In Our Time

It seems that at some point in our lives, we are taken over by some force, and are tricked into feeling like our desires, our destinies, whatever they may be, have fallen out of reach. Are dreams just a phase that you grow out of after childhood, are they for motivational use, to help us hold on to our sanity when we face each new day, or are they something more? It takes courage to leave behind whatever will slow you down and seek personal happiness. At times we stop listening to that quiet,…

entertainment are on the most accessible form of entertainment during my childhood, television. By default, the television was always on in my house, whether it was dinner time or Saturday morning cartoon time, you could find my family huttled around our 27’ inch Sharp television set. Between those childhood…

We started our term searching about the our future academic and professional interests. I wrote about the academic department that I was going to apply for, and I confess that I was not pleased with the task at that time and I felt like if it was kind of wasting of time. Nevertheless, it was a good chance to practice writing about an academic department, which was something that I have never done before. In the second seminar, our task was to present an academic concept…

could occur because of my blunders. Let’s start with the beginning of how this all happened. It all began two days ago when a friend of mine, Steven, that lives all the way in Washington, and I, decided to collaborate. Our collaboration involved in creating a plan that would help one of our friend out, Chavez, with his online relationship. Chavez was dating a person named Dazz; at least that’s what he mainly calls her, and he met her in an online game called Vindictus. Chavez and Dazz has been…

Who would you think would be a more sympathetic character, a habitual criminal or a renown member of the justice system? In the novel Great Expectations, the answer is not the one you would necessarily choose. This novel by Charles Dickens is centered around a poor boy named Pip who comes into great expectations of wealth by a mysterious benefactor, who turns out to be a lifer exiled to the new colonies named Magwitch. Because of this revelation, Pip struggles with the predicament of protecting…

The world heath organization (WHO) defines health as " [the] sate of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease" (Spector, 2013, p.63). Spector defines HEALTH "[as] the balance or a person both within ones being-physical, mental, and spiritual - and in the outside world -natural familial and communal, and metaphysical The ways Mexican protect themselves to maintain their health is done in variety of ways. A major contributor is Folk healing also known…

Flags of our fathers John Bradley a quiet man that didn't worry about much at all from a small Wisconsin town ,Franklin Sousley, farming man from eastern Kentucky wasn’t afraid of anyone is a fun loving person,Harlon Block athletic young man a free spirit,Ira Hayes from gila river indian reservation a Pima Indian was very quiet and always displayed a keen mind,Rene Gagnon from Manchester the only child from his family has handsome good looks and almost always the center of attention ,Mike Strank…

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Spanish Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, is the Catholic title of the Virgin Mary who appeared before St. Juan Diego in a vision in 1531. On October 12, 1945, Pope Pius the XII named her “Patroness of all the Americas”. The Our Lady Of Guadalupe Basilica is located in Mexico city and is the most visited Catholic shrine in the world. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún was a Franciscan missionary priest, who helped in the Catholic evangelization of New Spain. He was born in…

The most difficult part is saying goodbye. There is no right time. There is no right way. There is just the grief that follows. Losing someone can devastated a person. They become blind to opportunities of happiness. In the stories Our Town by Thornton Wilder and Sounder by William H. Armstrong, death happens. How does a person move on after such a big loss? The boy in Sounder loses not only his father but his loyal dog. In the play Our Town, George Gibbs loses his wife, but Mrs. Webb loses her…

With cultural norms, it is constantly changing, especially in this every-changing society. For example, with women having children outside of marriage is normal at the present time compared to back then. If a woman was pregnant a couple years ago, they would look her down and see her in a distinct light. A different culture norm that has been changed (and still changing till this day) is lesbian/gay, etc. couples adopting or…