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This document summarizes the author's personal philosophy developed through a difficult childhood growing up with an addicted mother and abusive stepfamily. He learned from a young age that he needed to be creatively adaptive to survive. As a teen, he engaged in illegal activity but realized education could help him succeed. After serving in the military, he pursued higher education, though struggled to balance school with his personal life at times. His philosophy is that constant creative change and problem-solving allowed him to overcome challenges.
The document is the author's reading autobiography. It summarizes her experience learning to read as a child with supportive parents and family. As a teen, she used fantasy novels featuring female heroes to explore her identity and avoid social conflicts. In college, she became a more critical reader and reflected on how the books she read as a teen portrayed limited notions of feminism. As a librarian, she wants to help all young people find books that support their identity development and make reading a positive experience.
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This document summarizes the author's personal philosophy developed through a difficult childhood growing up with an addicted mother and abusive stepfamily. He learned from a young age that he needed to be creatively adaptive to survive. As a teen, he engaged in illegal activity but realized education could help him succeed. After serving in the military, he pursued higher education, though struggled to balance school with his personal life at times. His philosophy is that constant creative change and problem-solving allowed him to overcome challenges.
The document is the author's reading autobiography. It summarizes her experience learning to read as a child with supportive parents and family. As a teen, she used fantasy novels featuring female heroes to explore her identity and avoid social conflicts. In college, she became a more critical reader and reflected on how the books she read as a teen portrayed limited notions of feminism. As a librarian, she wants to help all young people find books that support their identity development and make reading a positive experience.
This document appears to be an autobiographical novel detailing the author's struggles with alcoholism. It begins by introducing the main character as he has just been made redundant from his job, which may help him reduce his drinking. The story then transitions back to the author's teenage years, describing his first drinking experiences at a local pub as a 16-year-old. It also covers obtaining independence through a moped and hints at abnormal thoughts. Overall, the document provides background on the author's early life and the onset of his alcohol use.
This document provides a summary of a student paper analyzing Junot Díaz's novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The paper discusses how several characters in the novel, including the protagonist Oscar Wao, try to escape their problems through reading and writing. However, the characters ultimately cannot escape their family histories and pasts. The document also discusses how the author and poet Emily Dickinson, as well as the author themselves, have used reading as a temporary escape from reality. It concludes that no matter how hard people try, they cannot truly escape their family or cultural backgrounds.
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Brendon grew up in South Africa in the 1980s. He had a difficult childhood, often walking long distances alone to and from school each day where he faced bullying. He lived with his family in a converted garage and felt inadequate compared to wealthier friends. Brendon struggled socially and academically in school. After realizing stealing was wrong, he became determined to succeed on his own merits. His early experiences shaped his desire to help others facing adversity.
Harry is an obnoxious American kid with a devil may care attitude who calls himself a liberal and
questions just about everything that is going on in his small town of Twist, Texas. But there's no one he questions more than his parents whom he believes are communists. Harry is a modern kid rebel causing chaos in a conservative little town that prefers peace and tranquility. For Harry he feels that he simply does not fit in this little conservative life but he might as well make the most of it for he has no choice anyway...
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James Grant is researching a career as an on-air radio personality. His goals are to excel with radio software and equipment through interning at a local station, then work at a small or large market station in New York or Los Angeles. On-air personalities introduce music, commercials, and news to shape the personality of their radio station. Salaries range from $20,000 to over $1 million depending on the market size and additional responsibilities may include voice-overs and public appearances. Sources provided examine the job market and potential for success in this field.
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1
White People Are Exhausting
White people can be exhausting. Particularly ex
hausting are white people who don't know they are
white, and those who need to be white. But of all
the white people I've met-and I've met a lot of
them in more than three decades of living, study
ing, and working in places where I'm often the only
Black woman in sight-the first I found exhausting
were those who expected me to be white.
To be fair, my parents did set them up for fail
ure. In this society where we believe a name tells
us everything we need to know about someone's
race, gender, income, and personality, my parents
decided to outwit everyone by giving their daughter
a white man's name. When I was growing up, they
explained that my grandmother's maiden name was
I'm Still Here
the world, They were teaching me to speak up until
those in the back could hear me,
School was over. Time for the real world, Turned
out Dr. Simms was right, even when I didn't want
him to be,
5
Whiteness at Work
Confession: By the time I graduated from college,
l thought l was the white culture whisperer, I was
fearless, I thought any future encounters of racism
would rear their ugly heads like purple dragons,
and I had no doubt in my ability to slay racist non
sense wherever I found it, l was so wrong, Far from
an imposing beast, I found that white supremacy is
more like a poison, It seeps into your mind, drip by
drip, until it makes you wonder if your perception
of reality is true,
Being a Black woman in the professional world
of majority-white nonprofit ministries was far more
difficult than my younger self could imagine, In
school I had been surrounded by whiteness, but
colleges often encourage students to question au
thority, to navigate cultural conflicts, to be creative
...
