Bee Gees

First of I can not believe that is going to be 20 years this July since you released your debut single Wannabe that topped the charts in 31 countries. Now I must give a disclaimer to those viewing this letter. I, myself was born the same year -- 1996 -- that the Spice Girls first stormed the music scene. It was until later on in my elementary school years that I discovered the Spice Girls through my brother’s videotape Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power. By the group had been disbanded. What…

Reading is essential to everyday living, the failure to read will restrict student’s ability to understand basic Math, Language Arts, Science or Social studies. Students with reading difficulties need support for their deficit in a specific skill with different strategies. The two reading difficulties for ESE students and how I will address the difficulties in my future classroom are difficulty with high – frequency sight words using a multi-sensory approach that combines language experience…

Throughout history, the human species have not always been able to read or write. One thing humans have always understood are pictures. The cavemen painted on walls in order to document and tell the stories of their lives. In the more modern era, books, especially for children, are filled with pictures in order to help convey the ideas of the writer to all who read his books. This idea of pictures to help support book is shown very well in Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s book Days of Destruction…

Alyssa Potts Period 4 22 March 2017 1970s Popular Culture/Music The 1970s pop culture is a blend of both the 1960s and an individual movement impacted by the Vietnam War. It was a pivotal time in history as fashion, cars, movies, TV shows, music, sports, and disco dancing all shaped the coming decades. There was a tremendous amount of growth in the economy in the 1970s with inflation being so high. The 1970s brought the end of the Vietnam War, colorful disco fashion, and a television in every…

Can we, as American citizens, really understand the struggles of immigrants coming to our country? What they lose and what they gain? How our offensive and insensitive words affect them? These questions are answered through the photo album created in this text, full of images from the life of Pablo Salazar, displaying his experiences as an American immigrant from Guatemala. This poem explores the questions presented by utilizing Pablo’s own words and views as answers. Through an intensive…

The beginning of every meeting is very familiar to all 4-H members: "I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living..." This pledge is not just words it is a way to live. 4-H is a organization for youth that was created in 1902, the purpose was to teach about citizenship, responsibility, leadership, and other life skills. I have been in this program for seven years and will continue through out high school because my…

During my travels around Nashville, my group went to NSAI, the Nashville Songwriters Association International, located on Music Row. This non-profit organisation helps support up and coming talent whilst targeting congress in the US over rights and laws in the songwriting industry. We received a performance from the top talent, whom she performed her top songs and shared her tactics at succeeding in the music industry. The intensity of her presence and her determination was what struck my…

4-H What a Great Choice 4-H is an experience, a blessing and family. As a member of the 4-H origination, one learns that 4-H encourages an individual to meet new friends, prepares one for the future, and helps one conquer the challenges of life. This association instills viable qualities to help one become successful in life. By being active in these programs, one can get a more in-depth meaning of the program or animal. 4-H education allows one to have hands-on learning experiences, teaches one…

Assignment #7 • Explain in detail Box 8.3 The June Bug Disease: A Case of Hysterical Contagion- use the book and one additional reference. Pg 203 - The June Bug Disease was an episode of 62 influenced laborers that had side effects, for example, queasiness, deadness, wooziness, and some of the time heaving. A large portion of the laborers had already been chomped by a bug, for example, a gnat or parasite. Government wellbeing authorities started an examination that tried parasites, gnats,…

Pollinators on the Decline In recent years North America has been faced with a sharp decline in bee populations. Beekeepers are used to a certain amount of bees and hives dying off but the winter and spring of 2006-2007 brought about the most precipitous decline in decades. The historical rate for overwintering losses is 10-15% but from 2007-2011 this rate has been 28-33% (The Situation, n.d.). This event from 2007 has been coined as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and affecting as many as 35…