Patricia Young Patricia is a writer who was born in 1954 and lives in Victoria BC‚ she has won a lot of awards for her fiction and poetry. She is the author of nine poetry collections and one short fiction. She is married to Terence young who is also a writer‚ they have 2 grown children. She taught at the University of Victoria‚ was an editorial assistant for the malahat review‚ on the board of the Victoria school of writing also as a writer or residence at multiple universities. She received
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In James Fallows’s “Throwing Like a Girl”‚ social and developmental issues surrounding the negative aspects of feminine behavior are analyzed1. Specifically‚ Fallows investigates athletic similarities and differences in men and women‚ referring to the common phrase‚ “you throw like a girl”. The phrase is a culturally derived expression‚ where common gender attributes are clearly differentiated between males and females‚ especially in childhood/adolescence. Feminists may challenge this phrase due
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Done by Iris Pene She was everything any teenage girl dreamt of being; tall‚ blond and beautiful. The kind of girl you would see posing for a cover of a magazine. Captain of the high school cheerleading squad and sat with the popular kids in the cafeteria. She was portrayed exactly how the first daughter should be and this was how she was to be seen through the eyes of the public. Sitting slumped in the corner of the couch with her shiny hair tied into a messy bun and the glossed pages of a magazine
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Patricia Bath‚ born in 1942‚ faced many problems dealing with discrimination as she climbed her way to the top in her profession. During her life time she had completed many accomplishments such as‚ making a safer and more efficient way to help cataract patients. Patricia at an early age had begun to love science because of her mother and her father‚ who was also the first African American in his profession. As she was pushed by her parents to pursue a successful career‚ she begun to strive for and
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What is it like to be an inmate? Many people have pondered on that question‚ especially those who are getting ready to be incarcerated. Thanks to the new resources created that question can now be answered by actually inmates. Many inmates say that it is boring. They claim that most of their day is spent in their cell with little to do. Most are allowed to read books‚ but those books are purchased off of a cart that is occasionally brought around. The inmates have to have the money available on their
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when you most need them‚ then who will? Just like race we tend to trust those within our own people who have the same background‚ but if you can’t trust them then you can you trust. | Though street cars are not segregated in new Orleans‚ I took a seat near the back. (pg.12) | Even after all they blacks went through to be able to ride the bus and not be segregated they still decide to segregate themselves making all the efforts previous people like Rosa Parks and Dr. King useless. | Here it was
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Name: Patricia Roccisano Title: McDonald’s Healthier Happy Meals Are Just a First Step in a Branding Marathon Author: Allen Adamson Date: July 28‚ 2011 Publicationy: Forbes.com MM Focus: Branding/Re-invention/New Products/Global Expansion Abstract: Bill Lamar‚ Sr. VP and Chief Marketing Officer of McDonald’s is keeping up with the trends of the U.S. by re-inventing the “Happy Meal”. With the addition of McBakery‚ and nutritious new breakfast inventions‚ McDonalds 2012
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What is consciousness? Consciousness is “the state of being awake and aware of one’s surroundings.” According to Thomas Nagel in his writing (What Is It Like to Be a Bat?). Now personally do I think that animals have human qualities‚ Yes I think and they are more than capable of solving problems‚ and having emotions whether its positive or negative‚ which I believe they project. Though there has been controversy over just which animals pass the mirror test‚ so they ran studies to gain a better
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In the short story “The Girl with Bangs” by Zadie Smith‚ Charlotte Greaves is portrayed as a round character. Charlotte has multiple things going on in her life that she reacts to positively and negatively. She knows what she wants but gets it not caring who she hurts in the process. An example of this given by the author is “This promise she gave him‚ but he was still gone‚ and gone is gone‚ and that ’s where I came in” (272). Charlotte is promiscuous and usually gets what she wants. She has several
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What it is like to be a teenager. A teenager’s life is not as simple as many think. The changes each adolescent goes through are enormous. Many people believe the change is only physical‚ which is completely untrue. The greatest change teenager faces are those within his/her brain; another word‚ psychological. In the charts and graphs‚ it is evident that teenagers are constantly pressured by their surroundings‚ which explains the reason for them being stressed. After studying charts in class
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