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The article draws on evidence gathered from plantation owner’s personal writings, bondwomens accounts, relatives accounts and statistics to demonstrate the everyday events and repertoires that occurred in Antebellum plantations. Using plantations accounts such

In the empirical article, “Black Philly after the Philadelphia Negro,” Marcus Anthony Hunter examines the once populated Seventh Ward and the effects that political neglect and racial barriers had on this primarily black area, which ultimately led to its urban decay. Similarly, in recent years, we see this occurring in Vesterbro, Copenhagen. However, we notice how the neglect towards Vesterbro stems from other factors such as immigration, crime, and a poor economy. Hunter examined the archives of

Nevertheless, while many would agree to these reasons, others might say otherwise. Jennifer Jenkins, in her article, “On Punishment and Teen Killers”, she refers to a time when her youngest sister and her husband were murdered by a juvenile criminal. In the article, she says that before her sister was killed, “She begged for the life of her unborn child as he shot her. Jennifer also says in the article that the murderer “...just wanted to see what it would feel like to shoot someone.” Of course, given this

tricky at best, horrific and stressful in the least. However, there have been many guides for high schoolers, especially 11th and 12th graders to traverse those difficult hallways. In Jay Mathews article, he uses delightful humor in order to help students overcome those difficulties. In Jay Mathews article there's a section called “See your friends” he says that you should see your friends often and not over the phone with a facetime call he means that you should see them in person and watch movies

Krysteena Rodriguez WRT 201-01 Academic Article Review Mary Ellen Doherty and Elizabeth Scannell-Desch attempted to describe the lived experience of young women who became widows while pregnant in their 2008 essay. Previous research concerning widowhood had focused primarily on women in their sixties. Of those preexisting studies, very few were conducted on younger widows, with none of those studies including women who were childbearing at the time of their significant others passing. This study

The article “Playboy Change: No Nudes is Bad News” found in the Toronto Sun, goes on to explain the major shift that the infamous Playboy magazine will soon be making; they will no longer be publishing photos of fully nude models. As a result of modern technology and being able to go on your smartphone and access far more explicit photos, Playboy has decided to move in a new direction. In other words, it is the end of an era. Not because of progress after decades of sexism, but because of a failing

When children are told they are ‘special’ and are praised for everything it does two things: it reduces their aspiration to put in the effort and it reduces their want to be challenged. In the article, “ Are Kids Too Coddled?” by Frank Bruni, published in New York Times on November 23,2013, Bruni argues that today’s kids are living in a world where they are protected from the world’s hardships. Bruni points to how “ [many n kids at all grade levels are Bubble-Wrapped in a culture that praises effort

Lynnell Hancock in the article,“Why are Finland’s Schools so Successful?” looks in with the rest of the World, on the small country’s recent educational achievements. Finland’s youth are beating out historically academically strong countries. Hancock crafted a detail-oriented and emotionally strong article that credits the prosperity to the perseverance of the Finnish people. The article explains the structure of the educational system and the power of the teachers. While it also is able to show

In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains”, Nicholas Carr points out the fact that google is affecting our brains. He explains how being able to access information more quickly is minimizing the amount of thinking we have to do on our own and therefore preventing our brain to do deep thinking. On the second paragraph the author says, “I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it more strongly when I’m reading”. I strongly agree with the author’s

First of all Tomas Friedman is trying to say that giving energy and giving the ability to produce energy independently in Africa would end many problems. With Africa producing energy independently that would end the ressecion and Africa’s poverty, both normal and energy poverty. Bringing energy to Africa would not end every problem but it would be the first step. Mr. Friedman is saying that none of the problems can be solved in Africa if there isn’t even any power. He’s also saying that not only