Norma Sklarek Was The First African American Women To Earn An Architect’s License In The State Of New York. Not Only Did She Build A Lasting Career In A Field Dominated By White Men. She Was Also An Advocate For More Women In The Field. Later In Her Career‚ She Started Her Own All Woman Architect Firm. Norma Sklarek Was Born On April 15‚ 1926‚ In New York City. Sklarek Was A Bright Student‚ Who Did Well At Hunter High An All Girls Magnet School That Catered To New York City’s Smartest Students. She
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“Tuesday of the other June” by Norma Fox Mazer‚ is a realistic fiction short story about a girl named June that has a problem at school with a bully. In the beginning‚ June tries to make a new friend at school and asks what her name is and she says it’s June and pushes June into the pool. Soon‚ the other June started to call June names like buffalo brain and turkey nose. June never told anyone about the bullying at school. In the end‚ June gets confident to get the other June to get off her back
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stuff i’m supposed to‚ I can now identify the theme. I think the theme of everything I just looked at is don’t let words bully you and bring you down. I know this is the theme because of these reasons. In the story‚ “Tuesday of the other June” by Norma Fox Mazer the theme of the story is don’t become the bully when you’re being bullied. The main character/narrator is being bullied by a girl with her same name‚ June. Yet June wanted to get back at her bully‚ she didn’t; Because she knew that’s wrong
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rules and does as her mother asks. She wants to keep her mother happy. June is getting ready to go to swimming camp. Once she gets there‚ there is another June. “Your name is Fish Eyes.” The other June always teases her. “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a story that shows bullying happening and how June deals with it‚ near the end of the story and June always tries to stay away from Tuesday-- the awful days. Even when the other June makes fun of her and calls her names‚ June is a good
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Chang-rae lee‚ in A Gesture Life‚ pictures a Japanese immigrant named Franklin Hata. Hata have been seeking assimilation into the American society. To become part of the society‚ Hata tries to become the perfect citizen in the society‚ a "mascot" who everyone knows and respects. To further his assimilation‚ he tries to complete the picture of a whole and healthy family as many ideal Americans. Through adapting Sunny‚ Hata wants to assimilate through a parental figure. Through parental figure that
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Zizhe(Derek) Hong Gabriel Heller IWW 1 9-15-14 Exercise III In _Coming home Again_‚ Chang Rae Lee talks about his relationship with his mother and how the relationship changes as he grows up. Lee talks about his mother’s cooking moments to show the relationship. As Lee describes the moment when he watches his mom "… takes up a butchered short rib in her narrow hand… and with the point of her knife cut so that the bone fell away‚ though not completely‚ leaving it connected to the
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“Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a realistic Fiction short story about a girl who is being bullied and is miserable. And she doesn’t want to go to swim class on Tuesday because that’s where she gets bullied. The girl who is bothering her is named June and the girl that’s getting bullied is named June. Soon June is getting bullied even more and it is getting worse. June moves away to another school and she thinks that she won’t be bullied anymore but they move to a school where the
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An Important Lesson “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a short story with many life lessons about a girl named June and her mom. When another June comes into the good Junes life‚ she starts hurting and tormenting her. In the beginning it’s just June and her mother‚ they know no trouble‚ June has a normal life. She goes to school‚ she has very few friends but she is living in a normal life. Soon another June comes into our good Junes life and starts hurting her and getting her
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appearance of the situation. Neither detail nor true feelings can be determined by the outer experience. Although people tend to relate to a situation‚ the best way to get the true affect is by experience. "Mute in an English-Only World" by Chang Rae-Lee illustrates the importance of language as a means for social interaction and the power of language‚ in the American society during the 70’s. This in my opinion could only be understood by experience in this situation. After reading the story‚
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While it is generally believed that everyone in America should speak English‚ immigrants included‚ Chang-Rae Lee portrays the everyday struggle‚ and emotional distress that can come with being an immigrant in the U.S. in his essay “Being Mute in an English Only World”. The author allows the reader insight to the everyday struggle‚ confusion‚ and frustration that comes with being an immigrant of any country where the language you speak is not the spoken language of that country. The author gives readers
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