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    In Langston Hughes short story “Thank you M’am” Hughes uses stealing as a topic for a way to express having dignity in yourself‚ even when the cards are not dealt in your favor. A young boy tries to steal a large women’s purse‚ but does not get away with it. Instead the boy fell on his back and got kicked right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. The large lady hauls him to her house to wash his face. She wants him to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. She brings him to her one room apartment

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    In the short story Thank you‚ M’am by Langston Hughes and Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye both have a common theme of helping anyone‚ even if they are different‚ to build up story and character. The story "Thank You‚ M’am” reveals the theme of helping anyone‚ even if they are different. In “Thank You‚ M’am” by Langstin Huges‚ Roger wanted blue suede shoes but he had to steal from a lady but when she caught him he became very nervous. So the lady decided to help Roger learn that stealing is bad and

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    Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol‚ I believe was a good book overall for all readers with just a few small points that I thought needed improvement. When reading this book‚ I thought Kozol made very strong points about education and being a student going into the teaching field‚ I believe all young teachers should read this book. Although it was written in letter form to an elementary teacher‚ the issues and discussions that take place throughout the book apply to all levels of education

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    The short story “Thank You Ma’am” is about two characters have conflict in the first part of the story because roger tries to steal Mrs. Jones purse because he wants a pair of blue suede shoes and becomes very surprised when his plan doesn’t go as thought. Instead he gets caught by Mrs. Jones and instead of her calling the police she takes him to her home and gives him a washcloth to wash his face because it was dirty. By the description she gives about him in the story she says:” he looked as if

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    Thomas Friedman‚ a syndicated journalist for the New York Times‚ introduced me to Moore’s Law in his book “Thank you for being late”. It’s the idea that every year technology’s capabilities double‚ and the cost to attain them halves. He employed it in order to explain how quickly the world is morphing and how people’s innovative ideas are discarded for another in an ever decreasing amount of time. People are having trouble coping with the intensity of newness that is being thrust at them. Many countries

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    Thank You for Smoking is a both fierce and sophisticated satire written by Jason Reitman. The moral of the film is on the matter of cigarettes and cancer and how it is associated with the responsibility of choice. Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) leads as a lobbyist for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect America’s right to smoke -although it may kill him and others. Nick does not take sides in the matter‚ but rather spins the situation around in which makes all others wrong. Although the realistic

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    Jiamond Watson Ms. Snyder AP English 8 Sunday 2014 Thank You for Arguing 1. Open Your Eyes The first chapter introduced the reader to the art of rhetoric. He describes how rhetoric works through real life examples. He demonstrates ways that rhetoric persuades us like‚ argument from strength‚ and seduction. He tells the reader that the sole purpose of arguing is

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    Thank You Ma’am’ is a short story written by Langston Hughes and published in 1958. Though Hughes doesn’t explicitly state what the setting of the story is‚ there are some clues that indicate the general place and time period. For one thing‚ the story was published in 1958 and the themes of Langston Hughes’ work often revolve around the lives of African Americans in segregated America‚ so we can deduce that this story is probably set in the 1950s. Additionally‚ Roger wants to buy ’blue suede shoes

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    appearance‚ especially color. Around the 1970s‚ prominent scholars began to combat racism by attempting to transform racist beliefs and promoting social activism. Bringing attention to race‚ it becomes clear the role color plays in our society. In Thank You Ma’am‚ Langston Hughes‚ through the characterization

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    GOOD TEACHER YOU MUST GENUINELY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING. - Hello! - Hello! - How are you? - I`m fine‚ thank you‚ and you? - I`m ok. Do you study at the Faculty of Education? -Yes - Do you think that to be a good teacher you must genuinely interested in what you are doing? - Yes‚ I do. Because every good teacher must get enjoy with his work. - I am agree with you. But I think that teacher is a difficult profession. - Can you tell me which qualities must have every teacher? - To

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