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    Gary Soto speaks to the romantic side of all of us with his poem “Oranges.” In the poem‚ Soto uses the innocence and simplicity of first love‚ combined with symbolism and imagery of colors and light to evoke the feelings we all had on our first date. While the poem reads simply as words about a walk with a girl‚ the use of light and color build into a reflection on the feelings and emotions associated with young love. “Oranges” is written in the past tense‚ as the speaker examines in the first-person

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    In the passage Seventh Grade by Gary Paulsen there are many ways that Terasa and Mr.Bueller help victor become more confident in himself and excited about his seventh grade year.In this passage Teresa is Victor’s crush and Mr.Bueller is his french teacher.Victor receives various information and it gives him confidence and excitement that he will have a great seventh grade year. Teresa gives victor confidence every time she smiles and says hey‚but what really gives him confidence is when every students

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    What events did the media illuminate and were they inaccurate or incomplete? The Little Rock Nine was a group of 9 kids that went to Central High School and integrated it. During the integration of little rock central high in 1957‚ the media both illuminated events that occurred and distorted events by painting an inaccurate or incomplete picture. In these situations the media is illuminating the events that are going on because it shows how life was in the South.Counts’ photos of Elizabeth Eckford

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    The Little rock nine were a Group of African Americans who weren’t allowed to enter a all white school called Central High School.The nine members of the little rock nine were Ernest Green ‚ Minnijean Brown ‚ Elizabeth Eckford ‚ Melba Pattillo‚ Thelma Mothershed Wair‚ Terrence Roberts‚ Carlotta Walls LaNier‚ Gloria Ray Karlmark ‚ and Jefferson Alison Thomas. Ernest G. Green was born on September 22‚1957 ‚ in Little Rock Arkansas. Ernest Green Sr. was his father ‚and Lothire Green

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    Case study Chapter 9: 1) I think Arcelik’s prospects to be better in emerging markets & developing economies than in advanced economies. Emerging markets & developing economies are attractive to Arcelik because they represent promising export markets for products and services. They are ideal bases for locating manufacturing activities because of low labor costs. Emerging markets are popular destinations for global sourcing-procurement of products and services from foreign locations. The

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    Title IX Title IX creates an inefficient bureaucracy that fails to address the real causes of sexism and instead creates problems in regulations and further inequalities. Title IX provides opportunities to female athletes‚ but at the expense of lesser known male sports teams. Title IX‚ like many other laws‚ has good intentions but lacks the resources to support it. It is not right that the University of Minnesota "axed its trophy winning men’s gymnastics team‚" (Source A) simply because it needed

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    In the story‚ “Seventh Grade”‚ Gary Soto creates a character that faces challenges with impressing his crush. As Victor tries to win Teresa over with embarrassing tactics his French teacher helps him to not embarrass himself in front of Teresa. So does Victor actually learn from his experience? Does he have responsibility in the problem he has caused? In the beginning of the story Victor decides that in his seventh grade year he is going to get a girl named Teresa. Victor soon discovers

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    At one point in your life you probably created a huge problem for yourself. However‚ you most likely did not solve that problem without seeking help. “La Bamba” written by Gary Soto is a rare case. The story features a boy named Manuel who decides to sing in his school’s talent show. Unfortunately‚ during his moment the record sticks to one verse and Manuel is forced to sing along. The performance was embarrassing‚ but he became popular. This story shows how one character archetype can solve a problem

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    The Little Rock Nine “Somewhere along the line [staying at Central High] became an obligation. I realized that what we were doing was not for ourselves.” (Elizabeth Eckford‚ One of the “Little Rock Nine”). Following the Supreme Court’s Brown V Board of Education decision‚ schools in the South fought hard to keep African American students out of white schools. The most important case involved Little Rock’s Central High School. Nine African American students (The Little Rock Nine) helped mold schools

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    Smalley personality profile test: Smalley personality profile test is based on Gary samlleys system‚ It’s an objective test much into the personality of ourselves. This can be done in four segments in which each segment is indicated with an animal such as Lion‚ Bearer‚ Otter‚ and Golden Retriever. Every segment is listed out with 20 personality traits‚ qualities‚ charactaristics‚ e.t.c We gave to go through the lists and select the matchings. Count the selected in each of the four segments and double

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