“Bonnie Mary Alek!” My Mother screamed from our backyard‚ “come this instinct!” Uh-oh‚ I’m in tremendous trouble I heard my middle and last name‚ but it’s okay. I still didn’t introduce myself to you guys. What poor manners‚ I have. Therefore‚ let’s start with simple information. I am Bonnie Mary Alek‚ sixteen years old‚ now the only child in the Alek family‚ who used to have a brother named Aiden. I am older than him by two years. It all started when I was eight years of age. My uncle took
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In Bonnie Tsui’s‚ Choose Your Own Identity‚ she discusses the flexibility that lays within racial identity. In Tsui’s essays she states that even though our race has such a huge roll in the way we make our political and societal decisions‚ racial identity has become fluid. In her mind‚ we are making a come back and prioritizing the importance of who we identify as‚ rather than focusing on what we are. In Tsui’s own words‚ “In a strange way‚ the renewed fluidity of racial identity is a homecoming
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is a lot of responsibility‚ and that is one not many children can take on. For Bonnie and Ed Tait that was not the case. The couple had two girls‚ which for them‚ meant nobody would take on the family farm. Carrie Tait‚ one of their daughters that as children their father would say “I’m happy I didn’t have any boys.” Carrie’s parents wanted to still keep their land however they auctioned all of their mechanics. Bonnie and Ed decided to auction everything that was on the farm but opted out of auctioning
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Bonnie G. Smith‚ "Gender and the Practices of Scientific History‚" American Historical Review. 100:4 (1995) 1150-76. Bonnie G. Smith states in "Gender and the Practices of Scientific History‚" the predominantly male influence in the field of History and the relatively informal nature of historical teachings in days past. She asserts that the dawn of the 20th century saw a general change of attitude in regards to historical education. The concept of history being open for interpretation as opposed
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I read the article titled “Choose Your Own Identity” by Bonnie Tsui. The author starts off by using a personal anecdote about her son and that he should consider what his race should be(White or Asian). She states ”It wasn’t until 2000 that the Census Bureau started letting people choose more than one race category to describe themselves‚ and it still only recognizes five standard racial categories: white‚ black/African-American‚ American Indian/Alaska Native‚ Asian‚ Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
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Women in today ’s society have a much louder voice; meaning they have more respect‚ and are greatly appreciated for what they do‚ compared to Yackel ’s 1975 essay. Bonnie Smith-Yackel ’s essay makes a statement about how society values‚ and appreciates women and the way they work dating back to the 1920 ’s. Most things having to do with women working or anybody for that matter have changed for the better since then‚ but sadly some things still remain the same. Yackel begins her essay with a call
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My Mother Never Worked In the essay "My Mother Never Worked‚" Bonnie Smith-Yackel recalls the time when she called Social Security to claim her mother’s death benefits. Social Security put’s Smith-Yackel on hold so they can check their records on her mother. While waiting‚ she remembers a lot of things her mother did‚ and the compassion her mother felt towards her husband and children. When Social Security returns to the phone‚ they tell Smith-Yackel that she could not receive her mother’s
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how it could advance medicine in incredible ways‚ there remains the issue of whether finding a cure using human embryos is ethically sound. The answer to this question is heavily dependent on what status society should accord to the human embryo. Bonnie Steinbock’s “The science‚ policy‚ and ethics of stem cell research” is an article published on Reproductive BioMedicine Online that digs deep into this ongoing ethical conflict.
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a certain gene is or is not present. This concept brings about many questions regarding the safety and the ethics of choosing specific traits for a child. The articles “The art of medicine: Designer babies: Choosing our children’s genes‚” by Bonnie Steinbock and “Children to
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Norcross believes Steinbock’s argument in favor of speciesism fails. Why does he reject her view? And on what grounds does he believe that animals are required to be given full moral status? Alastair Norcross rejects Steinbocks argument out of hand. He states “…the claim is that human interests and/or rights are stronger or more important than those of animals‚ because humans possess a kind and level of rationality not possessed by animals. How much of our current behavior
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