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    hard work‚ well I found out. I have been in show choir for 5 years now and since the very beginning when I went to a show I fell in love‚ and from that moment on my goal was “Making the All Americans”. See the All Americans is the high school group and in my opinion the best. Though the directors tell us that the girls group “Rouge” is not a B team and is just as good; I don’t think that’s true. I had been working towards this for the whole time I was in ETC‚ the show choir school. I started my first

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    Haruki Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning | One beautiful April morning‚ on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighborhood‚ I walked past the 100% perfect girl.Tell you the truth‚ she’s not that good-looking. She doesn’t stand out in any way. Her clothes are nothing special. The back of her hair is still bent out of shape from sleep. She isn’t young‚ either - must be near thirty‚ not even close to a "girl‚" properly speaking. But still‚ I know from

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    Set in a small town called Arrow Catcher‚ Mississippi‚ Lewis Nordan writes a short story named‚ “The All-Girl Football Team”‚ and it tells a story of a young boy entering his junior year of high school who has no choice but to struggle with his sexuality and gender. His father enjoys dressing up in drag but Lewis still feels like his father is manlier then anyone he knows even though wearing a dress will always be an option for his father. In the story Lewis continuously talks about how much his

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    remember and miss those who you used to see every day. In the story “The All American Slurp” by Lensey Namioka and “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury both stories share the theme of acceptance. The stories show the hard parts of being in a new place and the parts that make you feel better. Both authors chose to make girls be in a new place and try to adjust to their situations that they are put into. This show that Margot in “All Summer in a Day” is used to see the sun every day in Ohio and now is

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    Alex Valdez Ms. Fletcher English II-II‚ Period 2 16 May 2017 English Essay Racism‚ stereotypes and police brutality is a world crisis that happens everyday. It is killing society and causing people to be inhumane. In the book “All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely the book tells about a boy named Rashad who is a senior in high school and is falsely accused of stealing and resistance of arrest. The police officer didn’t even bother to ask what the situation was about and he judged

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    Assignment 1 “The American Red Cross” Chantill Toyer Strayer University HRM522 Ethical & Advocacy for HR Professionals Dr. Jeanette Horner-Smith October 26‚ 2014 ABSTRACT Whether you open a business or a nonprofit organization one has to have a vision and mission for that organization. An organizational mission is the goals one is aiming towards. The mission of the American Red Cross (ARC) is to “prevent and alleviate human suffering in the

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    The all American Dream Everyone has heard of the American Dream‚ this assumption that social transgression is obtainable to any individual‚ non-adherent to that individual’s background. However‚ this bare meaning of the American Dream was the adequate meaning during the 20th century‚ but in today’s terms‚ it exemplifies this sense of hope that any person‚ despite of what life they were born into‚ can ascend to their interpretation of success through diligent work and resiliency. This universal

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    In the book entitled All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely‚ Rashad‚ an innocent black teenager was about to buy a bag of chips and gum when a white woman tripped over him‚ causing the items to fall from Rashad’s hands. The police in the store then abruptly came

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    love and laughter. I was the first child‚ the first grandchild‚ the first niece‚ and the primary focus of my entire extended family. Although they were not married‚ my parents were young and energetic and had every good intention for their new baby girl. I grew up with opportunities for intellectual and spiritual growth‚ secure in the knowledge that I was loved‚ free from fear‚ and confident that my world was close to perfect. And I was the center of a world that had meaning only in terms of its effect

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    all of which are american dreams today is libs monday. things break. mayhem ensues‚ such as the alarm not going off and peyton waking me up with 20 minutes to get him to school. so i figured a little rage against the machine would be the perfect mood music today. thus far‚ it has been. just another bomb track. the global icon loader moved once again. this time from kapplication to a singleton within kiconloader itself. so now one calls KIconLoader::global() whenever they want that and there

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