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Running Up A Mountain
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. I am from Acer, from Bounty and Logitech. I am from the jungle gym in the park a few...
A Neighborhood by the George Washington Bridge
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I am from xboxes, Axe shampoo, and black fans that stand on the floor. I am from the parks,...
Recently, I read The Art Of Letting Go by Rania Naim. I appreciated this book. I came across parts...
In the first photo the Trump Supporter is happy and waving to the camera’s. He seems calm and fine....
BLM protesters vs Trump supporters: How would James Baldwin react?
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As you can see, these people are aggressively pushing, shoving and grabbing at the police, trying to make their...
People on the right are storming the capitol and people on the left are getting attacked by the police....
What Would Baldwin Say? Black Lives Matter Protesters vs. Trump Supporters
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The people on the left are standing with their hands above their heads. The people on the right are...
In this slide, the people on the left are peacefully standing outside while the people on the right are...
A New York Love Story
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With the girl I love who loves me lots We went on a trip and learned to love. We...
I chose the poem “The good in the evil World” by Rebecca Hazelton. Or, rather, it chose me. The...
I chose this poem. Or, rather, it chose me. Because the poem title sounded like a calm poem and...
America Means Sluggish and Unhurried Change
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The way I view America is as a place that usually strives to do the right thing but at...
The Contrast Between Dee and Her Family in “Everyday Use”
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Dee, the protagonist in “Everyday Use,” a short story by Alice Walker, has a few traits that influence her...
When strings became keys
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I remember my first guitar I remember the feeling of sliding my fingers up and down the fretboard which...
There’s many things going on in this short narrative story “Ysrael,” by Juno Diaz, such as immigration stories from...
Is Video Gaming Considered a Sport?
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Video Games have seen a drastic rise in popularity since the late 1970s. With Esport’s development of competitive gaming...
Feminism Does Not Mean Woman Supremacy
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The issue I care about is the misconception of feminism, and how it does not mean to hate on...
Pro at 13
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Olivia Moultrie is only 13, but she’s already changing the rules of women’s soccer. In February, she formally turned...
Covid and Low-Income Communities
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How do communities promote equality and support regarding Covid affecting us to this day? Lower-income communities of a certain...
“Old Men Playing Basketball,” by B.H Fairchild, Read by Matthew
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The heavy bodies lunge, the broken language of fake and drive, glamorous jump shot slowed to a stutter. Their...
Going out in the city is important to me, Hearing the traffic as the cars rush by you is...
What Do I Remember?
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I remember enjoying life as a kid and not having to worry about being the odd one out I remember...
I remember
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I remember sitting in class and watching a movie since there was nothing else to do that day and...
Here are some things about me
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I am from eyeglasses, old cassette tapes and Febreeze. I am from the red monkey bars that were once...
I am from Brooklyn
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I am from diapers, from pampers and huggies I’m from sidewalks and swings I am from the trees and...
The experience of who I am
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I am from my shirts in my drawer from the Dior Sauvage cologne I have on my desk. I...
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians escalates toward all-out war
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Violence between Israelis and Palestinians approached all-out war on Tuesday as rocket attacks on Israeli cities and airstrikes in...
In the article “IS Video Games a Sport” is about two intellectual, MASON MULLENIOUX and ALEXANDRA COATES, giving the opinion-whether or...
I Remember (Childhood)
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I remember playing near a fire hydrant on a hot beaming sunny day. I remember my mom telling me...
Talking to the Sun
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I remember the first day of my new school I remember the tears in my eyes streaming down like...
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Running Up A Mountain
A Neighborhood by the George Washington Bridge
The art of letting go
What would Baldwin Say?
Drew’s PORTFOLIO
BLM protesters vs Trump supporters: How would James Baldwin react?
Black Lives Matter Protesters vs. Terrorists Attacking Capitol?!
BLM vs Trump Supporters
Mama describes a fancy dress
Where I’m From
With a serious beard!
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Well, Dee didn't like much of anything part of living in the country.
Comment
What Would Baldwin Say? Black Lives Matter Protesters vs. Trump Supporters
Police
Yes! That's exactly what it was, even though it didn't have that name yet.
A New York Love Story
The Good in the Evil world – Rebecca Hazelton
Where I’m From
“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning, read by Anderson
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I see her as kind of in between the two daughters in her level of confidence…More confident than Maggie, less confident than Dee.
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At least in terms of natural abilities, like innate intelligence, if not material things.
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Connection
“Pride in my nation is not a problem… / But what also follows me? / In my community where homophobia / And prejudice is very common.”
Where I’m From
That's what he heard, yes.
It seems that it happens very often.
So did the pawn broker.
