Civil disobedience to me means a group or an individuals protesting or blocking a civil action against the government. To me I personally been in a situation where I was involved in a dispute. At the time I was attending Harris Stowe State University and the university was celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr like they do for the past 15 years and during the time of the ceremony it was the whole issue of the Michael Brown case. So there were angry protestors that marched on campus grounds as well
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The American Dream is like a fingerprint. Everybody has them but they are all so different. These dreams represent the inner thoughts‚ hopes‚ and goals of the people. Often the American Dream is portrayed as unattainable or as a tool used by industries to manipulate the lower and middle class. The reality is‚ the American Dream is not the same American Dream as it was when the country was founded in 1776. It has morphed to shape citizens and immigrants as individuals. My American Dream is to live
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you can express yourself. I do this with my memorial stone. It is a way for me to express my faith in a way that will not be to noticeable. The reason why I don’t want it to be to noticeable is because of what Mathew 6:4 says‚ “so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father‚ who sees what is done in secret will reward you.”. This is why I keep it small and never tell anyone about it. That is why my memorial stone is special for me beyond the normal
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Cross country means a lot to me. I have a lot of crazy memories from cross country and I’m only half way through high school. Cross country has meant the most to me because it is fun‚ builds character‚ and gets me in shape. Cross country has meant the most because it is very fun. We have a lot of fun and different practices. For conditioning week we do some fun activities‚ Like we do a scavenger hunt by running around town taking pictures of the landmarks from the clues. Also we run our respective
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Persuasive Speech Self-Evaluation My topic for my Persuasive Speech was on‚ “Why should you adopt a pet?” In class‚ when we were in groups looking over our classmates outlines‚ my topic was on seatbelt safety law. I thought that topic wasn’t strong enough to have an argument with. Somehow‚ in my group we were talking about pets that we have adopted. Then‚ I thought why not a speech on why you should adopt a pet. I myself have adopted a dog and volunteered at the SPCA about a year ago so I thought
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I believe that suffering does help one become more human‚ that one cannot‚ or should not avoid suffering‚ and that by suffering we can form a bond and understanding of other people. In my opinion‚ there is not a single person that has not had to endure pain and suffering. It seems that some people go through more pain and suffering than others‚ but all go through some form or degree of it. Research suggest that‚ despite its unpleasantness‚ suffering may actually have positive social consequences
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against your internal clock it will mess up your energy during the day. Depending on a person’s age they should get a certain amount of sleep to get the most out of their brain. For example‚ in source one “if a person lost 2 hours of sleep each night‚ they’ll have a sleep debt of 14 hours after a week.” This shows that they need a certain amount of sleep because they can not get back lost sleep. It also shows that if someone misses sleep it will add up and you will not get the most not of your brain
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American lifestyle. The story leads by Chris Gardner‚ the salesman who is very low social status‚ rise from his poverty to be rich man. It looks like the pursuit of happyness in Chris Gardner term means that chasing the wealthy life. At the beginning‚ his life is very suffering from his job. Gardner has invested in a device known as a "Bone Density scanner". He expects that he would sell all of his devices and it would make his family better. However‚ he can’t sell it as his expected because most
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The word choice of “coiled” and “curled” are what snakes are known to do before they attack their pray‚ yet Edna is willing to die and give her life to the ocean. The ocean is what allowed Edna to truly live‚ and in doing so caused her to go through very rough experiences that eventually led to her committing
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My Papa’s Waltz was a interesting poem. There are several different meanings it could have. For instance‚ before I looked into the poem I thought it was about a father abusing his child‚ But after I read and studied it I realized what it was about. It took me a few times of reading it to understand that it was actually talking about a little boy that didn’t want to go to bed so his father danced with him. Before annotating it I thought it was talking about a little boy that maybe didn’t want to
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