In the book written by Warren St. John, Outcast United. It talks about a woman named Luma al-Mufleh and a group of boys who wanted to play soccer. Luma is a woman who seems fearless and strong at all times. She has had hard times, but she persevered and went through them head on. Luma also stood for what she believed in and didn’t back down. She also was the kind of person who kept her emotions hidden for fear of revealing weakness, but she also was a sensitive woman with a deep concern for the weak and defenseless. Honestly in my opinion, she is pretty awesome and a great coach.
Luma al-Mufleh was born March 1, 1942. She comes from a wealthy family from Amman, Jordan. The al-Mufleh family earned their fortune from manufactory rebar. The metal rods that are used to strengthen concrete. Which are sold and used all over Jordan. Luma’s family consists of her father Hassan al-Mufleh, Mrs. al-Mufleh and her younger sister Inam al-Mufleh. Her sister Inam is presently a researcher for the Jordanian army in Amman.
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Students who went there were mainly rich and high on the totem pole type of people. At the school Luma learned how to speak English fluently and she had chances to speak and meet with Americans. Luma was also an outstanding athlete that was pushed everyday by her coach, Coach Brown. Coach Brown pushed Luma because she expected more from her and everyday Luma did everything that was expected from her. She did not like Coach Brown, because she made Luma an example to the other girls on the team, but she did respect her and her coaching methods. Later, on she liked and appreciated her. Then later on, Luma went to the United States to go to college. She went to Smith College an all-women’s school in Northampton,
In the two books Red Scarf Girl and Fahrenheit 451 many exciting events happen. In each book there are many things you can compare to. I compared these books to each other and to other books I’ve read like Hunger Games and Diary of Anne Frank. Fahrenheit 451 is set in the future and a major theme throughout the book is censorship of the people and in Red Scarf Girl communism is the theme.
Ring Leader by: Jennifer Durgan This story was about a young woman growing up in the 70’s. She moved to Minnesota from Alaska. This character is a free spirt and free thinker. This woman did not want to be like everyone else. As she got older, she wanted to be herself.
She is always prepared to meet any challenge placed in her path. Tamyiah’s dedication and commitment speak volumes. Her greatest attributes are her character which she demonstrates as a young lady, and her dedication to serve in any capacity. Tamyiah is a Junior at The University of Alabama, with a 3.4 Grade Point Average. She is associated
She provide her team with a set of rules they had to go by, and if they didn’t they might as well didn’t show up to any practices or games. Besides of trying to teach her team discipline she cared for the fugees like family. The refugee families when through many traumatic events in their lives before moving to Clarkston. Luma created a soccer programs to give the boys something to do to get their minds off the problems they faced every day. Although the refugees faced many problem before their new lives became in Clarkston, they still had to deal with feeling like outsiders.
Looking back at the four years she spent at Weimar Academy, Freja Nelson knows that God’s hand was leading her all the way. She will never forget the experiences that she had at this school, whether it be flying into the jungle on mission trip, or simply eating at the cafeteria with her friends. God has placed opportunity after opportunity in front of her during her time at Weimar, and she is excited to see what plans He has for her in college. She hopes to study Music Education and one day become a high school music
During this time she was working a full-time job. The she continued for two years to get her BA. After this she decided she wanted to go the law school. She got accepted to the University of San Francisco. She became a lawyer in San Francisco, Los
In Maya Angelou’s “Graduation” she spoke about a fictional character named Marguerite Johnson and her eighth-grade graduation. Marguerite was always kinda of lost and selfish at times, and never look at how others seen things. But as the story goes on Marguerite starts to find herself and understand others. “Graduation” isn’t just about how Marguerite pass on to the next grade but how she has grown from a lost girl to a young intelligence woman. In this story the reader is going to follower her on this surprising journey.
It was a long walk to the African-American school she had to go to, but William Frantz Elementary School, an all white school much closer to her house. She was so inspiring there was a movie made
“Administration thought the game was too tough for young ladies, so we burned our uniforms.” It was a difficult time for Margaret Wade after losing the basketball program at Delta State University in the early 1930’s. This is made apparent in her quote “Losing the program was hard since basketball had been a major part of my life during my youth.” These quotes illustrate that Wade and her teammates loved the game of basketball and were vey passionate about it at that time. Lily Margaret Wade was born in McCool Mississippi on December 31, 1912 but went to school and grew up in a small town called Cleveland, Mississippi.
Throughout mankind history, there has not been a period of time where there was not the division between rich and poor. However, this gap increases year after year. Consequently, the writer Toni Cade Bambara uses setting and characterization to address the social inequality in her story “The Lesson.” The author uses the poor black community of Harlem as setting to aim the economic inequality.
Marta Salinas’ short story, “The Scholarship Jacket”, shows the life of a Mexican-American girl in school. When the girl, Martha, was younger, she was given to her grandparents to raise because her parents were too poor to take care of her. Martha is the valedictorian of the eighth grade. Because she is valedictorian, she is awarded a scholarship jacket. This year, the scholarship jacket was not free, instead, it costs fifteen dollars.
She studied at the University of Toronto and got her masters at Radcliffe College in Massachusetts. She is one of the most influential writers of her time, and has won many awards in her field.
Later, she moved to Tutshill, where she attended Tutshill Church of England Primary School until she changed to Wyedean Comprehensive, where her mother worked. After she graduated, she went to Exeter University and studied one year at Paris. During her childhood, she
Muhammed: Dividing People One New Religion at a Time By creating a religion that only some people worshipped and by bringing families and old clans to war with each other, Muhammad was a divider of his people. First, Muhammad’s new religion, Islam, disrupted his village. People were angry because only some people worshipped Islam and some didn't. Also, Muhammad had no “claim to fame”, he was an average citizen, so most people were skeptical that he was really a prophet. Muhammad had visions of a new god that was different from what people had always worshipped and told the people to just believe what he did, sparking anger.
On a bright and beautiful Saturday morning, students went to get their hair and nails done, last minute accessories, and finished last minute touches on their outfits for the night. Homecoming was approaching and it was inevitable for the night to not be prodigious. As nightfall came around students rushed out their houses, into their limos and cars, and jetted to northwest for a world adventure. Brenda Perez, described the night as "Homecoming for me was new memories to make with all my friends that i'll never forget. While the music was good, it was still out of my music preference, everyone still danced and had fun".