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    Temple Grandin Reflection

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    Two different lives’ stories have been produced as movies. Temple Grandin was a true story about an autistic person’s life and how she became a successful person. Autism did not bring her life down, but it was an opportunity that allowed her to become a successful scientist. The movie had been produced to show how an autistic person acted and thought or exhibited how her life was different from other autistic people and was difficult being an autistic person. Still, she motivated herself and…

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    History is all one big lie. There have been many misconceptions about the history that has been taught to students throughout grade, middle and high school. Most of these misconceptions include the background information over topics such are Christopher Columbus, the pilgrims, Native Americans, and slavery. After reading books by authors like Howard Zinn and James Loewen it made it easier to understand how the history that has been included in textbooks is manipulated and altered by certain…

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    Few movies have the ability to captivate and move an audience like Good Will Hunting. The story is a touching tale of a rebellious young man, Will Hunting (Matt Damon), who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself. After being booked on assault charges, Will Hunting is allowed to leave prison on two conditions, taking math classes with a professor who recognizes his brilliance and mandatory therapy. Coupled with…

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    Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a true genius? Good Will Hunting is a movie about just that: a young boy who has experienced a less than satisfactory upbringing, but through reading informational books at a public library in his youth and through having a photographic memory that allows him to remember everything he reads has resulted in him becoming very intelligent. It is shown just how intelligent he is when he solves a proof that is written on a chalkboard at Harvard University…

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    Mr Burns In The Simpsons

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    This episode is definitely the most favorite episode from The Simpsons that I’ve watched since it tackled a character that I absolutely fascinated about, Mr. Burns. At the beginning of the episode, we saw Mr. Burns’ character a lot as he were dreaming about his past where he left his life of poverty (and his beloved bear, BoBo) to go off and live the life of a luxury with a heartless millionaire. The first scene of him agrees to leave his own family without any hesitation and choose to live with…

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    Shannen Video Analysis

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    “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” said Nelson Mandela one day. But if there is no education how can we change the world? Shannen has done a lot of great things to Attawapiskat where Shannen lives. This video made me feel how youth can make a difference. This video inspired me and now I want continue Shannen’s dream to make First Nations education better. Shannen is a very brave girl because she is standing up for her own rights and she has lots of…

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    The largest theme of the movie is most definitely over coming trials placed in front of you and focusing on the hope for a better future. In the case of Nelson Mandela, he overcame an endless number of trials over the course of the movie. Not only did Mandela have to survive a long, and unjust, imprisonment, but he also had to face the challenges brought on of his presidency. The divide between the two cultures of South Africa was a seemingly impossible challenge to fix, but Mandela never loses…

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    Have you ever watched The Martin Show ? According to tv.com, "Martin is a sassy sitcom centering on a radio-and-television personality named Martin Payne". The Martin Show is one of the best sitcom because the humor was amazing and you could learn something. The Martin Show was on TV for five seasons. Some people can that The Martin Show is one of the best comedy shows of all-time. One of the many episodes that was on TV and that was good happen to be “Why Can’t We Be Friends”. This was a good…

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    Invictus and Mandela: “Is it Hollywood or is its History? Mandela once said,”A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.” I watched the movie Nelson Mandela .After viewing the film Invictus and researching the true historical people and events, it is evident that the movie is more history than hollywood. During Nelson’s childhood, the white population increased in South Africa. This was because the discovery of gold and diamonds which started changing the country. Blacks were treated way…

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    Invictus Research Paper

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    The file Invictus starts off with Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) being released from prison in 1990. After being on Robben Island for nearly 26 years for planning acts of sabotage against the South African state, when Mandela was released the white’s and the blacks realised Mandela being released also marks what will become the end of apartheid in South Africa. A new election was in commenced and the blacks were able to vote, in which Mandela handily wins for his deposition, at the sage Mandela…

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