Biography Essay

The year 2011 was a jam-packed year for John Smith. He grew up in a small town called Aurora in the wonderful, and beautiful State of Colorado. John grew up on a giant farm from when he was a newborn baby to a seventeen year old teenager. While he lived on the farm, he grew up to be strong, and tough, from baling hay, and milking horses. After seventeen years of working on the farm, John and his family moved to Colorado Springs, CO. Things were rough at first, living in the new rural area was…

INTRODUCTION The blues ain’t nothing but a good man feeling bad. Another clever blues man said blues is what a blues doctor prescribes for the people who have the blues. Which is less crazy then it sounds Blues stands out to be a great music genre when compared to others as blues music often express worry or depression melancholic music of black American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence. It developed in the rural southern US towards the end of the 19th century, finding a…

Blake Lively’s career blew up when she got cast to play Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl. Now an acclaimed actress, it-girl and mother, Lively is living the best years of her life. We fished around for some little known facts about the actress—stay tuned for part two, coming soon! Number Fifteen: She’s a Great a Cook The actress loves cooking. To perfect her techniques, she takes cooking lessons in illustrious academies all over the world. In 2010, she fulfilled her dream of cooking at…

August 3rd is a wonderful day. It’s in the summer, it’s hot, and best of all, that’s when I, Anna Wozniak was born! I’m 11 years old, and I was born in Richland, Michigan, in 2004. I am in sixth grade at Gull Lake Middle School. I love lots of things, but I love my family, my hobbies, and my personality the most. Family, family, family! Family is a very important part of my life. I have an eight-year-old brother named Louis. He is funny, but he is a troublemaker. My amazing mother’s name is…

Alva Fisher was an American born in Chicago. He was born in the late 1800’s. His father was a businessman and was a proprietor of a dry goods business. The mother of Alva Fisher provided assistance in the store and was in charge of the house. Some of the jobs associated with being in charge of the house included household chores. Household chores included, but not limited to cleaning the house, washing clothes and cooking. Upon completing high school, Alva was not sure what he wanted to pursue.…

I am what I am – I am Victoria Puglia, Spanish-American born, Spanish-American raised, half-Lynx , half-Trojan, and slowly making my way around the world. I spent my school years in the bull-fighting peninsula, where I ate lots of ham and savored lots of cheese. Paella, gazpacho, pan con tomate y more, are the foods of my soul, the foods I enjoy. My mother tongue is a romance language, and it’s not Spanish. No em toquis els nasos eh , just ‘cuz its Catalan doesn’t mean it’s a dialect. For…

Throughout history there have been many different people that have contributed huge things to the marketing world and one of the most popular people being, John R. Brinkley. John R. Brinkley became nationally known as the "goat gland doctor" for his controversial medical practice that promised virility for his male patients. He was a pioneer in radio broadcasting and advertising, as he promoted his services to his large listening audience. Another important aspect of Brinkley’s radio skill was…

Researching from the internet about Edmund Kemper, it seemed to me that this man was really a very smart person with an education background. Kemper seemed to have two types of personalities in my opinion. His community described as an average man other than his being tall and pretty big man. He hung out at a nearby bar where general police officers would hang out in. This lets me know his decision of medication was Alcohol since he hung out in a bar. He worked numerous dreary occupations,…

You know her from her antics when you tune in to “Saturday Night Live” but Amy Poehler is more than just humor and wit. Amy Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts. She attended Burlington High School and graduated in 1989. She then went on to Boston College. From there she found her skills in improvisation. She joined an improv comedy troup called “My Mother’s Fleabag.” Afterwards, Glamour cites, she received her bachelor’s degree in Media and Communications in 1993. She then decided to…

The “American Dream” is reality for anyone willing to work for it no matter where you come from or obstacles that get in your way. This is true for, Cuban-American, Danell Leyva a U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Olympian. He was successful despite health issues and those who doubted him. If it wasn’t for Gymnasts before him he might not of gotten to live the life he does and get the chances he has gotten. Danell Leyva was born on October 30th, 1991 in Cardenas, Cuba to Johan Leyva and Maria Gonzalez. At…