Joplin

was tired and exhausted. Now I have time to study and do homework, which makes my life easier in a big way. The campus activities here are not that bad, but living in a small town like Joplin you really cant do that much. The hypnotist Chris Jones was amazing event I went to this year, it had…

Where did that come from? The history of Rock and Roll can be traced back to the first part of the 20th century. Although the specific lineage is clouded in a purple haze, it is an undeniable link. In one part of the country, mountain music, known as hillbilly music, was working its way out of the Catskill mountain range and into local record stores and radio stations. In the deep south, mostly around the Mississippi river delta, deals with the devil were being made to make blues the most…

Classic rock films emerged in the mid 20th century are a form of documentary which depict a certain (or multiple) musicians and artists. The subject of ‘rock stars’ have remained a frequent subject of films whether the film depicts their life as exciting and decadent or rather average and mundane. Films such as “Monterey Pop Festival” (1968) and “Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind” (2005) depict artists from different perspectives of their lives, thus altering how the respective artists are…

If I was only allowed to walk away from this experience with one thing, I would want it to be Greatest Commitment/Contribution My greatest commitment by far has been to myself. Prior to attending Neosho High School’s alternative school, I was at Joplin High School. I faced a lot of discrimination, not only from my peers but from the staff and administration as well. Being segregated and discriminated against impacted my mental health in a very negative way. I stopped attending school…

playing and are “viewed as transitional figures” from ragtime to jazz (pg.24, Jazz: A History). Tom Turpin, a musician who composed excellent music, composed rags that were in the ABA form, unlike the blues, which were usually in the AABA form. Scott Joplin, another ragtime musician, made a bigger contribution. His most famous work, “The Maple Leaf Rag”,…

I am a senior at Miami High School and am currently enrolled in various rigorous courses designed for readying students for college. These courses include AP Calculus, AP Literature, and AP Environmental Science. In my junior year, I took two of the most vigorous and mentally challenging courses offered at my school, AP Language and Composition and AP Chemistry. Presently, my educational goal in high school is to raise my rank in my class because currently my unweighted rank is sixth out of one…

drugs, and ‘drop out’ of mainstream society” (Pearson 684-685). Although drug use is not as prominent today as it was then, it is still occurring. Young people today still use drugs to “free the mind.” When celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin died of drug overdoses, people began to see what these drugs were really doing to your body. Many of the members of the counterculture fled to get out of that situation. Though this happened, many people today still look to drugs to fill the…

Mr. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. His parent’s names were James Hughes and Carrie Langston would soon separated after his birth. Primarily his grandmother Mary raised Langston until her death when Langston was sent to live with his mother in Cleveland, Ohio. During this time was when Hughes took his first hand in writing poetry. Hughes was a major contributor to his high school’s literary magazine. Langston graduated high school and moved to…

Langston Hughes was born in Joplin Missouri but most of his childhood Hughes lived with his grandmother. According to Black voices he was best known of modern Negro American writers .Also was the only Negro poet who lived entirely on the professional earning of his literary activities in a diverse literary career. He was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist .He received his first prize in 1925 from opportunity magazine and went on to become a major figure of…

The early seventies started with the drug related deaths of several artists, such as Janis Joplin. The events of the seventies impacted the music of the period, but music mainly evolutions of passed styles. The seventies saw a revival of fifties styled rock, simply because the kids of the time grew into adults. Like many genres, there was several pioneers of the style, such as Rick Nelson. The early seventies was when the Vietnam war ended, because protesters referred to it as “The unwinnable…