fun that I thought it would be. We also had wonderful speaking events happen inside the classroom. A presentation titled Study Abroad informed about the three major centers that OU had overseas. Being able to take classes in Rio De Janero, Brazil or Pueblo, Mexico, or even Arezzo, Italy seems so fascinating. Although I would be way across the ocean, it would still seem as if I am on the OU Norman campus,…
Peronism’s political contributions are based on a series of basic oppositions, being National vs. Antinatinal, Pueblo vs. Antipueblo, and Workers vs. Oligarchs. The reasoning behind these oppositions resting strictly on moralistic stances aimed at defending the poor and creating national unity. This would only be made possible if the rich would be taught the virtues…
The land we live on, known as the Americas was home to an abundant amount of societies that were diverse in language and social structure before colonization, war, and disease had set its course. According to the text Give me Liberty in the year of 1492 when Christopher Columbus had ventured out making contact with the West Indian Islands is when a motion was set, causing harsh impacts on the development of history. The Americas came to be the way they are due to some of the power countries that…
Joe Grasse Patrick Murphy Section: Thurs. 11am The Physical Geography of Los Angeles, California Los Angeles: home to Hollywood, the Lakers, and some of the best beaches in the world. How did it get to be such a big city though? Physical geography definitely played a role in the settlement, the expansion, and will even shape the future of this great place. The history of Los Angeles and its geography begins when the Spanish arrived in the 18th century. They came in contact with Gabrielinos and…
Born with a cleft lip. Numerous surgeries. A few years ago as I was falling asleep I remembered what I believe to be my first memory-- both arms restrained miles away from the stitches on my tortuously itching face. Is that trauma? The next several years were punctuated with appointments and surgeries with various physicians who fixed my face. At risk of wading into the poetic, the dreams to become a physician and practice medicine grew from the admiration I had for the doctors who took care of…
Aruba is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,600 kilometres west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres north of the coast of Venezuela. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. Aruba is one of the four countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten; the citizens of these countries are all Dutch nationals.…
In the fiction novel "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley imagined a future utopia world, which contains different values and various advanced technologies. In this society, people hold the common views that human happiness and society 's stability are above everything else. Anything that against the common beliefs is considered as deviant. Out of the ordinary, John, the "Savage", was born through natural birth from a mother, which is one of the reasons that caused the alienation between him and the…
Mexico and India were both suppliers of raw materials for industrialized nations in Europe, but differ in how they were run politically and economically. Mexico differed from India politically because of its independance from another nation; it had no controlling power it had to follow. On the other hand, India was controlled by Britain. Bother, however, focussed on exporting raw materials, but Mexico’s exports were for profit and driven by small powerful bourgeoisie class, and Britain’s exports…
The strategy used for assessing this research topic will involve gathering data virtually from a secondary source; the national birth record database from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health and Statistics (NCHS). Under this organizational division is the existence of the National Vital Statistics System. This organization is an inter-governmental system, working collaboratively with state health departments and collecting valid information by means of the…
In the novel, Tayo is Laguna Pueblo that is also partially’ white, although his mom runs away with her new companion and leaves him behind. The true moment he is recognized in the Caucasian world is when he is wearing his uniform in Oakland. “The first day in Oakland he and Rocky walked…