Dee Ann Sifuentes (picture unavailable) of Sidney Sugars has been an employee since September of 1977. When Sifuentes first started at the factory, she began on the beet end of things. Her duties included overseeing the beets come in as well as extracting the juice. “When I first started working for Sidney Sugars 38 years ago, there were only 7-8 women that worked here. Now there are 61 female employees at the factory out of the 251 that are employed here,” said Dee Ann when asked about changes in the factory over the past 30 years.
One time she told me a story of how she was walking down the street next to Fremont High School, there were 3 women and they tried to do something with my moms hoodie and my mom turned around and
Like a boomerang, lies come back to strike us with the very force we used to throw them. In the short story, “The challenge” by Gary Soto, which is located in Fresno, California a new girl in the school called Estela takes Joses's attention and he tries to impress her and get to know her, and win her interest. In the story the protagonist, Jose learns that lies will never get you anywhere. In the beginning, Jose lies to impress his crush.
Merriam-Webster defines martyrdom as “the suffering of death on account of adherence to a cause.” The Mirabal sisters adhere to this definition perfectly, their opposition of Trujillo awes the nation but in the end, results in their murders. Their Mirabal sisters were key in the Dominican Republic’s movement towards democracy. If your death allows a nation to move forward in its freedoms and rights, your sacrifice is definitely worth it. Patria, Maria Teresa, and Minerva join the underground hoping to make a change.
“The Challenge” By Gary Soto American writer Mark Twain once said If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” In the story, “The Challenge,” by Gary Soto, The main character Jose gets a very huge crush on a girl named Estella. He tries a ton of things to get Estella's attention and even lies to get her attention. At the end of the story, Jose gets punished for his consequences in many ways and he lives to remember his embarrassment. In the story, “The Challenge,” by Gary Soto, the protagonist, José, learns that sometimes in life you may not get the results you like in life and it may be a challenge to accept it.
She is the youngest of the three kids my mother had. She was the only one out of the three that grew up with her father in her life Despises
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She was swaying back and forth and even put my grandfather's ring on the wrong hand, consequently he still teases her about not really
In many ways we related, our parents were divorced, w bth had not so great dads, we both were close to our families. This was one thing I couldn’t relate with her on, something I hadn experience with. Finally, I realized the only thing I really can do is listen. This recollection makes me understand nothing I say will be right.
But, that was never the case. There have been many nights I cried myself asleep. I felt alone and scared. Even though I did not live with her, I must say she was a great provider. I never wanted for much of anything.
Tension slowly grew between us as we continued being together 24/7. I would try to walk alone to class, but she would want to join. I would try to do things alone, but found that she always wanted to tag along. I felt bad saying no so I would just allow it to happen.
Lying to people can be risky. In the short story “ The Challenge,” by Gary Soto, Jose learns how difficult it can be to get away with a lie. There is a new girl at school that Jose wants to impress. He wants to get to know her. He makes up scenarios in his head, one of them being that he lies about knowing how to play racquetball.
When thinking of ecological significance of region in distress, many times we as people tend to think of just the damage that done to the “natural” world such as the animals, water, and herbaceous communities, but people are also a part of these environments and deserve equal concern. Bristol Bay is a southwestern region within Alaska, which encompasses 40,000 square miles that are home to over 25 predominately Native American tribes, each having their own distinct language, traditions, and dialect. The remoteness and low agricultural productivity of this expanse is balanced by the richness of its subsistence and commercial fishing industry, which happens to be the greatest in the United States and among the greatest on earth. The communities
She just looked at me weird if I were some mad man about to do something crazy. What she would always say to me is just wait a few more years your body will start to develop and grow since I was only ten years if age. I didn 't want to wait a few more years that 's a very long time to me since I wasn 't really that patient in life. Sometimes I would sneak in my dad 's weight room where he worksout and start to mess with the weights putting them on bars to see if I can do some bench press 's. But since I was little and didn 't know how to use them I just stuck to doing push-ups since my dad told me if I want to get really big is to do push ups and eat a lot.
and I was oblivious to what was going on. My mom is a nurse and worked overnight shifts at the hospital. So from time to time, she was not in the greatest mood when she got home due to lack of sleep. My mom worked a lot of overtime hours to support our family as my dad’s business did not always provide for us.
