Assignment 1.2: Summary and Personal Response Jennifer English Composition 115 May 10‚ 2012 Assignment 1.2: Summary and Personal Response In “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits‚” (Kim‚ 2004) the author‚ Suki Kim‚ writes about the struggles she faced as an impoverished‚ South Korean‚ immigrant teen in the 1980’s. Suddenly Kim’s world is turned upside down and she must find a way to survive in a foreign land. She writes emotionally about trying to find a place to
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Murtaza‚ Taimour Dr. Stacy Stuewe English-1301 11.00 pm Due Date: 09/16/2014 Summary Response Paper “Friends with Benefits” In the article “Friends with Benefits” by Kate Dailey claims that there are benefits to having social media friends on Facebook. She started to think how we use Facebook when one of her college friend posted about her loss of son on Facebook. Dailey felt posting that on Facebook was extremely personal‚ but when she started to examine the benefits of Facebook friends‚ she
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Summary/Response paper of “Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” essay by Karyn Lewis Jennifer Morgan Capella University Summary/Response paper of “Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All” essay by Karyn Lewis In the essay “Some Don’t Like Their Blues at All”‚ Karyn Lewis gives a powerful‚ somewhat argumentative‚ view on her reaction to a clothing advertisement for Fila Jeans. She opens the article with a precise description of a young‚ black‚ muscular male purposely posed in front of a dominating
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As a leader you may encounter many scenarios that can affect your staff. By being a leader you must provide your staff with methods to effective handle any situation. According to Greenwood‚ Bradfield‚ Kaminski‚ Lina‚ Carta and Nylander (2011)‚ Response to Intervention (RTI) shifts practices from the traditional model of students waiting to qualify for special education or services to one that provides immediate prevent for developmental delays and challenges from becoming disabilities. The special
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Robert Shurtleff‚ also known as Deborah Sampsom was‚ and still is known for showing great bravery by dressing up as a man‚ and going to war. Deborah Sampsom grew up in a very poor home. She was the oldest of six kids. When Deborah was only a young girl‚ her father left her family by going on a ship and sailing away. Somehow Deborah’s mother had to find a way to provide for her family. Shortly after‚ Deborah’s mother got sick‚ and couldn’t provide for her family. Her mother then shipped away all of
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A CRITICAL SUMMARY OF DEBORAH TANNEN ’S "THE POWER OF TALK: WHO GETS HEARD AND WHY Tannen‚ D. 2001 " The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why". From _Linguistics at Work: A Reader of Applications_‚ edited by Dallin D. Oaks 242-259. There is no particular way to communicate according the Deborah Tannen as communication is not just saying what you mean but how one communicates the meaning. Situation varies from one person to another. Language communicates ideas but a more powerful form of communication
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experiences: being perceived as dangerous on the street‚ or being mistaken for a burglar at work. At the end‚ he found out that he was not able to change the bad perception on his black skin‚ so he learnt to get use to it and tried to be successful. In response to the essay‚ there are three points that crossed my mind after read the article; specifically‚ these are the discrimination‚ the compassion and ways to get over the obstacles. To begin with‚ discrimination is the first issue which was pointed
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The present study of Deborah examines the dichotomy of a female balancing power with submission. The purpose of this thesis is to show that you can have power and be submitted. Deborah’s story is found in the Old Testament in the book of Judges in chapters 4 and 5. The book of Judges takes place during a time when the Israelites subjected themselves to idols and gave themselves to other gods. The book itself defines the text written therein: it contains the history of Biblical judges‚ divinely inspired
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that at the time was not socially accepted for the role of a “women”. For example‚ in Baldwin’s character Deborah we begin to see the conflicts and stigmas that come with rape and the pure women. In the book‚ Deborah was judged and marginalized as an outsider due to the fact that white men took advantage of her. Baldwin does an exceptional job of explaining to the reader the stigmas that Deborah had to face from society after everyone knew that she had been raped. Baldwin explains that black men were
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Throughout history‚ men dominated the planet. Their ability to withstand hard physical labor launched males as the superior gender for centuries. As society progressed‚ the necessity for physical labor decreased. Today‚ only a select few jobs require hard labor while the education system influences the job market. This change in society opens the door for women to excel at the same pace as men‚ however‚ men continue to insist on enforcing outdated gender roles. These enforcements hold women back
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