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    On August 1838‚ the journey of Cherokees began in what was known to history as the Trail of Tears. The Trail of tears involved thirteen parties of the Cherokee being forced by U.S. army troop under Andrew Jackson presidency to leave their residence in the southeast and migrate to the west. The discovery of gold in northern Georgia in 1828 and compulsion for the accessibility of more land to settle the growing white population contributed to more local delirium for the Indian dismissal. With the Election

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    the challenge to lead the 10th student council. This process wasn’t easy after all. Before taking up this responsibility‚ I was an insignificant individual‚ a ‘nobody’ in many people’s eyes. With my past backgrounds of certain commitment in this school‚ I believed that I had left a negative impression in many staff and schoolmates. This made it even more challenging for me to gain the recognition of everybody in the school. Taking up this post pressurized me with high level of expectations

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    Down Syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality and probably the most common genetic condition‚ occurs in approximately one in every eight hundred to one thousand live births or accounts for approximately 5-6 per cent of intellectual retardation. Although‚ most students with Down’s Syndrome are between the mild to moderate range of mental retardation. Initially‚ Down’s Syndrome was given the label of Mongolism due to the physical characteristics of the disorder. A student with Down’s Syndrome is usually

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    stems to the root of these arguments. One could refer back to the Trail of Tears during the early to mid-nineteenth century‚ where the somewhat recent settlers on American soil force out native tribes from territory that date back to ancestors. Many of the American arguments float to the surface‚ such as the idea that the Native Americans do not have a right to the land. The right is comes from those who judge the law‚ in this sense being the United States President Andrew Jackson by signing the Indian

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    Mending Wall

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    "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost is a poem in which the characteristics of vocabulary‚ rhythm and other aspects of poetic technique combine in a fashion that articulates‚ in detail‚ the experience and the opposing convictions that the poem describes and discusses. The ordinariness of the rural activity is presented in specific description‚ and as so often is found in Frost’s poems‚ the unprepossessing undertaking has much larger implications. Yet his consideration of these does not disturb the qualities

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    Trail Of Tears Summary

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    While watching "Trail of Tears" I noticed the hardship of wanting to stay in the same location from John Ross break apart due to other political needs which lead to relocation of the Cherokee tribe. With the horrific pathways of muddy terrains and snowy areas during the process of relocating many of the Native Americans died day after day. However they had no choice since it was either to stay at their original homes but disband from the tribe or to contiue in the tribe but to face the predicaments

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    Catcher: Tears and Holden

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    Catcher in the Rye Chapter 23-24 1. Holden breaks into tears after his confrontation with Sunny and Maurice in chapter 14. Another time when Holden is crying is when he leaves Pencey. In chapter 7 pages 52 Holden says “I was sort of crying. I don’t know why”. The only real connection I can make about the two evens in which Holden cries is the loss of something. In this case‚ it was not his loss‚ it was Phoebe’s. Phoebe gave him the Christmas money that she was saving. Holden saw it as generosity

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    supremacy. We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population.”-Martin Luther King Jr. In this quote‚ King is referring to the policy that the United States encompassed to take hold of the land pertaining to the Native Americans‚ The Indian Removal Act. But even before “The trail of tears” occurred the Indians suffered at the hands of the early European discoverers. It was in the year 1492 that the newly kings of a centralized Spain sent

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    Down Syndrome What is Down Syndrome? Where does it come from? Is there a cure? About one in every 800 American babies is born with Down syndrome‚ and it is estimated that about 350‚000 people in the United States‚ and just under 6 million people worldwide live with this condition today. There is a false impression that pregnancy screening has eliminated or substantially reduced the incidence of Down syndrome in the population. Despite years of screening‚ the Down syndrome population in the

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    Rosarita - rosie A tear. A single salty tear drips down a face that has known so much terror yet understands so little. A whimper‚ calling for comfort. A mouth‚ which has not seen food for days. Little feet‚ dragging through the mud‚ thick with clay and lost belongings. Her eyes trail around her‚ searching through the sea of canvas for something familiar‚ something she can recognise as hers. "Rosarita… Rosie?" a plaintive cry stops her and she whips around‚ she needs to find this voice‚ it fills

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