Nancy

showing generosity by putting others before herself. Susan G. Komen exemplifies the characteristics of a hero, by overcoming obstacles. “In 1980 Nancy G. Brinker made a promise to her dying sister, Susan, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever” (Learn More). Nancy’s sister, Susan G. Komen, died of breast cancer at the age of 36. Nancy made a promise to her sister that she would try and end breast cancer. In addition, she only had 200 dollars to start with. “She…

Have you ever watched Bates Motel, Back To The Future, or Halloween ll? If you have, then you would remember hearing a song called “Mr.Sandman” and who made that song even more famous is The Chordettes. So Today, my speech is going to about the famous American female quartet. You may or may not know them because they were really relevant around the 1940’s-1950’s, furthermore they still have a lasting impression today. So before I begin going further into my speech, I am going to make some…

slaves in the states and confederacy is free. I am Abraham Lincoln I was born February 12th,1809 in a log-cabin in Hardin county, Kentucky. My dad was Thomas Lincoln, and My mom was Nancy Lincoln. I had an elder sister Sarah and a younger brother Thomas who died when he was a baby. On October 5th, 1818, my mom Nancy Lincoln suffered milk sickness and "left for the heavenly above". I had the love for Debate and speech which made my interest in politics expand. I was interested in local and…

By: Ashley Ellis Our hearts are the most important muscle in our body, which means that we have to make sure that it’s always working properly. It can extremely fatal if it fails. In fact, SCA, or Sudden Cardiac Arrest, causes more than 350,000 deaths in the U.S. alone each year and is one of the leading causes of death (in the U.S.). Thankfully, Claude Beck, an American heart surgeon, was able to contribute to solving this problem. First, what we need to know is the history of heart surgery…

Little Things make big difference How do little things can make a big difference? There are three articles, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, Disability by Nancy Mairs and The Way We Lie by Stephanie Ericsson and they prove that little things can make a big different. Those articles have different story to told, but all of them has situation that they change into a bigger problem. In the story Tipping Point, Gladwell talk about a man name David Gunn, who is a new subway director. He want…

The first thing I looked forward to by the end of my first week was to sleep all weekend long, however I have already gotten so use to my work schedule that even on the weekends I woke up early. In Chapter 3, of our reading text discussed is, personal growth and how an internship experience offers you a tremendous opportunity to grow and develop as a person. I came out here two weeks before school started because the job asked me how soon could I start, and I wanted to make sure it was right…

Wall street, where the business is run in the city of New York, opportunities arise for employment. Both employers and employees have benefits when working together, hence the employer will only hire the employee once they evaluate and see the qualification within the employee. In some cases, employees are not selected because of discrimination. Employer can discriminate for race, sex, gender, origin, or disability. According to the business dictionary, discrimination is defined as a “bias…

Southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865. The Valley of the Shadow archive was put together to tell the stories of the residents of Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania during the Civil War. From 1862 to 1864 Nancy Emerson of Augusta County kept a diary detailing her life during the war. In the year 1863, Rachel Cormany kept a diary of her life in Franklin County. Life in both counties during this time was very similar. One aspect of similarity in both…

In recent years, the consequences of repeated head injuries and concussions suffered by athletes have been propelled into notoriety. High profile cases of suicide, domestic abuse, and disease diagnoses in athletes, have prompted increased research into the phenomenon and preventative measures to reduce head injuries to be implemented (Remington, 2014). According to Guskiewics and his colleagues (2005), repeated concussions is linked to diseases such as early-onset Dementia, Alzheimers, Attention…

In this autobiography Ronald Reagan, the former president, describes his life from his early years until the ending of his second presidential term. This book explores Ronald Reagan’s personal and private life, and takes us from Dixon, Illinois to the White House. Throughout the book he shares important events from his childhood and adulthood and how his political views became what they were. Over the course of the book, Ronald Reagan shows off his famous wit, sense of humor, one liners,…