A Consequence of Being Cool In "We Real Cool"‚ Gwendolyn Brooks is describing the thoughts of seven high school dropouts that have gathered together at the Golden Shovel‚ a local pool hall. These teenagers boast about staying out late‚ dropping out of school‚ and committing sins. Each one of them is aware that death will ultimately be the outcome of their destructive lifestyles‚ but they are willing to accept their fate because they want to continue to be "cool." The language that is used
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English 110-072-12S Critical Reading and Writing Final Draft May 3‚ 2012 The Cutting Edge Surgery has been a method used to help fix people’s problems for generations. Whether it is a broken bone‚ dislocation‚ cancer‚ or ruptured appendix‚ surgery has provided the option of fixing these problems for the afflicted patients. The history of surgery is vast‚ and over the ages it has developed into a much more refined practice. According to Tim Lambert in A History of Surgery‚ it started in
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supervision? In the article “Cool at 13‚ Adrift at 23” by Jan Hoffman‚ states that teenagers at 13 are going out to friends houses drinking and doing drugs. These 13 year old teens think they are super cool for doing drugs and drinking six packs of beers on a Saturday night. In addition to the article “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers is a fictional story about a homeless man named Lemon Brown taught a kid named Greg to not do bad things in life. Both stories‚ “Cool at 13‚ Adrift at 23”
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enforce obedience to lower ranked individuals‚ it is normative for persons to obey orders. When an order is disobeyed‚ insubordination is probable‚ thus causing the individual with previously lower status to fight back against the oppression. In the film Cool Hand Luke‚ the narrative is largely based on the main character Luke‚ refusing to conform to life in a rural prison. Throughout the film‚ Luke struggles to obey authority and is seen trying to escape from the prison. Dragline‚ however‚ conforms to
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In my science project I will be doing “What is the fastest ways to cool soda?”. I believe‚ that the salted ice water bath will be the most effective one and cool the sodas the fastest. The salted ice bath with water can lower the temperature of the soda to 44 degrees in 5 minutes. There are several ways that I could cool soda. Some of the most popular methods to cool are in a salted ice bath with water‚ ice bath no water‚ and the freezer. I will be testing these ways with different types of soda
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“We Real Cool” What I like about this poem is that its meaning is relevant to any generation. No matter what is going on in the world there will always be kids who want to be rebellious‚ skip school‚ and do whatever they want with no regard for the consequences. One thing that caught my attention in this poem was the strange placement of the word “We” at the end of each line. At first this confused me but after hearing Gwendolyn Brooks read the poem‚ I realized that the placement of “We” created
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The fastest way to cool a soda deals a lot with heat transfer. Heat is a measure of the average molecular motion of matter and can be transferred from one piece of matter to another in four different ways which are conduction‚ convection‚ evaporation‚ and radiation. (Tania Dakka) In the experiment the different levels of the independent variable include a cooler with ice‚ another with ice and water‚ one with water ice and salt‚ the refrigerator‚ and the freezer. Prior research has been done on this
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sexes inevitably exists in our education system and our minds. Many articles‚ news on social media and magazines are bringing attention to male students who have begun falling behind their female peers in an academic perspective. In the article “Too Cool For School‚” Edward W. Morris studies two different educational institutions. The educational institutions that were studied were made typically of white students and the other was primarily made up of African American students. Based on his observations
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celebrating‚ and being joyful. So they would celebrate their sins and drink gin. Gin was very popular liquor in the 1960’s until vodka came along. Much of their time is spend on the streets instead of pursuing an education. This action is seen as cool‚ and followed by other kids as well. All of the “we’s” that are repeated accentuate a feeling of belonging at the Golden Shovel where they play pool. The pattern of the repeated “we” makes the poem seem as though the actions: getting drunk‚ staying
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They’re not being discriminated against them as much as before.” This pattern of silence and vocality is also evident in Cool Cat’s narratives. Cool Cat decided to pass the question that asked her opinion on same-sex marriage‚ thus reinforcing her silence. However‚ she was rabidly vocal on the barriers and discrimination that the LGBTQ community faces.
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