New Netherland

My “Bestfriend” “ So you won’t talk to me?” I asked him. He smiled down at the floor and nodded his head. He took a seat a couple of seats away from me. Whoever knew that a school bus could be a start of a friendship? I definitely did not, but this is how it all started. On August 11th, 2011, I became best friends with a special person. His name was William. He had been there before for me whenever my silly young age relationship ended. Then, Unexpectedly in sixth grade I started…

"There is beauty to be found in everything, you only have to search for it: a gasometer can make as beautiful a picture as a palace on the Grand Canal, Venice, it simply depends on the artist's vision." Compared with the lives of many artists, Algernon Newton's appears at first sight comparatively straightforward and uneventful. A long, successful and steadily productive career spanning the best part of fifty years, a second marriage of great stability and of equal duration would seem to find…

Performance based assessment Did you know times during the holocaust was very difficult, because lots of people had to make a lot of sacrifices so they did not wind up being tortured or killed! it was the time of hitler's wrath and ruling there were a lot of people that had died because he thought that anyone who did not follow him should be punished many were put in concentration camps . Literature can help us remember and honor the victims of the holocaust by telling us all the terror and…

In the book The Geography of Bliss from Eric Weiner, through the first four chapters Weiner visits the Netherlands, Switzerland, Bhutan and Qatar to discover the factors that makes these countries happy. People in both the Netherlands and Switzerland are provided healthcare and education, since both are socially-minded European countries. But one, the Netherlands, has a loose lifestyle, while Switzerland has strict social rules. In the other two countries, Bhutan and Qatar, one focuses too much…

Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert Netherlands. His father Theodorus van Gogh was a minister. His mother Anna Cornelia Carbentus was a moody artist whose love of nature, drawing and watercolors was transferred to her son Van Gogh. Gogh was born exactly one year after his parent’s first son also named Vincent but he was stillborn. When Gogh was 15 his family was poor so he had drop out of school and start work. He worked for his uncle Cornelis ’at his art dealership.…

Many people know the story of Anne Frank, but do they really know the true meaning of why she is so famous and known so much throughout the world? Throughout history there have been many people who have changed the world, but there have been only a few teenagers who have made an impact like Anne Frank. Anne Frank has been an inspiration to many people and has impacted the world in many ways. Anne was like any other child and had a pretty typical childhood. She also had many hobbies, which…

Growing up with nothing and ending up with everything. This describes exactly how Audrey Hepburn’s life played out. For those who don’t know, Audrey Hepburn was a famous actress, model, and dancer in the late forties and fifties. Even though Audrey Hepburn faced challenges early in her life, she rose to fame and left a dazzling legacy behind. Audrey Kathleen Ruston was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. She was born to her mother and father, Ella van Heemstra and Joseph Ruston. However,…

would never intentionally portray those responses. These moments reflect an obvious misunderstanding between American and Dutch communication habits. Furthermore, the dutch are conservative, rational, and private individuals who value discretion (Netherlands, n.d.). As a child, I distinctly remember that if I chose to throw a temper tantrum or initiate an emotionally fueled argument, my father would never engage. He would simply walk away and inform me he would discuss the problem with me once I…

minister, van Gogh discovered art, his calling. He spent a large majority of time teaching himself how to paint, and soon enough moved to Paris after threats were made financially against van Gogh by his family. There in Paris, Vincent van Gogh found a new way of life. He learned…

The Netherlands, located in northwestern Europe, is commonly addressed as “Holland” when talking about the provinces. The two provinces of Noord and Zuid together make up Holland. The geography of Holland (the Netherlands) in Europe is deemed unusual by many in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea, with almost 25% of its land at or below sea level, while remaining protected by dikes. The European part of the country can be split into two areas: the low and flat lands in the west…