Boys & Girls Clubs of America

1. What insights have I gained about my role as an educational leader from these chapters? Within chapter six, our book they quote President Ronald Reagan, “We establish no religion in America, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe, or not to believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief” (p. 155). What I…

Melanie, Violet, Summer, Mark, Travis, Justin and myself, America, have been friends since freshmen year at Guelph University in Guelph Ontario, Canada. Every year we promised each other that we’d go away for reading week, but as the years went on none of us had the time or energy or money to go anywhere, we all just wanted to stay local, and sleep in the comfort of our hometown, Guelph. As senior year was approaching and the thought of all of us going our separate ways, we decided that we’d…

To have a voice is to have a distinct identity and an expressible sense of self. This singularity is influenced by a number of factors, particularly culture. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters struggle to discover this voice amidst the societal norms imposed upon them. M. Marie Booth Foster proposes, “These feelings often are a result of male domination” (1). Chinese society is androcentric, ruled by males and masculine values. Women are…

novel of The Great Gatsby reflects and is similar in several different ways to the less famous short story of Winter Dreams. This short story tells of the life of a man named Dexter. It began as a young boy living in Minnesota, at the age of fourteen years old and employed as a caddy for a golf club. His life story begins when he meets eleven year old Judy Jones, who would eventually become the love of his life. Throughout the story misfortune and fortune continue to take place to Dexter…

Her involvement at her local Boys and Girls group allowed Washington to learn dance from Jennifer Lopez, who she saw as an inspiration when she left for LA follow her dreams. C. Growing up in the Bronx, humbled Washington and is one her motivations to improve the lives of those in need…

for many families. Hull-House sought to change the corruption in the school system by providing a free alternative learning experience for everyone. Hull-House created programs where both children and adults could learn through different activities, clubs, and events. Not all of those who participated or lived at Hull-House were immigrants; people who were natural-born citizens were also involved in the activities and programs. Many of the program curriculums were centered on the idea of…

After high school, I plan to pursue a college degree at the University of Texas in Austin in order to double major in business and chemistry. The reason I wish to major in these two disciplines is because of my involvement in the technology startup industry and my work promoting STEM. Through my participation in an honors or research program, my goal is to conduct a research project analyzing the disparities that exist for minorities in the STEM industry, as well as noteworthy solutions…

of agency. This agency creates a form of empowerment in which they get to control their own ability to be desired and the rate at which they can be approached. Yet in today's society, it is seen solely as a symbol of negativity for women all over America to get in touch with their own sexuality outside of a man's grasp. One reason for this is that all things that were once private and only appropriate for the bedroom are being brought to light as an aspect of business in order to make sales.…

narrated the film. This film talks about the corruption in the food industry, and how is more important to make money than to provide healthy products for us and our kids and it explains that because of the corruption there's an obesity epidemic in America. They are willing to put our health and the health of our loved ones in jeopardy to make money. These companies preferred to make new products that are label, sugar-free, fat-free, diet soda instead of removing their products from the shelves…

“Bobette stormed over to Galen and Ethel’s house, and burst in their front door screaming that if either of them touched one of those Lacks children again, she’d kill them herself” (Skloot, 115). This was the first time the Lacks children were truly stood up for, at least since their mother passed. For too many years, Deborah, Sonny, and Joe were harassed, abused and neglected. They were voiceless and they had no one to look up to. Until Bobette came into their lives, and with open arms she gave…