By: Nnamdi Anige In the book We beat the street Dr.Hunt‚ Dr‚ Jenkins and‚ Dr‚ Davis show how you do not have to get caught up in everything your friends do. When you do make mistakes‚ learn from those mistakes. These 3 doctors beat the hood‚ stealing‚ and jail in their neighborhood by staying positive. One thing they show in the book is how they beat the hood. For example “Quit throwin bottles in the street‚ man” (21). This shows how they would not let their neighborhood be destroyed and
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Questions for Close Reading: 1. “We lie. We all do. We exaggerate‚ we minimize‚ we avoid confrontation‚ we spare people’s feelings‚ we conveniently forget‚ we keep secrets‚ we justify lying to the big-guy institutions.” 2. When Stephanie Ericsson went a whole week without telling a single lie‚ she recalled it “paralyzing.” She discovered that telling the truth all the time is “nearly impossible.” 3. A lie is a false action done with the intent to deceive. “Ignoring the
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The debate over "In God We Trust" and "Under God" Brad Marendt Western International University Com 112 Cyndy Woods‚ Ph.D. March 19‚ 2006 There has been a great deal of debate since the United States of America became a nation over whether America ’s current motto‚ "In God We Trust"‚ and the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are considered a violation of the first amendment. The first amendment says that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion " (U
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You Are What You Eat Food has been a hot topic and important during everyone’s life. Everyone wants to have the healthy food during their daily life‚ but it is hard to follow because their lives are too busy. The article which named “Divided We Eat” was shared some experiences from others’ and authors’. And also it talked about how does food insecure affect people’s daily life. Through the article‚ it reflected that nowadays‚ people are more likely to choice their daily meal as healthy and better
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"To thine own self be true." (Shakespeare) Unfortunately we are not true to ourselves. We all lie for many reasons which can be for fear of harm‚ fear of conflict‚ fear of rejection‚ fear of punishment‚ fear of loss or altruistic reasons such as helping our loved ones to make them feel better‚ which is the only selfless reason why we lie. It all comes down to the one fundamental reason as to why we lie and it is because it mostly works. Just like lying to someone makes them lose their trust for
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such as the poem “We Real Cool”. Brooks was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry with the poem‚ “Annie Allen”. Edwin Arlington Robinson was the first person ever to receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1922. Robinson’s poetry did not capture the attention of the public until he was almost 50 years old. President Theodore Roosevelt discovered some of his poetry. He was so impressed that he offers him a clerk position at the New York Customs House. “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn
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Reflection paper regarding "Shall We Dance?" Dancing is regarded with suspicion in Japan because public display of affection and intimacy is considered indecent and outright scandalous. Even married couples had to restrain from temperate public display of affections‚ such as holding of hands‚ saying "I love you"‚ or even dancing‚ because it was thought to be "beyond embarrassing". Thus it would be safe to say that dancing with someone else other than one’s wife is even more disreputable and appalling
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Are we alone in the universe? Are we alone in the universe? we really don’t know. There’s a lot of information about life in other planets‚ but… do we believe in what we are reading and hearing? It depends because they are data that have been confirmed by scientist but also data that haven’t been proved or doesn’t have arguments that support theirs ideas. Space is a huge thing‚ we don’t know what is going on in there and we’ll never know the reality of other planets there are nine planets and nowadays
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they are currently. This molding of personality‚ however‚ can have a positive or negative effect on a person. It can permanently form a person’s personality for the rest of their lives. Even though Wes Moore is enrolled in a very sophisticated school‚ that being Riverdale‚ the school could not help Wes Moore in the way that Valley Forge can. The problem with Riverdale does not entirely lie in the school system‚ it lies in the surroundings around the school system. The drug invested streets
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