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    I believe race in America shapes how a person identifies themselves and others 100 percent. I also believe American culture encourages race identification. There are many instances in American culture where race plays a key identification role. For instance, a typical employment application in America requires race self identification; historically Black Colleges and Universities embrace race identification (for good reason, I must admit); race identification even extends to physicians in which ailments

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    Zoo Atlant The Gorillas

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    active. There was plenty of things happening to observe. I expected to see very diverse behavior among the groups of gorillas. I was excited to observe and learn as much as I could about these fascinating animals. We arrived just in time for the Gorilla feeding. The zookeeper was very knowledgeable about the gorillas and talked to us the entire time he was feeding them. We were able to ask questions and he answered all of them. Because of that I learned a little bit about the gorillas. The zookeeper

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    glow in her face, smiling. “Brother, come dance with me,” she says: lifting her arms above her head, rolling her shoulders back, bending one at the elbow, swaying her hips gracefully, moving her body to a rhythm only she could hear. Jaden stares at her, not knowing how to react to his sister’s sudden playful nature. “Rain…you need to come back inside.” “No brother. I-I feel so alive.” “Rain, you lost a lot of blood.” “Brother, stop. It is not your job to be my keeper,” she comments, not missing

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    interest.        “ You require my golden thread,” repeats she. “You may enter.” Eleanor and Walker cautiously follow Felicity into her home. The walls, floor, and even the ceiling are stone, carved straight from the mountain. Felicity guides them to the main living area where she gracefully takes a seat upon a furniture piece. Eleanor and Walker only remain standing in the entrance to this room.        Walker starts by saying, “We need the golden thread so we can-”        “I don’t care for the reason

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    Fixed mindset vs. Growth mindset A. The time I found out I had a Fixed mindset about games that I play on the PlayStation 4. A couple of my friends wanted to play the new black ops game that just came out that weekend, so we decided that we would go to Mario’s house (Mario is my best friend) after school because his parent just bought him the game. At Mario’s house we went straight to his room and stated up his PlayStation 4, we loaded up the game a got right into it. There were four of us so we

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    I remember my childhood as if it were yesterday. Nothing was better than my closest friends. We Hanged out, fished, climbed the mango trees in the garden, Card games, board games, and even teased the innocent grocery store keeper. I didn 't want any new friends; I had no idea what the world had to offer. Life was a simple cliché routine. I invented a circle and trapped myself inside it. I made my own world and lived within it. I ultimately enjoyed every aspect of my childhood. Eventually, a lesson

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    Fifa 16: Video Game

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    Fifa 16 is a football simulation, the video game was developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports for Laptops, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One ect. It was released on September 22, 2015. 1. Who is the audience for this ad? What group or groups (demographic, lifestyle, or other) is this ad attempting to appeal to? Is it a favorable, neutral, or unfavorable audience? The game is for fan of sport specially fan of soccer. EA Sports is attempting to appeal to young men who are

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    Essay on Brothers of the Bible

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    Brothers of the Bible The Old Testament sibling rivalries between Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob, and Joseph and his brothers were similar in some ways and different in others, but they all hold lessons for us today, for brothers today still face many of the same problems in life that challenged brothers thousands of years ago. Cain and Abel were in a situation much more unique than Esau and Jacob, and Joseph and his brothers faced, for the society they lived in was extremely small, and they

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    Maya Angelou Wisdom

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    Rainbow in the Cloud the Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou African Americans in my generation should be ashamed. What did our ancestors fight for? In this generation we use the word nigger as if it is slang and not a word that our ancestors looked down upon. What did Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders fight for? In Maya Angelou’s book Rainbow in the Clouds she discussed that we as African Americans should respect our descendants and behave in a way that they would be proud of

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    As much as I wish it did, not everything in my life has come easily to me. In fact, most things I want to do require a lot of time and dedication. Luckily, I have had people in my life who continuously go out of their way to help make me a better person. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have people to help them in a way that these people have helped me. Even throughout my complaints and sometimes negative attitude, the people in my life have always stood with me. Although they all might not have

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