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    Ashley Walker Mr. Scott INTD 101-18: The Art of Seduction 29 September 2011 A False History James Loewen uses his piece Lies my Teacher Told Me to reveal the flaws in America’s mainstream textbooks. Loewen points out the fact that textbooks try to “indoctrinate blind patriotism” (Loewen 6) and “keep students in the dark about the nature of history” (Loewen 8). Almost every American textbook sells history using the “soft seduction” approach‚ as explained in Robert Greene’s book‚ The Art of

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    Lies My Teacher Told Me

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    America is a country of many origins from many different people over time. Today‚ however‚ most Americans don’t know the whole truth about their country’s history because they are taught an extremely revised version of their past. It is important for all U.S. citizens to understand how our country came to be so that we can all share pride for where we’ve come from and what we’ll become. Loewen spends a chapter discussing the truth and lies surrounding Christopher Columbus and other early explorers

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    Paid maternity leave in the United States I am a single mother of two. During my last month of pregnancy‚ I started doing extra jobs to save up money for upcoming rent for when I would have to stop working. I had to work up until past my due date just to know that my kids and I would be taken care of after I have the baby. Something is wrong with that. Mothers and their infants grow healthier when allowed time to rest before and after birth without having to worry financially. Almost all countries

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    In Between the World and Me‚ last year’s celebrated epistolary memoir‚ Ta-Nehisi Coates centers the bodies of black folk and their struggle against the grain of America’s racial cosmology. Written in a posture of intimacy‚ Coates reflects on the hypervisibility of his raced body: “by now I am accustomed to intelligent people asking about the condition of my body without realizing the nature of their request.” Beneath his own struggle‚ Coates questions what the inheritance and heritage of an anti-black

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    again it can be noiseless or inconspicuous. However‚ even generally unremarkable demonstrations of prejudice affect the individuals who encounter them. Regular and easygoing demonstrations of prejudice are the subject of our "Bigotry. It Stops with Me" crusade’s new group benefit declarations. Since 2012‚ more than 400

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    President Obama stated that “we’re the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers.” 2 What we call ‘paid leave’ is really medical and family leave insurance. It provides wages to those who take temporary leave to care for an ill family member‚ recover from their own health issues‚ or care for a newborn child. 7 America’s lack of paid leave is a serious problem‚ since our families‚ businesses‚ and economy could greatly benefit from it.

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    each other and being connected by their similarity by Nadel as a basis for exploring the connections of my siblings and I Nadel uses picture collages to bring out the similarities in two people. I explored this idea of being connected by your similarities in my drawing‚ “Me in you” (image 5A and Image5B). I also used the physical idea of joining the faces together in one of my portraits. It joins my siblings and I together by making us a whole face but we are still different as we sing align because

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    Australia has to date not legislated for paid maternity leave‚ unlike most other countries. Assess who should take responsibility for paid maternity leave. Explain the reasons for your response. Paid maternity leave is defined as income replacement to compensate for the leave from paid employment necessary around child-birth (Baird‚ 2002a:2). In the developed world today‚ many western countries have designed a legislated for paid maternity leave such as Sweden‚ Germany‚ United Kingdom‚ New Zealand

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    The movie Stand By Me is a great portrayal of a group of four young friends who set out to find a dead body. These boys have many trials and tribulations and manage to maintain their friendship throughout the movie. Gordie‚ Chris‚ Teddy and Vern are an unstoppable cast; showing their trust‚ friendship‚ and insecurities to one another. The main role of Gordie LaChance is played by Wil Wheaton. He is having trouble in his life at this time because he just lost his brother and his parents are having

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    The United States is one of only three countries remaining that do not guarantee paid maternity leave to mothers. This becomes a problem not only for new mothers‚ but also creates a potentially stressful environment for both the newborn and the family. Unsubstantial and unpaid parental leave in the United States contributes to the gender pay gap‚ is damaging to new mothers‚ and contributes to the drop in birth rates amongst women in high paid positions. Many new families and especially

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