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    Foster Care Chantaye Kitt Professor Gietzen English 101 11 August 2014 Raising children is one of the most important responsibilities in any society. Today‚ working parents have many options‚ but what about those children who have neither a mother nor father? What about those children who come from broken and abusive homes? In such cases there are often few choices. Parentless children may be placed in orphanages or in foster homes. What Is Foster Care? Foster care is the temporary placement

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    AIDS activist‚ Mary Fisher‚ gave a thirteen minute speech that is now among one of the Top 100 American Speeches. Fisher relies on the use of the rhetorical aspects of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to speak about the importance of raising awareness in order to find a cure for HIV/AIDS. She shoots down stereotypes by saying that no one is safe from contracting HIV and calls for compassion when treating patients with HIV or AIDS. In her infamous speech Fisher says‚ “ if you believe you are safe‚ you are

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    Today‚ I’d like to discuss how Donald Trump used the language of leadership in his campaign speeches to influence his audience. More specifically his supporters in West Palm Beach‚ Florida‚ where one of his rallies took place. The fact that this speech took place in Florida is key to understanding why Trump used the language that he did as Florida is typically a swing state during the election. It was obvious that his main purpose was to convince any undecided voters and to win the state of Florida

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    University-Commerce Part A: Would you have followed William Wallace? The movie Braveheart is based on the life of William Wallace. He was a Scotsman in the 13th century‚ who formed a crusade to fight the murderous King of England. He wanted to return the rule of Scotland to its people. Wallace was a warrior‚ a patriot‚ and a hero to Scotland. Wallace was a leader. In the movie William Wallace was a great politician‚ speaker and motivator. Wallace earned great respect from not only his followers‚ but

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    In her 1905 speech before the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ social worker Florence Kelley fought for the abolishment of unfair child labor policies with the help of voters and petitions. In this fight‚ she depicts the horrible state of child labor throughout America‚ contrasting the “little white girls … of six or seven years” (29-33) from the women privileged enough to be in her audience‚ and speaks in both questions and exclamations‚ empowering her audience to do what they can about

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    Having had murdered his best friend and countries leader‚ Brutus attempts to justify his crimes‚ as well as the crimes of the conspirators‚ during a speech to the Roman people. Brutus uses pathos-filled diction‚ calling the audience “Romans” to incite patriotism‚ “countrymen” to unite himself and his audience‚ and “lovers” as a term of endearment‚ further bringing him closer to the crowd. He starts his defense using parallelism‚ commanding to “Hear me… Believe me… [and] Censure me” and reversing

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    her own will. Realizing her own family "is and always has been crumbly old brick‚" not meant to stick together‚ she targets a "foster" family that looks nice and decides to belong to them. She saves her money and on Christmas Day appears on the foster family’s doorstep‚ ready to present $160 to her new mama and secure a place in the family. Before Ellen targets the foster family as the one she wants‚ she is nearly alone in the world—her own mama is dead‚ her father neglects and abuses her‚ her aunts

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    Andrew Foster Andrew Foster was born in Ensley‚ Alabama in 1925. He was born at a time when segregation and severe prejudice existed here in America.  He was born at a time when segregation and severe prejudice existed here in America. As a black boy‚ he not only faced school segregation‚ he had to also deal with sub-human acts and laws such as separate textbooks for blacks and whites and the inability to put money into the hand of a white store clerk. White laundry businesses only accepted white

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    In the year 1851‚ Sojourner Truth‚ an African American woman‚ delivered a speech at the Women’s Convention. Her speech went down in history with great influential value due to its rawness and motivation. She sent a powerful message to her audience that will never be forgotten. Addressing the hardships of being not only a woman in society during 1851 but also being a black woman. She uses personal experiences to deliver her message. Sojourner says‚ “women need to be helped into carriages‚ and lifted

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    Introduction: This paper presents the key elements of Bronfenbrenner’s framework and applies them specifically to the girl in the article of “Foster care approved for kids in neo-Nazi case.” Bronfenbrenner’s ecological framework offers an insightful lens for understanding and supporting children in various environments throughout their physiological development and growth. Analysis: Microsystem: In Bronfenbrenner’s framework the innermost environmental layer is the microsystem. The microsystem

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