Amelia

Introduction The time I spent with my student during our tutoring sessions gave me a first-hand experience of how it is like on a student to teacher level. I learned a lot from my student, Kade, as I hope he also learned from me. During this time, I was able to observe his strengths and his weakness. I had to be flexible to cater my lesson plan to my student, so he could build upon what he learned and advance through more challenging activities. Through careful assessment, I could then evaluate…

Malala Yousafzai is a young woman who is an educational advocate for girls. Since women in Pakistan do not have equal rights, the Taliban issued a death threat against her for standing up for equality for women. Since Yousafzai is an educational advocate, she went to school, and on her way home from school one day she was shot by a gunman. She survived the shooting and eventually went on to win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize and promote the importance of women’s education. Although Yousafzai does…

As John’s career started to expanded, they moved to Boston. By this time, John was active in the Revolutionary War. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. Ten years later, she had three sons and two daughters: Abigail Amelia Adams Smith, John Quincy Adams, Susanna Adams, Charles Adams, and Thomas Boylston Adams. Her first child, Abigail, was born nine months after John and Abigail got married. As they grew up, Charles died of alcoholism and Abigail, nickname Nabby,…

Dr. Kramer Marries a Nun (1842) Long before Florence Nightingale becomes a legend in the foundation of modern nursing, Catholic religious nuns organized and administered in European hospitals. In the German state of Prussia, a young woman named Elizabeth Rump elects to become a nun working in the field of health care.* Elizabeth takes a vow of poverty and commits herself to live interdependently within a community of nuns. She also takes a vow of obedience in which she agrees to obey her…

Chicago is known to be one of the most violent cities to reside in in America. We need help, and we want a dramatic action. Violence is out of control, in some areas of Chicago, and it is happening every day. Gun violence is a very serious problem because no one is safe not even our children. Parents worried about their children safety when they send them to school, hoping they do not become another firearm victim. Chicago residents have placed metal bars in their windows and doors because they…

created. Brooklyn had welcomed many people into the home of the free. It wasn’t as easy as making Ramen Noddle Soup, but, I’ve survived the struggle to share the struggle, through the power of words. This is the story of myself, playing the role as Amelia Persad. It’s amazing how I could be able to reflect on myself that 17 years of my life has passed by, as if tomorrow had just became today. Yes, I was born in Park Chester, New York, but that’s not the whole story from top to bottom. A month…

I remember the first time I read a book. I was perched alongside my mom listening to her read book after book, hanging on to every word. I picked up the last book off the pile and began flipping through the pages. The letters suddenly began to form words. The words began to form sentences. The sentences created a picture. The pictures came together to create a new world. And it clicked. I was reading. They weren’t just jumbled up symbols anymore; they were thoughts, feelings, and actions. I…

supported white supremacy to the fullest and wore a never integrate button readers can grasp the lack of racial acceptance among African-Americans for example we can see the active police brutality through the Alabama black belt also a poor area. A woman Amelia Boynton was shoved out on to the street just because she wanted to go to the registrar’s office more importantly she was a prominent member of the black she was then arrested for "criminal…

identity and the experience of women in America, with sincere characters who chose to carry their own weight. Coincidently, his works overlapped with that of the Women’s Rights Movements, so the topics of some of his pieces included Women’s Suffrage, Amelia Earhart’s first flight (1932), and the shifting roles of women during World War II. Contrary to popular opinions, Rockwell chose to illustrate women through humorous narratives, not focusing on a women’s ideal beauty; his goal was to focus on…

Do dreams come true? “DAVID!” GET OVER HERE AND MAKE ME SOME COFFEE!” Mrs. Gradell yelled. She was enormous, cheeks lined with folds of fat flopping around as she spoke. Lying on the shabby sofa groaning under her weight, she stuffed mounds of chocolate into her mouth, lips and hands stained brown and sticky, her small piggy eyes firmly fixed on the TV screen. “HURRY UP, WOULD YOU?” David slowly shuffled into the kitchen, spine bent, a slight limp on one foot. He heated up the water, hands…