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Sherman Alexie makes light of the harsh realities to tone down the real social issues on reservations, making them more accessible, and hopefully increasing awareness. For example, on Halloween, Junior says: “at school today, I went dressed as a homeless dude. It was a pretty easy costume for me. There’s not much difference between my good and bad clothes, so I pretty much look half-homeless anyway” (p.77). Junior pokes fun at himself, but it is unfortunate that he truly does look homeless on a…

We all want to live a long life and many do whatever they can to prolong their lives as much as possible. However, there are costs for longevity: Alzheimer 's, physical health problems, and financial restrictions to name just a few. The list goes on. To me, what has become one of the toughest results is losing others. Whether it be friend, family, or just an acquaintance, it 's never easy. Today is the birthday of one of my best friends, Dan Watson. Dan was a good husband, an Air Force vet, and…

everyone has their own implicit biases, those in law enforcement should not be blinded by theirs. For example, the Tulsa, Oklahoma shooting. One of the men in the helicopter above the scene referred to Terrence Crutcher as someone who “looks like a bad dude” (Jazeera, 2016). In my opinion, police officers should not base their way of assessing a situation by the appearance of the offender alone. The actions of the offender are what is important. Crutcher’s hands were up the whole time, and I…

The choice of words, syntax and pronunciation; within this conversation are not formal using terms like “man” seen in line 5; “kinda,” “cause,” seen in line 11; “b.s.,” seen in line 12 are evidence of an informal conversation. A conversation in which one has with friends or siblings, not a conversation one would have with a professor, boss, parents or clients. In formal conversations one doesn’t use slang, abbreviations, or even words which can be mistaken for profanity like the term “b.s.” seen…

When I enrolled at Truman, I did not realize how my race impacted me on both a personal and global level. I believed we lived in a post-racial society where race and ethnicity did not matter. However, on Monday, November 24th, 2014, when officer Darren Wilson was not indicted for the killing of Michael Brown, I experienced an epiphany: race matters. This stark realization was converted into research and self-containment. I needed to establish a connection with my black identity to achieve inner…

My definition of literacy was being capable to read. That is some part of it but literacy is also part of growing up because it still carried in my routinely life. I 'm a sophomore in college now and I still feel like my literacy is still growing and evolving. One of my earliest memories I could relate to was as a teenager I had a teacher named Mr.Jago and he made interested in becoming literate. He made me experience growth in the classroom and learn moral values to embrace being creative with…

are culture differences between rich and poor, there are culture differences between city-dwellers and country farmers, there are cultures differences between Democrats and Republicans, there are even culture differences between me and the next white dude with my background, between you and the next person of with your background. Why? Because we are all different. Our experiences are different—some beautiful and some horrible. Our cognitive and emotional processing is different. The filter or…

“Hey there dude,” I said, playfully. “What’s up with that black eye?” During the late 1970s as I sat in my 7th grade world geography class, a classmate, Roger, who was small in stature, walked into our classroom, at least once a week, with a fresh black eye. My best friend and I used our childish behavior to laugh and poke fun at him. Back then, neither children nor their teachers had ever heard of the term “bullying.” I learned the hard way that the verbal term involved teasing or hurtful…

You can’t always make someone do something, no matter how hard you try. There still seems to be those few who honestly couldn’t care less, unlike us good, genuine students. They don’t give a crap about what is going on and are just floating in the ocean, hoping that a wave will come push them to the shore. Often times confused with being lazy, or even just plain stupid, a slacker is his or her own kind of issue. Someone who slacks off doesn’t just not do work . No- a slacker is so much worse…

up in my cubicle and practice every single question I could find to make sure I got full marks in my exam. My friends, who had done less than I have but had ended up with almost similar result, told me that I was over-stressing myself. ‘90+ is an A* dude, why bother to get more?’ was their general reaction. But still, 99 out of 100 left a gap somewhere for me - a room for improvement. And that’s what wanting perfection has made me understand- the fact you’re never perfect. Trying to be perfect…