1 White People Are Exhausting White people can be exha.docxcroftsshanon
1
White People Are Exhausting
White people can be exhausting. Particularly ex
hausting are white people who don't know they are
white, and those who need to be white. But of all
the white people I've met-and I've met a lot of
them in more than three decades of living, study
ing, and working in places where I'm often the only
Black woman in sight-the first I found exhausting
were those who expected me to be white.
To be fair, my parents did set them up for fail
ure. In this society where we believe a name tells
us everything we need to know about someone's
race, gender, income, and personality, my parents
decided to outwit everyone by giving their daughter
a white man's name. When I was growing up, they
explained that my grandmother's maiden name was
I'm Still Here
the world, They were teaching me to speak up until
those in the back could hear me,
School was over. Time for the real world, Turned
out Dr. Simms was right, even when I didn't want
him to be,
5
Whiteness at Work
Confession: By the time I graduated from college,
l thought l was the white culture whisperer, I was
fearless, I thought any future encounters of racism
would rear their ugly heads like purple dragons,
and I had no doubt in my ability to slay racist non
sense wherever I found it, l was so wrong, Far from
an imposing beast, I found that white supremacy is
more like a poison, It seeps into your mind, drip by
drip, until it makes you wonder if your perception
of reality is true,
Being a Black woman in the professional world
of majority-white nonprofit ministries was far more
difficult than my younger self could imagine, In
school I had been surrounded by whiteness, but
colleges often encourage students to question au
thority, to navigate cultural conflicts, to be creative
.
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There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
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The Venture Summit 2012 conference was held on June 6, 2012 in San Diego and featured networking events for venture capitalists the night before at a Padres baseball game. The conference showcased local "Cool Companies" and was led by Dave Titus, with keynote speakers Roger McNamee and David Ewing Duncan presenting to attendees. Awards were given to companies designated as "Cool Companies".
James Grant is researching a career as an on-air radio personality. His goals are to excel with radio software and equipment through interning at a local station, then work at a small or large market station in New York or Los Angeles. On-air personalities introduce music, commercials, and news to shape the personality of their radio station. Salaries range from $20,000 to over $1 million depending on the market size and additional responsibilities may include voice-overs and public appearances. Sources provided examine the job market and potential for success in this field.
1 White People Are Exhausting White people can be exha.docxjeremylockett77
1
White People Are Exhausting
White people can be exhausting. Particularly ex
hausting are white people who don't know they are
white, and those who need to be white. But of all
the white people I've met-and I've met a lot of
them in more than three decades of living, study
ing, and working in places where I'm often the only
Black woman in sight-the first I found exhausting
were those who expected me to be white.
To be fair, my parents did set them up for fail
ure. In this society where we believe a name tells
us everything we need to know about someone's
race, gender, income, and personality, my parents
decided to outwit everyone by giving their daughter
a white man's name. When I was growing up, they
explained that my grandmother's maiden name was
I'm Still Here
the world, They were teaching me to speak up until
those in the back could hear me,
School was over. Time for the real world, Turned
out Dr. Simms was right, even when I didn't want
him to be,
5
Whiteness at Work
Confession: By the time I graduated from college,
l thought l was the white culture whisperer, I was
fearless, I thought any future encounters of racism
would rear their ugly heads like purple dragons,
and I had no doubt in my ability to slay racist non
sense wherever I found it, l was so wrong, Far from
an imposing beast, I found that white supremacy is
more like a poison, It seeps into your mind, drip by
drip, until it makes you wonder if your perception
of reality is true,
Being a Black woman in the professional world
of majority-white nonprofit ministries was far more
difficult than my younger self could imagine, In
school I had been surrounded by whiteness, but
colleges often encourage students to question au
thority, to navigate cultural conflicts, to be creative
...
1 White People Are Exhausting White people can be exha.docxcroftsshanon
1
White People Are Exhausting
White people can be exhausting. Particularly ex
hausting are white people who don't know they are
white, and those who need to be white. But of all
the white people I've met-and I've met a lot of
them in more than three decades of living, study
ing, and working in places where I'm often the only
Black woman in sight-the first I found exhausting
were those who expected me to be white.
