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Kiana Nesbitt Expository Essay How do we form and shape our identities? We form our shape and identities by our looks, personality, and parents. No one is the same. We all have our own character traits. I get most of my looks from my dad. I get my nose and my lips from my mom. I get my hilarity from my dad media type="custom" key="8542246"

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Q#6:Why did the doctors in the United States accept Sister Kenny and her treatments before the doctors in Australia did? A#6; The doctors accepted Sister Kenny and her treatments because they were astounded by her results in the treatments.

Q#9:What did Peg do to celebrate not needing her wheelchair any longer? A#9: Peg celebrated by pretending she was silver from the lone ranger.

Q#13:Why couldn't Peg go barefoot nor have a pillow under her dress? A#13:Peg couldn't do these things because it would throw her off balance.

Q#18:What challenged Peg to keep trying to play the accordian? A#18:What challenged Peg to keep playing was it would straighten her muscles.

Q#20:Why did Sister Kenny have trouble getting doctors to recognize her treatments? A#20:Sister Kenny had trouble getting doctors to recognize her treatments because the doctors did not think her treatments would work.

11/22/10-What does the quote "A window of understanding opened in my mind,and the breeze of compassion blew in.From that moment on ,I was glad to share my visiting family with my roomates." This quote means that Peg understood why her roomates kept interrupting her conversation with her parents.Her roomates parents probabaly don't come to visit them often so Peg felt compassion for them.Since she realized that,she was happy that they were interrupting their conversation.

11/10/10 Open ended In the book Small Steps by Peg Kehret,Peg was angry when her nurse refused to turn her.Peg had reasons to be angry with the nurse and one was that she was not turned when she wanted to be.I don't think Peg did the right thing by telling her parents because she may have been in pain but the nurse probably was thinking I need to do my job and it wouldn't be fair to the other patients with polio.

11/2/10 Put yourself in Peg's shoes, How does it feel? If I were Peg,I would feel horrrible because I wouldn't want to be paralyzed from the neck down. Also, I would want to see my family. If I had polio, I can picture myself sitting in a plain white hospital bed, not being able to move. I can also picture myself feeling like I can't survive. Polio is a sad disease but together we can find a cure.