She believed that "overdoing it was better than doing nothing at all " (95), and she made the decision to do what not many other mothers were doing in her neighborhood and send her son to private school, and then military school when that didn't work. ... Going to private school kept Wes from the streets during the daytime and after school still created a bit of a barrier between him and the other kids in the neighborhood because he was the "private school kid ". ... However, at private school Wes could feel how different he was and struggled to overcome that discomfort. ... Even from the...

• Word Count: 2166
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The mother stated that she was a single parent when completing enrollment information, but she didn't offer additional insight into her child's life. ... The Solution: After reviewing the child's enrollment information, the principal called the mother and described the situation to her. ... The principal denied the father his request to take his son until more information could be obtained. ... In the meantime, the principal left the office and privately asked her secretary to inform the child's teacher to not let the child out of the classroom under any circumstances. ...

• Word Count: 1240
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The father, Leo, considers his son, Harry, to be a stranger in his own house because of his private nature. ... Some adolescents believe that their parents use the excuse that "snooping" around is done out of love, when in actual fact they are using the opportunity to peek into their private life. ... It is the prevention of the intrusion of one's private life, yet it gives the necessary information to the parent, and thus prevents them from worrying. ...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Sad Dreams Introduction My name is Symantha. I come from the small town called Taos. I also come from a house hold of one sister, but no brothers, a loving mother, and last but certainly not least a loving grandma. Their names are Randi Lee Wolfe (sister), Tina Irene Wolfe (mom), and my lovin...

• Word Count: 1002
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

MTV Cribs give these couples a glimpse into the private lives of today's movie, music, and sports celebrities. ... He also believes that adults are looking for entertainment with context, such as information about song. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

There is so much information that is of great interest, so these topics to come are those ideas and thoughts that stood out the most to me; the reader. ... "Ancestor worship" is far more a private and sporadic affair, often confined to the nuclear family, than a public one of value to the village, clan, or even lineage. ...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Women meet, develop connections, and exchange information without any male presence. ... • Learned women teach privately in the homes of their male relatives; they are an important source of Islamic learning and are treated with respect. ...

• Word Count: 1041
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"For too long Italians and Italian Americans have faced defamation by the media and entertainment industries, and other public and private organizations" (Crespy, 2002, para. 1). ... The only contradiction that I found was within the demographic information. ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The narrator has this information and gives it to the reader in different places: "walking a little...a stolen horse thirty years ago" p.164. He thinks that his father fought bravely in the Civil war, but we are told that Mr Snopes had gone to that war "a private, admitting the authority of no man...for booty" (p.181). ...

• Word Count: 1422
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Janice Wilkinson is a 30-year-old African American female, born on May 18, 1982 in Los Angeles, California. Janice and I have been friends for about 5 years and had the pleasure of meeting each other during an internship program in Pasadena. Janice feels like she has had to deal with her race and t...

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Mother Savage In the short story of Mother Savage by Guy de Maupassant, we learn of what life was like for a widowed mother whose only son goes off to war, the setting taking place in Virelogne, France during the Franco-Prussian war. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) lived during this time and parti...

• Word Count: 2584
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School