Hundred Days' Reform

After both the Republican and Democratic parties tried for decades to pass healthcare reform legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was passed in 2010. Through regulations and policies geared towards reducing healthcare related costs, providing increased quality care, providing better access, and more affordable health insurance policies, the ACA helped reform the United States healthcare system. The reform contains regulations and legislation regarding rights and protections, required…

America ranks twenty-sixth in life expectancy. In 1970 Americans usually lived longer than people in other countries, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. It’s not that the Americans aren't living as long they're actually living longer than in 1970, but the rate is growing slower than the rate of other countries. The United States spends a lot of money on heath care, but yet our life expectancy isn’t as high as other countries. America is fantastic at buying super nice medical…

“Ewwww… she looks gross. So not natural.” “Her feet are only 3 inches long! How can she walk?” “Her head is way too big for her neck. She looks freaky.” These and many other comments could be heard as students put the finishing touches on their life-sized Barbie. As part of a Project-Based Social Justice Mathematics (PB-SJM) pedagogy, students investigated body image as portrayed by childhood toys by scaling Barbie dolls to their height (Mukhopadhyay, 2014). Students used the concept of…

The Bill for the working Economic class of the United Stated of America, well it is considered to me. Without a doubt most people like free stuff, or is it just me? It is mostly common for people to flock for the nearest free thing possible, for instance free samples at Costco; to complimentary items given at supermarkets, and so on. In this case that free sample is HR#676 which is the proposition of free Health and Medicare for all. What HR#676 is generally about, the estimated balance of free…

The Hundred Flowers movement did effectively “coax the snakes out of their holes” and in June of 1957 Mao pivoted, editing his message and recasting it as a call to arms against all who dared speak against him and the party. Half a million individuals felt the…

Nevertheless, Speck’s arrival in Indian River Hundred proved particularly fortuitous for the Nanticoke, who were at the time facing new challenges to their collective identity. Despite the 1881 law that established a tripartite school system, the county appointed a black teacher to work at the Warwick School in the 1910s and several black children were enrolled soon after. A group of Nanticoke responded unfavorably to these turn of events. After withdrawing their children from the Warwick…

was, at one point, the great man he had described when he first came into power because he wanted to make China seem like a promise land where people could have different freedoms. He did this by creating different reforms and laws to give people the China they wanted. One of the reforms…

The Hundred Years’ War was a compilation of skirmishes that were fought between the English and French which involved feudal and mercenary armies for command of the Kingdom of France, over the period of 1337 to 1453. The War began in 1337 due to genealogical issues arising from the English claim to the French throne and the territorial conflicts that ensued. The War ended in 1453 due to the English losing many possessions while retaining their last territory in France, Calais. It was a turning…

The hundred year was fought between france and england, and started when edward the third attempted to dethrone the king of france philip IV. The war began when france had captured aquitaine in 1337 which would eventually be the ending point of the war. There were three phases in the hundred year war, the first the edwardian war, the second the caroline war, and the last the lancastrian war. King edward declared himself king of france in 1340 and invaded most parts of france with his son the…

Pooh was first published in 1926. It was written by Alan Alexander Milne and illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. The characters in Milne’s stories are based on his son’s toys and Ashdown Forest in Sussex, near Milne’s home, served as inspiration for Hundred Acre Wood (“Winnie). The following characters in the story have mental illness. Winnie the Pooh has an eating disorder, Piglet has general anxiety disorder, and Rabbit has OCD, Tigger ADHD, possible substance abuse, Eeyore Major…