Although her parents always told her and her siblings one day they would move into a house they can call their own with running water, real stairs, a basement, and at least three washrooms, this was not that house. ... " Esperanza felt like "nothing" and then she realized she wanted a house she can point to without feeling ashamed without receiving a negative reaction by the nun. But the house on Mango Street isn't the house she can point to because it's sad, falling apart and very old. ... So they want her to just stay home and not talk to any guys. ... After realizi...

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• Grade Level: High School

KEEPING CLOSE TO HOME Watkins describes the deep inner struggle of leaving home to start a new chapter in her life. ... Although her instinct told her to stay home and stay close to everything she was used to it was overcome by her intense desire to become an independent and successful young black writer. This battle of opposing forces showed me why teenagers wish to leave their parents as soon as they possibly can. ... It seemed simply ludicrous to leave a sure thing for something that can possibly make you fall flat on your face. ...

• Word Count: 324
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Rocket Boys By Homer Hickman Jr. ... I liked Homer in this Novel. ... He always thinks he can do whatever he wants, but he never really hurts the club with his ambitions. ... One theme is that with a little encouragement a person can do a lot. ... Therefore, they can get their stuff done a lot faster and with better quality. ...

• Word Count: 559
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• Grade Level: High School

Being a stay-at-home mother is demanding work. ... As we are into the era of women empowerment, many women now are aware of their rights and desires in giving their explicit contribution to society and that they become interested to be not just earning on their own but to realize that they can take part in any organization that they are into as it made them feel useful and important to the expense of leaving the house and saying "goodbyes" to the children every time they go to work with a broken heart. ... Being stressed at work and having not able to cope it up with makes me become more irrit...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly."-- Sarah Malin. It took twenty years, twenty-six days, and seventeen hours for me to rea...

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• Grade Level: High School

Mothers who stay at home know that at times, their lives can be discombobulating. ... Workers in day care are governed by strict rules which prevent disciplining children the way one can do at home. ... I think that all of these examples are helpful in raising successful children, however, I believe a stay at home mom can also teach these same qualities in the home. ... One of the greatest accomplishments in life is being a stay-at-home mom where one can teach and model good behavior and moral fortitude. ... As tough as this unpaid task may be, this self-sacrifice of staying at home to raise o...

• Word Count: 1503
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It may be true, but parents don't need to stay home both mother and father. Mother can stay home take care kids, while father is still working. There are some benefits of staying home. ... According to the article "The Financial Benefits of a Stay-at-Home Parent" ask daycare center would have cost you about your take-home salary. ... Therefore, parents will go to work with confidence because they know that their kids will come home with extra education that parents can hardly provide them. ...

• Word Count: 522
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I can remember things my father taught me as a child. ... Kids that grow up in home with out their fathers lack a lot of necessary morals. ... I can say now just how important a father is because mine passed away in April of 1998. ... I can remember things my father taught me as a child. ... I can say now just how important a father is because mine passed away in April of 1998. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Homer and Maggie are very different from their brother and sister. ... John didn't agree with homers dream. ... The only one the can help in is his dad and he goes and makes another rocket for him. ... Then she replays, "Was your dad Homer." ... This was shown when she says to her mother "She can have them, Mama, I can still remember Grandma Dee without the quilts." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Gracey returns home from her prestigious school that she is at, on a sports scholarship. ... "It's not my home. ... Gracey finds the whole saga very embarrassing and is she can not wait to leave to go back to her school where she feels more at home then in Cunningham with her family. However the thought of the up coming school dance upsets her, as she knows she can"t afford a dress. ... "Back home; with my family. ...

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"He used to walk home after a day like that, and Samira would be there. ... As you can see Jimmy speaks good English and picks up on skills easily. ... You can tell that she is looking for her identity by the way she has changed her name. ... Maggie was happy living at home where things were planned. ... Whenever Dee comes home you can tell how shy Maggie is by the way she hides behind her mom. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Also, each boy has matured but has had many troubles and difficulties at home. ... Each character had a difficult home life. ... Shecker's home life is also troubled. ... As we can see the boys have very difficult home life's and they're parents are doing very good parenting at all. ... Finally, we can see that the characters have evolved from boys to young mature men....

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• Grade Level: High School

Mom was home, dad went to work and we actually got to be children and enjoy ourselves. ... Come home to dinner and a family, play a board game and go outside and ride my bike until the streetlights came on. ... But instead of society promoting the simple things, they promote things that will keep the parents working long hours so that parent can afford what the children want, This would be why mom cannot stay home anymore. ... If we did not have to come home for anything, our parents may not see us at the door until dinnertime. ... A parent practically has to put a child out of the house...

