According to Jim

Captain William A. Mercer took over the school and loosened the rings a bit; he strongly pushed for sports teams for the school. One Jim Thorpe-whose former named before it was changed at Carlisle was Bright Path- emerged from the school as a football star and eventually played for the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Braves and won six of ten events at the 1912 Olympics. The experiences…

Life’s What You Make It Life is filled with countless opportunities that will more or less make or break the pathway to humanity. Sometimes an individual may question his or her values and beliefs because society does not idolize them, but that does not mean they are not true. In order to live a good life one must have their own free will to make decisions and put meaning in their own life. Also, when thinking about what it means to live a good life, maintaining social order becomes…

Looking For Alaska by John Green (Book) and Skins S2E7 - Effy (TV Series) the idea that drugs and alcohol can influence your decisions and have negative outcomes is clearly shown but each their own way. In the movie Basketball Diaries the main character Jim Carol revolves his life around basketball and he dreams of being a famous sports star one day or at least that was the plan, but with his best friend, Bobby, in the hospital dying of leukaemia, and a growing addiction for what just started…

students possessed brutish dispositions. Assaulting the students’ speech abilities was not the only instance in which McKnight ridiculed the students. Later, McKnight discusses activities that took place at a graduation ceremony in which students seemingly embarrassed themselves in a variety of public spectacles such as climbing a greased pole and attempting to catch a greased pig; all of this happening while townspeople looked on and watched in amusement. The interaction between the students…

Imagine being 4 years old, watching your favorite character perform on your favorite show. Confident that you were knowledgeable of everything he was going to do next. Then you get a surprise, Big Bird is going to China. Your level of excitement is uncontainable. You have only seen him on Sesame Street, with Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Burt and Ernie. He was leaving his nest; he was not just traveling to another place, but to an entirely different country. I had to question, “How was he going to…

A quick glance into Joan Didion’s life would put readers under the assumption that she identifies as a standard second-wave feminist. A prominent female writer in the 1960s, Didion had initially left me drawing connections to the likes of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. Even her stern gaze present on book covers and articles seems to give off a sense of feminine mystique. But after careful venture into her work, it is my understanding that while feminism plays a role in what Didion tackles as…

After VW I ended, I was on a roll! Using the open mic had been going awesome! Excitement about using the mask was followed by a bit of anxiety. Initially, I was under the impression that getting used to and adapting to the mask would be easy. It was with great ease I was able to set up the mask with my laptop and DNS. One of the 1st things I dictated was my Week 1 discussion post. The mask was working well with Dragon and seemed to be hearing me. One of the 1st obvious challenges that I…

• Mamere, Jeremiah, Paul, Abital and Theo and Daniel family were all killed by Northern Militia. The now orphan Sundanese children venture to the Kenya Refugee camp where they face several hardships and some are even lost along the way to find safe haven. While venturing to Kenya the eldest son and Chief of the group sacrifices himself to rebel soldiers stating that he’s traveling alone while his brothers and sisters hide in the tall grass. Eventually the frayed group make it to the Kenya…

about the complex inner workings of one 's brain and the intricacies of human relationships. Encouraging the viewer to further reflect on their own life and outlook on the world with its complex storylines and themes. In the film Joel, portrayed by Jim Carrey, begins a relationship with Clementine, portrayed by Kate Winslet. The film follows the highs and lows of their relationship and subsequent break-up and erasing the memories of one another. The characters within the Eternal Sunshine are not…

It was tailor made for political rallies and it rose Jim Jones to power. During the 70’s he took a different turn, he began taking drugs and became more paranoid. His paranoia caused him to create paranoia in his followers, he made them believe that they were “just about to be destroyed” lucky for Jones a…