What does it mean to be a Puerto Rican? This is a question that may have different answers according to the emphasis that is given. The more important approach is the geographical. Therefore‚ Puerto Rican are anyone that grown on the island of Puerto Rico. I emphasize in growth rather than birth‚ because a person may be born in P.R. and four months of age be moved to Italia where he lives the rest of his life. This individual will be Italian. Similarly‚ if an individual is born in Colombia
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immediately assumes that she is part Black. “It is a lie it is no true‚ I am white Look at my hair‚ it is brown my eyes are gray‚ Armand you know they are gray. And skin fair‚” “look at my hands whiter than yours‚ Armand.” She writes her mother and tell her whats going on and she “tells Desiree to return to the Valmonde’ estate with the child where they both will be loved”. She is so shocked she sets off towards a local bayou with the boy where she is never seen again. Armand had made the decision to lose his
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“Adult”? When are you considered an “Adult”? There are many factors that people have that classify you as an adult. These things are age‚ the way you at‚ how you speak‚ if you are mature‚ and many more things. But what does it really mean to be an “adult”? I believe to be an adult means you are responsible‚ your age‚ trustworthy and mature. I believe to be considered an adult you need to be responsible. In becoming an adult there are many things in life that you need responsibility for. For example
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question what does writing mean to me in my life. While thinking I can honest say that writing helps me to feel better‚ I feel some kind of relief by write . If you have a lot of things to say‚ but you have some problems of expressing them by talk about it‚ you may try to write it down to help you express what you have to say. Writing for me is self-expression. I think‚ that we all are writers‚ and developing our talent of writing we can express ourselves through writing. Writing means many different
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Honors Student By: Heather Waters What does it mean to be an honors student? This question could have many answers and a lot of different topics brought up when you hear this question. When most people hear “honor student” they think of nerds or somebody who is really smart and doesn’t care about anything us but getting good grades and being on honor roll. But being an honors student means that they are often recognized for their achievements‚ they are role models for their school and community‚
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IF THERE’S ONE thing I learned in graduate school‚ it’s that the poet Philip Larkin was right. (“They fuck you up‚ your mum and dad‚ / They may not mean to‚ but they do.”) At the time‚ I was a new mom with an infant son‚ and I’d decided to go back to school for a degree in clinical psychology. With baby on the brain and term papers to write‚ I couldn’t ignore the barrage of research showing how easy it is to screw up your kids. Of course‚ everyone knows that growing up with “Mommy Dearest” produces
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What does the “working poor” mean? What are the two important reasons for the emergence of the working poor in the US? What is unique to the American society that makes working people in the US more vulnerable to poverty? What can be done about it? What does working poor mean to you? How can a person work and still be poor? Why am I not stable? Why am I living check to check? These are questions that working class people ask themselves on a day to day basic. The working poor means people who work
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What Does it Mean to be a Man or a Woman? A theme the tragedy of Macbeth routinely reveals is one of gender roles. Throughout the play‚ many characters struggle with conflict within themselves; not unlike conflicts that we face inside ourselves today. Various major conflicts throughout the screenplay are somehow connected with characters’ roles as men or women. The dominant question is‚ do the characters know who they are as men and women? Although Macbeth’s age was never stated‚ it is concluded
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meaningful. Martina McBride’s music is a good example of this. That is what writing means to me as a person. As a student‚ it is a way to express what I learned. A person could even ask questions to better understand something. It is a way to express what you do know. I have thought I understood my class material. Then I went to write a paper‚ and realized I didn’t know as much as I thought it did. As a professions‚ I am guessing that means in my profession and not that of a professional writer. In my profession
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diversity has a wide variety of definitions. It means accepting others despite their moral values. As a young African-American woman attending a school where people come from all different walks of life‚ I am challenged with different types of people and accepting their moral values. One of my best friends is an African-American male‚ Christian‚ and homosexual. Typically Christians and black people don’t accept those who attribute to same-sex relationships‚ but I love and see past his beliefs and accept
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