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English Words Class Learning
832 wordsI chose to do my observation on a small (12 students) elementary ESL class. The students in this class ranged from second grade up to fifth grade and all are fairly fluent in English, but come from homes that use Spanish as the primary language. The day began with a rehearsal of a play this class will be performing for the first graders. This play calls for the children to read, understand, and memorize the parts of such characters as the narrator, a donkey, cat, rooster, robbers, police, dog, a...
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Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Gestational Diabetes
1,238 wordsDiabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can be associated with serious complications and premature death, but persons with diabetes can take measures to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences. 15. 7 million people -- 5. 9 % of the population -- have diabetes. But only 10. 3 million people are diagnosed so that leaves 5. 4 million people not diagnosed. Studies have foun...
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Racial Identity One Race
1,038 wordsIn the US there are 1. 1 million plus interracial marriages. Along with these marriages come millions of biracial children. Not everyone believes having biracial children is a good idea. Some believe these parents are committing a grave offense against their children, and thus they are unintentionally hurting their own children (Washington 278). This a problem which many people are concerned about, teachers and social workers especially. They are scared biracial children will not get the extra t...
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Boca Raton Cd Rom
1,097 words... deal with the racism thrown at his family also. It is a lot for a child to be able to handle. As described by Mrs. Richardson, a foster mother of many biracial children, "racism is a sickness in people that is taught" (Davis 7). Which would explain why so many children feel the same as their parents. When my sister began junior high school, she encountered many problems with most of her teachers and the with the administration. They were constantly watching her, picking at every flaw. Her fr...
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Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
1,146 words... s. The results were recorded according to reaction and speed of reaction. Out of the 120 participants, 75 percent reacted in a neutral way, or cried when coming into contact with a stranger. The other 25 percent cried when encountering a person of different color or went towards a person of the same color. Unfortunately, traditions not only pass down the beauty and excitement of old stories, discoveries and love, but this package also comes complete with a 'life time supply ignorance. ' The ...
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Latin Americans Black English
761 wordsThe Pros and Cons of Assimilation In everyone's life, there are elements of culture and language, that both play a role in our society. The essays "If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me What Is? " written by James Baldwin, and "Children of a Marriage" written by Richard Rodriguez, discuss how their influences can be either positive or negative. They also talk about how language and culture are continuously evolving and how they are the basis for today's world. Language plays a very imp...
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Lou Ann Dominant Culture
1,280 words... here is Mattie the owner of Jesus Is Lord Used Tires who familiarizes Taylor with town and later finds out is involved in transporting refugees into the United States. Taylor soon learns that being able to share your problems and your love with those that you are close to is an important part of life. When Taylor was on the road she was for the most part alone, once she was settled and in constant contact with Lou Anne and Mattie her problems began to become lessen. This is not a coincidence...
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Parenting Style Birth Rates
1,742 wordsThe two main reasons black women have a higher birth rate than white women is because, one, it is shown that during the early 19 th century more opportunities and education became available to white women and therefore it gave them something else to focus on other than having children, and because of this their birth rates went down dramatically. As for black women they did not have all those profitable opportunities to help them do something other than stay home and raise children. They did not...
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Racial Biases Among Police Officers
1,304 wordsRecently racial profiling has become a prominent issue in America. After the incident with Rodney King, more emphasis has been placed on profiling. According to news reports, Rodney King was driving down the street in his hometown of L. A. when several police officers stopped him solely of the color of his skin. There are many conflicting information that reports that he was speeding doing about 100 mph before they stopped him. When he was stopped, he pulled out of the car, the police to deliver...
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Tampa Bay Petersburg Times
737 wordsIt is wrong to suggest that the notion of poverty has universal properties. For example, the majority of Tampa's residents of Mexican descend, who live in the state of poverty, are being actually quite happy with their present living conditions, because they associate their native country with much lower quality of life. The fact that they were able to make it to U. S. and to get legalized, alone increases their social status in their own eyes. There can be no doubt that the gap between rich and...
