Academy of Country Music

Century was already hard enough for a young black man but even harder for a young black musician. Louis Armstrong single handedly paved the way for future jazz musicians. Since Louis Armstrong is such a prominent figure and idol in the world of jazz music, young and growing musicians should get a chance to learn about Louis Armstrong’s early life, his career and accomplishments and his…

importantly, the government shouldn’t interfere with the economy. Government is only necessary to protect from invasion, defend from injustice and oppression, and maintain infrastructure. The government should first establish the economy by stabilizing the country, and then allowing it to regulate itself through the free…

The Golden Age of Radio lasted roughly around 1930 through 1940. That time was when the medium of commercial broadcast radio grew into the fabric of daily life in the United States. One time they provided news and entertainment to a country struggling with economic depression and war and much of the programming heard by listeners was controlled by advertising agencies which included the shows hired the talent and staff. Sometimes they draw performers directly from the old vaudeville theatre…

at present is the emphasis given on education. In Plato’s The Republic, It can be clearly seen that Plato gives education the highest priority. This is evident in his strict qualifications of the content of the curriculum to be practiced in the Academy and as said by Null in his Curriculum: From Theory to Practice, Plato wanted a curriculum that would teach young people to control the emotions and appetite of a person because this appetite enables an individual to do actions that are inherently…

My interview this week for my professional development interview was with my host teacher for this quarter. Mrs. Barb Diaz is currently a kindergarten teacher at Barber Language Academy in Rockford. She has taught for almost 30 years in the Rockford School District, Head Start, Spectrum, and as an adjunct teacher with Rockford University. While also being my aunt, she has been my mentor these many years and has displayed a passion for teaching children that I have found unmatched. Her classroom…

January 7th started as a normal day for my parents. That day my dad George had to be at work early in the morning so they got up around 4 that morning. George my brother who was 1 and 1/2 at the time went over to a friend’s before my dad headed to work. My mother Jessica wasn 't due for another 15 days, so she was doing her normal morning routine when unexpectedly her water-broke. She called my father and told him, and he rushed and came and got her and went to the hospital the same one my…

Within James Joyce’s collection of short stories Dubliners, the final story is called “The Dead.” This story serves as a conclusion to all of the continual themes and plot devices found throughout the collection. With a modernist lens applied, the main protagonist, Gabriel Conroy is seen to replicate many themes found in modernist literature. Throughout this short story, James Joyce uses this main protagonist to portray modernist themes of alienation, stream of consciousness, and epiphany by…

American government was creating drugs and methods to control a human’s mind and behavior if wanted. After reading the book, Milo Foreman couldn’t help but realize that the content of the book described the dictatorship and suppression in his own country; just as the medicine in the movie controlled the patients on the ward. The intent for both men was to reveal that modern institutions, authority figures, and government entities, along with modernization is undermining the human being in…

Nicole Ocasio Dr. Johnson- Lewis Humanities 1020 764 Words Good Bones by Maggie Smith The poem Good Bones by Maggie Smith was published in an online literary journal in June 2016 and grabbed the world's attention. Good Bones was birthed from the worries that dwelled within her as a mother. It deals with the innocence of childhood against the harsh realities of the outside world. How or exactly when should the conversation of what really lies in the outside world, beyond our comfort zone,…

sugar cane. From New Guinea, sugar spread to North India (1000-500 B.C.), China (200 A.D.), Persia- Judi Shapur (500 A.D.), Egypt (700 A.D.), and Hawaii (1100 A.D). In the 600s, people did not know what the sugar was used for when it reached their country, so sugar was believed to be medicine. Sugar spread even more drastically by Islam in 610, with a march. This March ended in 732, and by the 1100s Europeans slowly began to add more flavor to their…