there is a weak relationship between leader behaviors and objective performance measures‚ suggesting that performance is highly contingent on other factors. However‚ leaders still need
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this is something that they should strive for. People are shown examples of those that have come from nothing‚ but they were still able to achieve success in their lives despite where they came from. Former Mayor of the District of Columbia‚ Marion Barry is someone many would consider to have achieved the American Dream. He had endured many hardships from poverty to racism during his life‚ and through that he was able to become a successful politician‚ and a respected family man. However much he achieved
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plotting to overthrow the United States. But what if‚ instead of representing violence‚ hate‚ war‚ and death‚ jihad was understood as a nonviolent struggle for peace‚ justice‚ understanding‚ love? In his book The Jihad of Jesus (Wipf & Stock‚ $22)‚ Dave Andrews draws upon Christian and Muslim history‚ theology‚ tradition‚ and scripture in a quest to reclaim jihad as a powerful challenge for both Christians and Muslims “to practice the radical‚ alternative‚ participatory‚ empowering‚ nonviolent jihad
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ESSAY: The artist Robert Barry states that “nothing keeps renewing itself the way art does” the meaning behind this statement can be supported by analysing the still life or vanitas of painting in western culture whilst looking through the post-modern frame. The use of the post-modern frame is to primarily analyse and interpret an artwork‚ taking into account the post-modern and temporary influences and how this many affect the making & meaning of the artwork. It is used to examine how changing
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In the essay “Why I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady‚ the author classifies herself as a mother‚ wife and a career driven woman. Brady emphasizes the unrealistic expectations that society has created for a mother and wife. To accentuate the ideologies placed on women Brady starts to list the duties that all mothers wives should be upholding. Through the use of sarcasm‚ extended hyperbole‚ and repetition‚ Brady creates a connection with all independent‚ career driven mothers‚ and wives in order to motivate
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Upon reading the piece for the first time‚ I did not understand what was going on. After a couple of days later‚ I think I get it‚ but I kind of understood only the first half which is enough. After reading a piece from Desert Notes by Barry Lopez‚ the message Mr. Lopez is trying to convey is to tell the reader to not to form conceptions‚ beliefs or ideas of something before actually knowing about it. This nicely fits the theme of preconception. In the beginning‚ you have the idea of something. It
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