Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question (text 7 in the preparation material) is written by Diane Burns and published in 1981 in the book of poems “Riding the One-Eyed Ford”. Diane Burns (1957-2006) was a Native American poet (Ferguson‚ 2007). The poem presents a conversation between a Native American and another person. Only parts of the conversation are presented in the poem‚ but given the answers and the questions‚ it is possible to guess what type of question the Native American is answering to
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“Can You Tell the Truth in a Small Town?” by Kathleen Norris describes the lack of acceptance of the truth in her small town. The African - Americans in Maya Angelou’s “Reclaiming Our Home Place” deal with similar pain felt from the persecution they receive from white citizens who fantasize about the good old “Gone With the Wind” days (Angelou 135). They do not want to face the truth they need to stand up and fight for their civil liberties instead they go north to escape. Written history becomes
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no one understands them. Self-injuring can happen because of traumatic experiences‚ such as: living through abuse‚ violence‚ or disasters. Cutting might seem like the only way to find relief. According to the movie shown in class‚ "Can You See My Pain‚" someone who self-injures thinks they need to cut in order for them to live. Cutting is a behavior that starts as an attempt
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You Can’t Control your Reputation! Epictetus‚ a slave turned philosopher‚ was interested in the idea of inner peace from a young age. After being freed‚ he wrote a book detailing the journey to inner happiness‚ “The Manual”. In this text‚ he states that the only things that you can control are the things within your mind. In order to reach inner peace‚ you must accept that some things are out of your control and you cannot change. The only thing you can do is respond to what others do unto you
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1979another treaty‚ known as the Moon Treaty was proposed."This is stated in the story "Can you Own Land in Outer Space?"This story tells us we can own land in outer space but‚ the question is should we? In my opinion ‚ we shouldn’t be aloud or able to live or own property in outer space.People think just because we can or we have the ability to do something then we should do it even it’s bad.For example:just because we can drink doesn’t mean we should and just because we have the ability to take drugs
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world. The sole focus on the memory and recalling of these knowledge has made school life less meaningful for students. As such‚ there is an urgent need to make school life meaningful and useful for students. In this essay‚ I will be discussing a few ways which this can be done. Encouraging students to contribute to the community is a way to make school like more meaningful. Monthly visits to orphanages or elder homes to interact and keep people there company would definitely bring happiness to them
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Can we make true friends on social networking websites Internet has a marvelous utility which connects people to share values and vision no matter where they live‚ what language they speak and whether they are sociable or not. As some social-networking sites provide an equal shared space where people can communicate with each other speaking out freely‚ individuals have new ways to meet more friends. In the materialistic age‚ we can see reality and hypocrisy everywhere so many people go into the
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Come one come all and get the model t ford you can travel faster and it’s easy to use just turn over the conveyer belt with the ignition key. It makes travel faster and you don’t have the hassle of stopping in the heat to water horses because it comes with heat/ac and you’ll never be too cold or too hot again.The Model T is offered in several body styles‚ including a five-seat touring car‚ a two-seat runabout‚ and a seven-seat town car. All bodies were mounted on a uniform 100-inch-wheelbase chassis
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causes‚ how much should individual countries and global organizations like the United Nations (UN) step in to give much needed aid to countries who struggle? In ‘The Life You Can Save’ by Peter Singer and ‘Domination and Destitution in an Unjust World’ by Ryoa Chung‚ both philosophers propose two different options on how we can address our obligation to the global poor.
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Growing up I always heard from my parents and my teachers “do the best you can”. At the time I thought that I was doing the best I could do. I would hear that phrase day after day no matter what I did. I never minded hearing it‚ it was nice to heat actually. I had always earned A’s throughout elementary and middle school and all of my teachers in the private school I attended seemed to be pleased with the work that I produced. I always worked hard‚ and in return my teachers rewarded me with praise
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