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    know. A hero would run into a burning building, not because he wants the attention. Heroes are brave people who sacrifice their lives for people around them who look up to them, instead of not carrying for others’ lives. Heroes are everyday people you would see hanging out with their friends, picking up their child from school, going to work, or even volunteering at an event. Heroes are people who you would see living a normal like anyone would. For example a dentist would be considered as a hero

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    countries they had stayed in. People looked up to these two missionaries. Thy had a strong impact on a lot of people. These two missionaries had many similarities and differences that made them unique. Their background lives were totally different though. Mary lessor was a girl who grew up in a very poor family and no education. Hudson Taylor grew up in quite a wealthy family and had much education. Mary Slessor grew up to be a teacher and Hudson Taylor grew up to be a doctor. After their

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    Barbara Frietchie was a very important person in our history because she showed people that they should stand up for what they believe in. Barbara Frietchie showed many people that you should stand up for your beliefs no matter how hard you have to work for it. Barbara Frietchie showed us through her acts of bravery, loyalty, and dedication to her country. To begin with, Barbara Frietchie showed many acts of bravery to her country by saying that she would rather die than have her flag disrespected

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    “Stand up for what you believe in.” In both the story, and the drama there is that one person that does not want to be treated the that other people are treating them. It’s just like in “All Summer in a Day” the girl Margot believed that the sun was going to come up, but everyone else didn’t believe her, so they made fun of her because of what she believed in. In “The Day Rosa Parks was Arrested” a white man told Rosa Parks to get up so he could sit down. She didn’t get up. He told her to get up again

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    to be alive, others would disagree. Like the unemployment rate. People who were unemployed obviously did not like this time, but the people well off who had a job were fine and of course, the people who had a really good job and a lot of money were loving this time. However, luckily, the number of people who were unemployed in 1945 was only around 3% and a lot of that was because the War gave many people jobs and many different people of all kinds of races the opportunity to make a living and get

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    Bob Marley once said , “ Get up , stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up , stand up , Don’t give up the fight.” It is important to fight for what you believe in because it can change your life and you might encourage others to do so as well. Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around-Henry David Thoreau. During 1950 many rights were taken away from the colored people . Martin Luther King believed that was unfair and fought for his rights. At that time people were getting judicious comments

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    one boy named Harrison Bergeron takes matters into his own hands and goes against the Society. The Society basically makes all these people wear their handicaps all the time. One lesson the story suggests is that you should never be afraid to stand up for what you believe in, like Harrison. In the beginning of the story, (Page 2) Hazel tries to make George stand up for what he believes in by trying

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    for a long time. Many people think that this is unfair. For one thing women can come up with good ideas too, along with the fact that they just plain old deserve the recognition. Women can also come up with world changing ideas and inventions. I strongly believe that women should get acknowledged for discoveries, ideas and things that they said. First of all, women are completely capable of coming up with good ideas. For example, there was Henrietta Swan Leavitt who came up with a way to measure

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    Innocent black people are getting killed and no one is doing anything. But when an athlete doesn't stand up for "The Star-Spangled Banner" they start to get mad and start do something about it. There's a war between people and police men where they are killing innocent black people and not going to jail for the crimes they did. Why can't we have peace at all? That means there are innocent black people who are unarmed and they are getting killed. But they won't let the victim's family get their justice

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    When someone is standing up for themselves that means people establish their own choices to please themselves because all their success and strength lies within themselves, but they must make the choice to use it or not by speaking out about their beliefs. Therefore people can shape their own path when they chose to stand up. People usually say or do something when it pleases others, but they should do something because it cause them to be happy. This idea can impact the lives of others in a positive

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