Georgia State University

Introduction Lumpkin County Parks and Rec was an experience I will never forget. As a future educator, it showed me how to treat children and how not to treat them. The program that I attended was only during the summer and was open from seven in the morning to six in the afternoon. There were around three to four college-aged counselors at a time looking after the children. None of the counselors were 4ducation majors, so they were not learning the different techniques of disciplining and…

William Nester, The age of Jackson and the Art Power 1815-1848. Dulles Virginia: Potomac Books, 1956. The age of Jackson although I felt as if it was a hard book to spot the main argument it was an overall good read and interesting. This book really dives into the life of Jackson and tells him from birth to death. I feel as if Nesters argument was just showing the way at which Jackson personified the era and, as he stated on page 2, was the titan if the thirty-three years from 1815 to 1845 and…

to be “proficient” in the skill taught. Most students, will have no problem mastering the standards required by the state of Florida. However, some students, especially those who are special needs, or have certain disabilities, will have difficulty learning all of the curriculum taught in their certain grade level. The curriculum taught to students, is driven by the Sunshine State standards, instructional strategies, and assessment. “In Florida,…

There are soccer programs in counties all over Georgia that need resources and funding in order to teach and foster the youth in its surrounding community. The Atlanta United Foundation (AUF) has a mission to expand the reach and accessibility of soccer for individuals across all counties in Georgia (Atlanta United Foundation, 2018). The problem that arises is which types of populations within the soccer communities in Georgia are most in need of financial assistance from an organization such…

Habitat for Humanity is an organization that helps people who can't afford a home on their own. Volunteers of all kinds all have the same values, and those are to help others and create better communities around the world. The goal is to help families have a place they can call home. Habitat for Humanity is a nationwide organization that was started by Millard Fuller in 1976. Habitat was started by Millard to help people because he was struggling in his life with what was important to him.…

When the white settlers first came to America they were looking for gold and a better life. They were not the first habitants of the land. The Natives, who were there first, in many cases help the settlers by showing them how to hunt, how to survive the weather, showing them new types of crops like corn, squash, potatoes, use plants as medicine. The natives and the white settlers lived around each other and even adopt some of each other cultures. The Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks and…

An endearing novel authored by Alice Walker, The Color Purple focuses on celebrating femininity and achieving religious transcendence in spite of societal constraints. Set in post-slavery America, Walker establishes a unique dynamic between gender discrimination and racial subordination to portray the immense struggle of black women. The work is often considered a key component of the black feminist movement, revealing both the innate strength of women to endure and the power of faith to surpass…

Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia. She was the eighth child of Minnie Tallulah and Willie Lee Walker. She is the youngest child of the eight. Her parents were sharecrops which was an agricultural labor system that was developed in Georgia where her whole family is from. They worked on other peoples farms because they did not own a farm of there own. At the end of each season they got a cut of the share of the crops. Alice Walk had high sprit when she was younger, but…

The award winning book The Color Purple by Alice Walker has been banned in many schools around the US. Alice Walker is an African-American author who was born February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. Walker was not only a author but she was Women’s Right Activist, and a Civil Rights Activist. Growing up for was not easy for her, she was youngest daughter of eight children. Her mother and father were sharecroppers; her mother worked as a maid to support them. According Biography.com, “Alice…

Many may ask themselves, who is Flannery O’Connor? I asked myself the exact same question until I read one of her books for the first time. Flannery O’Connor was born on March 25,1925 in Savannah,Georgia. She faced many hardships throughout her life. In the year 1941 her father died of systemic lupus erythematosus.She was diagnosed with the same kind of lupus that killed her father in 1950. At the time, there was no cure for this disease but she managed to fight it for more than ten years. The…