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    Life changing events in a person’s life can be a stressful or hard time. This idea is explored in Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals‚ an autobiography “I Never Had It Made” by Jackie Robinson‚ and “The Father of Chinese Aviation” By Rebecca Maksel. All of the characters had to face many difficult obstacles and people that would be thought to prevent them from achieving their goal‚ but changed their country in doing so. Melba Pattillo Beals made a new way for African American’s education.

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    The Person I’d like to Be Many people who were worthy of who I’d like to be but Muhammad Ali stood out because he was not only a fearless boxer boxer‚ but a great humanitarian. Muhammad Ali was fearless and very brave‚ he got punched in the face for a living. He routinely visits sick children with disabilities around the world. He has helped out organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation‚ and Special Olympics. Refused to be inducted into US Army because of a growing

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    individual person is special‚ concealing the uniform homogenous truth of life. This lie is told to children from the very start of their lives. It is engraved into the child’s mind by parents‚ teachers‚ even the media and society. Parents teach their little superstar child that there is no body quite like them. This white lie is prevalent in the media. For example‚ the song‚ You Are Special‚ from the television show of Barney‚ celebrates with happy singing children how‚ “You’re the only one like you

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    Boys Don’t Cry Imagine feeling like the body you’ve been given does not match how you feel inside. Imagine the pain and the confusion you acquire from not feeling like the rest of the world. Many people go through this countless times. They feel helpless and hopeless. Our society has made it so that there is only male and female‚ nothing else. For many people the struggle of having to be someone they’re not is astounding‚ it is greater than you and I. Boys Don’t Cry‚ a film directed by Kimberly

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    When people ask me about the place i always wanted to go‚ i will simply say ’Paris’. Then they will ask me again‚ why ’Paris’ ? Why ’Paris’ ? That is the question and i don’t know why and how to answer it . Maybe they will never understand it but someday i will tell them ’why’. For now‚ let me keep this as my own special request to God‚ so that one day it will come true . Paris‚ France is the place where fashion‚ culture and music are fabricated together and of course where ’love’ will

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    C O M P E T I T I V E A N A LY S I S GAMECONSOLES Color palette: Weak‚ outdated Strengths Not much strength here. The close-up of the game controller photo adds power to the overall box. The sunrise on the planet horizon shows an “out of this world” look and feel‚ providing the sense of unlimited games experiences and a vast universe of gaming options. The logo and symbol covering almost a third of the box makes a direct and easy identification of the product to the consumer. Weaknesses

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    In the text Twenty Questions by G Lee Bowie‚ I chose the chapter “Why Shouldn’t I Be Selfish”? In that chapter the two selections that were chosen were The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. The two discuss and give examples of how selfishness is simply for survival and how being selfish can benefit that individual. The term selfishness stated by Ayn Rand is defined as “concern with one’s own interest” (525). In both selections of the chapter both philosophers

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    I should probably tell someone‚ just tell someone. Get it over with. Let it out‚ blurt it out” (99). In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ Melinda is a freshman in highschool who struggles to escape the traumatizing past of being raped by a popular senior‚ Andy Evans. Because of her painful memories Melinda would circumvent Andy all year‚ experiencing bullying‚ rejection‚ and social isolation along the way. The essence of this story illustrates Melinda’s transformation from being silent and

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    TASK 2 (2.5%): ‘DON ANGLOS’ CASE STUDY Don Anglos had to make some tough decisions before the next week’s board meeting. The question at hand was whether Pinnacle Co.‚ the small‚ publicly held Indiana-based machine tool company he held as CEO‚ should attempt to acquire Hoilman Inc. Hoilman was a Company known for the cutting-edge sensor technology and communications software it had developed to monitor robotics equipment. Anglos had just heard a credible rumor that one of Pinnacle’s chief competitors

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    In the story‚ Don’t Give Up The Fight Ava overcame the obstacle of being bullied. There are many people in real life that overcame their own obstacles. One person that overcame an obstacle is Thomas Edison. He failed 10‚000 times before creating the light bulb. But he overcame that just like Ava and now has one of the best inventions in the world. Although they are alike‚ one thing different is Thomas Edison influenced other people to create other things. But Ava just overcame her own obstacle

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