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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gives a wonderful speech on the danger of a Single Story, talking about her own personal experience. She was subjected to years of remarks about her African ethnicity that were down right disrespectful to say the least. Our whole lives we hear stories of a group of people or situations people have gone through, and this causes us to develop as a society a stereotype of these groups. One kind of stereotype society tends to put into one category is the type of people…

Concept of a Leader There are many definitions of leadership. The Collins English dictionary defines leadership as “the leader of a party or group.” Yet true leadership is much more than that. A decent leader has an excellent character. It is of most extreme significance that a pioneer is reliable to lead others. A pioneer should be trusted and be known to carry on with their existence with genuineness and respectability. A decent leader has a superb character. It is of most outrageous…

Reflection of Heather’s Reading/Writing Heather is in the fourth grade. Her educational background, in earlier years, had small gaps. She lived in an environment that was unstable and was removed from her home into foster care. Heather and her two brothers were adopted by an aunt and uncle two years ago. Her aunt is a retired teacher and has helped to stabilize her education. In analyzing Heather’s reading interview, I find that Heather likes to read. She has already read 20 books this…

Esquivel argues that individuals will assume a state of hopelessness when their dignity is disrespected because throughout life, one desires to obtain a sense of belonging. When Pedro becomes injured, he asks for Tita to stay by his side through his pain. While watching the two together, Rosaura comes to the realization that since Pedro did not ask to be with her in a time of need, his preference is Tita. “Tita, don’t go....Tita took Pedro’s hand again. For a moment Rosaura and Tita looked at…

“That,” the friend jutted her chin his direction. “is the leader for the Supernatural and Dark Curses club.” “And… ?” “Don’t you think he looks a bit creepy?” Na Ra frowned at the question. She was a huge believer of treating everyone nicely unless they give her a reason otherwise. She absolutely hated gossip and rumors, found no reason to do so. “That’s not very nice, Ye Sol.” Said friend quickly defended herself. “I overheard some strange things about that guy in my Math class the other…

In the book Lord of the Flies, two prominent leaders (Jack and Ralph) are in a power struggle. In the novel it is clear that Ralph is the better person but can you really say he is the best leader. If you think about it Jack has a gift that allows him to manipulate others to do what he wants which can be good for a leader. Jack also changes what he uses this gift for throughout the book. Jack starts as an English boy wanting to gain power and became a leader of savages. Jack is represented as…

Two weeks passed and it happened again. The urge to go into the room was so strong that I couldn’t ignore the feeling. The rug had an object under it. The object was still as the old man grabbed a chair, lifted it up, and slammed it right on the object with all of his strength. The object was still there. The old man kicked it and hurt his foot and screamed, “Dang, that thing is hard.” It felt like he just kicked a piece of metal. The old man told the object, “You want be tough, oh I’ll show you…

This was the first post I wrote for the event, I wrote it several months ago well before we began to have any victories, most noteworthy, the Black Series poll and the TOR expansion. It doesn't pull it punches and is somewhat harse, but quite accurate. This was written at a time I wasn't sure if we could win and I was gearing up for a lifelong struggle. I now know we can and will win this fight. We will restore the #TrEU. This was written with raw emotion and abandon. The final post will be a…

BoJack Horseman 2014, is an animated serious created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. The series explores the result of the successes and failures in the life of the eponymous character. All the previous episodes has led to the emotional climax that is this scene. With a series like BoJack Horseman it is difficult to understand how others still think that animation is only for children or that adults view cartoons to revert to a childish state, like Kozlenko suggests. BoJack is dealing with serious…

Self-rule and independence may seem quite similar, or even the same, at first glance; however, I believe them to be two different things. With the support of Descartes’ Discourse on Method, it is evident that Descartes also agrees that self-rule and independence are quite different: one implies ignorance, while the other implies a knowledge and understanding of principles. I believe that Descartes agrees with the argument that independence implies ignorance and self-rule is knowing certain…