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    In “Teaching Boys and Girls Separately‚” Paul Reva says about the principal of an American elementary school has separated the boys and girls into different classroom because of their behavior. After this strategy students’ learning became more effective. So he thinks that schools should separate boys and girls because they need different methods and experiences to learn‚ besides girls won’t feel mistreated during class. Indeed‚ boys and girls should attend school separately so that their grades

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    Women are the receiving end in Indian society. They are will treated or tortured at every stage. A girl child is in bondage from her very childhood. She is under constant‚ vigil First by the parents‚ then her husband and finally her own children. Not only that‚ she is often condemned to death even before she is born. This is called female killing in the womb itself. In ancient India the birth of a girl child was hailed as auspicious. An old Indian proverb lies down that a home without a daughter is

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    Matchstick Girls

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    23rd Annie Besant wrote an article ‘White Slavery In London’ in her newspaper ‘The Link’ after witnessing Clement Black’s speech in London on female labour. ‘I had heard of the Pay and conditions in Bryant &May’s Factory and decided that these girls needed to be heard’ Annie Besant told us. She also told us that the women worked upto fourteen hours a day for less than 10shillings a week‚ They hardly ever receive their full wage because of a system of fines‚ ranging from three pence to one shilling

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    Girl Monologue

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    Hi‚ so welcome to my new story‚ I’ll be trying to update quicker and more often with this story. So the girl on the bottom is Lily‚ and her outfit is the yellow&white one‚ and the one on the top is Izabella‚ her outfit is the black one. Izabella is 16 and Lily is 14. I hope you like the story and umm adios! ••••• Izabella’s POV "Will all the girls starting from ages 12 through 16 come downstairs please! We have visitors‚ please dress appropriately!" Our orphanage director shouts through the loudspeaker

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    Boys and Girl

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    Boys and Girls‚ a short story by Alice Munro‚ deals with the theme of female role in society‚ but more so with the theme of growing up. The narrator’s journey to acceptance of her female role is more important in the sense that it is her transition into adulthood than for the exact role she is growing into. However‚ as the narrator’s role changes‚ conflict between masculinity and femininity occurs. Munro uses the narrator’s parents as symbolic of their sexes‚ where the narrator’s‚ the girl’s mother

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    it can be assumed that an interesting life may produce interesting poetry or stories. Two phenomenal women‚ Maya Angelou and Jamaica Kincaid portray two different points of view in their works of literature. A lot of things can contribute to their differences‚ but in particularly their upbringing is a major cause of their variances. In Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl‚” a young girl has the “rules of the world” drilled into her head by her scolding mother while in Maya Angelou’s “Woman Work” a mother faces

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    Antigua Girl

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    Women have been oppressed by those of the opposite sex for years‚ which has led us to where we are today. “Girl” seems to have been written during a time period when women were looked down upon and had to act a certain way in order to maintain a good image. A little back story on the author allows you to see the point of view from which this short story was written. “Girl” was published to bring Antigua’s rich history to light where the author experienced what is was like to be a female in a poor

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    A Teenage Girl

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    I chose the scenario‚ A teenage girl is "in love" with her 17-year-old boyfriend. He is encouraging her to have sex with him saying that he will make sure they only have "protected" sex. This actually happens often these days with youth; they have the want to experiment a lot. There are five components in which wise judgments could be used. First‚ there is emotional intelligence which has four components; emotional perception and expression‚ emotional facilitation of thought‚ emotional understanding

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    Creative Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father

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    The Falling Girl

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    “The Falling Girl” is abstract and artistic depiction of young woman’s journey to the ground after releasing her grip from the railing of a skyscraper. She does not fall in traditional fashion but rather floats at a decided speed waving to the skyscrapers tenants as she passes. Her descent marked with quick verbal exchanges and internal musings of the ever-changing social classes gathered on the various floors. Although outwardly she is falling‚ during much of the prose there is a deeper theme akin

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