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    my speech‚ I want my audience to understand what Autism is and the effects on children. Thesis: Every person should be aware that the children with Autism are unique‚ intelligent‚ and they can see the world in a different perspective then we do. Introduction I. Found out my niece had Autism‚ and how little I knew about what Autism is‚ and what it effects. II. Autism affects 1 in 88 American children. III. This is why I became interested in learning about Autism and I decided that

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    Born in New York City in 1925‚ William F. Buckley was one of ten children born to a Texas-born oil developer and lawyer. He spent his early life moving from New York to Mexico‚ Paris‚ England‚ and Connecticut‚ and was fluent in three languages. After his education he joined the military from 1943 to 1945‚ and then enrolled at Yale University. At Yale he was on the debate team and was the chairman of the Yale Daily News. Post-graduation‚ he spent two years in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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    first day at junior PETRONAS Military Camp at Petronas Penapisan Malacca on the year 2004. That was my first camping program that didn’t involve my school. That was the first time I experienced holding and firing a real rifle. I learned a few things about life at the camp that is respect‚ teamwork and honour. What I learned about respect at that camp was mainly about respect everyone even though they’re older or younger. The participants of the camp were aged from 10 to 18 years old. So‚ each

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    The novel Speak is about a social outcast named Melinda and her struggles to fit in in high school. She doesn’t have any true friends because no one stays around long enough to hear her story. The book is written by Laurie Halse Anderson. Throughout the novel Melinda shows her emotional discomfort through actions instead of speaking out. In the end she speaks up for herself and she finds a happier state of being. In the beginning of the novel Melinda enters high school being shunned by all

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    Analysis “In the eyes of white Americans‚ being black encapsulates your identity.” In reading and researching the African American cultural group‚ this quote seemed to identify exactly the way the race continues to still be treated today after many injustices in the past. It is astonishing to me that African Americans can still stand to be treated differently in today’s society. In reading “Blacks in America”‚ Andrew Hacker states that “being black in America has consequences in areas of: wealth

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    “The person I admire” I admire a lot of people but the person I admire the most is my friend Amie. She is very important person in my life. She works with young children and after whole day she is always calm and helpful. She can find the time to meet and help with any problem. I can always count on her. She is a teacher of the deaf. She changed her whole life and carrier after her youngest daughter was born deaf. She went to school at night and worked during the day. All while taking care of

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    In Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals‚ the character Link fascinated me. In a time of bigotry and segregation‚ Link steps out of the status quo to help Melba‚ a black student at Central High. Throughout the last fifth of the novel he cautions Melba as to what will happen to her throughout the day and tells her how she can avoid these issues. “My dad makes me go to those meetings-where they plan what to do to get ya’ll kicked out of school‚” Link explains on page 263 how he is prescient about

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    AN INTERESTING PERSON I ONCE MET During the last school holidays. I often went out for walks in the evenings‚ and the beach was one of my favourite choices. It was there that I met an interesting person. He was sitting under a coconut tree where a fishing boat was moored. His gaze was fixed on something far away‚ something as far‚ perhaps‚ as the horizon. He was hardly aware of my approach. But‚ as I halted my steps‚ about two metres away from him‚ he turned and greeted me with a toothless smile

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    12‚ 2014 Cultural Expectations for Female Doctors We have all been to or know someone who has been to a woman doctor. In “Dont Quit this Day Job” the writer‚ Karen Sibert talks about a female doctor being criticized for the choices she has to make regarding her family. I will argue that the doctor has the right to choose what she wants to do with her career and her family life. Some people may think that you have to choose career or family but

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    A person I admire Nelson Mandela Before the abrogation of Apartheid‚ South Africa was a country characterized by conflict‚ unspeakable suffering and inconceivable injustice. Minority ruled over majority‚ and society was deeply divided. Discriminatory treatment is not at all an absent unfairness in the rest of the world – quite the reverse. South Africa was simply the first country to name it – “Apartheid” literally meaning ‘separate-ness’‚ and administrate it as a system. People of any other

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