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    Edexcel Medicine and Health through Time: A development study Revision Booklet 2013 Success in this exam requires: A general understanding of how medicine developed over time. You need to have an overview of how medicine changed in your mind. Was there PROGRESS / CONTINUITY / REGRESSION from one period of time to the next. Knowledge about different areas of medicine: Understanding CAUSE of disease Developing TREATMENTS / preventions / cures Understanding ANATOMY

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    When the moment the child was born into the world‚ the mother’s duties commence. A mother has many duties‚ mainly by teaching her children about healthy eating‚ shaping a great role model and always be there for her children. Many times a mother needs to sacrifice her own happiness to let her children have a good life. In the book A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove‚ Kerry Matt has showed no care about her own children and even ran away from them‚ which remains them with no food to eat. That could cause

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    in the poems “I‚ Too” and “White Lies”. In the poem “I‚ Too” by Langston Hughes‚ Hughes describes an African American’s willingness and courage to fight‚ when experiencing racism and segregation. But in the poem “White Lies” by Natasha Trethewey‚ Trethewey represents the lengths to which an African American would go in order to avoid standing up for herself or her race. In “I‚ Too”‚ the narrator describes the situation of a black servant being sent into the kitchen as white visitors come to the

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    Mockingbird Norman Schwarzkoph‚ a United States general‚ once said‚ “True courage is being afraid‚ and going ahead and doing your job anyway‚ that’s what courage is.” Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is set in the early 1900s‚ a time where racial segregation and the Great Depression happened in a small Alabama town called Maycomb. The story is narrated by a young girl named Scout. Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ are two children growing up in a prejudicial racial community‚ often discrimited themselves

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    Courage: An Extended Definition The current dictionary definitions of courage are inadequate because they only include references to physical courage and omit instances of inner strength. Three contemporary dictionaries agree closely on the definition although they differ in the order of importance. Webster’s New World Dictionary describes courage as “an attitude of facing and dealing with anything recognized as dangerous‚ difficult or painful‚ instead of withdrawing from it‚” and The American

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    A Mother

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    The mother in their family has many roles. She is not just your mother‚ she is the nurturer‚ doctor‚ nurse‚ teacher‚ cab driver‚ cook‚ house keeper‚ homework helper‚ clothing washer‚ cheerleader‚ disciplinarian‚ just too many to type at this moment. We don’t realize just how important our mothers are. Mothers do and do and ask for nothing in return‚ we cry along with you when you are hurting‚ and will fight the biggest thing around defending you. You’re never “TOO OLD” to be mommy’s baby. There is

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    Hughes 1 Mr. Quigley English 8-2 5 May 2013 Knowledge and Courage To Kill a Mockingbird is not a story about birds‚ or animal abuse. This novel is a book of knowledge and courage which both teaches and fixes people’s view of life. Even though the title is "To Kill a Mockingbird‚" it is suitable to entitle it as to kill our stubborn misunderstandings. This book is full of courage shown by Harper Lee. During her lifetime‚ there was a lot of racism going on in America. However‚ Harper

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    Andrea Professor SMcCombs English 1301 15 October 2012 Mothers It is no question that mothers are utterly important in every child’s life. As far as I could remember my mother has always been there for me. For example one of the many times she has been there for me was when she taught me the difference between healthy food and junk food. Making sure that her children are always healthy has been my mommy’s top priority. When I was six‚ or seven I can recall going to the corner store with my

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    “The Mother: Remember the children you got that you did not get” Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “The Mother” is ambiguous and totally unexpected. The narrator starts by speaking about abortion in a very accusatory tone. In the first part of the poem the narrator uses second person language and accuses mothers of getting abortions and talks about how all the mothers will be missing out on seeing their children grow. She is talking to readers about abortions in general. She talks to mothers and patronizes

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    What Is Courage

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    Courage‚ also known as bravery‚ will‚ intrepidity‚ and fortitude‚ is the ability to confront fear‚ pain‚ risk‚ danger‚ uncertainty‚ or intimidation. "Physical courage" is courage in the face of physical pain‚ hardship‚ or threat of death‚ while "moral courage" is the courage to act rightly in the face of popular opposition‚ shame‚ scandal‚ or discouragement. To have courage means to stand up for both yourself and other people‚ to ignore the people who bother you and to love the people that love

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