Exactly. If it is as magical as he believes, he thinks that he could bring her back.
Still passed out from the liquid “imagination.”
Definition
Liquid imagination. Oh dear.
It's a quest! A hero's journey!
Allusion
“Indianizing” the metaphor
Look again…
Inference
Explanation
America Means Sluggish and Unhurried Change
“Diameter” by Michelle Y. Burke
The Contrast Between Dee and Her Family in “Everyday Use”
When strings became keys
Immigration through Ysrael’s eyes
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Yes, in theory.
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Hm, I don't see the connection between these two ideas.
Correct. Maggie is more accepting of her mother's traditional ways and is closer to her in general.
connection
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Dee is not doing the handshake; her boyfriend/husband/whateverheis is trying to do a complicated handshake with Maggie.
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Yes, that seems to be what she is doing. If not better, than at least different. She wants to set herself apart from them somehow.
Maggie wasn't just unhappy…what happened to her in that fire?
He's not a barber. It's just the only word the narrator could pick out from an unfamiliar-sounding name.
“Asalaamaleikum” means “Peace be upon you” in the Arabic language.
Very surprised. She had never seen anyone who looked like that before.
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Is Video Gaming Considered a Sport?
Connection
Connection
Connection
Connection
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Feminism Does Not Mean Woman Supremacy
Pro at 13
Connection
Connection
Covid and Low-Income Communities
Right. It might be interesting to imagine and recreate a conversation between Dee and her boyfriend in the car on the way to her mother and sister. How would Dee prepare Hakim for this visit?
Right. So Dee is connecting to these African tradition while disconnecting from her family and local traditions.
this shows the independence of african coutries which is shown through this man using muslim language
Historical and cultural context
Dee
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Connection
Connection
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This might be what the house looked like: https://images.app.goo.gl/uigrbGAXBDC3Xmhq8
I Remember Poem
“Old Men Playing Basketball,” by B.H Fairchild, Read by Matthew
Funny, I get a different feeling from this sentence. I think it is saying that Dee ACTED like you can't say “no” to her, not that it never happened. So that means that she is confident and personally forceful, not that she is lucky. See what I mean?
Suggested Revision
The mother also thought that Dee didn't like Maggie but she saw that it wasn't true as she force the to get stories or folks' habits
The mother also thought that Dee didn't like Maggie but she saw that it wasn't true as she force the to get stories or folks' habits
NYC … my home
What Do I Remember?
I remember
Here are some things about me
I am from Brooklyn
The experience of who I am
connection
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Maggie get a trauma and feels shy of her burn she got twelve years ago
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I think that Dee is turning more in a superficial or material person because she doesn't like are way to live and prefer to live as a in the TV shows
oh now i understand
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Violence between Israelis and Palestinians escalates toward all-out war
Is Video Games a Sport?
I learned that Dee doesn't have fear and can confront to any one
She Imagines A life that is completely opposed to the real life
the mother knew that it will be only a dream because her situation made it impossible for them to get into a TV. As shown on the image that was surely where there lived
I totally agree because Maggie really think that she will always be behind her sister because she thinks(her sister) she's perfect
I Remember (Childhood)
Talking to the Sun
I remember being so excited to grow up
WE NEED TO CHANGE
I Remember
What is media good for?
How to Stop the Hate?
connection
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Should animals have legal person rights?
Mandatory Vaccine
Is Video Gaming a Sport?
Animal Rights
Video Games
New ‘hair discrimination’ laws aim to stop the practice.
How Bad is Stress?
Seniors during the pandemic
is video gaming a sport?
Covid-19 Volunteers
How Students Lives Have Been Affected by the Ongoing Pandemic
Everything Electric
Covid-19 Volunteers
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Here's the thing: Dee had intellectual intelligence, and her mother and sister had practical intelligence.
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They lived in Georgia, in the country, during segregation. There were no classes to take for Black girls to learn to be film stars.
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Since Dee was book-smart and world-smart, she read and saw TV about a world different from the way she lived, and started hating the way she lived.
The mother is saying, you can dream all you want, but this is what I look like and what I do in my life.
This was back in the late 1960s, when television was working hard to create images of what people should want to be, want to do, want to have….
Maggie assumes everything has been easy, and therefore better, for her sister, but it's not necessarily true.
This really illustrates the difference between city and country living.
Eligible to vote 101
Feeling Blue?
Coffee
The rhythm of this poem is interesting and makes you feel like you are inside of the poem. The author makes you feel connected to the poem. The author also stops at certain points to emphasize what she is saying and to make the reader pause and think.
I think that the personification in this poem makes the poem seem like Philadelphia is a person. The author refers to Philadelphia as a “Girl” giving it personality. The author also refers to Philadelphia as “You” as if she was talking to a real person.
