Botany

Young Louisa May Alcott grew up with big hopes and ambitions. Her family’s depressing financial situation was always there to doubt her, but Alcott never gave up, because that was all she had. Miss Alcott underwent good and bad to get her to where she was, through determination and dedication. As she grew older, it was easier to cope with, so she focused more on her exceedingly well novels and other pieces of work, leading to success. Constantly writing, she produced famous and purposeful…

The Belle of Amherst Emily Dickinson, best known as The Belle of Amherst, has become one of America’s most renowned poets to date. Having redefined the meaning of poetry, her poems are now studied by students all around the world and is renowned as some of the greatest American poetry to come out of her time. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10 1830, to her parents Edward and Emily Dickinson. Emily and her two other siblings, William and Lavinia, received a top…

The yearning for knowledge and understanding of the world reignited during the Renaissance. The time period set the perfect environment for a rebirth in learning and the acceptance/challenging of ancient authorities in the scientific field. This also led scholars to deny any progress in the past and deemed the middle ages as the Dark Ages Leonardo Da Vinci was a jack of all trades in the Renaissance and serves as a prime example of a rekindling in learning and understanding. Leonardo did not…

Leonardo da Vinci was accomplished in many areas -- mathematics, science, architecture, botany, etc., but what he is most known for is being a brilliant artist. As a young child, he received very little education, but his artistic talents, despite any formal training, were apparent very early on. This is what led him, at the age of fourteen, to begin an apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio, a prominent artist at the time, in Florence. When he was twenty years old, da Vinci moved on from…

the government does this is through the hatred of books. On page 22 it states, “They’ll grow up with what the psychologists used to call an ‘instinctive’ hatred of books and flowers. Reflexes unalterably conditioned. They’ll be safe from books and botany all their lives (Huxley).” The reason why the nurses conditioned the infants to hate books and flowers was not because it could danger themselves, but it could danger…

He found some berries which he knew from his studies of botany were edible, and had fresh food for the first time since leaving home. It was a needed extra burst of energy that helped him to fight his way through the thickly wooded forest, and out onto the other side. After about two days the ground began to…

The definition of knowledge is facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education. The value of knowledge is the importance, worth, or usefulness of certain knowledge. The arts and mathematics are areas of knowledge which are considered to have different applications and value. Mathematics is the abstract science of number, quantity, and space. Application is an important aspect of mathematics and applied mathematics is reason based and unambiguous; there is always a right…

E Despite having a horrible home life, Dickinson did have interesting hobbies and quirks. She studied botany and had a large herbarium at her home “(Emily Dickinson : Poetry Out Loud)”. Dickinson is used as a prominent figure in literature, but during her lifetime she was better known for gardening. As well as being an avid gardener, Dickinson also developed a love for baking “ (Anirudh)”. Throughout her poems, none of the themes suggest Dickinson had an active romantic life “(Emily Dickinson;…

Pyrmont is a thriving suburb located in Sydney’s inner west, 1.3Km from the CBD (330 52’ S , 1510 11’ E). It’s harbour views make it a sought after suburb to live in, as well it’s close proximity to the CBD. Pyrmont is the most densely populated suburb of Sydney with 11,000 people living over 1 square kilometre, with 60% of these residents having harbour access. The public transport in the areas means that people living in the area can travel to all areas of Sydney, via trains, trams, busses,…

For my sophomore seminar class I took two different tests to help me learn more about my character and personality. The first test that I took was the VIA survey. This survey ranks twenty-four strengths according to how well you use them. The second test that I took was the Myers-Briggs personality test. This test deciphers your personality, and categorizes you under one of sixteen personality types. According to the VIA survey results that I received, kindness, humor, social intelligence,…