Deborah

there for society to mold you into the citizen it wants you to be (Bloom 422). Gregory Mantsios considers a student a product of whom their parents were, as spelled out in his article Class in America (Mantsios 482). Luckily, there are educators like Deborah Tannen out there who have made it their duty to try to convince other educators that students are not a creature of hive mind, and that applying one method of learning or theory of education to every student as a whole is a bad approach…

have been many publications of various studies intending to highlight how males and females differ in terms of linguistic variation, behavioral facets of their daily lives, as well as neuropsychological differences in structures and functions. For Deborah Cameron, these scientific findings are far from convincing, especially because of the presence of contradictory theories and minimal empirical data to support them. Cameron (2010:526) briefly mentioned a 2006 study that claimed women spoke…

“Is voting a right or a privilege?” That question came to my mind, when I was thinking about human rights. I think it is ethical to say that voting is a right for everyone because everyone should have the right to choose their leaders regardless if you are a felony or not. In the past only rich and powerful people were able to vote, however as of today everyone that lives in the United States that are citizen over the age of 18 now has the right to vote. As Michelle Alexander gives examples in…

mother doing. She asks May if she knew of her mother Deborah and she says that she lived in the pink house. Lily is so happy about the fact that she found some past of her mother. Zach eventually ends up in jail after his friend threw a bottle at a white man for discriminating them. The news gets to May and she is so upset that she takes her own life that…

The 2 books “Counting by 7s” by Holly Goldberg Sloan and “The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis are similar. The main characters are both girls, around the same age, and have to overcome challenges. The 2 main characters of these novels; Willow and Parvana, have some similarities and differences. A similarity is how they are both resilient. Some differences they have are, Parvana is brave with her challenges and Willow is cowardly, and how Willow had help with her challenges and Parvana did not have…

prevent it from flourishing. Louisiana possesses an unspoken system that perpetuates its roots of race inequality as seen by the segregation in Mahalia Jackson’s “Recollections of Early Childhood”, the education system, high incarceration rates, and Deborah Luster’s “One Big Self”. Mahalia Jackson’s “Recollections of Early Childhood” includes powerful imagery that paints a picture of what life…

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is written by a curious journalist, Rebecca Skloot, who spent a portion of her life learning about a woman by the name of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951, but her cells lived on. One thing that was most shocking throughout this reading is the extent to which people will go in order to gain knowledge. It is surprising how many scientists, doctors, and other medical professionals treated patients unfairly so that they could…

Gender has shaped me into the person I am today. During the middle of Sophomore year there was a time of realization, men and women shouldn't act a certain way because society asks them to. Men should be able to dress how they want, and women should be able to speak to whomever they want without being labeled. I will not allow gender to define me, nor will I let gender roles shape me into the person I am going to become. Growing up, we've all had gender ideals put into our minds. Girls need to…

School culture is an important part of the success of students today. The better students feel the better they perform. Teaching students to be empathetic is one way schools have improved the environment on campus. Active listening is a huge part of being empathetic. By becoming more empathetic and improving active listening skills, we can absolutely improve our school culture. Empathy is something everyone has the ability to feel. However, it's a learned skill. We can always improve our…

pride most effects Gabriel and his relationships to the members of his family. Gabriel throughout the whole novel conveys a sense of self-pride in what he does and his connection to God. For example, Gabriel believes that he was sent by God to save Deborah by marrying her and to create a royal line of children that will follow in Gabriel’s footsteps when it comes to teaching the way of the Lord (Baldwin, 123 and 161).…