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Eleanor Farjeon is primarily known for her fantasy and children book writing. She was also a prolific poet and her poetry collection The Little Bookroom (1955) won her the Carnegie Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen medal (Poetry). Later she would go on to receive the American Regina Medal in 1959 (Poetry). Her work with children’s writing was so successful that the Children’s Book Circle in England would create the Farjeon Award which is awarded for outstanding work in children’s…

Harper Lee: The 20th Century’s Super Woman. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…” (Lee, 39) Nelle Harper Lee, born on April 28, 1926, grew up in Monroeville, Alabama. In 1960, at age 32, Lee published her Pulitzer prize-winning novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird ‘ Harper Lee led a successful life, including the publishings of two novels, until her death in 2016. Named after her grandmother, Ellen, Nelle Harper Lee, was born to Frances…

created a new modernized coliseum for any sport. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum News states, “The United States won more of each medal than any other country for 41 golds, 32 silvers and 30 bronzes for a total of 103 medals in all.” The coliseum, later, on made a plaque for successful athletes called the court of honor that records all names of the athletes that won medals and championships in the stadium from 1932 to 2016. After many years another Olympic is held in the Los Angeles Coliseum…

The report I will be doing is about Kelly Clark. Snowboarding is what she competes in. Kelly Clark went to the Olympics 3 times. This is her story. Amazingly Kelly Clark was given birth to in Newport, Rhode Island in the U.S. She was born on July 26, 1983. First of all, she started snowboarding at 7. After that, she started snowboarding she initiated to compete in 1999 as a member of the U.S snowboarding team in 2000. Now, this is when she was training. Her training was in the Mount Snow…

Gail Winfrey was born January 29th, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She attended college at Tennessee State University. One of Oprah's major accomplishments is that she was awarded the ‘Spingarn Medal’ from the NAACP. Another one of Oprah's major accomplishments is that she was awarded the ‘Presidential Medal’ of freedom. Oprah became the first African-American female billionaire in 2003. She is best-known for hosting her own worldwide popular talk show from 1986-2011. She is also a producer,…

Steroids and Sports Since the implementation of steroids in sports five decades ago, they have been a controversial issue. (WebMD Medical News) Steroids first became available to athletes in the olympic games and other major sporting events around the 1950’s. Walking into a gym nowadays it is easily seen that someone is using steroids or some kind of performance enhancing drug. Anabolic steroids are popularly used in high school sports to professional levels. For the past 50 years, people…

and how everyone has something different to bring to a group. Assets such as these have helped to better prepare these two seniors for college and their careers. Winning a gold medal this year is really important to Ian and Chloe because it’s nice to be recognized for their hard work and effort. Although winning a gold medal is a major perk, these seniors assert that Drumline has been so much rewarding than just that. Drumline is like one big family, and everyone in the battery has become so…

Society. My accomplishments have also expanded beyond the academics and into the performing arts. In 2016, I was awarded superior medals in the female classical dramatic category at the District and State Trumbauer festivals. Furthermore, I was also awarded a superior medal in the contemporary comedic duet category at District Trumbauer which led me to receive an excellent medal in the same…

everyone’s thoughts about the American Civil Rights movement. She was the girl that stepped on the bus and refused to give up her spot. She lost her job and violated the segregation law. Yet, she was the girl that was awarded the 1999 congressional gold medal. (“Rosa Parks”). Her name was Rosa Parks. She was known by many for her brave acts of preventing segregation and never giving up. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” ,said Rosa Parks, one of her most famous quotes. (Crowther).…

Olympic team, in 2012, according to Doris Nhan in her article, “Title Ⅸ Win Big in Olympics.” Nhan further asserts, “Women won 29 of the 46 gold medals for the U.S., a whopping 63 percent. On total, U.S. women earned 58 out of the 104 medals won by the nation, topping the medal totals--men and women combined--of every other participating country.” The quote emphasizes males aren't the only ones looking for that victorious win in a world competition. All olympic…