Khalil’s Journey: Not the Tail of an Average Man Our story of our protagonist opens in 1983 when the elderly Khalil is lying in Groote Schuur Hospital‚ trying to gather his memories to “make a good yarn”‚ or story although no one is there to hear it (p.2). We soon find that his end in this life is imminent‚ and what follows is his journey from birth to childhood‚ adolescence and adulthood in the Cape Muslim community‚ and returning in the end to the scene at his demise in the hospital. After this
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had for the past nine months. My stomach was large‚ I looked like I had somehow swallowed a beach ball. I was going on my forty-second week of pregnancy. As I arrived at my doctor appointment the room was filled with a sea of people‚ all ranging from different sizes and stages of their pregnancy. When my name was finally called‚ I went back to the ultrasound room. The technician conducted my ultrasound‚ and the doctor checked me‚ both which had been routinely done. I was advised by my doctor that
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Birth‚ the magical moment in which a new life enters the world and a woman finally becomes a mother. The process from conception to birth truly is miraculous‚ and despite all the scientists that have brought numerous theories and explanations‚ mothers are the sole people on earth who can truly give insight on what it’s like to give birth to a human being. Throughout the conducted interview‚ the three phases which consist of the pregnancy‚ the labour‚ and ultimately the newborn/infancy phase were
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changing events that can happen to a person are death of a loved one and the birth of a child. Everyone experiences death throughout life‚ whether of a gold fish you won at a fair when you were a child or death of a close and valued loved one. But not all people get the joy of experiencing having a child. For me‚ that has been the most enjoyable thing in my life. But I’m not writing about the birth of my son. I am writing about the journey my wife and I went on to have him. My wife and I got married
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Draft 15 Nov. 2012 It is the Time to Stop the One-Child Policy in China In 1979‚ the Population and Family Planning Commissions of China established a policy‚ which is the unique policy of China in the world‚ called the One-Child policy. According to the BBC News in the report of “China Steps Up ‘One Child‘ Policy‚” The ’one child ’ policy stipulates each couple living in the cities should only have one child‚ unless one or both of the couple are from an ethnic minority or they are both only children
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an amazing process takes place. Moreover‚ the creation of new organs‚ systems‚ body parts‚ etc‚ makes that process unique. As a result‚ birth is a magic moment from a complex process of creation that‚ usually takes 9 months or less to complete the “Master Piece”. When the mother is noticed that she has a babe on her womb‚ the embryonical period takes place from the 1st and 8th week. During the first 4 weeks of pregnancy‚ the embryo already has a heart with 2 lobes and it is beating. Also the spinal
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Current China’s One-Child Policy sibo ma Current China’s One-Child Policy On October 31st‚ 2011‚ with a particular enfant born‚ the population of the world reached seven billion. Once again‚ population problems have aroused concerns in all circles of the society‚ which is also a big problem to China. As we all know‚ “With just over 1.3 billion people‚ China is the world’s most populous country. China represents a full 20% of the world’s population
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The one child policy in 1979 in an attempt to slow the rapidly growing population‚ initiated by Chinese officials has led to a multitude of uncalculated and sudden catastrophic impingements. These impingements have had‚ and will continue to have‚ large scale effects on China’s population. The Chinese government has begun to feel the recoil of their one child policy after the discovery was made that there is an approximant 120 to 100 ratio of males to females in China. This was a crucial discovery
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One rite of passage is the birth of a new born child. This can lead to several challenges for either a single parent or two‚ because a new born can turn a family around drastically. One challenge that the guardian or parents can face is financial problems. When the child is born there are medical costs that need attending. Medical considerations include all prenatal care‚ testing‚ labor and delivery‚ hospital stays‚ and any special treatments that arise during a birth. New parents need to plan
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China’s One-Child Policy: Should It Be Abolished? After the People’s Republic of China had been founded in 1949‚ the improved sanitation and medicine promoted rapid population growth. Before long‚ the population boom started to take a major toll on the country’s food supply. Officials launched a campaign to promote birth control in 1955 in order to deal with the overpopulation. Their efforts were reversed though‚ in 1958 by the Great Leap Forward‚ which was Mao Zedong’s attempt to rapidly convert
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