female astronaut was Mae Jemison. Mae Jemison was the first African American female to be admitted into the N.A.S.A. administration company as an astronaut. Surprisingly enough‚ Mae Jemison didn’t always want to be an astronaut when she was younger; she wanted to be a scientist. Also‚ she went though a lot of complex training to get where she is today. Mae Jemison went through a lot of hard schooling; her first mission of space travel was a complete success! Mae Jemison was the first African
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MAE JEMISON FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE IN SPACE. EARLY LIFE • Mae Carol Jemison was born October 17‚ 1956 in Decatur‚ Alabama. • At the age of three‚ her and her family moved to Chicago. • For high school‚ Jemison attended Morgan Park. Here is where she realized she wanted a career in biomedical engineering. • She attended Stanford University on a National Achievement Scholarship. • As she had been in high school‚ Jemison was very involved in extracurricular activities at Stanford‚ including
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Mae C. Jemison Her Birth Mae C. Jamison was born in on October 17‚ 1956 in Decatur‚ Alabama. She was the youngest child to Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green. Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity and her mother was a elementary teacher. When Mae Jemison was three years old when her parents moved to Chicago‚ Illinois so there kids can get a better education. At a very young age Mae Jemison expressed an interest in science and astronomy. In elementary she was asked what she wanted
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Mae Carol Jemison or better known as Mae C. Jemison was an American engineer‚ physician‚ and a NASA astronaut. She became known as the first African-American woman to travel in space. Mae was born on October 17 1956 in Decatur‚ Alabama. When she was around three years old‚ her parents‚ Charlie and Dorothy Jemison‚ move to Chicago in order to provide her and her siblings a better education. During her high school years she was convinced to pursue engineering. She blossomed in engineering and graduated
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G Thesis Statements What Is a Thesis Statement? If you have ever worked in an office with computers‚ your computer was probably connected to a network. In a network‚ there is one main computer to which all the other computers send and receive information. If that base computer shuts down‚ all the other computers shut down—everything centers on that one computer. In the same way‚ every word‚ sentence‚ and paragraph in an essay must relate to or center on the thesis statement. A thesis statement
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ESSAYS BEGIN WITH A THESIS STATEMENT What is a thesis statement? A single sentence that summarizes your main idea How do you create a thesis statement? Two Parts: (1) Topic + (2) Opinion = Thesis Statement The good‚ the bad‚ the ugly… Good thesis statements are clear‚ to the point sentences with enough detail to make the main idea of the essay unmistakable and the writer’s opinions obvious. Bad thesis statements may make the main idea and writer’s opinion obvious‚ but the
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HOW TO WRITE A STRONG THESIS STATEMENT A WRITING CENTRE HANDOUT 1. UNDERSTAND THE ACADEMIC WRITING TASK You can begin to formulate a good thesis statement only after you have got a solid grasp of the purpose of the assignment. If you’re asked to write a paper in response to a specific assignment question‚ then your first task is make sure that you clearly understand the academic writing task. Determine which of the following critical thinking skills you are primarily being asked to apply to your
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A FEW MORE TOPICS & THESIS EXAMPLES TOPIC: body piercing BAD: Body piercing is popular among kids nowadays. BETTER: Body piercing among contemporary youth represents the latest form of rebelling against authority that previous generations manifested in smoking‚ getting tattoos‚ and wearing mini-skirts. TOPIC: female musicians BAD: Female musicians are getting more popular. BETTER: During the past five years‚ musical artists like Sheryl Crow‚ Alanis Morisette‚ and Jewel have solidified a place
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WTG 7a: The Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences The thesis statement concisely expresses your main idea to your audience and is supported by the body of the essay. Your thesis statement should do more than state a fact; rather‚ it should make an assertion based on your own ideas. ( Bad: iPods are devices that transport and play music. ( Good: iPods are the best source for transporting and playing music not only because they are compact and user-friendly but also because they store
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This handout describes what a thesis statement is‚ how thesis statements work in your writing‚ and how you can discover or refine one for your draft. INTRODUCTION Writing in college often takes the form of persuasion—convincing others that you have an interesting‚ logical point of view on the subject you are studying. Persuasion is a skill you practice regularly in your daily life. You persuade your roommate to clean up‚ your parents to let you borrow the car‚ your friend to vote for your favorite
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