Wait… the narrator, the mother, is saying that Maggie thinks her sister could do anything she wants to do in life — never accepting “no” from anybody. Do you see that?
The narrator compare here live with a TV show
description of the Yard
He had Jimmy Fallon's job a long time ago.
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Will Cloning Save Endangered Animals?
Childhood
related
Just Because – A Complex Maze
Agree
Question
Inference
Agree
This is me
The Secret Life of the Items on the White Shelve
Fearless, Careful, and Fair
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relevance
connection
similarity
memory
Connection
Diaspora: a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived — usually singular
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Inference
Scary
legal
New thoughts
Liberal
Where Does the Plastic Really Go?
Preventing the Pandemic
Media: What Is It Good For?
Revolutionary Poem in The Pocket
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Voting too? Go Joe.
Stay awake, Ted! This is about wht is happening in your state.
Immigration! He is hitting everything.
What's wrong with becoming confrontational, Joe?
“Let's pass it … ” is a long list. How do we get more support for this agenda?
An inspiring end!
Do your part… get together!
Again a reframing that is so clear and powerful: trickle down has never worked…
How could anybody oppose any of this?
Are there people ready for those jobs?
Fair, fiscally responsible, and effective economically.
This seems so obvious and moral.
I love this Pre-K to 13+ reframing!
It is transformative!
Connecting this education funding to preparing people for future jobs is such a brilliant answer to my questions about a lack of prepared workers.
Wonderful: arsenal for vaccines
His foreign policy history scares me.
Very funny… sure why not? (Hi Harry.)
Jobs… jobs… jobs… to address the climate emergency.
I love these examples of infrastructure patriotism. And yes… water is important.
Wow… to make logistics an achievement!
Cutting child poverty in half…
I feel such relief when I run (second day today) without a mask.
This record is worth being proud of!
Janet try the “add comment” button top, left corner. (HI)
On the move again!
Are there qualified workers in Pittsburgh?
This is what I was asking about workers in Pittsburgh.
History in the making… two women.
It begins!
Good to be back!
Here's an example and a quick How To for making comments on a video: https://nowcomment.com/help/video_commenting#enhanced
Poets as survivors.
It would be hard to trust anyone after those letters.
After being betrayed by Bledsoe he still got the confidence of trusting Brother jack. Maybe he did the right thing but maybe he can also be betrayed or disappointed by Brother jack
As he described himself he made a “sad joke” to himself so as to released his brain from the nervousness he actually got in the moment, and this seems to work as he said
His Nervousness
summary
Why do you think he didn’t?
The narrator after that though became nostalgic and even sad and started having suspicion.
The narrator remembered some of this father’s stories that he always told to him
Not a lot of people act this way
My childhood
He has decided to trust her.
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Blue jeans are his pants, and his “sitter” is his butt.
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She didn’t. She had everything EXCEPT a hammer and nails in there.
New Meat
Face of America
GOAT?
2020 pandemic
¨The Dilemma¨
Do We Need Stricter Gun Laws?
Is it time for Driverless Cars?
COVID Mandatory?
Feeding the community
Can you spot the difference between real and fake news?
Refugee Suffering
How does music heal us?
State V. Chauvin
Disagree
Information
Disagree
Agree
Agree
“TODAY” by Billy Collins – Read by Kaimea
Should Abortion Be Illegal?
the l’s and the w’s in this creates a calm mood
this imagery Creates the color and texture of the written work
he repeats the word grant 4 times the first two about the river and the second two about the people, this repetition suggest that the people and the river may have similarities,for example the people can be peaceful and calm just like the river.
End the Hate
Pigs Can Play Videogames?
Cornfields, Pools, and Chaos? Life in Small Town Iowa
Pretty funny to picture what that looked like, isn't it?
So… the word “but” in that sentence means that she had “everything EXCEPT hammer and nails.” It's a way to show how much she had in the purse!
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i agree with cristin because nobody should steal that is bad
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ohh ok know i understand
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The mood feels lighthearted and peaceful.
Yes, My mother taught me not to steal from anyone because that takes me right to jail and i rather not do that and just listen to her.
Thank Mr. Paul
I enjoy your “attitude” toward the boy here. It makes me smile.
Has anyone ever taught you something like this?
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Opinions
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clarification
“The Kiss” by Robert Graves, Read by Laila
Connection through Representation
Check out and comment on “The Parable of the Lost Son” https://nowcomment.com/documents/lostsonparable
A Walk Around The Heights
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Reason
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“To have without holding” by Marge Piercy, Read by Alexis
“Always Something More Beautiful” by Stephen Dunn
I Remember
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