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    right now, compared to what I have seen in life before. Taking a walk back down my memory lanes, I remembered how I grew up in a Karen refugee camp that resides in Thailand. I was only eleven years old. My dad and I left Burma…

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    Refugee Camp We have fear of something. We all get struggle towards things, but we find a way to get out of it. That makes us human. My fear is when we get into refugee camp. Refugee camp and what I saw affected me and change me a lot. It change me to be patient and to be strong in hard times. First, when I entered the refugee camp, I saw tent in the desert. It was evening, and I was scared. My heart was beating very fast. “ oh my god, what is this place.” that what I said to myself. Although…

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    Although, this story is fictional, most of the pain that people are going through is still there. She portrayed the refugee camp as bad places for refugee, she shows the pain of walking through Najmah and how being a women as a refugee in a camp is dangerous. Also in real life all these struggles are real. To illustrate, the idea of refugee camps Staples portrays the camps as a starving place, where food is very scarce. When…

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    The Persimmon Tree

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    Imagine yourself, stumbling and dragging on through countless hours of physical torture with little food, water and shelter, slowly progressing to a life in a tiny, brutal camp, that is a punishment no man or women should suffer. This is only a piece of the struggle of a refugee. In the book "Under The Persimmon Tree" by Suzanne fisher staples, the content portrays a relevant connection to the daily life of a modern-day Middle Eastern refugee but there are key parts of the lifestyle that are…

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    (STEWE-1) Najmah travels with a family to reach a refugee camp at Torkhum. While she travels with them, they run out of food and supplies. “'Where is the food?' Khalida asks, her voice rising. Akhtar doesn't answer. 'How will we walk to Torkhum without food? It's more than a week! Already the children are weak'”(Staples…

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    Arban’s Book I had a trumpet instructor in 7th grade. Chris preached the Arban’s Book like the bible, afterwards I quit because as a 7th grader it was “too hard”. Looking back on it now, I realize how lucky I was to even get lessons with him and how stupid it was to even quit. Band Shoes These are the most comforable and enjoyable shoes I have ever worn. If I wouldn’t be questioned so much about wearing them then I would wear them daily Cheerleaders We know sometimes we start the fight song…

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    Nick Adams Essay

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    with his slaves. [Last Name] 3 Essay 2 Nick Adams is a character introduced by Hemingway early. We are first introduced to Nick Adams in the short story "Indian Camp" the "In Our Time" collection. This is when I believe we can see Nicks first stage which is adolescence, he is a young man accompanying his father who is a doctor in an Indian camp where he is exposed to some life changing events. Nick wasn’t at the age of maturity at this time and we given clues to his age for instance, "Nick lay…

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    on Barney and Friends at the age of seven then landed a disney channel minnie short sitcom called As the Bell Rings then continued working for disney and got casted the main female role of disney’s original movie Camp Rock. While filming Camp Rock Demi launched her music career. After Camp Rock Demi also starred in her own disney channel show called Sonny with a Chance. Sonny with a Chance ended before its given time due to Demi’s health issues. Demi’s decision on not coming back for season…

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    Think about this situation, you are at school and suddenly there is an earthquake tornado or some other natural disaster. Sadly most of the students are killed, later the parents are called in to help identify some of the remains. How are these parents going to figure out if this corpse is their child? Hmmm… maybe by what they saw their child walk out of the house in that morning, so uniforms actually could cause a problem instead of help fix them.      School uniforms…

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    in the reader, giving him the courage to be himself. Reading the diary often leads to a new discussion with parents and teachers.” It is unnecessary to have to show terrible, horrific pictures of deceased bodies in the gas chambers of concentration camps. The diary assists children in understanding the truth of what she went through. In personal experiences, I have been a witness to classmates leaving the classroom close to…

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