7-Eleven

mexican” from the book Women Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros, Cisneros challenges stereotypes of latina women. In the different story it talks about how latina women can sometimes act or how their attitude is between a situation. In the story “Eleven” it’s a girl´s birthday and she’s been treated bad because of a sweater that wasn’t hers. Rachel, the girl who was told to wear a sweater that didn’t belong to her said ”...that stupid Sylvia saldivar says, “i think it belongs to Rachel.” An…

The essence of this study is to determine the consequences that are faced developmentally in children that are exposed to maltreatment during early development. Data will be collected from a Longitudinal Study that will be conducted. The participants of the study will be randomly chosen from numerous settings in the state of Philadelphia which will include those in public and private schools, day care and nursery programs, child welfare abuse and protective service programs as well as Head start…

I was still in elementary school, about maybe 6 or 7, so I was in first grade. I remember that year vividly. I have a history of having terrible teachers. The teacher was Ms. Allen. I was bullied that year by a girl named Nikki, she had just moved to the school. She told me that she was going to tell all my friends the horrible things about me. We were in the hallway standing in line next to each other just outside the classroom. She rambled on about all the things she will tell my friends. We…

homework, eat, shower and then it’s like time to go to bed. Then it repeats. This happens for so many people and this is one of the reasons so many people dislike school. Teachers are always saying that you need ten to eleven hours of sleep. When I go to bed at 10:30 and wake up at 7:00 that is 9 and ½ hours of sleep. That is not enough sleep. My older brother who is in High School wakes up at 5:30 in the morning and goes to sleep at 10:30 That is seven hours of sleep. This is 3 hours under…

religions throughout Africa and many countries have different music and different foods. The African Government is split up into many different “states”, each one having a different government. South Africa’s food is mostly meat based. South Africa has eleven different languages. Egypt’s food is mostly vegetarian based but they do have some meats. Equatorial Guinea’s food is vegetables and meats and fish. The main religion of Egypt is Muslim but used to be Egyptian. The main religion of…

opinion could cost your life, she was fearless. Billie Holiday was a fighter, a female that will revolution music and will make an unforgettable contribution to music and society. Eleanora Harris, famously known as Billie Holiday, was born on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia. She was the daughter of Sarah Julia Fagan and the jazz musician Clarence Holiday, who will soon abandoned his family to follow his dream. This is where a life long of trouble begin. Billie and her mother were both born out…

The play portrays a jury of twelve men discussing a murder case of a sixteen-year-old boy who is accused of stabbing his father. Prior to the play, the boy’s trial occurred. The play opens with the jury going in to discuss the verdict. At first, eleven men choose “guilty” while one man stands alone. Rose writes an insightful story of communication and argument between twelve different men, all with their own opinions and beliefs. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose is an insightful story that will…

What You Pawn, I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie centers on the cultural background of Native Americans Indians and their struggles in society of homelessness in America. This is a self- journey where the protagonist does his best to reclaim his culture, traditions and identity. The character of Jackson Jackson demonstrates his cultural beliefs and pride, despite his current situation of homelessness and dependency with substance abuse of alcohol. Jackson shows that all forms of humanity are…

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” has become a very well used quote in the hockey world, all because of one person who came up with it. This former Canadian professional hockey player was born up north in Brantford, Ontario. He was welcomed to the world by Walter and Phyllis Gretzky.(“Gretzky’s ” 1) Little did they know he would be a legend one day.This man is Wayne Gretzky. The roots of Wayne Gretzky’s hockey career may seem unusual but they helped him grow up to be the athlete he is…

Over 200 years ago strange events occurred in the underground vault of Christ Church located on one of the west indies islands of Barbados. In July 1807 Mrs. Thomasina Goddard was buried in the previously empty vault. The vault itself was built in 1724 but this reporter couldn’t find any information on why it was built. A year after Mrs. Goddard was buried another body was added to the vault, Mary Anna Maria Chase and the cause of her death was unrecorded. In 1812 Dorcas Chase’s dead body was…