Potato

Case Background “A social worker, Mr. Potato Lam, was arrested by the police in the “Occupying the Central” movement on July 1, 2015. He was convicted of Illegal Assembly and Common Assault (threw eggs at a government official). He was sentenced for 18 months’ Probation Order by the court. Since the crime he committed was “punishable with imprisonment”, he was complained by his supervisor to the Disciplinary Committee of Social Worker Registration Board (SWRB). The supervisor also asked the…

things have two meanings, two sides? How many things are merged, and mixed, and swirled around so much that they turn into something else? One example of this is in the suburb novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. In the beginning, the main mood of this book is melancholy, with people who are desperately trying to stumble away from the ruins of WWll. The war is almost always mentioned in the letters that they send to each other, and…

“Mrs. Potato Head” Melanie Martinez You hear this song once, and you’ll never forget it. First listening to “Mrs. Potato Head” by Melanie Martinez will definitely make you cringe. The problem Melanie Martinez is addressing? Altering one’s self to become more attractive. And not simply by using cosmetics or clothing that lies above the skin, but by altering what is underneath the skin. Plastic surgery is prevalent in today’s world, especially among women. But what makes a lady want to change…

Irish immigrants came to America before the 1840s. Because of the Irish potato famine, most of the Irish immigrants arrived in America between 1845 to 1860. The Irish potato famine, or The Great Potato Famine, was caused by a late blight on potato crops year after year, starting in 1845 and slowing down by 1851. The blight, scientifically known as Phytophthora infestans, infects the leaves and edible roots of the potato plant, leaving the whole crop rotting in the fields. Because at least…

deep affinity and solidarity with poor people, whose lives, like his own, were burdened with care” (Schapiro 8). Gogh had a relationship with the peasants in this painting and was able to give them all their own individuality through a painting. The Potato Eaters is an oil painted canvas that is 32 ¼ x…

Learning Projectile Motion via Potato Launchers (Prompt 2) Launching Potatoes through potato launchers may seem like an ordinary activity that people do to have fun but principles of physics are present in this activity. Launching Potatoes through Potato launchers is an example of projectile motion, it also shows how gravity can impact acceleration. Projectile motion occurs when an object is thrown and it moves along a curve due to gravity. The only force that a project has during projectile…

Discussion Questions Which potato cube had the smallest surface area? During the investigation of part 1 and 2, it was indicating that the smaller the cell the larger the SA: V. Also, the larger the cell the less SA: V there is and this has a huge impact to the cell as it can’t get the nutrition it need which will result in death. The larger a cell gets, the smaller its surface area to volume ratio becomes. This is important because nutrients entering the surface of the cell must increase as…

go to the shop to buy candy bars and potato chips. Ralph buys 3 bags of potato chips and 4 candy bars. The potato chips and candy bars cost 3 dollars and 75 cents for Ralph. Jody buys 4 bags of potato chips and 2 candy bars. The potato chips and candy bars cost 3 dollars for Jody. Later, Clancy asks to buy 1 candy bar and one bag of potato chips from them. How much should he pay? Ralph writes 3p + 4b = 375. If p stands for the cost, in cents, of a bag of potato chips and b stands for the cost,…

short fat one Potato. Nathan, Vern, and Carter have been friends for a while as they just met Potato, Potato has always been the weird kid, (Verns perspective) our teacher explained that he moved from a small island called gimwarre but never told us where it's at, when we ask potato he just says “Gimwarre GIN BUFF MCBOOGY”. We always thought he was weird, but one day when we all went out camping and no adults around and Potato went to go number 2, is when we here screaming. Potato comes back…

What is a potato? What is an onion? Every individual’s response to these questions will be different because food takes on an incredible richness of meaning as we collect memories. Every experience adds color to our idea of food, be they pleasant or traumatic. Pablo Neruda’s “Ode to the Onion” and Richard Wilbur’s “Potato” both deal with the same concept - the effect of circumstances on their perception of food - yet arrive at quite different conclusions. The poems are nearly complete opposites…