Nancy Drew

At the age of ten, my family and I traveled extensively due to my father’s military career. We actually experienced life through the tough years when the United States fought in the Vietnam, “conflict”. Many members of my immediate and extended family have served their country in various affiliations within the corp; this includes my own son, in the Marine Corp. As a child of traveling parents, I felt like a gypsy unable to plant a solid foundation; however, I did develop a sense of free…

Nathan Bedford Mrs. Nancy Turner A.P. English 9/18/14 The Sage of Concord Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts to Ruth Haskins and William Emerson. He was one of the first and possibly most popular transcendental poets. His father, a Unitarian minister, raised him very lovingly but strictly; he died when he was only eight years old. This caused him to grow very close to his mother, siblings, and his aunt, Mary Moody. He began writing journals soon after his…

in 1st and 2nd grade I started reading small chapter books, and my favorites were Junie B Jones and Judy Moody. Throughout elementary school, my reading level got much higher and I advanced in my interests. A little later on, I immensely enjoyed Nancy Drew and loved to see the way the mysteries played out. One series I…

The Striking Similarities Between Fiction and Nonfiction Although Shakespearean plays were written over 300 years ago, the topics, themes and plots relate to modern day life. There are examples everywhere of those who follow the basic plots of Shakespearean plays throughout their lives without knowing it. Tonya Harding is a great example to prove this since her life almost exactly follows the main storyline of the play Macbeth. Tonya and the character, Macbeth share multiple character traits…

The 19th century was a period of change for women of all classes and ethnic backgrounds. As the nations economy grew and changed so to did the roles that women had grown accustomed to during colonial times. Middle class Americans had rising incomes, expectations, and living standards (Woloch, 2002, p. 71). While for the working-class, employment was precarious and only a thin line separated the “respectable” or “worthy” poor from the destitute (Woloch, 2002, p. 95). The Doctrine of ‘women’s…

“Blog, News, and Events.” Gender Inequality and Women in the Workplace. Harvard College, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2014. This article, while it may not be academically sound, is the product of a Harvard writer’s ambition to peer through the eyes of an accomplished feminist and journalist Mary Brinton. The main purpose of this article was to ask Mrs. Brinton a series of questions regarding gender inequality in the United States. The author of the article opposes the current situation of gender in the…

Drew Bednasek (2010), authors of Cultivating Ignorance of Aboriginal Realities, “the principal problem in Aboriginal education in Canada is the education of Canadians” (p.1). Teachers have the ability to teach students in courses, such as social studies…

TB: In my first playoff game ever, I almost had a big scare, we were ten points down at one point. We did in fact win that game, advancing to the conference championship. I injured my knee in the championship game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, so Drew came in and relieved me. We won the game and were immediately decided to be the fourteen point underdog to the National Football Conference champion, the St. Louis Rams. I started in my first Super Bowl, coming back from a knee injury. SW: How…

Luca an interior decorator and home stager for high-end clients. Karen Rose Smith loves to think that her heroine Caprice de Luca has the same qualities as her being caring, loving and compassionate. Nonetheless, even as she grew up on the likes of Nancy Drew, the author has asserted that Caprice is more courageous than she is, which may…

When you reflect on your past, who you were, what you did and what you learned, it can all tell you a lot about who you are in the present moment. Writing a literacy autobiography can help someone to better understand how and why they may read and write the way that they do. A literacy autobiography will help oneself to reflect, make connections and show how their beliefs and practices came to be when it come to literacy. When I think about my own literacy journey, it can be very difficult to…