To be fair, my parents did set them up for fail
ure. In this society where we believe a name tells
us everything we need to know about someone's
race, gender, income, and personality, my parents
decided to outwit everyone by giving their daughter
a white man's name. When I was growing up, they
explained that my grandmother's maiden name was
I'm Still Here
the world, They were teaching me to speak up until
those in the back could hear me,
School was over. Time for the real world, Turned
out Dr. Simms was right, even when I didn't want
him to be,
5
Whiteness at Work
Confession: By the time I graduated from college,
l thought l was the white culture whisperer, I was
fearless, I thought any future encounters of racism
would rear their ugly heads like purple dragons,
and I had no doubt in my ability to slay racist non
sense wherever I found it, l was so wrong, Far from
an imposing beast, I found that white supremacy is
more like a poison, It seeps into your mind, drip by
drip, until it makes you wonder if your perception
of reality is true,
Being a Black woman in the professional world
of majority-white nonprofit ministries was far more
difficult than my younger self could imagine, In
school I had been surrounded by whiteness, but
colleges often encourage students to question au
thority, to navigate cultural conflicts, to be creative
.
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The document provides instructions for using the writing assistance service HelpWriting.net. It outlines a 5-step process: 1) Create an account with a password and email. 2) Complete an order form with instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Review bids from writers and select one. 4) Review the completed paper and authorize payment. 5) Request revisions until satisfied with the work. The service aims to provide original, high-quality content and offers refunds for plagiarized work.
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Mother Definition Essay
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This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
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You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
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advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
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population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
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significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
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diverse human activities.
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and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
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these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
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Literary discussion kaffir boy education as liberation
1. The Value of
Education
By: Alisha Punjwani and Cejay Zhu
2. Background Information
The Bantu Education Act of 1953 prevented black education from
even coming close to white education. Under this act, African schools
became government funded and regulated, after which apartheid was
taught in the schools. The mission schools that had existed prior to
this act decided to close rather than teach the apartheid required by
the government. In school, black children could only learn what the
government wanted, which was how to be good servants, gardeners,
and factory workers. The white children, on the other hand, were
taught arithmetic, language, science, and history. Each day, black
children went to school for 3 hours, where they sat and studied in
overcrowded classrooms and hallways. Black school facilities were
nothing compared to white school facilities, and because of all this,
many blacks were angered to the point of revolt. By implementing an
unfair education system, the whites of South Africa hoped to keep
the blacks forever down as a lesser, subser vient species.
3. Education as seen in the Book
Medium to God’s message
necessary element for a job
basic education-passed around with stories
produces feeling of superiority
means of manipulation
alternative for “gang life”
liberation
way to escape poverty
more important for men to achieve
4. Passage #1
“See how the devil speaks to you,” the cross-eyed evangelist gloated.
“Everybody needs Christ. Our forefathers, who for centuries had lived in
utter darkness in the jungles of Africa, worshipping false gods involving
human sacrifices, needed Christ bad. That’s why God from his sacred
seat in heaven one day looked at Africa and said to Himself, ‘I cannot in
all fairness let those black children of mine continue to follow the evil
path. They’ve already suffered enough for the transgressions of their
cursed father, Ham. I’ve got to save them somehow.’ ‘But how can I save
them,’ the mighty God wondered, ‘for there’s none among them who
knows how to read or write, therefore I cannot send them my Ten
Commandments.’ God worried over the problem for days and nights,
until one day he stumbled across the solution: He would send to Africa
his other children in Europe, who already knew the Word.
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5. Passage #2
She told me that going without a job was nerve-
wracking, that she was tired of being turned away
from jobs at the Indian place because she could not
read or write, because she did not have a permit,
because she had a suckling infant and because she
was pregnant.
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6. Passage #3
As we had no nursery rhymes nor storybooks, and besides, as no one in the house knew how to read, my
mother’s stories served as a kind of library, a golden fountain of knowledge where we children learned about
right and wrong, about good and evil.
I learned that virtues are things to be always striven after, embraced and cultivated, for they are amply
rewarded; and that vices were bad things, to be avoided at all costs, for they bring one nothing but trouble and
punishment
I learned that sagacity and quick wits are necessary in avoiding dangerous situations; and that fatuity and
shortsightedness make one go around in circles, seemingly unaware of the many opportunities for escape.
I learned that good deeds advance one positively in life, and lead to a greater and fuller development of self;
and that bad deeds accomplish the contrary.
I learned that good always invariably triumphs over evil; that having brains is often better than having
brawn; and that underdogs in all situations of life need to have unlimited patience, resiliency, stubbornness
and unshakeable hope in order to triumph in the end.
