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When Jeannette begins school in Welch, an African American girl Dinitia Hewitt and her friends harassed and beat up Jeannette for being scrawny and filthy. She is constantly made fun of because it is apparent that she lives in poverty. The other children do not accept other that aren’t like them and Jeannette is no exception. Her worn clothes and grimy hair are like a neon sign shouting about her life in poverty which makes Jeannette an easy target to bullies. Jeannette tries very hard to stand up for herself, however, the bullying only stops once other realize that living in poverty and being different was not Jeannette’s

To tackle the housing affordability, first of all, it is crucial to lift the supply of housing as it will release the pressure on the housing price. Nevertheless, the supply of housing is inelastic as it requires an adequate fund, time, approval from the Government. Besides, the housing system is heavily dependent on the private sector. Thus, the Government should provide initiatives for housing providers to shift the supply of houses in the market. Australia would follow the policies from other countries to tackle the housing affordability. However, it has to fit in the Australian context. These policies might work well in other places but it does not mean that it will be applicable in Australia. The Singapore Government has a public

Knowing that she and her family are able to survive such distressing situations without having to jeopardize their views allows her to have faith in her family's future and gives

And now and then in the afternoon she would burst through the door holding flowers and cookies and smelling fresh like the outdoors. She would stay for a moment or two and chat about with the children about the wonderful weather or her garden. The children would show her the pictures that they had drawn and ask her questions about their mother. Which she could never answer, but she would try.

her babies were murdered. These sudden events surprise and worry all those that hear what is happening. The girls continue outrageous accusations starting with people that are not of a high stature in the town.

Writing has many tools and devices that can be used to influence the purpose and meaning of the a piece of work. In the two pieces of work, "Private License Plate Scanners Amassing Vast Databases Open to Highest Bidders-which is written in a way that it is anti-license plate tracking- and "Who Has the Right to Track You?'-which is written to be for license plate tracking- many different tools and devices are used by the authors. These pieces of work describe the benefits and drawbacks of collecting data and tracking fellow citizens, but use different forms of pathos, ethos, and logos to portray what they are trying to say. Also, both articles state how many are opposed to this tracking, arguing that it is against the First Amendment,

Whatever the woman could lay hands on she hid away: a hen could not cackle but she was on the alert to secure the new---laid egg. Her husband was continually prying about to detect her secret hoards, and many and fierce were the conflicts that took place about what ought to have been common property. (Irving 2)

She laughed. “What were we thinking? Teenage revolutionaries!” I told her I wasn’t shocked that I, the only Black kid, was the only one who almost got suspended. Annie looked surprised. “Really? They suggested that I join the debate team.” You could have knocked me over with a feather. Annie’s strong spirit and outspokenness earned her a debate team invitation, whereas mine almost landed me in a room with no windows for two straight days. Luckily, my mother refused to accept that as a reasonable reprimand and the vice principle quickly reversed my punishment. But looking back, I wonder what happened to other girls of color at my school who were faced with the same predicament and may not have had an

The fluffy, snowflake white clouds play tag in the intensely blue sky. The trees wave continuously, while their bodies remained still. The birds chirped, loudly, outside the clear, old window of the unnecessarily blue antique house that everyone assumed was strange. No one assumed anything strange about the house owners with one daughter, who was naturally spoiled to the core. No one thought anything about her, or how she had an endless amount of shoes and clothes. Not how she never wore the same clothes twice, ever, her name was Katie Brooks, her mother’s name was Moringa Brooks, and finally, the most important of all, her father’s name was Peterson Brooks. Mr. Brooks may not seem important now, but he is, you’ll see. He was actually the

Seventeen years later, and their second child, Lydia Ann is midway through her senior year. Besides the fact that it’s her senior year, it’s also the first year that any school in Georgia will be integrated. Protest after protest has been made to stop this decision. Parents have gathered outside the school just to shout about how they aren’t going to integrate. It has been taken out of the school board’s hands and into the hands of the government. Like she has always done, Margaret stays away.

She was allowed to leave the home to visit friends. She learns how to do shorthand so that she can work alongside with her husband

Monica is a 15 year-old girl that’s an only child; she moved to the little town of Avondale all the way from Afghanistan. Her and her parents had, and wanted, to move out there into a safer environment to finish out her high school career. Her parents didn’t like all the war and fighting that was going on. So, they packed up all their things and moved to the United States. After all, that is one place their daughter ever talked about. She would tell them all about what she learned about the U.S. in school, and other places. This is why they figured that Avondale was the best for them, despite all the discrimination against their ethnicity due to 9/11. Every time they go out people are giving them weird looks, or

Elisa tends her garden with care and finds happiness and strength in it. Figuratively speaking, it takes the place of the children she does not have; it defines her sexuality and femininity. She cares for her flowers so delicately and motherly, placing a “wire fence that protected her flower garden”. This wire fence symbolizes her isolation from the rest of the world as well as her closed off heart towards her husband. Elisa waits for the time when she will be

During this period, times were hard and her subjects were depressed, along with adversities and bad business management kept the nation in a state of unrest. There were people in the community that caused issues of disturbances in

Firstly, The Apology by Kevin Rudd bought the town together as a community. The very special occasion explains why the girl couldn’t attend school and the formal clothing that everyone was wearing. Everyone, elder, adult or child were all deeply touched by the Prime Minister’s address as it returned memories of the stolen children. In the message, the community was apologised to by saying, “To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the