Creative Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father
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you continue your task‚ one boy runs up to you and says “Sir‚ this boy has hit me with a ball” The lad is expecting you to leave your work and go and administer justice to his said trouble maker. If you were to be that teacher‚ what will your reaction towards the issue be? I do not suppose you would leave your work to attend to that issue; such problems should be left into the hands of the prefects. One of such prefects who play a major role in the school is the girls’ prefect. This is the reason
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COMPUTERS AND GIRLS. The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto‚ California‚ all have the same access to computers as boys. But researches say‚ by the time they get to high school‚ they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender gap in technology. Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Woman says‚ “Girls tend to be less comfortable that boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather that for problem solving‚ rather than to discover
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The Shy Girl English Composition 101 Kimmey Wright The Shy Girl Ever since I can remember‚ I was always quiet and shy. I constantly had to repeat myself because people could not hear me the first time. Even then‚ I seldom made eye contact with others. When I entered high school‚ nothing changed. Soon afterward‚ I disliked the way my classmates thought of me. If someone had to make an announcement in class‚ I was not chosen because my classmates believed I was not vocal enough. If someone
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The Forty Thieves Retold by Andrew Lang In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers‚ one named Cassim‚ the other Ali Baba. Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty‚ while Ali Baba had to maintain his wife and children by cutting wood in a neighboring forest and selling it in the town. One day‚ when Ali Baba was in the forest‚ he saw a troop of men on horseback‚ coming toward him in a cloud of dust. He was afraid they were robbers‚ and climbed into a tree for safety. When they
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Stefani Tort Child Psychology 2100*08 Professor Pace May 8‚ 2015 Boy Interrupted Boy interrupted is about Evan Perry and his bipolar disorder. His sudden death at the age of just 15 years old was such a shock to everyone. When you talk about bipolar disorder you’re talking about a phenomenon so big it can cause death. Bipolar disorder is a serious brain illness‚ that swings a person’s emotions from high and irritable to sad and hopeless which is what happened to Evan. However‚ in Evan’s case it
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I enjoyed reading “Boy”. The adventurous story’s Dahl recounted were interesting for readers of all ages. THANK YOU I enjoyed reading “Boy”. The adventurous story’s Dahl recounted were interesting for readers of all ages. THANK YOU I noticed that in this autobiography‚ Dahl only recounts the most exciting of storys of his childhood‚ there isn’t much sad or boring storys. Although all the storys he recounts are exciting‚ they all sound credible. As this this autobiography is a children’s
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The Whipping Boy The Whipping Boy is a short story‚ written by Richard Gibney in 2011‚ and used for the written English exams in the summer of 2013 in Denmark. The Whipping Boy is a story about three slaves‚ two men and a woman‚ who get told that they’re no longer slaves‚ and that they can do whatever they want to. The two men start off by killing the ground dogs‚ because the dogs are considered evil towards the slaves. Afterwards they whip their former owner‚ because they want him to feel‚ how
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people want to make friends‚ and “up” their popularity status‚ they are nice to others. In high school‚ it seems that girls do this the opposite way‚ and are mean to one another in order to bond with friends and become more popular. This paper will discuss reasons why adolescent girls tend to put down others‚ rather than be nice and respectful. It seems that the number of mean girls are increasing every year‚ and high school seems to be a connection. Schools all around the country are dealing with
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he International Day of the Girl Child initiative began as a project of Plan International‚ a non-governmental organization that operates worldwide. The idea for an international day of observance and celebration grew out of Plan International’s Because I Am a Girl campaign‚ which raises awareness of the importance of nurturing girls globally and in developing countries in particular. Plan International representatives in Canada approached the Canadian federal government to seek support for the initiative
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