I learned to prefer peace to war, cleverness to stupidity, love to hate, sensitivity to stoicism, humility to
pomposity, reconciliation to hostility, harmony to strife, patience to rashness, gregariousness to
misanthropy, creation to annihilation.
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7. Passage #4
Even though I had never been beyond the confines
of Alexandra to know what Johannesburg was
really like, I told them secondhand stories about it.
They believed me completely, and thought me
vastly knowledgeable; I felt superior to the lot of
them.
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8. Passage #5
“While we stood in line, my mother, in an attempt to allay her doubts about the
contents of the note, asked a man in front of us to read it to her. The man told us that
the note, contrary to what John had said, merely stated that my mother had a problem;
it didn’t explain the nature of the problem, or state the fact that we had twice been to the
superintendent’s office. All in all, the notes were worthless.
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I would lie to her that I was late because I had to stay behind for choir rehearsals.
Because my mother could’t read, there seemed no way for her to find out the truth.
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With my knowledge of arithmetic, I became the household accountant. I got my
mother to buy a notebook in which I wrote the names of all our customers, and the
amounts they owed. Because many of our customers could not read, I at times felt
tempted to cheat them by overcharging or making them pay for drinks they never
had.
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9. Passage #6
They, like myself, had grown up in an environment where the value
of education was never emphasized, where the first thing a child
learned was not how to read and write and spell, but how to fight and
steal and rebel; where the money to send children to school was
grossly lacking, for survival was first priority.
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10. Passage #7
‘Your father didn’t go to school,” she continued, dabbing her puffed eyes to reduce the swelling with a
piece of cloth dipped in warm water, “that’s why he’s doing some of the bad things he’s doing. Things
like drinking, gambling, and neglecting his family. He didn’t learn how to read and write; therefore,
he can’t find a descent job. Lack of any education has narrowly focused his life. He sees nothing
beyond himself. He still thinks in the old, tribal way, and still believes that things should be as easy as
they were back in the old days when he was growing up as a tribal boy in Louis Trichardt. Though he’s
my husband, and your father, he doesn’t see any of that.”
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If you can read or write, you’ll be better off than those of us who can’t. Take my situation: I can’t find a
job because i don’t have papers, and I can’t get papers because white people mainly want to register people
who can read and write. But I want things to be different for you child. For you and your brothers and
sisters. I want you to go to school, because I believe that an education is the key you need to open up a new
world and a new life for yourself. It is the only key that can do that, and only those who seek it earnestly
and perseveringly will get anywhere in the white man’s world. Education will open doors where none seem
to exist”
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11. Passage #8
My mother, on one side, illiterate but determined to
have me drink, for better or for worse, from the well
of knowledge. On the other side, my father, he too
illiterate, yet determined to have me drink from the
well of ignorance.
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12. Passage #9
As we went along some of the streets, boys and girls who shared the
same fears about school as I were making their feelings known in a
variety of ways. They were howling their protests and trying to escape.
A few managed to break loose and make a mad dash for freedom, only
to be recaptured in no time, admonished or whipped, or both, and ordered
to march again.
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As my brother and sister clawed each other over the food, she and I went
over the books.
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“When I grow up, Mama,” I said stoutly, as I took my books to go do
my homework with a friend who lived in the neighborhood, “I’ll fight for
my rights.”
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14. Passage #11
Teachers began forecasting great things for me:
some said I would make a good teacher, others
maintained that I had the brains to become a
doctor. But all these predictions depended upon
one thing-money.
15. Passage #12
There was even talk that Aunt Bushy would have
to leave school upon completing Standard Six,
and look for a factory job, so she could help pay for
Uncle Piet’s schooling.
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16. Questions!
1. “A man who knows nothing about books but can feed himself and his family, is a million times
better than a man who has read a million books but cannot feed himself and his family”
Johannes’s Dad tells him this. How do you agree or disagree with this?
2. As Johannes gets more educated, what are some differences in his personality, attitude, or behavior?
What are some signs of illiteracy found in the book? Find a quote to prove it.
3. How did exposing education to children hinder or encourage the apartheid?
4. Do you think that Johannes would have been as successful with tribal education? Why or why not?
What would be better or worse if he had a tribal education?
5. “He shunned school, and, instead, grew up to live by the knife. And the same knife he lived by
ended his life”
A strange woman told Johannes her son’s story. Do you think Johannes joined and stayed in school
out of fear or zeal?
6. What are some examples of Johanne’s father’s actions that you think he did because of his
illiteracy? How would it have been different if he was educated? USE QUOTES!