Genius

Talent Over Odds What is the hardest thing you have ever done to do the one thing you are passionate about? In the case of Louis Armstrong, he overcame the struggles of poverty and racism to become one of the most legendary jazz musicians. Coming from a bad neighborhood and low income did not stop Louis Armstrong from accomplishing his one passion. His talent brought him to the top of the jazz world. Due to his strong will and outstanding talents, Louis Armstrong rose through the challenges…

about him. When Charlie gets asked by scientists to have an operation on his brain, he jumps at the idea. He is relieved and overly excited. Along the way, Charlie meets a genius, white, lab mouse named Algernon, who had the same experiment that Charlie was going to get. Just like Algernon, after the operation, Charlie becomes a genius. However, this new intelligence only gave him a few more friends. Since Charlie is…

determine how well one will be in college and in life? Marcus Crede for one doesn’t believe in Angela Duckworth’s research to show and prove how those with a higher grit affects how successful they will be in the future. In her article “MacArthur 'Genius' Angela Duckworth Responds To A New Critique Of Grit,” Anya Kamenetz discusses assistant professor of psychology Marcus Crede’s assessment of grit, which he states “is far less important than has commonly been assumed...And it doesn't tell us…

Anne Bradstreet was born and educated in England. She emigrated with her family when she was 18. Her husband became the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. She preferred her long religious poems or conventional subjects such as the seasons, but contemporary readers like the witty poems of her life and the loving poems to her children and husband. She often used elaborate conceits or extended metaphors when writing. Phillis Wheatly was kidnapped from her home in Africa , she was then sold into…

surrounded by trash cans lived young Michael Ashburn. His life had not been easy, since his mother had died from cancer. Therefore, he spent his days in the streets playing his old violin, the only thing left from his moth-er. He was said to be a genius, with a God-given talent, despite he could only get a few pounds each day. But that night, when Michael had finished playing at an Irish pub, a fat, pompous man approached him and said in a hoarse voice: - Hello, son. I am the owner of…

Furthermore, just like we talked about in class: how can we truly judge a thought based on the way it is conveyed? What may sound like broken English to me may be coming from a genius who has a hard time conveying their ideas. We evaluate shared thoughts based more on the quality of the method for which they are conveyed more than the actual ideas themselves. In my opinion that is completely backwards, who cares if an essay is…

beyond the two school computer science (CS) classes offered, resulting in furthering my coding knowledge to prepare for growing classes. Naively, I plotted ideas to become the "next big thing". Needless-to-say my report cards showed one cannot be a genius without studying. Despite having built an elaborate online network of acquaintances and mentors, lack of business knowledge meant I was not ready for entrepreneurship. My junior year I became fascinated in simplifying intricate problem…

The authorship of all of Shakespeare’s genius literature is the biggest detective story. It is one that has brought curiosity to the world for centuries and is still very alive today. Has a man who had no evidence that he had ever gone to school, composed brilliant pieces of literature known to all of mankind? It is highly unlikely. There must have been someone else. Scholars are now speculating as to whether Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, is the true author of all of Shakespeare’s…

group of odd yet endearing characters. Ignatius and the ensemble of eccentric characters portray the painful truths of everyday life, such as racial and class inequality, in the most hilarious way possible. Ignatius, the grotesque gluttonous genius, in his journey of absurd misadventures in turn points out how absurd society looks, looking up and wanting to move up. With the very notion of optimism nauseating him, calling it “perverse” and suggesting that we should all just accept our…

who Pythagoras is and you probably don’t care. Well, after this, you will care. But if you do know who he is by some off chance, great! To you, this will just be a refresher, while for some this is completely new. So, Pythagoras was a mathematical genius. He was respected by all who followed him. But he was feared by most because of his “powers”. Those who followed him were part of a cult or following, and they were serious about what they did. They treated math like it was a religion. They…