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Wisconsin. Once we arrive at the Kalahari Resort we have time to get settled into our rooms and go to the first Blast lesson. The Blast lessons are presented at different times so that in between lessons we have time to either go to the huge indoor pool or the indoor theme park. While the theme park is loads of fun the Bible lessons are just as fun and captivating. Before each lesson we have a worship time where…

with the social and sociopolitical actives in the urban groups the nationwide (Doerksen). Bambara was a writer who was not afraid to be assertive in her stories as she was “raised to be combatant” (“Toni Cade” 63). In one of her short stories, “The Lesson”, published in 1972, Bambara writes about a group of children visiting a toy store (FAO Schwartz) in Manhattan, New York. The narrator, Sylvia, is a pre-teen girl who resents going to the toy store and would rather do anything else. The…

In the story “The Lesson,” Silvia, is a poor, sassy, young girl who believes to be the know it all. Silvia and Sugar seem to be the leaders of this small group, who live in poverty. Silvia resents Miss Moore for knowing more than her, for example, “She’d been to college and said it was only right that she should take responsibility for the young ones’ education, and she not even related by marriage or blood. So they’d go for it” (146). Silvia feels that Miss Moore should be making them do…

Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson” is written in the first person with informal language. This perspective allows the audience to view the world through Sylvia’s lens of understanding, and to use personal knowledge to better comprehend what Sylvia is truly witnessing. It is jarring to be confronted by social inequality while in the mindset of a child who does not yet understand their lot in life. While Sylvia recognizes that she is irritated by the price tag on the little sailboat, and that she…

them. Relationships can be damaged by quite easily by words spoken or by a quick glance. The Golden Rule states to “treat others the way you want to be treated.” This is something each individual should choose to strive for on a daily basis. Another lesson that can be learned by this story is that every person is different, but that does not make our differences worthy of exploiting. Fortunato is someone who loves to have a good time and Montresor exploited that by using his weaknesses for his…

Evolution as a Lesson According to Dennis O’Neill, biological evolution can be defined as, “genetic change in a population from one generation to another” (“Early theories…”, n.d.). Contrary to what some may believe or have been taught, biological evolution and evolutionary theory do not suggest that humans come from monkeys. Rather, they suggest that organisms share a common ancestor somewhere down the line, and that that common ancestor can be held accountable for similar traits among…

Laura Meyer 436089 lem6yb@mail.missouri.edu Sociology 3420: The Family Lesson #4 America: the land of the free and the home of inequality. As much as one may want to think of our country as one that does not have racial and social inequalities, he or she could not be more wrong.. These divisions begin in childhood and we as a society continue to perpetuate through adult years. To discuss in further detail these unequal opportunities and distribution of wealth between social classes, one…

What’s the Worst That Could Happen? by Bruce Coville where the main character Murphy learns that friends are a person’s most valuable possession In this story, Murphy learns a lesson about how friends are a person’s most valuable possession. “Which is when Mikey comes barreling on stage from behind me, screaming, “He’s choking! He’s choking!” Then he grabs me around the waist and jabs his fists into my belly. I’ve been Heimliched! (Coville 7)” In this quote from the story it tells Murphy’s…

faced in living as a young boy. Soon after Manolo’s mother lost a child, he asked if “she hated God now” (“There Be Dragons”). In tears his mother replied, “No, I love him more than ever” (“There Be Dragons”). Manolo took this event as a life lesson, a lesson that God did not care for his family, that he needed to look a different direction. Away for God and towards war. Later in life, Manolo raises Robert as a cold and harsh father. God calls us to live for him through our guilt. Manolo was…

June’s Lesson “Tuesday of the other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a realistic short story about 2 girls named June. In the beginning, June meets the other June and she is a bully. Soon, swim class is over and June thinks the bully is gone but she's not. Finalley, June moves and she hopes she doesn't have to go back to swim class. All through the story June thinks running away from bullies is going to stop them, but it isn’t. One reason that June would not stand up for herself. In paragraph 22,…