Bags

I found creating my Cultural Bag was challenging, as I do not feel I had a vibrant culture growing up. Both my parents were born in American. One of my grandfathers came from Germany and spoke German, but I never meet him. I had a grandmother who grew up farming, but lived in another state and I never saw her. When I think of culture I imagine people learning traditional cultural dances or having grandparents that shared their cultural experiences. I feel I missed out on discovering my family’s…

Number of M&M in a Bag and Determination of the Density of Chocolate Yuan Lin, Brian Wladkowski, and Maya Zayats Data Collected: September 2, 2014 2:50pm Purpose: The purpose of this research is to try and answer two important questions regarding M&M candies. Namely, to determine the number of M&Ms in a snack sized bag without opening it, and secondly to determine the density of M&M chocolate. Methods: There where several methods used to try and determine the number of M&M in the bag.…

The Form in My Bag “And if you are interested in going to the spelling bee, make sure to tell your mom or dad so that they can fill out this form!” said my second grade teacher, only five years ago. As I heard those words, my ears perked up. I had gone to the spelling bee last year, and I had actually won fourth place! I got a ribbon and everything. As the day went on, my mind wandered to other things such as, what was for lunch today, and how long until I could go home. By that afternoon, I…

Do you think that people in your community judge others based on look, and do you think you are being defined by others? Status is based on how we dress, look, and where we come from and is supposed to be interpreted in a positive way. This is because our differences are what make us unique and special in our own ways. Unfortunately, people in the world are using our differences to separate us into multiple categories. Some examples of this are skin tone, race, and religious beliefs. People…

Brown Bag “Mom, why can’t I just get one of those colorful lunch bag like everybody else in my school?” my daughter argued. Inconvincible, as I was running out of good reasons. I answered back to my daughter “Because this brown bag is very special.” Deep down my head, I was convince that perhaps the brown bags were out dated, cheap, and unquestionably out of fashion, but my countless memories behind it was worth any trendy, designer or expensive lunch bags everywhere. Health is…

In the book, My Orange Duffel Bag, A Journey to Radical Change, Sam Bracken discusses his 7 Rules for the Road and also his journey throughout his life. After reading the book, I can take a lot of what I learned and apply it to my life and personal goals. Even if you grow up in a horrible childhood or go down the wrong path, making mistakes. There will always be chances to turn around if mistakes were made in the past. Throughout my life I had made mistakes and done things I would take back if I…

The main topic of this essay is comparing and contrasting the short story The Medicine Bag and the video “ Apache Girl’s Rite of Passage”. One important feature of the story is how Martin's feelings are described and how and why they are changing gradually from plain comfort to deep embarrassment to nervous unrest to strong pride toward his grandpa and the medicine bag. Also, an important feature of the video is how camera angles, music, special effects, and dialogue go together to set the…

happening, such as implementing relevant evidence, connecting claims with reasoning, and appealing to the audience. The author of “Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment”, Adam B. Summers, does particularly well at harnessing these techniques. Specifically, Summers utilizes evidence and audience appeal to convince his audience that the government should not ban plastic shopping bags. The first persuasive technique that Summers…

Tammi Mac, the host of the KJLH radio show in Los Angeles, traveled to the Charles Drew Charter School’s Center for the Performing Art, put on a one woman show about her life. Her play, Bag Lady , was all about her, therefore, she played every role, created every dance move, and the scenes in the play were out of her memory. Her show represented a comical, yet tragic …

Valerie Steele’s essay, A Museum of Fashion is More Than a Clothes Bag, points out that the research which is based on objects would provide a unique view about the development of fashion (1998, p327). And according to Prown, object analysis follows three stages. The analysis starts with a comprehensive description, recording the outer qualities of the object. The second stage is the deduction, interacting a more open reflection between the object and the perceiver. Finally, the analysis causes…