She is a very brilliant girl that has straight A’s in all her classes and is always on time. Julia is a beautiful girl that is very quiet and self- conscious in other words shy. She didn’t have a lot of friends and was really hardly social. Leigh Lacey was her only best friend that she has known since 1st grade. Leigh was very sporty and athletic with green eyes and brown golden hair and always managed to maintain an A average in her studies on top of her busy sports schedule.
I couldn’t believe her mom named her Jane just because that was hat her plantation owner told her to do. What’s mind blowing to me about all of this is that this wasn’t long ago at all. This was all but 65 years ago. Not far back at all. It is amazing to see how much times have changed and it has made me grateful that all the people who fought for equality.
She knows how to delegate, has great people skills, can mediate disagreements without taking sides, and is familiar with all aspects of a cheerleading squad. Being selected as captain is not a popularity contest and must not be afraid to stand up for what's best for the team by voicing her opinion in a positive manner. The coaches expect the captain(s) to possess the following qualities: 1. Good Communication
She dreams of being a famous, a star that everyone worships and treats with respect. That is the real Precious hidden behind of the vulgar comments her mother has put in her head. She wishes that she was light skinned, real skinny, and long hair; that’s how she imagines herself. Precious mother, Mary has issues of her own that were shown at the end of the film. Mary has not always been abusive to Precious and didn’t think so low of her.
Judy says she will remain involved in Greenleaf Elementary, whether it is a teacher, a principal, or apart or administration. She says her goals for the Elementary school will never be reached because “effective teachers are never satisfied with their success.” However, Judy does feel successful because she knows that she has now provided students with limitless tools to success on tests and in
Barrientos came to the United States as a young child and upon arriving in the new land she took on the new language, leaving her native language behind. As a child Barrientos “liked being the brown girl who defied expectations.” People expected less of her since she was of Latino descent. With highly educated parents who strove to seamlessly fit into the “American melting-pot” guiding her, Barrientos always fooled everyone’s expectations. She still enjoyed living in the all-American neighborhoods, having the all-American friends and participating in All-American activities. Barrientos did all she could
On the seventh page of the book, Ruby is focused on doing her work in an isolated classroom; Ruby seemed to ignore the fact that she was isolated and fully immersed herself in her textbooks. This makes the reader react with admiration due to the fact that she values education highly to the extent that she does not care about not having friends. Based on these two texts, we can see that the documentary represents education as the only key to a better future, while in the picture book, education is treated as a step to encourage racial equality and a new change to the racially segregated society of America in the 60s. From this, we can see that both texts convey the idea of education in different
Now that’s growing up without a childhood. Jane Smiley seems like a great parent who cares about her children but to allow her daughters to put on makeup even entering their teenage years just isn’t right. Her girls where prematurely growing up, where behaving beyond their age, and with their only priority being beautiful at all times it seem to help them in the long run. As they burned off the “Barbie stage” and grew into more important things down their lives. Like for example Smiley talks about her older daughter, “Now she is planning to graduate school and law school and become an expert on woman’s health issues, perhaps adolescent health issues like anorexia and bulimia” (377).
I am eighteen and a woman, however single!’” (Miller 57). Children have close to no power in Puritan religion so Mary undoubtedly revels in the respect and attention that the adults give her when she and the other girls make false accusations. Miller explains the little power young Puritan girls and other minorities had in Salem, Massachusetts during
Rebecca is considered to be the matriarch of the town, and is very well respected. She has everything anyone could want during this time period healthy children, lots of good land, and many grand kids. That is very unlike the rest of the town like Goody Putnam, who has very little healthy children and grandchildren (Miller). The Putnam s are also very powerful in Salem but just doesn’t have the fortunate of having many healthy kids and grand kids which affects their relationship with Rebecca. So when the proceedings of the witch trials come to town the Putnam s take that as a way to take Rebecca down.