Half Nelson

The topic that Module 1 addresses is respect in today’s school systems. I close read the recommended article and then chose another article from USA TODAY entitled, “Respect at School in Decline, Survey Shows” by Greg Toppo from 2014. Because I had seen so many of the movies under the teacher/student relationship section of Dr. Slattery’s list, I rented the movie Half Nelson. The short synopsis reads: Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a history teacher at a Brooklyn school. Though well-liked by his students and colleagues, he secretly spends his evenings hopping bars and getting high. A female student named Drey (Shareeka Epps) catches him in a drug-induced haze after a basketball game, and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. As Dan struggles with his addiction, he tries to act as a mentor to the girl, whose brother is serving time for dealing drugs. The title of the article by Toppo says it all and I was not really surprised at the findings. Although I was stunned by the extreme difference in the percentages. A Harris poll was conducted and asked 2,250 adults to compare their memory of school dynamics when they were students with…

Fusi is so committed to subduing the fish inspectors he rouses at three in the morning “this morning as every morning he had waken at three” (44) as he wakes in the morning he must avoid his daughter Emma and her husband John Smith. Motivated by the fish inspectors he feels young again aswell he is exhilarated by the potential he could be caught but hasn't been as men half his age have been caught “They would take his fish and net away” (49) he explains the consequences he may potentially face…

evil larger than even the doctor could have predicted.      The monster himself, like Dr. Frankenstein, is an unbalanced being. He cannot keep his intellect in line with his emotions. The monster, outcast from society, seeks vengeance. "If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear," says the monster to his creator. The monster then promises to work on the destruction of Dr. Frankenstein. In the case, his emotions cloud what is rational. He should not try to…

Zealand, on 13 April 1967. My father was a Christchurch businessman, and my mother was from a farm roughly 30 miles from the city. Both sides of the family had immigrated to New Zealand from the UK and Ireland in the mid 1800s. During my early childhood I spent a great deal of time on the farm, and only wanted to grow up to be a farmer. My family moved away from Christchurch in 1970 to the deep south of New Zealand’s South Island. Invercargill is a small city existing largely to serve the…

absence of subordinating conjunctions makes things simple, concise and unfeeling? In his reception speech back in Geatland, Beowulf says: So ought a kinsman always act, never weave nets of evil in secret, prepare the death of close companions (2166-69) The clauses can be complementary or contrastive. In some cases there is great…

Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, South Africa. His father’s name is Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela, and his mother is called Fanny. Nelson Mandela’s father was part of the Thembu Tribe. For Nelson’s father being a part of that tribe consisted of living, farming and they had to raise animals in their region for generations. 44Nelson and his mother and sisters had to move a few miles away from home to Qunu. Nelson has three sisters, three half-brothers and six half-sisters. Nelson herded cattle and…

and that is why he was charged with interfering with vital plans. While Nelson was in prison, he reached out to people and taught people about the apartheid and how they can take action. In addition to that, He continued writing and leading the ANC and the government about the taking action against the apartheid. Mandela stayed in prison for until 1990 which then he resumed the work he started. The last example of him being a transformational leader was when he became the President of South…

Hero's journey paper - Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest political powers that the world will ever know that spent his entire life fighting for racial equality throughout the world and was eventually successful with what he believed in, however he had a few problems along the way. Because of his want to do good in the world and make it a better place where each person is not judged on their race, I believe that he is a hero. My definition of a hero is, a person that fights for…

Nelson Mandela Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, Transkei. His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela. His father died when he was 12 years old in 1930. By listening to the elders he made up on his mind that when he got older he wanted to help with the freedom of struggle. He attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave him the name Nelson, in accordance with the custom of giving all school children…

I argue that Nelson Mandela changed South Africa with his work with the African National Congress, towards peaceful democracy, at a time when the opposite direction was towards violence and bloodshed. Nelson Mandela changed South African Laws in favor of race relations, so that every South African citizen would have rights and equal opportunity. Mandela is honored with the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize along with Frederik Willem Dr. Klerk for their joint effort in the peaceful termination of the…