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Find A Job Majority Of People
830 wordsTampa is Floridas third largest city with population of 334. 550. From year 2000 to year 2005, Tampa's population has increased by 10 %, because of this city is becoming increasingly attractive to the people who rely on social services, as the mean of obtaining income. Tampa's subtropical climate and the fact that state of Florida provides various social benefits to the people with income lower than average, is the reason why Tampa's population continues to grow rapidly. It its turn, this has an...
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Public Morality Third World
837 wordsThroughout the history, the increased levels of verbal and physical rudeness in society corresponded to such society becoming culturally marginalized. In its turn, such marginalization comes as logical result of citizens beginning to think of celebrating diversity as their foremost priority. In contemporary America, people are being taught that, since we live in multicultural society, it is perfectly natural for the citizens to explore all the aspects of their ethnic uniqueness. However, very of...
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Twelve Angry Men Henry Fonda
522 wordsMay 20, 1999 Twelve Angry Men In the film Twelve Angry Men, I believe justice was served. Without juror number eight, however, the outcome most assuredly would have been different. The subtle force and confidence that he displayed allowed the narrow minds of the other eleven jurors to be broadened. From the beginning of the film, juror number eight displayed his interest in the case, not his personal engagements. His opening part by the window foreshadowed his deep concern for the defendant, an ...
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Studies Have Shown Infected With Hiv
1,231 wordsHIV and AIDS Introduction HIV, which stands for human immunodeficiency virus, is the virus that causes AIDS. This virus can be passed from one another through blood to blood and sexual contact. A person with HIV has an incredibly weak immune system, causing them to contract one of numerous disease that causes AIDS, which stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Causes Someone cannot get AIDS. They can only get the HIV virus. HIV is spread through blood, semen, vaginal fluids, breast milk, ...
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York New York Mexican Immigrants
1,335 wordsAmericans take many things for granted. For the majority of the population, life is relatively mild. People are normally not rich, but not poor, not ecstatically happy, but not too depressed either. One might say that the population generally has it easy, as compared to a large percentage of the rest of the world. It is for this reason that a great many people from other countries immigrate here. They are seeking a better life. Often, however, they get mistreated. Like the Mexican immigrants, wh...
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Quality Of Education Lower Class
1,213 wordsAll over America there seems to be painfully obvious differences in the school systems which cater to the upper class majority and the ones that serve the lower and middle class minority. There is a strong undercurrent of racial inequality in todays school systems, which negatively effect the quality of education that its students receive. A schools potential to give a proper education often depends on the perspective economic, and social, or should I say racial backgrounds of its students. Amer...
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West Side Story Puerto Rican
1,184 wordsThe principal notion about life revealed in this essay is that in Western societies the Latin Women are viewed stereotypically as a sex object or selfless housewives and obsequious workers. Otherwise, some people believe and perpetuate stereotypes about particular ethnic groups while in reality those myths can be related to few members of that ethnic group. In this essay the author Judith Ortiz Cover discusses how she has been treated by different people in different countries due to their conce...
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Black English Language People
360 wordsSummary and Response Word Count 366 Summary In the essay titled, ? If Black English Isn? t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? ? James Baldwin states what he thinks the role of language is. He also distinguishes between the characteristics of a language and the characteristics of a dialect and also the relationship between language and reality. Baldwin also talks about the fact that little phrases today such as, ? jazz me, baby? and? let it all hang out? would not have originated and then later p...
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Began To Grow Barbie Doll
1,329 wordsThe History of Barbie Doll The idea of Barbie all started in 1959 when Ruth Handler, Barbie s creator, noticed her daughter Barbara playing with paper dolls and imagining them in grown up roles such as college students, cheerleaders, and adults with careers. Ruth realized that dolls on the market at that time were all baby dolls, and that there was a need for a doll that would inspire little girls to think about what they wanted to be when they grew up. Thus the idea for the Barbie doll, the tee...
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Opens The Door Hispanic Community
584 wordsAs we approach the 21 st century and as the idea of a global village is fast becoming a reality, it is vital that we enlarge our worldview and reach an understanding of, and appreciation for, the cultures of the other peoples who share the planet with us. As cultural beings, we are raised with an certain way of giving order to the world around us. Very soon, these cultural filters, which allow us to make sense of reality and shape it, become fixed, invisible and unconscious; they are part of our...
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