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• Grade Level: High School

The novel is set in America in the 1990's the author, Billie Letts, shows the main character, Novalee, as an independent person who, although young, can make it on her own. ... The theme home runs throughout the novel. This theme is there because Novalee is seen as a homeless person longing for a home. ... In the end home to Novalee becomes the family she has and the people around her. Although she still fantasises about a "real home" she begins to realise that she doesn't need stereotypical things to have a "real home" and that a place isn't all that makes a home. ...

• Word Count: 496
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• Grade Level: High School

At home he is taught to trust his instinct. ... At school he can receive answers to questions that could not even be asked at home. He can think about ideas, "big ideas", ideas that his parents did not even consider at home. ... "Get all the education you can; with an education you can do anything." ... When he comes home from school, the student wants to take the school home with him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It is my opinion that the American Dream can be slightly different for each person but that there are many commonalities between people's dreams within the American culture. ... There are two to three children, at least one boy and one girl, who go to school every day and do there home work. ... In the past, wives were supposed to stay home and cook breakfast, clean house, take care of the kids, and cook dinner. ... I would still say that the ideal is still to have the stay at home mom and the breadwinning dad. My conclusion is largely based on the fact that if the man makes enough mo...

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Most households consist of both parents working or single parents, leading to many kids to come home to an empty house. ... Parental involvement can be crucial to children's success in schools. ... This way they can get stuff out of it too. ... Another example of ways schools can help involve parents beyond the basic parent teacher conference or PTA meetings is by working to improve recruitment training and schedules to involve families in school activities at home. ... I did a lot of one on one with the kids, I could always tell the kids whose parents didn't take the time to wo...

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May have come from single parent homes 2. ... Parenting can be painful b. Parenting can be fulfilling and exilerating c. ... If we can keep our marriages holy c. ... He can sometimes be the BAD GUY d. ...

• Word Count: 1400
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• Grade Level: High School

Being a mother is one of the most amazing opportunity women can have. ... Staying at home with the kids is a very noble and thankless job that millions of women do everyday. ... There are some cases where the mother does have such a good career that the father can stay home and take care of the children. ... Sometime there tend to be staying at home dads instead of stay at home moms. ...

• Word Count: 544
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In today's modern society, assumptions regarding a family can be very widespread. ... She would stay at home with me until I was about thirteen years old. I feel that, if possible, a mother should stay home with her children. ... She would stay at home with me until I was about thirteen years old. I feel that, if possible, a mother should stay home with her children. ...

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Those researches obviously can be and are not precise. ... Those contacts and connections are very important because people can not get them at home (Barnett, and Rivers, The Myth 185). ... House wives work about 80 hours a week at home (Barnett, and Rivers, The Myth 185). So, it can be stated that house wives could be more tired and stressed out than working women. ... All of these facts combined show that women can be better employees than man. ...

• Word Count: 1739
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As men, they have advantages like, can get a good job, can work harder, are free to go anywhere, and don't have to worry about their kids. ... However, boys can have one benefit out of this. ... And again it's for the reason that my parents want me to face the hard life outside home. ... You cannot ask your wife to make money for you and you sit at home. ... Mostly you are out of your home; so you don't get enough time to spend with your children and your family. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She is thankful of her family for flipping burgers so she can succeed in school and have a better future. ... Both of my parents are barely home during the week because they both work long hours to support their five children. ... My father is barely home on the weekdays. ... By the time she gets home all five kids of course are already asleep. ... For those who are at the top and fall down and the ones like Sleiman and I can only rise from the bottom and succeed. ...

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After she gets home from work, she gets ready to leave to teach class at the local community college. I get home at a later hour so we miss each other. After I get home, I take a five-minute "breather" break, and then I am off to studying. ... At first, both parents worked at home, then as time went on, and society evolved, one parent pursued outside work, and then eventually both parents work outside the home. ... I think the best we can do as individuals in society is consider what our family members need from us, instead of supplying what we think they need. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These disadvantages can be seen through Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory. ... As one can imagine the mesosystem can affect a child in a single parent home much differently than in other homes. ... One can see that the mesosystem is greatly affected from this social condition. ... I think that the extended family can actually be a bigger influence than maybe in other families. ... Hinkel made some suggestion of what they can possibly do to help that I either already thought or agreed with. ...

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• Grade Level: High School