Molly Lederer Ms. Klocke L.A. 1 February 16‚ 2015 My Two Dads When you go on a visit to see your mom or dad’s families‚ do your parents seem a little different to you? Do they act like a whole new person when they around your extended family? For every family the experience with extended family is a little different. In my experience‚ when my parents visit my grandparents or aunts and uncles‚ they seem as if nothing has changed. However‚ in some cases a person may seem as if they have embraced
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Explore how Scott uses negative language to convey his attitude towards war.Use examples from the poem to support your answer. The poem ‘The drum’ is about how men were persuaded to go to war by the recruitment methods which suggested that war is glorious. The drum accompanied the men as they marched off to war and was associated with this sense of glory. The poet shows how this idea of glory is false and that the reality of war is horrid. Therefore‚ he hates the sound of the drum because it reminds
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it all. My Dad’s first boat‚ Nitro 189 Fish and Ski‚ was the light of my life. Since the day he got it I was his first mate. Helping him with everything cleaning‚ stocking and repairing. I took great interest and pride into that boat‚ more than my dad at times‚ which motivated me to get my boaters license and learned how to work on marine engines before I was 14. Every year we go out on the boat for labor day. Make a whole weekend with it‚ gather all of our friends and family‚ and roll to Canyon
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First Phillies Game with My Dad It is July 23rd‚ the day of my birthday and one I will never forget! As I walked down the stairs to eat breakfast I spotted a brand new Phillies jersey hanging up on the kitchen chair. There is also a happy birthday card taped to it and so I knew it was for me. I walked up to the chair so I could try on the Jersey and then as I opened the card‚ two Phillies tickets fell out! I was so excited I could barely contain myself because the seats were amazing‚
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Girls Can We Educate We Dads? Diction. “Girls can we educate we dads” is a poem written by James Berry‚ a Jamaican poet in the 1900’s which speaks about a girl who criticizes her dad’s stereotypical views about girls’ behavior and thoughts. The main message or theme that the author is trying to send to the reader is that involving stereotyping‚ generalization‚ and sexism and how these thoughts are present in many men all around the world yet are not true. This poem consists of many factors
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People with money have a greater chance to win or get lower sentences compared to poor families. In today’s society we see all kinds of unfair cases coming in and out if the courtroom. People who have enough money to go hire a top of the line lawyer to protect them from being accounted guilty. All the while in the poor community people struggle to survive just to pay their rent‚ and when they commit a crime it’s hard for them to afford a top of the line lawyers. Every day you turn on the TV or the
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There are currently 16 million American children who live at or below the poverty line as their parents struggle to provide for these children. Being a parent who is poor means that are not able to provide not only basic needs for a child but also how they parent the children. Being a child born into poverty‚ has them at a disadvantage. Yet‚ their parents and how they deal with them while parenting add on to more disadvantage. Parents are often lacking parental skills in order for the children/child
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Uniting an Empire: But Dad‚ don’t you see? Classical studies: 91397: Demonstrate understanding of significant ideology in the classical world. Son: “Alexander was very intelligent and kingly in applying the policy of fusion between the Macedonians and the Persians to form one great empire.” Father: “The Policy of Fusion? To me that was the main issuing that caused problems to his empire and ultimately ended his successful reign with his army.” Son: “Father‚ I disagree on what you
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The article “How the rich get richer as the poor catch up” really opened my eyes with all the facts on global inequality. Our society tries to compare themselves to the people we see around us‚ but we don’t think abut the ones that are on the other side of the world. An example Francois uses is how French men wouldn’t care if a Chinese person exceeds his standard of living. Now if it was one of his fellow citizens and they started lagging on their standard of living then the French men would pay
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I didn’t know heartbreak until June 28‚ when my dad told me that he had stage 4 cancer. I didn’t know fear until August 13‚ when I found out that he would have to undergo radiation to combat a tumor in his brain. I didn’t know weariness until August 24‚ when everyone at school talked about how great their summer had been‚ and I had to lie and say that mine had been fine. I didn’t know how deep my love for my dad ran until June 29‚ when I wiped away my tears‚ stood a little straighter‚ and vowed
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