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    Response to Lee D. Hailey English 111-27 January 29‚ 2011 190-193 Response to Wendy Lee’s Peeling Bananas It is not often that I have to read an article or essay several times before I can make an appropriate response. As I read Wendy Lee’s article‚ Peeling Bananas‚ I found myself side-tracked by my own thoughts and feelings of being an African American here in the United States. As I read and reread‚ there were several areas that seemed to jump out at me and make me want to respond

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    English M01 A Monika Savic Autobiography Journal Peeling Bananas Wendy Lee wrote this essay when she was in high school. She was born in America‚ but her parents were born in China. While she focuses mainly on going to school‚ she wants to be an American but without losing her hybrid of two cultures. In her first paragraph‚ she talks about her friend’s father compared her to a banana‚ because she has the yellow skin of a Chinese‚ but inside she is white like an American. She thinks she has no

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    Banana Peelings as Charcoal Briquette” Charcoal (Cooking fuel) Prior to the industrial revolution charcoal was occasionally used as a cooking fuel. Modern "charcoal briquettes"‚ widely used for outdoor grilling and barbecues in backyards and on camping trips‚ imitate this use‚ but are not pure charcoal. They are usually compacted mixtures of sawdust with additives like coal or coke and various binders. Charcoal is the dark grey residue consisting of carbon‚ and any remaining ash‚ obtained by

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    Compare and contrast “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas and “Peeling Bananas” by Wendy Lee “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas and “Peeling Bananas” by Wendy Lee‚ tell stories on their encounter on migrating from their previous homes. They are both faced and challenged with negativity. Eventually‚ they look for ways to revolve those problems to fit in with the community. In “The F Word”‚ Dumas asks Americans to open up and accept foreign cultures. Dumas and her family moved to America; due to the misunderstanding

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    Division Of City School-Valenzuela Gen. T. de Leon National High School Musa Sapientum Dishwasher (Banana Peelings Dishwashing Liquid) Danica Mariz Gonzales Christian Sabadisto Aileen Faith Pinalas Table Of Contents Abstract………………………………………………3 Introduction……………………………………………4 a. b. c. d. Background of the Study…………………………4 Statement of the Problem…………………………4 Significance of the Problem…………………………5 Scope and Limitation……………………………….5 Formulation of Hypothesis………………………………….5 Definition of Terms…………………………………………

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    PROBLEM -Is it possible that the peelings of Banana can be made as shoe polish? HYPOTHESIS -If I use the peelings of Banana then it can be made as shoe polish‚ because the Bananas are a valuable source of vitamin B6‚ vitamin C‚ and potassium. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY -It makes my study important because it can be used in many ways. And also it is useful to our community. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS -I want to include in my study the other parts of the Banana that has extract so that I will

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    about you but I’m proud of who I am and where I come from. Just because your race or culture is different from everybody else‚ it don’t mean you should be judge‚ put down‚ or be disrespected just because of that. In the text‚ “The F Word” and “Peeling Bananas” shows us how different cultures is combined together or how people immigrate from the own country and go to a new country where people don’t understand their background or culture. People constantly saying their names wrong and not making an

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    Musa Acuminata: Recycling Banana Peelings into Papers Cheska Mateo Garchelle Bagtas Julia Pascua Kristine Aira Boriongan Laine Medianesta May Ann Carpio Jerico Tangos National High School June 2013 Chapter 1 Introduction Background of the Study Banana is a seasonal fruit. All year round people around the country can eat this fruit anytime they wanted and so‚was my household and my neighbors. Now‚ banana peelings scatter along the street and trash bags are

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    Original Text: from page 317 of the book Psychology‚ 1996 by Richard Gross But it is not only the vocabulary of a language that determines how and what we think and perceive but also the grammar. In the Hopi language‚ no distinction is made between past‚ present and future; it is a ‘timeless language’ (compared with English)‚ although it does recognise duration‚ i.e. how long an event lasts. In European languages‚ ‘time’ is treated as an objective entity‚ as if it were a ruler with equal spaces

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    | Ethanol Fuel Production from Banana Waste Peelings | CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Due to the modernization to our country‚ there were new things that are added in the basic necessities of an individual‚ one of this is fuel. Since fuel can be afford in a high price‚ some people afford fuel. To resolve this problem‚ we need to find abundant and renewable source of fuel that is low cost. The project entitled “ETHANOL FUEL from BANANA PEELINGS” can help to solve this problem. This project will

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