reservation community I passed two Navajo youth leaning against the wall‚ one leg propped behind them for support. They wore black tee-shirts‚ one declaring “Indian Pride on the Rise‚” the other showing a heavy metal rock group “Twisted Sister.” Both wore high topped basketball shoes and hair free flowing to their shoulders. One spoke to me. “Hey‚ are you the lady who is talking to dropouts? You should talk to me. I’m a professional dropout.” I did. And to many others. Their stories spoke of racial discrimination
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Grunkemeyer Mrs. Allen AP English Language and Composition‚ 2 17 March 2013 The Joys of High School Think about high school and all the students that fill up its student body. When thinking of the students‚ do stereotypes and clichés come to mind? As teens form close relationships with others‚ they struggle to understand who they are and where they fit in; they start to form their own identity in relation to others. High school is a critical time of social development which forms these clichés. Social styles
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Satire Essay “A Modest Proposal” Obesity in America Obesity is a major epidemic in America. American’s are known for their obsession with food. At church last Sunday‚ the pastor was preaching on the topic of “fasting”. Fasting would be defined as the abstinence from eating certain or all foods in an effort to rely solely on God for inner strength. The pastor talked about how we as Americans are constantly looking for our next meal. We are always anticipating when and what we are going to eat.
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Rivera‚ Christopher 30 May 2012 Cross-Dressing: A Way of Self-Expression The phenomenon of cross-dressing is something that people do not completely understand. Almost every city has a subculture of people who dress in the opposite gender’s clothing‚ either for fetishistic purposes or for means of artistic expression. Although everyone has seen a cross-dresser in some way‚ people quickly lump cross-dressing‚ homosexuality‚ and being transgender together into one giant
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Analyse the ways in which satire can engage and provoke its audience Satire aims to expose to its audience the shortcomings of humanity through an assemblage of wit and mockery; it provides momentum for change and reform through ridicule. Robert Sitch’s television program ‘The Hollowmen’ seeks to expose the nepotistic and often superficial nature of Australian politics through the use of political satire‚ showing us that Australian politics is “inherently without values or moral grounding’ (Louise
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teenagers were guided along high risk actions. Abstinence was the approved option by parents‚ as it teaches teens to not be sexually active but not on protection or STDS. Another path is exploration on their own means. Exploration was dangerous‚ because teenagers were unaware of the consequences. Both options plunged teens’ health into a abyss. Then around 1980s‚ media started to reach towards the topic of sexual activity in teenagers. Many teen movies brushed against the topic about sexual activity and
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High school is the time when people find out who they are or who they want to become. It is also the time when people get a fresh new start. People usually do not know what they want entering their freshman year. As high school continues‚ people learn new things about themselves that they did not know before. High school students are some of the dumbest people that live on the planet. Poor decisions are made‚ which lead to trouble and consequences. High school is when people take their first sip
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Middle school is over and it is time to enter the “fastest four years of our lives.” High school is supposedly filled with endless adventures and challenges‚ but how can I feel satisfied that all of my goals were accomplished? While in middle school‚ school began and ended a half an hour after that in high school‚ we took yellow buses instead of Septa‚ and the grading system was not as strict. Even though there are changes to get used to and overcome‚ before I reach the end of my senior year I want
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Once you are a senior in high school‚ there comes a point where the glorified “disease” senioritis comes into the picture. Senioritis is the lack of care people give for school work and grades when one becomes a senior in high school. It’s basically just procrastination to the fullest effect. Some people claim that the disease started back in freshman year‚ but in reality those people are just really lazy. I believe that people get senioritis when they feel that they don’t need to keep on learning
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(1) Write an application to your Principal to permit your School Hockey Team to participate in the District Hockey Tournaments to be held at Jaipur in the ensuing month. To‚ The Principal‚ Govt. Higher Secondary School Dausa. Sir‚ I am the captain of our School Hockey Team. District Hockey Touranaments are to be organized in Jaipur next month. Several good teams will take part in it. Ours is a very good team. If we get a chance to take part‚ we may possibly win there. You are‚ therfore‚ requested
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