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Passion One significant goal that many individuals have in life is finding their passion. As a clown may inspire a child, he may want to be a juggler for children party. While many parents will shudder about the thoughts of having their children be the fear factor for many individuals, passion focuses on this very concept. Simon Sinek based his view on passion differently than how others will view it. In this video, he found passion not as an action, but “a form of activity that you can do for…

“Katherine Elizabeth Hudson!” Mrs. Hudson yells, “You need to get out of your room, stop singing to your wall, and bring that voice to a recording studio.” “But no one is going to listen to me anyway. I am just a 17 year old girl. People are not going to give me a chance.” “Well, if you do not leave this house in a few weeks to pursue a music career, I am going to make you.” Katy Perry, a seventeen year old, average girl with an extraordinary voice leaves her family and home to do exactly what…

In high school, I remember where my biggest dream changed into a reality. I was a member of the Greenville High School Tiger Pride Marching Band. I played the alto saxophone. Unlike my bandmates, I did not know how to read music then. I played by ear, and whatever scale, jazz run, or chromatic I heard, I could play it back just like that. I played at numerous of black history programs and different events at school. My favorite saxophonist was Kenneth Williams, and I told myself that I want to…

Irish and the most prominent instrument was Wong’s violin. This song was my favorite of the performance as it made me think of a happy Irish pub where all the worries in the world disappeared. Wong tapped her feet as she went and was accompanied by clapping from…

“Great moments are born from great opportunities.” Bobby Orr gave himself opportunities, and from that he created great moments. He is a former hockey player who played for the Boston Bruins. He wore the number four and represented Boston as one of their great players in the team's history. Robert Gordon Orr was born on March 20, 1948, in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. He had two sisters and two brothers. Bobby Orr started playing hockey when he was five years old, as a forward. He started…

Typical teenagers go all out for their sixteenth birthday party, some even spend up to $600. However, that is nothing compared to a Quinceanera. They can cost up to $5000 or $10,000. A Quinceanera is a Hispanic traditional celebration that celebrates a girl's 15th birthday. I was quite shocked when I got the invitation. I knew if I said yes to this, I would be going far beyond my comfort zone. I barely knew any Spanish and I did not know the majority of the people on the court. Although, I was…

September 18, 2016 at 6:30pm, I had the privilege of attending Dirty Dancing, the classic story on stage written by Eleanor Bergstein at the Memphis, Tennessee Orpheum. Bergstein is an American writer who wrote and co-produced the popular film Dirty Dancing back in the 80’s. She wrote the story based partly off her own childhood. James Powell was the director, Trinity Wheeler was the producer, and Michele Lynch was the choreographer for this musical. With this being a musical there were many…

The “Dead Poets Society” is a 1989 drama that encompasses many important themes such as conformity (known as the Social Cognitive Theory), passion and the idea of Carpe Diem (meaning seize the day). It also gives many instances of the struggle to maintain a balance between romanticism and realism within ones self. The movie has three main theories this movie employs these are the Social Cognitive Theory, Spiral of Silence and Gender Stereotyping. Set in 1959, the story unravels when Mr. Keating…

Nightmares . That's something which makes me scared.Right from my birth , I had faced them and they made my fear go stronger.And what I felt while asleep , I faced the same dark truth in my real life.This made me insomniac many a times. I am a good dancer , everyone used to appreciate that.Many felt jealous as well.I learnt the most steps and movement with just a blink of my eyes.I learnt steps in just two to three practices.Well this was a story when I was a teen , i.e. 13 years old. Music was…

Racism was always mixed with jazz. But it just “created tension and strengthened” around the community at times but that changed in the 1930s. In the 1930s the Great Depression hit America which made a big impact in the economy and affected every part of America. Jazz music was mostly affected by the depression, people began staying “home and listening to the radio, instead of spending their money and going to nightclubs” (History of Jazz). In effort to save the jazz music and its popularity,…