Melinda Gates

a girl named Melinda Sordino who faces depression after a traumatic incident. There are multiple settings, but there are two major ones. The story mostly takes place at the MerryWeather High School. This is a place where Melinda fears to be at because she can run into Andy Evans, the boy who raped her at the summer party that left her devastated. The next setting is at Kyle Rodger’s party, this is where her depression began. At the party, Andy Evans approached the intoxicated Melinda and asked…

Warren Buffett is arguably the wealthiest man in the world. He invested, saved, and established businesses to earn his net worth of over $65 million. He has generously donated much of his fortune to charity. He had to learn to be patience to earn this abundance of money, but with hard work and determination, he made it happen. Warren Buffett, born August 30, 1930, has been investing ever since he could understand what it was. For him, that was at age 11. Up to that time, he had been…

A Fearful Existence Tullian Tchividjian once said, “The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears,' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.” The fear of the physical pain that things such as sexual harassment and violence can cause the surface fear, but beneath that is the fright of judgment caused by these events. Sexual harassment and violence can cause psychological effects of fear and insecurity in…

include main character Melinda Sordino and her lab partner David Petrakis. Melinda Sordino had ruined the end-of-the-summer party by calling the police. Her friends have stopped talking to her since, and others begin to hate her and make fun of her for doing the right thing. Melinda can’t tell anyone why, for the fear of using her voice and being bullied even more than she already is. David Petrakis, Melinda’s smart lab partner is a good student. But he believes…

of speaking up about a problem. The author takes us through the struggles of Melinda Sordino’s freshman year. Before Melinda’s freshman year of high school she and a group of friends went to a party full of seniors, and beer. It was at this party where Melinda got raped by Andy Evens, called the cops, and became an outcast. Keeping to herself about the rape Melinda struggles to survive the drama of freshman year. Melinda often found herself trying to ignore or hide from her problem because she…

negative qualities of Heather, Rachel, and Melinda.The qualities of each person affects them each personally. The first quality of Melinda “It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.”(Melinda, 9) is that she is really shy and hates to talk to people.She will not tell anyone what happened last summer.She likes to keep things…

“Control”, this piece of artwork, illustrates how the protagonist of Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, feels and sees the world after she was raped and abused. Both the issue of bullying and sexual abuse in Speak are worldwide issues that affect people on a daily basis, and need to be prevented.The words in blue are her thoughts as she tries to decipher if she was raped last summer when she blacked out at a party, and if she should tell her parents what happened to her. The words in red are the…

The book “Speak,” by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a girl named Melinda Sordino who is starting her freshman year in high school. She’s had something horrible done to her, however, she won’t tell anyone what happened. During a party before school starts, a junior named Andy Evans raped her. When she calls the police, but she can’t bring herself to tell them what happened. During her phone call with the police, another person sees her and all her friends and everyone at the party begins to hate…

“I know, I know, just bear with me for a minute. Whether we like it or not, the Common Core State Standards are here to stay. So, by a show of hands, how many of you know what the Common Core is?” Every hand in the room went up. “Okay, who would like to give me a thumbnail sketch?” Several hands rose excitedly. “Yes, you,” James said, pointing to a boy in the back row. “The Common Core is another blatant attempt by the federal government to take over control of public education, and centralize…

and overwhelming to the experiencer. The most common group of individuals of people suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are veterans, because of the incredibly horrific things this group of people witness and commit on the battlefield. Melinda Sordino, the main character in Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak, appears to be experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after she was raped at a party the summer before the novel takes place.…