When I was in eleventh grade I played football for Butler High School. We would have practice every day except for Fridays and weekends. The position I play on the field is cornerback for the defense. One day we were practicing a design defense that would be able to stop our opponent for this Friday’s game. At first, I kept making mistakes on what I was assign to do. My coach came to me asks me “what is the matter” […]
When I think of a role model I think of someone who inspires, motivates and sets a good example of their selves. One of my role models that fit that description is Jerry Piroch. Jerry is a 49 year old man who is the president of American Legion Baseball, a coach for BC3 softball and my baseball coach. One trait that Jerry has is that he has a good sense of humor. During the summer, I worked for Jerry […]
Comprehension: 1) Bordo defines body-image distortion syndrome to be someone who is an extreme perfectionist with a hyper-demanding mother that suffers from severe perceptual and cognitive problems that “normal” girls do not share. Then the author gives examples, such as Black, Asian or Latina, of what people do not picture this syndrome to be. 3) According to the author, we should deal with globalization of eating disorder by dealing with the culture around us and what it is teaching our […]
The following questions are about the article written by Susan Jacoby called When Bright Girls Decide Math is a Waste of Time Comprehension: 1. What reasons does Jacoby give for girls’ deficiency in math and science? In the article, Susan says that girls develop these deficiencies during their adolescence years by not taking math and science in their final years of high school. One reason they do this is because the girls stereotype masculine and feminine knowledge. Rhetoric: 1. In […]
A Unique Chicana Lady Sandra Cisneros is an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, and essayist. Cisneros is one of the first Hispanic-American writers who achieve worldwide success for her works. Cisneros is given credit by critics and literary scholar for bringing the life and hardships of Mexican-American women into the high-way of literary feminism. In 1954, Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago. Cisneros is the only girl of seven children and the third child born in the family. Cisneros’s parents […]
