Final Exit

From the beginning of the movie where Fletcher watches Andrew in practice and invites him to join his jazz band to the end where Andrew plays one of the best solos of Whiplash, the film is focused mainly on the confrontation between a driven student and a demanding perfectionist instructor, who both share the same dream but have different ways of achieving it. Terence Fletcher doesn’t hesitate to use his own technique of racial, religious, and gay slurs, throwing chairs, and playing degrading…

“3, 2, 1, Happy New Year!” everyone around time square yelled. Although it’s 2001, our story takes place a decade before. In Seattle, Washington on January 1, 1991,the stadium was extremely loud. The Washington Huskies had a comfortable lead in the first half. As the soon to be winners were in the locker room when their coach Don James came in with a grin from ear to ear. Nobody knew how he was going to speak. “ Alright boys, were having Hawkeyes for dinner. Lets just keep tearing into them,…

“His tempo is off,” Sara mutters quietly to herself. It is minutes away until Sara herself will be in the same position as the boy with the off tempo. Sara is worried. She is afraid that with all her nerves of performing in front of the massive crowd, her shakes and trembles will hinder her performance, or even worse, destroy her performance. “I will be alright,” Sara says softly, “I am simply here once more to share the world my music.” Sara pauses for a moment. “My emotions.” As Sara looks…

War is a term that immediately indicates an issue; the one that reflects the political miscommunication between political parties. But when war is mentioned is this the only concern that comes to mind? The battlefield doesn’t only symbolize the issues of the government, but the struggles of the people. The reality is, no matter how strong we might be and how hard we might try to avoid its influence, none is able to escape the battlefield and its staggering moments. Whether you’re a child or an…

Thomas Watson, former chairman of IBM said, “Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others, as what he does from day to day to lead himself.” In my current position, the best things I can do to strengthen and improve the teaching profession are to teach to the best of my abilities, be a professional, maintain a positive attitude, keep my focus student-centered, and influence other teachers to do the same. One of my fellow teachers, Mrs. Pam Parris, and her exceptional…

their grades from their midterms and final exams to determine the change in academic success. They used the same measure of positivity of fantasies, and asked the participants to rate their thoughts as in study 1. They measured study effort at time 2 (December) by asking how many hours did the students use to prepare for the midterm and final. Finally they used the improvement in course grades from midterm to final. They subtracted the midterm grade from the final grade. The researchers…

Video games are a notably rising form of experience and pedagogy making headway into the traditional boundaries of classroom curriculums and technical work trainings. Video games open realms to explore where players may engage in experience taking by living vicariously through their avatars; in the process, they learn through their interactions and experiences taken place in the virtual worlds explored. Video games are advantageous to adopt into educational curriculums and work settings, seeing…

Night of the Living Dead, released in 1968, directed by Gorge A. Romero and Carnival of Souls, released in 1962, directed by Herk Harvey, are two popular movies in the horror genre. Both low budget and filmed in black and white, captivated audiences with their filming techniques and psychological impact. Night of the Living Dead better represents the horror genre than Carnival of Souls because of its use of characteristics, stereotypes and technical components throughout the film. A typical…

leaves as his mother stated "The first week in June, during final exams, Donny vanished. He simply didn't come home one afternoon, and no one at school remembered seeing him.” (8). Donny ,whose only concern is himself, doesn’t think that his disappearance will impact others in any way. The word “vanished” is very key showing that it was as if he disappeared off the face of the earth. As a result, Donny being indifferent,which is the final component of his downfall, shows his inability to care…

was unstoppable with the ball in his hands, Kobe Byrant as well. They were guys who always took shots at the end, had confidence in making the shots, they put their teams on their backs. This June marks the 20 year anniversary of the 1997 NBA Finals where the Micheal Jordan led the Bulls played against the Utah Jazz. The Bulls won the title that season, which turned out to be their fifth in seven years. That team ultimately won six in eight years. What are your thoughts on the legacy of the…