Berliner

After World War II Germany was separated between four powers: France, America, Britain, and Russia. Germany was then split up into two sides, East and West. France, America, and Britain controlled the west while Russia controlled the east. Berlin was the capital of Germany. Berlin, although in the east, was split as well so that Russia wasn’t the only one controlling the capital. Because of this, the East Germany constructed the Berlin Wall. While many people tried to escape across the Berlin…

studying hard for a math or reading test. She would be more focused on her mother and waiting for her to arrive. As great as the NCLB act sounds it just didn’t work. While reading the article Our Impoverished View of Educational Reform by David C. Berliner he showed graphs about how the poverty rate in the US have been increasing from 1975 to 2002 alone the rate went up 5% while test scores went down and this is sad. Children are having poor test scores due to poverty but the tests can’t tell…

THE BERLIN BLOCKADE After WW2,Germany was divided between East which was controlled by the Soviet Union under the Communism and West which was controlled by the U.S.,France,and Great Britain.The capital of Berlin,deep within Soviet-controlled East Germany,was also divided into four parts: one half being Soviet controlled, and the rest divided amongst the others.Four-power provisional government, called the Allied Control Council, was installed in Berlin. In 1948,the Western Powers (The…

Analogue Nostalgia Svetlana Boym defines nostalgia as ‘ a longing for home that no longer exists or has never existed’ and as a ‘sentiment of loss and displacement’ (Boym 2001). Reynolds informs that the physician Johannes Hofer introduced the concept of nostalgia in the 17th Century, to describe homesickness and desire to return to the native land of soldiers on military duties. Since then, nostalgia becomes a collective yearning for the past, and as he notes, nostalgia express itself as the…

Too often schools use data that is not really significant. Berliner has a legitimate argument that averages can often be misleading (Berliner, 2001). I believe that we have to look deeper into data to paint an accurate picture of our schools and the learning process. Bernhardt in her article on Multiple Measures, argues that we must use demographics…

Paul Hindemith was born on 16 November 1895 in Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main Germany. He began learning music since his childhood by entered Frankfurt's Hoch’sche Conservatorium during the winter semester of 1908 and 09 when he was only 12 years old. In the conservatorium, he studied violin with Adolf Rebner. In Frankfurt, Hindemith supported his family and himself by worked as a violinist in dance bands and musical-comedy groups. As well as, he often substituted his teacher, Adolf Rebner, to…

The building of the wall gave individuals in West Berlin more rights. President John F. Kennedy wrote a famous speech titled “ I Am a Berliner,” which promised to protect West Berlin's citizens against any aggression. Historians believe the Berlin Wall was built as a sort of “wingman” to build the relationship between the United States and the USSR. The wall also eliminated the possibility…

comfortable with Obama. He said “we can be more formal among friends “ where he used personal pronoun “we” which made the audience feel as one with Obama. He also called the audience his friends which made the people feel more comfortable. Obama said that Berliners carved out an island of democracy which is a metaphor which shows that they did loads of hard work. Afterwards Obama used the rule of three and said they have rebuilt the Reichstag, they built the American embassy and the square where…

Tragedies at FOXCONN were due to poor working conditions whereby workers who took their lives saw suicide as the only escape from the horrific conditions they were subjected to. The factory made employees work for extended hours without any time for rest except for breaks to sleep or eat. In addition, the employees were paid poorly and worked overtime without pay. The Chinese government could have averted these tragedies by ensuring that companies, especially manufacturers accorded their entire…

demonstrations for free travel and demands or democracy," was stated in the video of TED-Ed. On the evening of November 9, 1989 East Germany tried to defuse tension by making travel permits easier to obtain. The announcement brought many of east Berliners to the border. They demanded the guard to open the gate. People from both sides came together. They danced and together they began demolishing the wall with any tools they could find or had. It was very clear that the years of division were at…