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    American educational system is focusing on its high achieving students‚ to try to make them even better. On the contrary‚ the problem holding America back from prevailing as a country is our students who are struggling. In the film‚ “Waiting For Superman”‚ directed by David Guggenheim‚ (2010) the topic of America’s academic standing compared

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    Joy Luck Club Themes

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    “The Joy Luck Club” was a written in 1989‚ this books focuses on several different themes‚ but the first theme many readers pick up on is the Chinese American immigrant families and fitting into a different culture. The book follows four immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club; this club is a way to connect to their culture and heritage in a foreign country‚ America. These two very different cultures causes many issues between the two generations‚ the mother was raised by strict Chinese

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    Reading as a Writer

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    Reading as a Writer” Being effective as a writer requires many things‚ and the most important is being an active and critical reader. Many people can read and the act of processing written words is in itself not what’s important. What is important is realizing and trying to understand what the writer is saying and how in fact they are doing so. Reading as a writer can inspire us‚ increase our knowledge‚ show us effective techniques in organizing information‚ and even allow us to criticize

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    Reading Response

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    Response Reading: An American Childhood My first reaction to An American childhood was a lot like my own memories when I was a child. I have vivid memories of throwing snowballs at cars driving by‚ playing football‚ and hanging with the boys. I related to Annie Dillard more than any author I have ever read. Dillard was not the average type of girl growing up and neither was I. I’m sure though that this relates to many children when growing up and not having a care in the world. She was much more

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    within. Overall‚ the purpose for any pilgrimage‚ near or far‚ is to have a physical experience to help us better understand what we cannot come to know through our senses. Reading about pilgrimages is far different from actually taking one. Reading about the powerful emotions and feelings taken from this experience makes me wonder what triggers these reactions. The author of this article said that on one of her journeys‚ she‚ “I felt that I connected with the life of St. Francis—and therefore with

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    bound under the same problems‚ all of them having to work hard. Even though they were so different‚ they learned to cooperate and work together. That is what I had in mind when I first started Joy Luck with my friends back in the ruined peaks of Kweilin. We were so different‚ now held together by this idea of Joy Luck. From the East‚ West‚ South‚ and North‚ the four of us from different cultures able to stay happy together during those dark times by simply

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    John Superman Research Paper

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    And there were countless others who were never much involved with the Academy that made significant advances in the field. 10. How has being active in the Academy helped you in your professional practice? Being active in the Academy introduced me on a personal level with leaders in the field who were involved in progressive and innovative projects. For instance‚ I had one of the first fifty permits to use bone cement in hip replacement. 11. What do you believe are the most critical issues

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    The Benefits of Reading

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    Any good writer knows about the impact that reading can have on his/her work‚ as well as that in order to be able to fully understand and digest a piece of literature‚ one should follow the basic guidelines of active reading‚ the type of reading where a reader subjects a writing to a critical analyze by using different types of reading techniques (Stubbs‚ Barnet‚ and Cain‚ 2). However‚ every reader‚ just like every writer‚ has his/her own style of reading that is composed of or is guided by a combination

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    researches on the concept of Qualia: a gap in language. Qualia are the subjective experiences that cannot be described by words‚ such as describing color to a blind person‚ or the blind describing the lack thereof to a seeing person. In the novel "The Joy Luck Club‚" the mothers and the daughters have somewhat of a communication gap: one is centered on the Chinese language and the other American English. In communication between the mothers and daughters‚ there is a large amount of misunderstanding that

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    I’m sure as kids we all wanted to grow up and join a rock band‚ or become a singer‚ but for some they still have that dream. Many of these people usually follow their dream by moving to Nashville or Los Angeles and perform in restaurant or on the streets and for some their dreams came true very easily‚ but for others it takes a lot of work and passion to reach their goals and this did happen for one man‚ and his name was Sam. He always dreamed of one day facing an enormous crowd of people and singing

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