healthier and happier life should be reason enough for promoting girls’ education. However‚ there are also important benefits for society as a whole. An educated woman has the skills‚ information and self-confidence that she needs to be a better parent‚ worker and citizen. An educated woman is‚ for example‚ likely to marry at a later age and have fewer children. Cross-country studies show that an extra year of schooling for girls reduces fertility rates by 5 to 10 per cent. And the children of
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the entire horror genre. Fanning that flame is writer/director Benjamin R. Moody’s (his wife Rachel produces) Last Girl Standing but Last Girl Standing‚ is not your typical fanfare. While it is a "slasher"‚ the film leans heavy elements of both a psychological thriller and early 90’s Indie romance‚ weirdly enough. The flick starts where the standard slasher ends. The Final Girl has watched all her chums meet grizzly ends‚ and she’s outwitted the killer enough to
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In the second stanza of lines seven through eleven‚ we see how absurd people can be for judging the girl solely on her physical appearance. The girl is described in line seven through nine as being “healthy‚ tested intelligent‚ possessed strong arms and back‚ abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity” (Piercy 624). She is completely normal‚ has two arms and two feet as most people do‚ and her attributes checks her off as a functional human being‚ capable of taking care of herself and others. Yet
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been to both of my local Boys and Girls Club of America branches. I first began to go to the Boys and Girls Club shortly after the divorce of my parents. In the beginning‚ I was at my lowest point‚ until I learned many of my peers were in a similar situation. From that point on‚ I helped the staff at the Club‚ mentored younger kids‚ and provided assistance to anyone who needed it. Quickly‚ I became the Club’s youth of the month‚ and in 2013 became the Boys and Girls Club of Zionsville’s youth of the
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Boys & Girls Clubs of America is a program that was introduced in the 1860’s in Hartford Connecticut. “Believing that boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative‚ they organized the first Club. A cause was born.” Now made up of more than 4‚300 clubs and in their 103rd year‚ the goal of these clubs is “to enable all young people‚ especially those who need us most‚ to reach their full potential as productive‚ caring‚ responsible citizens.” Boys & Girls Clubs across the country
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Mill Girl Letter Textile Mill 4132 Millbury Ave. Lowell‚ Mass. January 6th‚ 1848 Dear family and friends‚ It has been four months since I left the farm for New England to work at the textile mill. I Have 7 months more until my work period is over on July 3rd. When I first arrived at the mill I was in shock and amazement at the size of the building. I think it’s because I haven’t seen anything bigger than our church. Soon after arriving I was assigned
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Boys and Girls: A depiction of gender differences Gender is a social construction that is evident in almost every culture. The struggle for equality between male and female has been perpetuating for decades and yet no change has occurred because of the rigid social construction of gendered roles. In “Boys and Girls”‚ in the backdrop of a countryside in 1950s‚ Alice Munro depicts the hardships and successes of the rite of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young female who goes through
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I chose the film Mean Girls for this assignment because I have already seen the film. With previous knowledge about the film‚ I knew that it was full of conflict and watching a movie I have previously seen allowed me to focus on the textbook and its concepts‚ rather than everything that was taking place in the film. Power without question is a major reason why conflict took place in Mean Girls and why it takes place in the real-world. Power is the structure of conflict and it is rare for people
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Gossip Girl and a Youth Obsessed Culture Breakfast at Tiffany’s‚ shopping at New York’s finest stores‚ a masked ball‚ an affair‚ drug overdose‚ and sex in a limo is just a common schedule for Manhattan’s elite group‚ Serena van der Woodsen and her partner in crime‚ Blair Waldorf. Yet‚ they are still able to make it to Algebra and Ivy League college interviews. The crazy life of Serena‚ Blair‚ and all their friends makes it a lot easier when they have a trust fund the size of a jackpot
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Girl before a Mirror‚ an oil on canvas painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso‚ shows two sides of a girl; one which is illustrated with a dark tone and one with a vibrant colorful tone. This painting is bright; colors are at full intensity and are arranged next to their complements‚ producing a visual relationship between shape and form. Forms are used to draw the viewer’s eye across the canvas where circular shapes‚ repeating throughout the work‚ are compensated by the pattern of diagonal lines
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