"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Music is one of the symbols mentioned in this story. The author mentions the music played in everywhere in the story. The author says that "The Music was always in the background". The music comes from restaurants‚ homes and cars. Music symbolizes the feeling and the emotions of the characters. For example‚ music for Connie is a pattern for romantic relationship. When she is happy‚ she hears music in everywhere. On the other hand‚ when she is sad‚ she
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I believe that learned helplessness is true (esp. in its connection with depression) but doesn’t explain for all cases. I also believe that learned helplessness is a conditioned response. If you say you are going to fail so many times‚ then you will. Many people relate the two together when they are not always relatable. For instance‚ one might suffer from learned helplessness but could not be depressed‚ or one might be depressed but not have suffered from learned helplessness. But‚ I do believe
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Laura Young: A historian writing about the Asian Americans: Chapter 1 When people think of Asian-Americans‚ typically people automatically think of just Chinese people or Japanese people. The Asian-American community is made up of not only the Chinese and Japanese‚ but also Filipino‚ Indian‚ Vietnamese‚ and Korean. The term Asian American was used informally by activists in the 1960s who sought an alternative to the term Oriental‚ arguing that the latter was derogatory and colonialist. Usually
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Leadership Mistakes I’ve Made and Lessons I’ve Learned from Them In my time in the Cadet program I’ve made several mistakes as I’ve progressed through leadership roles; however‚ these mistakes are not without some benefit as I’ve learned valuable lessons from them. I’ve seen my shortcomings with regards to respect and professionalism and those shortcomings have allowed me to see ways I can improve‚ and how these mistakes are not congruent with my values. I’ve made mistakes as a leader when it comes
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Teachers also love them. Well some schools have actually have made it a permanent thing. Kids go to school for five days a week and sometimes they do not get enough sleep. Schools should have a four day school week for many reasons that will all be in this essay. The relationship of the teachers and students will be better because they will have a longer break.(Bradley). Teachers and students will have more time to rest and sleep in. Students will have a chance to get an after-school job. Teachers
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Suddenly the silent breaks of a slight laughter from the teacher‚ “It’s time for first period‚ if you don’t know where you are going look at your schedule or ask your advisor.” I pull my schedule out of my backpack and see I have Language Art with Ms. Moore. I walk to the other side of the middle school‚ and walk into the room. I look around the room to see table of girls with one seat open‚ so I go and sit next
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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English 101 September 18‚ 2012 A Lessoned Learned Mrs. Jones in Thank You Ma’am shows something that most people cannot even think of showing or doing. Yes‚ different people do different things but Mrs. Jones is definitely not an ordinary woman. The first time meeting someone is always different‚ but Roger did not expect what he got the day he met Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. The person he met was strict but sweet‚ not only that but she was accepting in a way. Mrs. Jones shows that she
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Researched Argument Paper In his What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy‚ James Paul Gee strives to prove that video games lead to “good learning of hard and challenging things”(Gee 4)‚ and does so rather successfully. He supports his claims with many examples from his own personal experiences as well as a few research experiments he has done in classrooms. The results of these examples in addition to other professional journals clearly agree with his main assertions. When
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Is racism really learned? Racism is defined as a belief or doctrine that inherits differences among various human races or a policy or system government. Although‚ around 1936- along with the word racist- a new definition arises‚ hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. The history of racism can be dated back all the way to biblical times. The rest of the world was jealous because the Jews were said to be God’s chosen people. In Deuteronomy‚ it states‚ “For you are a holy people to
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