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    The stretch mistakes are the main mistake I use in Biology. The last time I took Biology it was my tenth-grade year in high school; therefore, I do not remember a lot from that class. After the last test I realized I had to change my study habit. I started making Quizlet’s for the vocabulary words, and I rewrite the notes from class so I can understand it more. I decided to challenging myself more, so I can learn more. However, knowing that I am challenging myself I know I will fail, but I know…

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    Beaver Bend and Toledo Bend My family likes to take trips during the summer. We have been to many places, and done crazy things. I have always loved traveling with my family; even though, they can be very annoying. Since I was thirteen my dad would always plan a summer trip. Out of all these places though, my favorites were Beaver Bend and Toledo Bend. (Thesis) Preparing for the big trip to Beaver Bend, Oklahoma. (TS) Rushing around the house, trying to figure out what I need. (STS-1)…

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    children bump heads, or have a different perspective of things it causes conflict. Sometimes, these struggles are not so big, but it is still a conflict. A conflict is when things do not go well or together and it causes some type of problem. In, “Bend it Like Beckham” Jules and her mother have many collisions about why Jules is not so girly and is more like a “tomboy” In one of the first scenes, Jules and her mom are shopping for underclothing. Jules mom wants to buy her an inflatable bra…

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    I participated in a couple of activities and taught a couple of lessons at Willow Bend kindergarten. The first lesson I taught was a fall lesson. The students were asked to cut out leaves and a tree branch from construction paper. Then they were asked to write the word “the” a couple of times in a sentence. The students loved the lesson so much that some of them were saying it was the best day ever. They turned out very neat that I got to hang them up in the classroom and that made me feel very…

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    Vern Mason arrived at Shepherd’s Bend at exactly two o’clock. He knew this because five minutes prior, he had fumbled in his coat pocket and inelegantly opened the stop-watch that belonged to his father, and his father before him. Edgily, he tapped his thumb on the dusty glass that protected the tiny hands ticking in his palm. There was no shade in the rocky terrain that sat above the bend, and the Arizona sun hammered down on his back. What time the man would come, he didn’t quite know. He…

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    traditional Indian culture, it is the norm for a girl of age to have an arranged marriage to benefit her family, and then become a mother of her own. But not all modern Indian girls want to follow down this pathway. In the 2002 British Blockbuster film Bend it Like Beckham, directed by Gurinder Chadha, a girl of Indian culture struggles to overcome her parents strict rules and morals, while trying to find herself, and her passions in life. In the film, the main protagonist Jess Bhamra is faced…

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    Parents influence their children's perspective on others and the world by controlling and making decisions for them. In the movie “Bend Like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha, Mr. Bhamra states “When i was a teenager in Nairobi, I was the best fast bowler in our school. Our team even won the East African Cup. But to play on any of the teams, and the bloody goras in their clubhouses made fun of my turban and sent me off packing!” This movie shows that her parents want her to be a proper woman to their…

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    The film, Bend it Like Beckham, follows two eighteen year old girls that dream of becoming professional soccer players. The movie not only focuses on soccer but also on how much her family influenced the decisions she took. Not only this but also how the traditions of her culture took over her love and passion for soccer. This is a full-shot and eye-level shot of Jess’ relatives, who match dissolve the soccer players who were originally there. The fact that they are in front of the penalty…

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    The film I chose was “Bend It Like Beckham” directed by Gurindere Chadha. The film follows a Indian family who lives in London, while her parents try to raise their soccer-playing daughter in a traditional way. Unlike they did with their tarty elder sister Pinky, who is preparing for an Indian wedding and a lifetime. Instead, Jess’ has other plans and its to live out her dream playing soccer professionally like her hero David Beckham. Wholeheartedly against Jess ' ambition, her parents…

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    Many people can relate to a movie character or a book character in some way or another. People may relate to a character through their appearance, others may relate through their personality. I can relate to Jess Bhamra from Bend It Like Beckam because we both like to play soccer, but we haven’t played on a team before, both of our dads are overprotective, and our sisters can both be trusted with secrets that we tell them. The first way I can relate to Jess is in that we both play soccer,…

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