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The exam was pretty straight forward, I feel it was bit nerve racking to begin with but as time passed and as I wrote it became less antagonizing through the anticipation. As I said before I felt a bit nerve racked due to the anticipation of the test but then overall cooled down and felt at ease. I analyzed two texts, one a song and the other a story. The first text I had choose the type of imagery that was being used and the second was the conveying of the tension being created between characters by the author. I used my time very well , as soon as we began I thoroughly read the texts and analyzed and annotated. Which in turn gave me lots of time to write and process the question I needed to answer. I used almost every minute of my time using two booklets to finish my writing with only 10 minutes left of the given time.

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I can say the exam was pretty easy and a bit boring, most of the exam was easy just because we has to talk about imagery and talking about tensions and relationships between the characters in the novel. I feel like i used my time pretty wise, I finished early then expected but I still feel like i used it really good and was on track with the time for sure. For me I wrote about imagery in a text that involved a lot of environment and the other text I wrote about was the tension between two characters which i said they seem to have a "brother-sister type of vibe".

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The exam was just like I practiced in class. When I got there I knew what to do . I had an easy time defining the authorial choices . The second passage was a bit harder becuase of how bland and neutral the writing was but other that that i knew what to do , everything that was explained in class was explained clearly.

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The exam was a bit breath taking for me. Before the assessment I felt nervous but when doing it I started to feel a bit more calm. The passages I had to write about was a song and a novel. I spent an hour and thirty minutes on my assessment. Overall I feel good about this because I did my best.

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The exam was easier than I expected. My annotating really helped the layout of my essays. I felt anxious and tired in the beginning but once I started I was okay and got a little bored. I wrote about the different authorial choices that were presented in the text. I ended with 30 minutes to spare so I would say I did manage my time good enough.

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The Exam was horrible. I felt really out of place. I forgot what I wrote about. I did as much as I could and used as much time I had.

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The exam that we took went okay. It was a little difficult for me but I tried my best. I didn’t want to take the exam so I felt uninterested in it. I wrote about the texts and questions that were provided. I managed my time decently.

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The exam I tool could be defined as mediocre for me. While taking the test I felt nervous on how I will do the task. I wrote about the effects imagery create in lyrics. I also wrote about the conflict between two characters in a story. I feel like I need improvement on my time management because I didn’t use it wisely and I rushed the second essay.

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The exam was pretty good and not as nerve-wracking as many would think. We analyzed an excerpt from both a song and a novel. I don't think I used my time very wisely because I got caught up in analyzing the texts. I also think my organizing was good at the beginning but ended up getting mixed up. But everything else we did in class helped me very much and helped me be more prepared for this test too. I also did not do my best on this test because I woke up very ill but I still came to try and do something for IB.

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The exam was okay. I didn't stress as much because it was just like what we had practiced in class. I was able to write without struggling. However, I felt like it was time-consuming. It was hard for me to stay awake. But, I was able to finish around the first hour.

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In a three year time period that changed me for the better was 2019-2021. Those almost 3 years of covid helped me be a better me then how I used to be. I feel like i learned to appreciate people way more and for the people around me. Then to stop, listen, and observe too because you'll notice more. This is about a three year period that made me a better person.

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Highschool specifically the end of my sophomore year and junior year was when I expiernced the most personal Growth. Quarantine was still taking place and I had more alone time and got to learn more about myself individually. Mentally i became better and stronger and think the time of school did benefit me. Before quarantine high school and life felt like it was crashing but quarantine became a reset for me.

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Since early childhood, I've experienced the most growth and change in the transition from middle school to high school. From 8th grade to 10th grade, I went from having many friends who I had known for years to having almost none. In 8th grade, I'd have lunch on the lengthy cafeteria tables, with friends filling the row of seats. Sophomore year, I spent most of my time sat on the cold floor of hallways, completely alone. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing, I learned who my real friends are toward the end of the year. I started to hang out with them more, and realized they built me up compared to my past friends, many of whom did the opposite.

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Throughout my life I have experienced the most personal growth and character development from the age 14 to currently , If I compare my mindset from now to a couple years back my mindset and character has tremendously changed . The thoughts and values I had at 14 are not the same as the ones I currently have . At this age I put value in things that I most likely wouldnt care about at the age of 14 such as spiritual growth and educating my mind on a variety of topics that I know would allow me to have a more fufilling life and become the person i want to be .

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I feel like from 8 grade to sophomore year I've grown and had many experiences. I fell like going into high school there is a lot ot changes that you end of going through and you learn so much things through out that type of journey. I personally learned a lot through these 3 years.

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In my childhood the one period where I grew exponentially and experienced the most was the early years of my High School year. During this period year Ive grown the most since I was in a small middle school I transitioned to a big school. This big change helped grow and get more experience in the world.

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Overall, I can't pinpoint 3 exact years where I have dramatically changed. When I was younger there was a bunch of financial and family issues that made me mature very quick. However, as I got older stuff changed and then my change occurred within the people I surrounded myself with, meeting new people every day.

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I would say I've grown the most during my high schools years for sure, I learned so much about a lot of things throughout my 4 years of being in high school. For sure middle school had some learning moments to but I think the most for me, I definitely learned so much during my high school years.

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African Americans should get reparations for eveything that was taken from them in the past. The crime of slavery shouldn't have an expiration date what slaves went through deserves justice.

