Bill Belichick

The 2001 AUMF is rather unique being only 60 words with no time limit, no outlined geography, no named operations or named enemy (Bill French and John Bradshaw, National Security Network website). This was the first of its kind but then again America was (and still is) facing a nameless enemy who has few limits. The new enemy is not like ones we have dealt with in the past since…

“I know, I know, just bear with me for a minute. Whether we like it or not, the Common Core State Standards are here to stay. So, by a show of hands, how many of you know what the Common Core is?” Every hand in the room went up. “Okay, who would like to give me a thumbnail sketch?” Several hands rose excitedly. “Yes, you,” James said, pointing to a boy in the back row. “The Common Core is another blatant attempt by the federal government to take over control of public education, and centralize…

This creative piece is set 2 years after The Wave had finished. Laurie and David are being interviewed for a segment on the news. This segment will be shown all around America with millions watching. “Teaching styles have changed drastically over the years. How kids learn today is totally different on how you or I were taught. At Gordon High School in California teacher Ben Ross taught his students how Adolf Hitler gained power. He did this by putting them in the position that the Germans would…

Remember the Titans is the story about a football team coach who tries to unite a racially divided team. The movie focuses on how a black head coach leads the newly formed black and white members of the team to achieve its goal despite the group members differences in their behavior and color. The highlight point of the movie was the challenges that the leader and the members had to face by coming together as a multi-racial team and working for the success. This movie is the perfect example for…

In the January 1995 issue of The Nation, Katha Pollitt writes an article entitle, "It Takes Two: A Modest Proposal for Holding Fathers Equally Accountable." In her essay, she attacks Newt Gingrich's current Personal Responsibility Act (PRA) saying that this act only recognizes the responsibility of mothers on welfare and the actions needed to be taken against them. Pollitt argues that the fathers of these children on welfare be held equally accountable by the legislature. To summarize the…

The title of the autobiography is Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch. The genre of the book is focused on the business and entrepreneurial standpoints in his own life. He relates to how he began with little to no ambitions to become a businessman and how his own life experiences shaped him to become one of the most successful businessmen in the United States. This stands out to me because of my interest in business and entrepreneurship. Jack and I also share many similarities such as both…

Lexie Brauer Core 101: Dr. Wolbrink Assignment no. 1 September 8, 2017 America: Land of the Men and Home of the Oppressed The phrase “nasty woman” turned into a mass captivation during the 2016 presidential election. For a term that is not in the dictionary, it is used among a variety of peoples’ daily vocabulary. Despite the widespread use, there is no one way it can be defined. The connotation has become exceedingly controversial among both republican and democratic parties. While the phrase…

Ethical Situation Bernie Madoff is a prime example of an ethical situation involving a salesperson with a real world company. This man founded a Wall Street firm, in his name, and was the chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. His employees surrounding his business included family members such as a brother, niece, daughter and sons. The firm was a well-known marketing business and he was an individual who was trusted among his peer. At the start of his…

The purpose of the essay is to evaluate the leadership style of Mark Zuckerberg. In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg was termed as a person of the ‘year by TIME’. Mark Zuckerberg’s current net worth is $28.5 billion as per the records of Forbes, which makes him as one of the youngest billionaires in the world (Forbes.com. 2017). On the other hand, Zuckerberg et al. (2016) asserted that Mark Zuckerberg has also received various criticisms for cyber crime and profile hacking issues of its users. The essay…

Bill Gates “What’s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school making the rest of their life so much more interesting, they would be more motivated. Its far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life” (“Bill GAtes Brainy Quotes”). Bill Gates said this quote referring to how important it is to do good in school. William Henry Gates the third aka Bill Gates was born October 28 1955. When he was younger he was a voracious reader spent hours…