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  Raven Wilkinson changed the world for African American dancers. Wilkinson loved ballet, but there were many people who did not love her doing it. She was the first African American to get a full time contract with a dance company. She faced racial discrimination throughout her career, but she still worked her hardest. People told her to cover up her race, but she was proud and determined to succeed.    Raven was very successful, but all of her success had to start somewhere. She started dancing at the age of 9, when her uncle signed her up for lessons with Maria Swoboda, in New York City where she was born and lived for most of her life. She continued ballet throughout her entire life, infact, Raven loved dance so much she danced until she was 50 years old! Raven danced with a few different companies, her first one was Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo followed by Dutch ballet, and when she got homesick, New York City opera. Later in her life she was a mentor to Misty Co...

   How do you feel about homework? While homework is stressful and hard which is not good for your mental health, it also helps you academically which is very important. Whichever way you feel about homework there are many pros and cons that might change your opinion.   Homework helps with student achievement. Homework is like practicing school, the more you practice the better grades you get. You need good grades to get into a good college so homework is very helpful to kids' academic futures. In the High School Journal it is said that students who spent 31 to 90 minutes on homework every day scored around 40 points higher on the SAT-Mathematics subtest than the students who spent no time on homework. That is why homework is important.     Homework can also not be so great. Having too much homework can be bad, even harmful. Kids need free time, to just do what kids do. It stresses kids out and can also lead to an unhealthy amount of sleep loss, w...