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    and causing a reinterpr etation of Title IX (“Update: Single-Sex Education ”). Leonard Sax elaborates on the idea by saying “One unintended consequence of title IX‚ however‚ was the defacto elimination of single sex educatio n as an option in American public schools. One of the regulations implementing Title IX specifically stated that now public school should “provide any course or otherwise carry out any of its educatio n program or activity separately on the basis of s ex” that would seem

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    L. Women’s Rights a struggle for equality During much of its history‚ the struggle for equality has been a lengthy vigorous fight that has affected a variety of races and sex. Most movements and theories had leaders who inspired and rallied fellow believers in a common cause. Often the leaders of these movements motivated their followers with inspirational speeches that included evidence from founding documents‚ to our nation’s beliefs supporting their ideas. Similarly‚ many influential writers

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    Christina Anderson Mr. Kingsley Eng105 1 February 2012 Life Lessons from the Farm Jessica Hemauer’s essay‚ “Farm Girl‚” tells her life story of living on a farm through her eyes as ten-year-old child to the time of her early adulthood. The purpose of this piece is to teach the importance of life’s responsibilities to children‚ mainly female‚ and young adults who may not be familiar with the challenges life can bring and to promote the benefits you can gain by overcoming those obstacles. Hemauer

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    Abstract The elderly‚ or senior citizens‚ have always been considered a vulnerable population‚ physically‚ mentally‚ and socially. This population faces a variety of problems every day including many economic struggles. Older adults and the elderly are facing many financial challenges that may not have been anticipated. In spite of good planning and sensible living‚ their resources may be sorely compromised‚ sometimes destroyed. What can be done to help this population through the transition

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    culture and a new start of life is just the start of the challenges that are faced by immigrants along the way. Some of them can be overcome with some hard work‚ others are harder to resolve. Throughout this essay I will be looking at the different struggles immigrants face to see if there are any ways in which they can be overcome. As the number of immigrants increase year by year it is important that there are ways for them to start of a new life in America with fewer challenges to face and that there

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    Mean Girls‚ a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters‚ with the screenplay written by Tina Fey‚ describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have on girls. The two main characters in this movie‚ Cady Heron and Regina George‚ may have a world of differences between them‚ but they are also very much alike. They are alike in the way they deal with situations‚ but unalike in the way they handle the consequences of those actions. Throughout the movie‚

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    Elizabeth Blackwell: America’s first female doctor Dale Paul “In 2011‚ 47.0% of all first year medical school students in the United States of America were women” (Barzansky & Etzel‚ 2010). In 2010‚ of 129‚929 individuals working in the US as medical school faculty‚ women held 36.0% of medical faculty positions (Barzansky & Etzel‚ 2010). This was not always the case. On January 23‚ 1849‚ Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States (Boyd‚ 2006)

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    One of my Elizabeth Gilbert’s favorite sayings: “Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts‚ and you are the slave to your emotions.” You become what you believe you are and this is proved by science and many experiences of international influencers around the world. Affecting other’s emotions is not an easy task. However‚ when it happens and you really put your fingerprint on someone’s emotions‚ this would create a great inspirational story that deserves to be heard. One of my personal experiences

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    Elizabeth Bowen Innocence

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    There comes a point in everyone’s lives where they lose their childhood innocence. This can happen over the course of many years or in as short as a few hours. In Elizabeth Bowen’s short story “A Day in the Dark”‚ Barbie has her innocence ripped away from her in a single afternoon. Filled with dread after her conversation with Miss Banerry‚ Barbie realizes that she can’t retreat back into the safety of her childhood beliefs after experiencing the complexities of the adult world. Bowen is extremely

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    -The Civil War is a Present Struggle- The Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in history- more than 620‚000 people died by fighting for the Union or the Confederacy. All those lives that got sacrificed‚ but‚ we still‚ to this day‚ fail to understand the reasons they perished for they stood for what was right in their eyes. The Union was anti-slavery and despised the act. They fought to make sure that in the future‚ slavery and racism wouldn’t exist anymore. The Confederacy fought for the fact

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