Beverly Daniel Tatum

Passion Will Be My Paycheck I could sense all 32 of their hearts beating. They were nervous, very nervous. They gathered their flags and headed to warm-up. They were awful quiet for a group of teenage girls, but rightly so, they were about to perform their first winter guard show. Myself and the other co-directors, gave instructions that they listened to very carefully. “Smile, chin up, and have fun.” The girls responded with multiple anxious questions. My words gave them short term comfort as…

Carl Sandburg’s Chicago may be widely interpreted as one man’s visualization of his city. The author’s use of a sort of ordered free verse reflects the controlled chaos within the city itself. One must be well familiarized with Chicago and all of its parts and citizens to truly understand the order of the city’s work, play, and crime. Sandburg also uses numerous adjectives and similes, which applies a sort of personal, human-like aura to this city. In the first half of the poem, Sandburg…

Through an investigation of the hermeneutical and archeological evidence available, Yamauchi argues that there is little reason to doubt that Daniel should be attributed to the sixth century B.C. Archaeological Background The main idea of this article is to reason that the available archaeological evidence testifies to a sixth century dating of the book of Daniel. First, Yamauchi explores the considerations given to Nebuchadnezzar. Here, the author brings into question the idea of the…

This Story is called “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. Charlie Gordon shouldn’t have the operation. Some people are treated differently not only for how they look but, because they aren’t smart. He thinks at the beginning of the story that because he thinks he failed a test that as he said “I had a test today. I think I failed it. Maybe they aren’t going to use me.”(Keyes,54) So Charlie is going to have an operation to make him become smarter. Here are three reasons why I think that…

More than 3 million people are mentally impaired every year in the United States. Some people are mentally impaired and not able to understand basic things. “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, is about a mentally impaired man was able to become the smartest man in the world with an IQ over two-hundred in less than 2 weeks. Charley Gordon is a thirty-seven year old man who receives “a one of a kind surgeries” that allows his IQ to triple is a few weeks. He becomes the smartest man in the…

In Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon a mentally disabled 39-year-old man wanted to become intelligent. He was motivated in his night class to do better than everyone else to become smarter and to get picked for a surgery. After the doctors saw his motivation to be smarter, the doctors finally picked Charlie to go through an operation to become intelligent. Before Charlie’s operation, Charlie couldn’t even spell, or have any good grammar. The most important thing Charlie…

D.4) , New York, is a structure of impeccable example to “form follows function” - Louis Sullivan. It is from utility that beauty is a result in its concepts. The distinctive triangular shape of the Flatiron Building, designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham and built in 1902, allowed it to fill the wedge-shaped property located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway (History.com, 2010). As this divided the street in its placement, it allowed the efficient arrangement of space by…

initially hidden from the public, whistleblowers have the ability to greatly affect the way that society functions. Although the insider facts released can benefit the population, the informants are frequently persecuted. When whistleblowers such as Daniel Ellsberg and WikiLeaks informants release new information, the government work with the media to reprimand the actions that were taken. This is to prevent people from losing trust in the strong sociological agents that keep society conforming,…

: The parent/child visit between Bobby Sr., Travon, Mariah, Melissa, and Bobby Jr. took place at the Caritas Family Solutions agency. When the CA and the children arrived, Bobby Sr. had just ridden up on his bike. He had two black plastic grocery bags with him. Melissa and little Bobby ran up and hugged Bobby Sr. Hello. Travon and Mariah greeted Bobby Sr. with a “Hi dad”. As they all walked to the main entry of the Caritas building, while little Bobby used the restroom, Travon questioned Bobby…

In class and through our readings we have learned a lot. Part of learning is putting the terms and ideas into tangible examples. I will be discussing spotlight effect, possible selves, planning fallacy, automatic thinking, controlled thinking, and immune neglect. “The spotlight effect means seeing ourselves at center stage…” (Myers, 2013, pg. 34). People have the tendency to think that others attention is on them, even when it is not. This happens a lot which students in middle school. They…