For my senior project‚ I made books with my first grader girls‚ focusing on fostering both increased self esteem and positive feelings about being a girl. Each page tackled a different prompt: things they liked about themselves‚ a woman they admire‚ things the girls liked about each other‚ a job they thought would be hard to a girl to have‚ the best part of being a girl‚ what it means to be a girl‚ and that they’re strong. I tried to give the girls as much freedom as I could in answering each prompt
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In the world today‚ our single story of each other forms separation and create boundaries that are sometimes impossible to cross because we build our lives around them. In the prelude chapter title the “The Politic of the Brokenhearted‚” Parker Palmer conveys his argument of how knowing each other’s stories will make us less frighten of one another. In this chapter‚ Palmer’s purpose is to communicate with humans that the way we treat‚ fear‚ and devalue each other is making our world a very dangerous
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Esguerra‚ Aya Micaela Q. English1 Narrative Essay My First on Firsts Never have I ever been the risk-taker type of person. I kept on rationalizing and reasoning out that things should be done according to a valid purpose just to avoid being asked to do them. And frankly‚ I found every purpose or reason other people trying to convince me tell‚ in any way possible‚ invalid. I have escaped many adventures in life and lost opportunities that were already laid out in front of me. I practically
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We begin in the Kingdom of O’Hara with newly reigning queen Violet Chachki‚ a beautiful woman with amazing features and characteristics: beautiful eyes‚ smooth lips‚ stunning dress. However‚ trouble struck when she got an alarming call from her friend Queen Katya of the Soviet Union. “Eek‚” Katya shrieked‚ “Violet‚ please help me! All of my diamonds have gone missing!” “I’m on my way‚” Violet said and she immediately vanished into thin air. Violet then appeared in the ravaged streets of Saint Petersburg-
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or experience. Girl-to-girl bullying is not wished upon as well‚ especially when you are apart of it. Since the beginning of my school education I seemed to become a magnet of bullies. In elementary school‚ I tried to be helpful towards others. I assisted with homework‚ cleaned up after activities‚ and I even did most of the work in group projects because the other kids groaned and complained about it. Unfortunately‚ due to my acts of being helpful I was called‚ "dog" by the girls who wore nicer
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People always say “ you only realize the importance of something you have got until it is gone.” That is really true. I used to be a girl with plenty of negative thoughts‚ and I also never thought about my future. Going to school used to be really boring with me‚ amd I did not like going to school until one day; my eyes felt so hurt. I thought it was because I used it too much ‚ so it got tired‚ and I should not worry at all. But the next morning I woke up‚ everything was so burred ‚ and I almost
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THE FIRST CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE: ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA’S 1542 LA RELACION Ramón Sánchez University of Washington‚ Bothell In this paper‚ I will discuss the development of one type of Western captivity narrative‚ a Spanish one that in the context of expanding Western conquest brought (1) the need for the European conqueror to defend himself from the accusation of cultural betrayal and (2) the need to redeem a failed conqueror. For this I focus on Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca’s 1542 La Relacion
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INDENT It was my first race of the season on the no-cut cross country team and when I crossed the finish line‚ I nearly collapsed. By the next race‚ I knew that I wanted to improve. After the second race‚ I looked at my time and as usual‚ I came in last place. Having the least athletic experience on the team‚ it did not surprise me. However‚ what came as a shock to me was that it would be a personal win. INDENT The starting gun fired and it felt as if everything was in slow motion. The clatter of
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Jorge Velez Diaz Professor Hargraves ENGL-1005 18 September 2014 My First Cruise Like it was yesterday I remember my first vacation on a cruise. My Dad and I went on a three- day long cruise to The Bahamas. I had never been on a cruise‚ so it was a new experience for me. We needed to be in Tampa for our departure‚ so we drove the two hours from Orlando‚ Florida to Fort Lauderdale‚ Florida. My Dad and I used this time to talk‚ make plans for the trip and think about our upcoming adventures on the
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My First Rescue When I was young‚ there wasn’t really much say in the fact that most of my childhood years would be already planned out. How I would be swimming from age 6‚ just as my brother before me‚ my mom before him‚ and my grandfather‚ being a competitive swim coach. What else was set up for me‚ was my life on the beach patrol. Since my dad has sat more lifeguard towers then sand granules on the beach and my mom for five years‚ it was just about set in stone for my first job. Everyone
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