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Developing the love I have for English is one that has continuously grown, and will continue to grow throughout my life. English and I started out as close friends when I was young. As a child every night before bed I choose a book off of my shelf and climbed under the covers and my mother read to me. I remember listening to the stories while carefully examining the pictures before she flipped the page. When she went to work I still skimmed the pictures and retold the story the best I could…

perspectives on the topic of women and piracy. Rediker argues that the stereotype during the 16th and 17th centuries was that women are not physically capable of being pirates and that only a certain type of women could ever take on the challenge. He uses primary and secondary sources that validates his claim that women are less physically capable to operate a ship than men. Rediker’s chapter also analyzes Anne Bonny and Mary Read’s lives and what made them want to challenge gender roles. He…

Instead he became a medicine man because he let the natives control him. Resendez transitioned Cabeza de Vaca into being a medicine man because of his earlier practices of healing natives on Malhado, which aligns with the primary source. In David Frye;’s translation of the primary text of Cabeza de Vaca Relacion De Vaca reveals that since God our lord had been pleased to spare me through all my hardships and illnesses and lead me at last to their company, they resolved to flee. He is so that…

“Oranges” the poem by Gary Soto is a nostalgic telling of two young children going on a walk, from the perspective of the young boy. This is seemingly the first time that he has ever experienced an interest in girls, and the narrator is reflecting on the time when he went first went walking with a girl in the cold December. At the time, the narrator was twelve years old, but I think that the poem is about his growth and the changes that all young children go through when they are first…

I'll talk about the book entitled The Making of the West Indies, first published in 1960. The book is the result of the collaboration of F.R Augier, S.C Gordon, A.G Hall and M. Reckford. In the preface of the book, we learn that two of the authors went to schools in England and two others went to school in the West Indies. What is interesting is that they went to school in different places but they attended the same course of history, consequently they learned the same thing. Each of them…

The school year was almost over; we’d be in fifth grade soon. My friend Will and I, both good students with families very active in the PTA, were given an assignment we were happy with. We were excused from class to collect things needed to go into storage. We had to collect textbooks, extra supplies, and the over-head projectors in each classroom. We were given a push cart and the elevator key and sent on our way; the principal didn’t care how much we collected in a trip or how many trips it…

Would you believe me if I told you that in most states kindergarten is not mandatory? Unfortunately this is true. Many kids that are of kindergarten age are not required to go to school until 1st grade. If you’re like me, you can see a problem with this. “Early learning is extraordinarily important because we know that the sooner kids start learning, the better their chances of long-term academic success.” (Williams). There is so much learning that needs to take place at this age that when…

The sexualization of children and what schools can do about it. There are several components to sexualization, and these set it apart from healthy sexuality. Healthy sexuality is an important component of both physical and mental health, fosters intimacy, bonding, and shared pleasure, and involves mutual respect between consenting partners (Satcher, 2001; Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States [SIECUS], 2004). There are many examples of the sexualization of…

An elementary school student arrives at school on time every day and prepares for another lecture or lesson on math, science, english, or history, goes to the lunchroom and the library goes back to class and waits on the bell to ring for the school day to end. Something was missing from the child’s school day, the young student had no way to release his energy or time to go outside and actively play with other students. Elementary schools should have recess implemented into the everyday routine…

For the required writing assignment I felt that the piece by Anna Vallayer-Coster, Still Life with Lobster, was the painting I wanted to review. The piece was completed in 1781by Coster. The focal point of the painting is the Lobster. When discussing focal point it is actually defined as the point where the artist has the prospective viewers’ eye go immediately upon first viewing the work of art. In this painting, Anna Valler-Coster uses complimentary colors. The definition of complimentary…