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    W.E.B. Du Bois‚ author of The Souls of Black Folks‚ wrote the enlightening text that many progressives (and non-progressives) of his time and of today study. Du Bois writes this novel in a lyrical and poetic style to tap in to the consciousness of African-Americans to inform them on the ways of gaining success in the American system that racially undervalues them. He also makes points to non-black Americans‚ but specifically white Americans‚ to inform them on how they can use their white privilege

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    The film‚ ‘Soul Surfer’‚ directed by Sean McNamara is based on a true story about a teenage girl Bethany Hamilton who is a champion surfer. A day surfing in the water with her best friend Alana‚ Alana’s father Holt and brother Byron‚ she is attacked by a shark leaving her with just a right arm. She then has to re-learn how to do everything with only one arm. She is told she will never surf ever again but she doesn’t let this happen. It takes her family‚ friends‚ her Christian faith and determination

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    Experiences of failure throughout life can be challenging to overcome. But later on‚ as you learn from those‚ they can be the building blocks of achieving success later on in life. An example of going through failure and learning from the experience to be able to work harder and find success was the soccer season of my freshman. During my season of club soccer‚ my team played in Austin Labor Day Cup tournament in Pflugerville‚ Texas in the fall of my freshman year of high school. It was the first

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    Its 1975‚ spring in Del Mar‚ CA. A freestyle skateboarding contest was held at the ocean festival. That day the Zephyr Skate team ( lords of dogtown‚ Z-boys) attended the contest‚ won almost every event they entered and showed the world what skateboarding was really about. This was the rebirth of skateboarding since the crash of skateboarding in 1965. Skateboarding was now huge all over the world‚ pool skating was also very big‚ it was taken from a hobby to something serious and exciting. Pong (marketed

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    means. Do you already have your learners permit? Yes or No No. Module 2: The Driver: Please answer the following questions: Aha Moments: Aha moments are times when you have been reading something and the text suddenly makes sense or becomes clear to you. Please use complete sentences and proper spelling and grammar. Describe three aha moments that you had as you worked through Module Two. 1. When the passage talked about Centrifugal force 2. The way you will position your wheels

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    Estee Zeldin My Most Compelling Moment As a young teen I always dreamt of accomplishing something that would have people’s eyes opened. Many doors were opened right before me and I could’ve walked through anyone. Having that opportunity I took the advantage I had and tried several doors. Doing so‚ after a while I never had the intentions of finishing what I began because nothing came naturally to me. At that point of my life I was 13 years old. The typical age of a girl who wants to be noticed

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    There are times that are ingrained in everyone’s mind. Some of these moments are filled with joy‚ and some are filled with pain. The moments impact us in some way. When asked to look at a moment that impacted me. I can only choose one‚ the moment that made the biggest impact‚ when my mom died. That event forced me to think in ways that I never had to before. Our roles changed‚ we became more independent. We looked after ourselves. We kids also help start dinner before dad came home. A role in my

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    This extract is taken from ‘The Souls of Black Folk’ (1903) by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois‚ an American sociologist‚ historian and civil rights activist. Du Bois was the first African American to ever receive a PHD from Harvard‚ and is considered one of the most profound scholars of his generation for his active protest against Black discrimination in the US. The Souls of Black Folk explores the effect of being ‘identified as a problem’ by American society for the African American people who

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    Eiman Yousaf Footsteps for the Soul ??? Another typical day -- school day‚ 2:17 rolls around‚ I go home‚ and usually I end up out the house by 4:00; not a rare occurrence. What gets me out the house is usually noise of any type -- yelling (at each other)‚ lecturing (at me) -- and ironically‚ silence. I never talk about my problems and neither does Eshana; I have always felt that if I openly spoke about my issues‚ my life would turn into a sob story. One walk happened to be different. As the two of

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    theories of the soul before and after death. He shows us that the body and soul are separate and the soul stays after death and lives before being born. One argument Socrates uses is that snow always brings cold‚ as fire always brings hot. Fire will not bring cold and snow will not bring hot. He uses these opposites to say that soul brings life with it; therefore the soul will never bring death‚ the opposite of life. Anything that doesn’t fall to death is indestructible. The soul must be indestructible

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