Alexandra

advancements. Although the testing does not break any laws, the animals endured a great amount of pain from the tests. Alexandra Sedgwick was one person that noticed the testing and took a stance. The Deakin University student’s main goal is to end animal cruelty. Her proposal, that got support from PETA, was to use digital software and human simulators for testing. Alexandra is taking action by leading a protest, and PETA is sponsoring some software for her school. Sedgwick is an animal…

Alexandra Patricia Morgan Carrasco (Morgan) is a female American soccer player. She didn’t become a successful female soccer player easily. Morgan had to work hard and do her best in every opportunity. Alex Morgan has gone through many clubs and places to have achieved where she’s at. Alexandra Patricia Morgan Carrasco was born in San Dimas, California, United States on July 2, 1989. Morgan grew up in the city of Diamond Bar. She is the daughter of Michael T. Morgan and Pamela S. (Who). Morgan…

Aunt Alexandra Aunt Alexandra lives in a little town in Alabama called Maycomb. This town is a simple town which leans more towards the poor side of most other towns of similar size. It does contain a basic school with multiple grades and a single white folk’s church along with a single colored folk’s church. The story about Aunt Alexandra and Maycomb takes place during the Great depression of the 1930’s right after World War I. Aunt Alexandra is Atticus Finch's sister, which makes her…

I will be evaluating and inquiring who is a better mother figure for Jem and Scout. Calpurnia or Aunt Alexandra? Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra because of a few reasons. First, Calpurnia brings them places when they are home alone. She brought them to her church; which is a negro church and thought nothing of it. She brought them as if they were her biological children. Then, Calpurnia talks to them and defends as if they were her real kids. Calpurnia does not hesitate…

In Chapter Three, “Pressure”, the author, Alexandra Robbins argues that the pressure that American high school students are facing is dangerous to student’s well-being. In this chapter, Robbins exposes the amount of pressure that is being put on high school students today to get into a good university and succeed in life. Not only in this country, but also in East Asia. Robbins uses East Asia as an example of the dangerous effects of too much pressure being placed on a minor. In East Asia, the…

towards all others. She, “Smiled brilliantly. ‘Stay with us, Jean Louise,’ she said.” (p. 307). Even though Aunt Alexandra was only doing this to change Scout, it was different from how Scout was treated before. In this case, Aunt Alexandra was speaking to Scout more as an adult, than a child. Not only that, but she wanted Scout to assimilate into her own crowd. This illustrated that Aunt Alexandra felt that Scout did not have bad manners. She just did not know when to use them. Also, compassion…

Alexandra Harmon’s Rich Indians: Native People and the Problem of Wealth in American History is a historically significant chronology of Native American wealth in US history from the colonization at Jamestown Virginia in the seventeenth century to the wealth acquired from tribal casinos in the present day. Rich Indians is divided into seven case histories that examine how Euro-Americans responded to Indian’s economic conduct and what those responses said in regards to both societies from first…

In the article, Revenge of the Geeks by Alexandra Robinson, there are a lot of allusions to stars and their popularity in school, and how some of the biggest stars today were some of the least popular people in high school, and being different and embracing how different you may be will lead you to success someday. The author uses three different techniques to get her point across, one being the tone or her attitude toward the subject. “Taylor Swift’s classmates left the lunch table as soon as…

is partly why today’s students are constantly stressed out. Schoolwork is not the only thing that stresses out many students today. There are also expectations which can be set by the student, or sometimes even the parents. In The Overachievers, Alexandra Robbins uses a plethora of statistics, examples, and analyzes the lives of several Whitman High School students in depth plus other various characters to develop the…

¨different¨ doesnt mean their not a great person. Everyone's different one way or another. Our differences are our strengths because they make us unique. The uniqueness of our differences will help us in the future. In the article ¨Revenge of the Geeks¨, Alexandra Robbins talks about people being different and what she has observed from high school students. She writes about what our differences can do for us. Robbins states ¨ I’ve seen repeatedly that the differences that cause a student to be…