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and convinced a French man, Laurent Clerc to come back to the United States with him. Gallaudet received information on sign language, and how to educate students who are deaf. Gallaudet and Clerc founded an American School for the Deaf in 1817, in Hartford, Connecticut, which became the nations first school for death children. In 1864 the college division was formed and became the worlds only university for death and hard of hearing students.…

Thus, when given the chance to volunteer in the cancer and trauma department at the Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford Connecticut I was consumed with excitement. I was deeply impressed at the amount of respect and admiration patients exhibited towards their doctors and this inspired me. Most patients suffered from terminal illnesses, but smiled and expressed joy…

Influenza is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus. The illness can range from mild to severe, and can infect people of all ages, races, genders, and sizes. Generally, the illness is not life threatening in most people, but certain groups are at higher risk of requiring hospitalization or even dying from influenza. These at-risk groups of people include young children, the elderly, and people with compromised immune systems. The CDC estimated that there were “25…

Humans don’t fear darkness, they fear the unknown that comes along with it, and it is through the unknown that we habitually find our most rural self. Fear is like death, it doesn’t care who you are, it attacks everyone equally. The common man doesn’t need to read 1,000 books to understand fear, they don’t need a doctorate degree to know agony, or a history lesson to learn about creation. Mark Rothko made a political statement by making his art an equalizer between humans. One of his last series…

Americans are growing older, living longer and more likely to have health concerns. This reality is the driving demand for health care workers who specialize in caring for older patients, also known as geriatricians. As the baby boomers age – those born between 1946 and 1964, career opportunities will increase for geriatric health care workers ("ExploreHealthCareers.org"). The reason being, by 2030 more than one-fifth of Americans – 70 million individuals – will be over the age of 65…

habits, and the patients were kept occupied with crafts such as gardening and more. Everything was under the close supervision of a superintendent, a physician, and his word was law. In America, institutions in Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Hartford had already established the moral treatment which served a small number of people which were generally well-to do and able to pay for their care. Although the moral treatment mostly worked for private institution because of the high cost, Dix…

One the most important first-generation American psychologists, Mary Whiton Calkins, an exceptional woman best known for two things: becoming the first woman president of the American Psychological Association (APA), and although earning her PhD at Harvard under William James, being denied her doctorate degree. Nevertheless, those only make up a minor percentage of what she had achieved in her life. Calkins’ entire life became devoted to her work, she was responsible for the creating a method of…

Poverty will always be an impenetrable obstacle in the eyes of our current society. However, being in the state of poverty is not the problem itself, but is rather the shared relationship between both the high and low economic classes. This liaison is explored in The Hunger Games trilogy, which includes The Hunger Games (1), Catching Fire (2), and MockingJay (3). These fictional novels tell the tale of a young girl’s progression in a dystopian society in which the Capitol, a city of…

In the play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller the protagonist Willy Loman has a tragic flaw that leads to his demise. Willy’s obsession with material wealth and popularity prevent him from achieving happiness in his life. This obsession prevents him from successfully having a career and being able to retire at an old age. Throughout the play Willy makes many mistakes with raising his sons Biff and Happy and mistakes at his work. These mistakes come directly from his philosophy on life.…

James Madison, also known as “The Father on the Constitution”, contributed to quite a few intellectual events in the United States. Madison was an intelligent man with bright ideas that helped this country become the one it is today. With all his appearances to debates, committee meetings, and being elected in conventions, he was able to present us the federal government we have today and some of our basic rights. James Madison’s life and times, before, during, and after presidency is now…