Some of us may think we've reached the end of our learning but the truth is, we have not;
And as we prepare to move on we should remember the lessons we've already been taught.
In elementary school we learned how to share and how to color in the lines;
We learned how to spell our names and count and had naps and storytime.
We had reading groups to share ideas, we learned to add, subtract and round up.
We discovered we had to sit in time-out for biting or saying shut up.
We learned to multiply and were exposed to culture by writing to pen-pals far away;
and we honed our competitive skills by playing four square every day.
We eventually put away our dolls and picked up responsibilities.
Then we were separated boys from girls and taught about the birds and the bees.
In middle school we woke at the crack of dawn and hung out in the locker bay.
We learned about Characters of Consequence and got detention for PDAs.
Social division and Cultural Fair taught us that we're all different, and yet the same.
We thought that we knew everything and we were never the ones to blame.
In high school everything was different and we learned we weren't always right after all.
We started longing for back in the day when we could take naps and play tetherball.
But no, we had to study and get jobs and brace ourselves for standardized tests;
We stayed up late writing essays and learned what it means to be stressed.
Then our final year came upon us and we filled out many a college application;
We learned the feeling of accomplishment through disappointment and determination.
Now the real world beckons us and we must learn to survive on our own.
To begin, at the very beginning of the year we were taught about Identity/ Memory and
As much as we may think our lives are so much different from others, there are many ways that they can be similar. I learned this in a novel called “The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir” by Farah Ahmedi. Although the similarities of our cultures are there, the differences are obvious from the beginning. For example, the way we dress, what religions we believe in, and the food we eat. There are many different ways that our cultures compare, including our religion, how we eat, and our languages.
The things that make one different are the things that cause the world to change and lead to conformity. Uniqueness is a characteristic that is in everyone; no one person is the same. In this way, Equality 7-2521 from Anthem, a novel written by Ayn Rand, conforms to society on his outward actions to keep him safe, but on this inside, his drive for individuality and not being “normal” allows him to discover a tunnel in which he discovers multiple things like electricity. In a similar aspect, I seek to with my mind, as if a moving vehicle, swerve sharply to the opposite direction to avoid indifference and achieve my maximum potential.
The cohesion of the members of the oral community is achieved because there is no separation of the knower from the known. The meters, sounds, and images can “not be abstracted beyond commemorative practices…they do not constitute information as a separable body of mental objects” (30), but rather function as an aid to memory. Print culture cannot bridge this gap. Although “writing” permits communication over space and time” (13), the reader is forever distanced from the content. There is no immediacy of knowing, no necessity for memory, and the print culture is provided a license to forget.
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“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”(Audre Lorde). This quote was written by an African American female writer who was a civil rights activist. It shows that variations are not the only factor that separates society, it is the lack of ability to know our differences. Accepting others who are different than yourself may lead to positive and negative factors. The growth of knowledge in the real world and the creation of good friendships are positive factors of why people should accept others who are different than themselves. However, the limitation of a culture in society can also be a negative reason of why others should
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You know, it is really strange how quickly time passes, after spending my whole childhood wishing I was an adult, now here we are and it's a little hard to grasp. It feels like just yesterday I was standing here in the same position at eighth grade graduation. Ahh, middle school, such a joyous time for all of us, free of maturity and not a care in the world. The biggest decisions I ever had to make then was deciding which group to stand with at passing time and choosing which shirt from my extensive collection of Stussy and No Feat apparel to wear. We were all naive to the danger that lurked just around the corner. We were unaware that the carefree world we lived in was about to come crashing to the ground in a blazing inferno of real school work and responsibility ... otherwise known as high school.