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    This sketch is set in present day in the playhouse in a kindergarten classroom. The two main characters‚ Emmi and Lucy‚ are both five years old and are best friends. While glitter painting is another favourite of theirs‚ ‘pretend’ is their game of preference. Emmi: Do you want to play pretend? Lucy: Ok. This is our house and that is our dog and I am the wife and you are the husband. Emmi: How come you get to be the girl? You ALWAYS get to be the girl. Lucy: That’s because you didn’t

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    Relations between autobiographical memory and hippocampal subregion volume in early childhood Autobiographical memory‚ a specific type of episodic memory‚ refers to the ability to recall details of one’s own life events. This crucial cognitive capacity develops rapidly in early childhood specifically by the time children are of school age‚ (Piolino et al.‚2007). Improvements in this ability are thought to be related to developmental changes in memory‚ language‚ self concept‚ etc.. (ci. However

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    rightfully under the constitution. It was a long fight for equal rights‚ and many things impeded the progress of Civil Rights such as Jim Crow laws and the case of Plessy V. Ferguson. However‚ many things helped Black Americans find freedom. Passed immediately after the Civil War‚ the Jim Crow laws restricted many rights of black Americans. Moreover‚ the Jim Crow laws were laws passed in southern states to segregate and limit the voting rights of black Americans. These laws also limited the jobs

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    The Jim Crow Laws were made to segregate the whites and colored people. Colored people weren’t treated the same whites based on these laws passed in the southern states. Lots of people went to jail or even killed. People couldn’t go to the same bathroom as whites‚ or even use the same entrance as the whites. Some blacks were servants for whites‚ and whites would use other names for colored people that weren’t nice. Whites believe the black were cursed and chosen to be servants for the whites. And

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    A Case of Unusual Autobiographical Memory This report describes a woman‚ AJ‚ who claims to have exceptional‚ automatic and uncontrollable autobiographical memory. When she was eight years old her parents made a move to the west coast which AJ claims was traumatizing to her and caused her to want to organize her memories from back east. That’s when she started keeping a diary. At age 12‚ she realized she had a great detailed memory. By age 14‚ her recall became automatic. Despite her abilities

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    computer brought about a whole new way to transmit and store information. It is still so new‚ in fact‚ that users are still muddled about the ethics behind the use of technology. Richard Spinello‚ author of CyberEthics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace‚ introduces some varying ideas of ethics and applies them to modern technology. In particular‚ several ethic models that he uses will be

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    HOLT‚ RINEHART AND WINSTON Writing an Autobiographical Narrative by Blake W. of William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh‚ North Carolina Carelessness What is the use of crossed wires built into some windows and glass in doors? I have been told that they are to strengthen the glass‚ to protect it from bumps and bruises. Copyright © by Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION Engaging opening Background information However‚ this could be debated. A year and a half

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    On Sunday‚ November 13‚ 1988‚ I made my first parachute landing from an airplane flying 12‚000 feet above ground. That weekend was very different for my friend Rondon and me. The previous day we left Sao Paulo very early‚ the city where we were studying our Masters Degree and traveled to Americana‚ a small town in the countryside located in the State of Sao Paulo‚ Brazil. When we arrived at Americana‚ about 9:00 A.M.‚ we went directly to the Marte camp‚ an area in the North side where there

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    Sample character sketch - my friend Liz. My friend Liz is the most amazing friend anybody could ask for. We’ve been through so much together‚ we’re basically like sisters. We met on the first day of school in sixth grade‚ both of us terrified by the massive size of the middle school. She had the locker right above mine. I told her I didn’t know anybody in our class and she said “You do now.” We’ve been friends ever since. Most boys think Liz is cute. She has long red hair‚ cascading over

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    Jim Crow‚ originating in the late 19th century‚ was the name given to the racial caste system that implemented many anti-black legislations. Following the Great Depression of the 1930’s‚ the poverty that resulted from the economic disaster created more racial tension between whites and blacks. Working class white Americans blamed black Americans for stealing their jobs and homes‚ which influenced local and state governments to reinforce the “separate but equal” decision from the Plessy v. Ferguson

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