Esperanza Rising

“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.” Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill comments on the necessity of evolving tradition, rather than keeping it as a static force. Laura Esquivel’s novel, Like Water for Chocolate, reinforces the idea of changing traditions. Like Water for Chocolate focuses on the story of the narrator’s great-aunt, Tita De La Garza, and her struggle through the conflict between her family’s tradition and…

The Medicare Part D, also known as the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, was designed to cover the existing gap (the donut hole), between individual’s prescription drug needs and Original Medicare (Original Medicare is characterized in parts A and B). The Original Medicare Plans includes basic drug coverage but unfortunately, many medicare beneficiaries require specific prescription drug needs that do not fall under the qualifications of parts A and B coverage. Medicare Part D is additional…

Matt was created in this section as a clone of El Patron. At the point where Eduardo, Matt’s “creator” in a way, is about to inject the infant, it reminded me of The Giver and its controlled society. It seems as though, usually, they impair the intelligence of the clones, stifling it, and preventing the clones to be as intellectual as “real” people. However, in Matt’s case, this didn’t happen. Apparently, clones of El Patron are left as they are. Others are not so lucky. Clones are treated more…

Kings Trail Elementary Professional Development School demographics are that approximately 38.3% of students identify as African-American, which creates the largest segment of the student body and is expected in many schools in Jacksonville where 41.7% of student population is African American (Kings Trail Elementary School). In addition, 27.9% of students identify as Hispanic, while, 20.7% identify as White and 9.2% identify as Asian (Kings Trail Elementary School). Lastly, 3.5% identify with…