healthier and happier life should be reason enough for promoting girls’ education. However‚ there are also important benefits for society as a whole. An educated woman has the skills‚ information and self-confidence that she needs to be a better parent‚ worker and citizen. An educated woman is‚ for example‚ likely to marry at a later age and have fewer children. Cross-country studies show that an extra year of schooling for girls reduces fertility rates by 5 to 10 per cent. And the children of
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Summer Girl‚ Lust Girl In David Updike’s “Summer”‚ Homer vacations at a beautiful lake with his friend Fred’s family and experiences his summer time with Fred’s sister Sandra. He was attracted by Sandra’s pure appearance; however‚ he is too shy and timid to express his unfamiliar feelings to her. Sandra has few senses about Homer’s feelings since she is innocent and lacking of awareness. In Susan Minot’s “Lust”‚ the protagonist loses herself in lust. She keeps searching love and fulfillments among
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A.D AP Literature – Period 1 TPS-FASTT Poem: America Poet: Claude McKay America Although she feeds me bread of bitterness‚ And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth‚ Stealing my breath of life‚ I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth. Her vigor flows like tides into my blood‚ 5 Giving me strength erect against her hate‚
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English 11 The Pursuit of Happiness In the decade preceding the Second World War‚ America followed Adam Smith’s economic ideas into the abyss of The Great Depression. Factories went bankrupt‚ bank closed‚ millions of people lost their jobs‚ and most of society was in great distress. This distress produced a great number of works which reflected the public’s discontent with society. The Grapes of Wrath is a great example of those opuses which let oppressed people’s voices be noticed
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Dress-Up Takes A Turn Most children growing up play fantasy games and games that trigger the imagination. One game that is widely popular is playing dress-up. I remember playing dress-up with my younger brother when we were little kids. We would play together for hours and would dress-up in old Halloween costumes. My brother‚ Chris‚ being four years younger than me would put on my Halloween costumes and at his age would not think anything was wrong. That gets into the questions of who is allowed
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Today‚ many people immigrate to the United States of America in search of the American Dream; freedom‚ equality‚ and the opportunity to achieve their personal goals in life that they could not otherwise achieve in their homeland. The American Dream is the pursuit of prosperity Today‚ many people immigrate to the United States of America in search of the American Dream; freedom‚ equality‚ and the opportunity to achieve their personal goals in life that they could not otherwise achieve
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Caligagan Mr. Carrol SBU April 19‚ 2013 Humans take Control of Evolution Humans have only existed about 130‚ 000 years ago and we have recently evolved. Human activities are driving the evolution of other species in dramatic and often unexpected ways. Natural selection no longer affects us but we have effect it in many ways. Another way‚ we control the outcome of our race is "self-designed evolution” (Hawkings‚ 2009). Unnatural Selection takes part of our control of evolution. For example‚
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The Take a Stand campaign is focused on the 2016 electoral candidates‚ and their views and plans on social security reform. In an effort to promote this message‚ AARP has teamed up with Google-owned YouTube in a multi-million-dollar political advertising campaign
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When you hear the word “Woman”‚ what do you think of ? When I hear the word “Woman”‚ my illustrious‚ yet short time in this spectacle we know as life‚ has compelled me to think of the color black. The color “black” in turn equals strength‚ power‚ and hard work due to unsaid experiences in my adolescence. When searching for a picture to properly vindicate how I feel about the African- American woman‚ I was hard struck not to choose this picture that was taken during “The Great Depression” of a black
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