Today‚ we are gathered to mark the end of one chapter in our lives and the beginning of a new one. Happily‚ we are finally graduating after four years of living high school life to the fullest. It seemed only yesterday when we first set foot on the SMCS high school grounds and as we look back and reflect on past events‚ we recall the countless times we were challenged and have succeeded; threatened and have survived; stumbled and have risen. There were times when we thought this day would never
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Do you know of one lady that always goes above and beyond to be kind? Well‚ in the short story “Thank You Ma’am” By: Langston Hughes‚ Mrs. Johnson is trying to be that kind of lady. Mrs. Jones is kind to Roger and wants him to have a better life. This shows that‚ she cares about kids and how they are treated. Also because she knows how Roger feels because she probably had a harder childhood also. One reason Mrs. Johnson was kind to the boy is because she knows how he feels. First‚ she
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In this world‚ we have families that doesn’t have as much opportunity as we do. Roger‚ the male protagonist in the short story Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes‚ was a boy who couldn’t afford much and didn’t have a family he could come home to. One day‚ Roger tried to steal a purse from a woman‚ Ms. Jones‚ because he wanted to buy a pair of blue suede shoes. But then‚ he got caught‚ and the woman grabbed him by the shirt and forced him pick up her purse. The boy thought she was going to let him
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Rodger had no idea who he was messing with. In the story‚ “Thank You‚ Ma’am”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones is tough. Mrs. Jones is tough because she is controlling over what Roger does‚and she gets physical with Roger. First of all‚ Mrs. Jones is tough because she is commanding. She tells Roger what to do. For example‚ She told him to ”pick up my pocketbook boy‚ and give it here.” This proves that Mrs. Jones is very tough. She ordered Roger to do something. She was powerful
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People do not always make great decisions because sometimes life is tough and wrong decisions are made based on circumstances. The text‚ “Thank You‚ Ma’am” by Langston Hughes is a great example of how one woman changes a boy’s life by her act of kindness and beliefs. Mrs. Jones can be described as a woman who is very considerate‚ understanding‚ and fair-minded. She is a woman of action. When she sees something that needs to change‚ she does not wait for someone else to make it happen‚ she immediately
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Graduation Speech Good Evening. Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Andy. This is such a great honor to be here tonight. Thanks for joining us today for graduation of class of 2011. Friend once said to me. “Hey‚ when do you graduated? Andy” Yes‚ right now‚ I have finally graduated from High School. Some of people already know about my truths that I am 20 years old. Yes‚ I am old and I am the oldest person in the school except teachers. I have reason for that because I tore my ACL‚ so I had to go back
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Thank you‚ Ma’am by Langston Hughes is a rather peculiar story where a boy names Roger plans on robbing Mrs. Jones‚ but his actions led him to a place he would never have had imagined. Langston Hughes was an American poet‚ novelist‚ and play write. His African American themes instantly made a major contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. He published his first poem in 1921 and later his first book in 1926. Hughes traveled a bunch in his early life‚ and throughout college. He worked in
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The Importance of Huskanaw Ceremonies among Powhatan Confederacy Indians A Huskanaw is a ceremony used by the Virginia Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy in which boys between the ages of ten and fifteen were prepared for manhood. Only fifteen of the finest young men in the tribe were chosen for the ceremony and it was considered a great honor to be chosen. In the Huskanaw ceremony‚ the boys were massed around the roots of a tree and five men came and gathered the chosen boys while enduring severe
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The theme of the story Thank you‚ M’am by Langston Hughes is kindness should be returned It is also the same as Priscilla and the Wimps by Richard Peck the theme is also kindness should be returned. In the text it states‚ “ the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk‚ and his legs flew up.” He tried to steal her purse and got caught automatically she could have called the cops but she was kind enough to take him to her house. The boy rodger was polite and said yes Ma’am to everything she said he could
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only to us graduates‚ but also congratulations to our teachers‚ parents‚ friends‚ families and administrators. Our success is your success‚ for you have given us the freedom to dare‚ the courage to excel and the belief that we can achieve our best. Together for the last time‚ we stand poised at the very edge of graduation‚ looking towards a bright future. Soon each of us will go forth‚ in his or her unique direction‚ seeking to make a mark upon the world. Our adulthood
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