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people. She is one of the most honored women in American history. Her success started at the school at the age of three where she was good at reading and spelling. First, she gained her first experience in nursing when she was 11 years old when her brother David became seriously ill following an accident, and she cared for him for two years, that was a crucial thing that made her success in the future. She then went on to attend a private boarding school. Though she kept up academically, her…

Christy Brown demonstrates that, although he was born with no control over his body, he grew up he became to be a famous writer. He spent his life sad to watch his mom have to take care of him and his brothers and sisters looking at him like he wasn't normal. Christy couldn't go play with his brothers. He couldn't go to school and he had to live with his parents looking at him with shame. Christy gives it his all to convince his parents that he is a normal person by writing the word mother on…

Maryam was born 1951 in the capital of Somalia Mogadishu. She is from a small family who consist of parents and two siblings. She is the oldest child in the family and her sister Halima was born in Mogadishu, the same house Maryam was born. Her father was a soldier and used to go to different cities in Somali. Her father went to a city called Kismayo, and built a house for his family. He was a loving and a caring father. Therefore, after living in Kismayo by himself, he felt that he lives in…

who are related to us because in many social structures they are needed to help stay alive and produce food. However, in American societies they are also needed for this such as child care and monetary help, but it is also heavily frowned upon in America to not have ties with close families such as parents and siblings. Usually, for the society to accept a severed relationship of siblings or parents, one person of the party must have…

It’s easy to talk about segregation and racism as history, and something from the past but we fail to face how racial segregation impacts us personally. How it permeates to many of our neighborhoods, institutions, and social places as life, but America as a whole. See, if you was to observe who every individual surrounds themselves with, go out with, places they visit, places they chose to worship on, if any, you’ll soon find out the defacto segregation is no thing from the past. Surprisingly…

Cultural Critique: Touching Strangers I chose to attend Richard Renaldi’s exhibit, Touching Strangers, for my cultural critique. I attended this exhibit on March 31, 2016 and it was located in the Foosaner Art Museum in Melbourne, Florida. This exhibit consisted of pictures taken of individuals with no interactions between the two or three of them prior to the photograph being taken (Gallery Guide, 2016). What was most interesting about this exhibit that attracted me to it was the name of it. I…

a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day.” This quote is from President George W. Bush. The quote tells you that even though this was a terrible day that devastated everyone, we still need to remember it. I do not have a very big personal experience with 9/11. After these events there were many different changes that took place. The three most notable changes were the increase of security, the joining of the…

of your race? Race has been a constant issue in America for hundreds of years, do to the fact that people get it in their head that they’re better than someone else. Which I think is a huge issue in today's society. For example, people of color aren’t slaves anymore and they have the right to vote, but this doesn’t mean that America is no longer racist. This leads me to the pertinent question; how do we see racism in today’s culture? Racism plays a big role in why some people feel the need to…

There are many meanings of the word love, and love means many things to different people. Love is a simple four letter word, but that four letter word goes a long way. Every person has their own opinion on love, and if asked to give a definition on love you will receive a different definition from every person. This is because every person sees and feels love differently. I asked a simple question to twenty random people. My question to those people was “In your own words what is love?” My…

had done before them. They became journeyman welder, radar installer, worked as lumber and operated heavy construction machine. They proved that they could do jobs as men can do. Many women worked in war-related jobs which changed the phenomenon of America. The women who are only involved in household and taking care of children got an opportunity to learn and earn their own way. As a whole, all their hard work and all dedication shed a new light on…