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Juana Summers in the article, "A bill

to study reparations for slavery had momentum in Congress, but still no vote". It states the bill to study reparations for the slavery of their ancestors. When reading the article the ones who should deserve reparation are the one side who has gone through slavery than the ones who haven't gone through it. Despite the fact that there are more still unjustifiable bills to be enacted, this might be seen as to individuals who have experienced this breaking point in their lives or the lives of their relatives. "It's saying that because of your skin color, you owe me. That is not the American way. We're not racist people. This American country is based on meritocracy," it was based on two  Black Republicans.

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I agree with reparations should be handed to decedents of enslaved people. It should go out to the decedents because the tragedy that the enslaved people went carry out with their families history. even if its money or not the reparations should be some sort of an apology.

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Summer's article, "A bill to study reparations for slavery had momentum in Congress, but still no vote" explains the more recent bill on reparations for those who were enslaved. Reparations for slavery is an interesting topic that should be researched and looked at due to the amount of information we could get about our past and present. This bill is also not just a way to pay them back, but it would be like a "national apology" something they deserve for what others have put them through. Many may disagree though and say that's other people's money they worked hard to earn like mentioned in the article shouldn't be used for that since it's not their fault as well as saying that the time has passed. Like the articles states it may not have to be a check people will receive as a reparation but to find "appropriate remedies" for this situation.

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Juana Summers, article in "A bill to study reparations for slavery had momentum in Congress, but still no vote" (2021), states a bill being passed for a study of reparation slavery, where reparations would receive money from past slavery. I believe this is not the right move because it just will cause more mayhem between people.

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Juana Summers in her article, A bill to study reparations for slavery had momentum in Congress, but still no vote (November 12, 2021), states the current status of a law trying to be passed. Summers agrees with the bill to give former slaves 20 acres of land.  I personally believe that former slaves and families should be given back everything that was stripped of them. Although the country and people may feel this makes up for slavery nothing really can for all those years, suffering, and pain. And it does seem weird to me that after all these years now they want to step up and "give back."

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In Juana Summer's article, a bill to study reparations for slavery had been brought up in Congress. However, there's been no vote yet. It's been only introduced. I agree with reparations and feel that there should be a committee to study it. I also feel that anyone, who had faced discrimination of any sort should also receive reparations.

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Anyone who was a slave and is a descendant of a slave should get reparations. It does not matter how long ago it was and money cannot change history or make anyone feel differently but it will give them a chance to live better. I agree with this bill for reparations. Solely because the government gives money out to many different things but not the people they have hurt the most in society previously and historically. Money will not change the past but it can supply so much to the past slaves and descendants.

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I do not believe the descendants of slaves should get the reparations because the money won't change anything that was done to the ones that actually were slaved. They should have been gave reparation to the former slaves a long time or maybe in the early 1900s where racism was at its peak.

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Juana Summarizes, "a bill to Study Reparations for slavery had momentum in congress, but still no vote", I agree because they took to long for that. This article argues that people of enslaved ancestors must be played for suffering. In my opinion i think it is important to give back to those who didn't have freedom and were enslaved. Regardless of the fact that this happened during the Civil War the families of the former slaves should be paid for the torture and the suffering.

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The descendants of slaves who have had any trouble caused as a result of slavery deserve reparations. Rep. Burgess Owens claims that reparations would mean theft from people and giving money to people who were not involved with slavery. Though this is true, reparations should have been handed out earlier, not long after slavery ended. Reparations were never given, and therefore they should be given now, no matter how long it has been. Some people have grandparents whose parents were enslaved, which can directly affect them. He also argues that people would be receiving reparations because of their skin color, which is not true. Only descendants of slaves would receive money.

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I do think defendants of slaves should receive reparations. They deserve it because Native American decendants are reciving a salary for the tragedy their race faces at the hands of colonization. Therefore, I do believe near mass genocide of the Native Americans and the hundreds of years of torture and work forced upon African American are pretty solid reasons for reparations. Also, the money African Americans would be receiving would basically be the money that their ancestors provided slave owners through slavery.

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Everyone is equal and everyone should be treated the same, no body shouldn't be judged just because their skin color. African Americans deserve the respect they need in the world for them to always feel welcomed and loved. There are some very successful African American's that todays world wouldn't be like this without them and their knowledge and success. It would have probably been a lot better if they done this way before in time instead of a hundreds years later, this should've neem done earlier.

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Weather to die or be enslaved for life, choosing death would be the best option. Looking at the illustration on slaves in ship and an illustration on how slaves were separated from their children. Their lives were never happy they were being slaved to their death.

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Slavery is worse than death, considering it is constant torture for the one enslaved. The excerpt from Autobiography of a Female Slave demonstrates the treatment they endured. The slaves were fed leftovers of the white family's meals, and were beaten if they fought over the food. They were so desensitized by the screams of the women being beaten, that they paid no mind to it. The picture of the shackles shows what held them captive, which is seen in the illustration of slaves chained in the cargo hold. They had no freedom, and their children were commonly stripped from them, as seen in the illustration of slave traders separating a black woman from her children. "Can slaves be happy, when they are all the time exposed to such cruel separations?" The answer is no, and many thought death was easier to bear than slavery.

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Based on the sources, in my opinion death is better than being enslaved. In one of the primary sources, a mother was taken away from her children. She was sold off like cattle while her kids stood there, unable to do anything about it. One sentence states, "Who is a robber, if the man who takes children from their mothers and sells them, is not a robber?" From there the children never saw their mother ever again. Based on this form of cruelty, death for me, is a better option.