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Daily Prompt: 3 books that have had an impact on me

Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio – Peg KehretHatchet – Gary PaulsenRocket Boys – Homer HickamI read these when I was very young and they’re the first ones to come to mind. I don’t know how they have had an impact or whether my interests were already formed.Small Steps is a memoir of when the author was younger and was stricken with polio. It documents her getting through the initial paralysis…

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Uganda in May 1985 (Historical context: Cambodia Calling)

For the setting of the first few chapters, the author Richard Heinzl writes about going from Tororo at the Kenyan border, to Jinja, and then to Kampala in Uganda. This is taking place in 1985. Below I will write about the historical context of Uganda in May 1985. The Bush War On October 9, 1962, Uganda gained independence from British rule under a power-sharing arrangement. That fragile balance…

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Fear

Daily writing promptWhat fears have you overcome and how?View all responses When it hits, the body reacts. Your heart starts pounding, your breath speeds up, and your muscles tense- are going to fight or run? (You are stuck)Your hands might get clammy and your skin cold, your stomach nauseated. Some might freeze in place, shake without knowing why, or feel the sudden urge to yell- or stay…

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Reading list

I have the following books: Cambodia Calling by Richard HeinzlGlobal Ethics Seminal Essays by Thomas Pogge and Keith HortonGlobal Justice Seminal Essays by Thomas Pogge and Darrel MoellendorfI’m reading Cambodia Calling, first. Background/History The background of Richard Heinzl is he is the founder of the first North American chapter of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF/Doctors Without Borders).…

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Doing everything on this list has truly changed my life for the better