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Cartoons and graphic novels are popular amongst children. They’re seen as simple stories that can be understood better through pictures. What about a graphic novel that uses cartoons to demonstrate a hard concept for young adults? In the book Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi, the author uses a simplistic art style and varying panels to emphasize the different emotions and struggle she experienced growing up during the Islamic Revolution. The author Marjane Satrapi, wanted to demonstrate and…

highly cultured but politically ruthless and under his rule Tuscany became an absolutist nation state. Cosimo promoted the arts, the Tuscan economy, and Navy. He founded the Accademia della Crusca, the Accademia del Disegno, renewed the university of Pisa, and conquered Siena and…

Teaching to the Test The current testing methods utilized by American students, will not allow the United States to remain as one of the leading, educationally advanced countries in the world. Standardized testing, although made to be “one size fits all”, should not be administered solely for the fact that all students learn in different fashions. Not only do the tests encourage narrow-mindedness and decreased creativity, but they force teachers to “teach to the test” rather than teaching…

If you were asked to name famous opera singers, you might only be able to name a few. Luciano Pavarotti, even after his death, is one of the most recognizable names in opera, and so is the name Andrea Bocelli, one of Pavarotti's good friends. How popular is Bocelli? Well, he did appear on Sesame Street and sang a song with Elmo, if that quantifies his popularity for you. Like Pavarotti, Bocelli was born in Italy and began singing at an early age. He grew up on a farm in the Tuscany region of…

As of late 2014, America had been ranked fourteenth in education in the world. A far cry from the number one rank most Americans are used to being proud off. Due to the fact that we are now a far cry of thirteen from the top spot, many are beginning to see our education system as a failure. The reality of the situation is that the quality of the American education system is unknown. With forty-eight million students in the public school system and forty-nine of parents thinking there is too much…

that help use learn more about the bodies in space. In the renaissance period galileo was very important along with technology that shaped astronomy. To begin, Galileo was a great influence to science in the renaissance era. He was a philosopher from pisa italy but in the same way he was very interested in space and what was in it ,with his curiosity he invented some great technology plus great discoveries . Galileo invented the the telescope in 1609 and 1610 he made some great discoveries.…

Totentanz or Dance of the Dead Paraphrase on Dies Irae for pianoforte and orchestra, S. 126 is a symphonic piece written for piano and orchestra by the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886). Liszt initially planned the piece in 1838 and finished the first version in 1849. In 1853 and 1859 he revised it before finally publishing it in 1865. Hans von Bülow, to whom Liszt dedicated the work, was the soloist in the April 15, 1865, premiere with the Diligentia Musical Society of The Hague,…

more effective and sustaining citizens in an increasingly globalized world; there is an international assessment that proves the United States is not adequately preparing students for that world. The Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) is an organization that assesses 15 year-old students in the areas of reading, mathematics, and science. In 2012, sixty-five countries and their economies participated in the survey. The United States is currently ranked 17th in the area…

There are many striking contrasts between schools in the United States and Japan such as their views and visions on education. The central purpose for education in Japan has been for “building national unity, developing a technically competent labor force, and identifying and educating its future leaders. (p. 12)” While the American education system was intended more on responding to “local and individual needs,” and enhancing the “efficiency and enjoyment of the individual. (p.12)” Overall,…

Galileo Galilei once said “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” Born in Pisa, Italy on February 15, 1564 Galilei was an Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. Who then died on January 8, 1642. He was a man of many talents who was able to invent his own telescope. He invented his first telescope in 1609, Galileo built on the work of others to create a telescope with around 3x magnification, he later improved on this to make…