Riverside

An innocent act by one person and satisfying a desire of another ultimately leads to the destruction of a gentle giant, a star stricken girl, and the American dream. The book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck shows a common dream of hardworking men and the annihilation of their future due to a solitary girl’s need for attention. Although Curley’s wife was lonely and meant no harm, she ruined the possibility of living the American dream for George and Lennie, she seeks the wrong attention from…

Autobiography My mother is Maria Emerita Menjivar, daughter of Pascual Lopez and Andrea Orellana. Emerita was born in small town in Chalatenango, El Salvador and moved to Nueva Concepcion, Chalatenango. At the age of 30 years she gave birth to me. I was born in July 24, 1998, in Nueva Concepcion. My older sister’s name is Tatiana Menjivar and she was born in San Salvador, El Salvador. In my early childhood I moved residence three times before I was four. My grandparents, which I consider my…

A factor that ties into ill-funded schools and LEP students is race and socioeconomic status. The bottom line is “children who are given opportunities for more and better education tend to do better on the standardized tests that measure the learning that such education produces” (Sternberg). It’s obvious that students who come from low-income backgrounds are not able to afford the extra support that these exams offer such as textbooks, classes, apps, and tutors that are all geared towards the…

In the past, the goal of education was to develop character traits of a citizen and enable them to make politically sound decisions (Maranto). Education has gone through reforms since then and the most recent includes a substantial amount of standardized testing that has criticism from many stakeholders. Does standardized testing accurately evaluate students and the quality of education they receive? The educational lens doesn’t include the economics of test making corporations, psychological…

Elementary Lesson Planning Template Your name(s): Shannon Brasher & Felicia Lemons Grade level and school: 1st; Riverside Elementary Title of lesson/activity: What is the Statue of Liberty? Teaching date(s) and time(s): TBD Estimated time for lesson/activity: 45 minutes Overview and Context Lesson Overview: Using the book, The Story of the Statue of Liberty, by Betsy Maestro, students will be able to identify and discuss the origin of the Statue of Liberty. Sources/References: Free Printable…

opportunity, she just wanted to talk to him about life and about what she wanted more than anything else in the world, “She went on with her story quickly, before she should be interrupted. ‘Nother time I met a guy, an’ he was in pitchers. Went out to the Riverside Dance Palace with him. He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural. Soon’s he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it.’” She had an opportunity to pursue what really made her happy in life and yet…

By TOM LANGE – Daily, Journal. “Athletes, Band Members Earning P.E. Waivers.” AP Regional State Report – Indiana (2014): Points of View Reference Center. Web. 18 Sept. 2014. Tom Lange, from Whiteland Indiana, discusses in “Athletes, band members earning P.E. waivers” about how students at Whiteland High School convinced their school to give them a P.E. waiver for being in band and sports. The students showed that when they lift weights or when they marched they did more physical work than in P…

In the Children’s literature of fantasy, the process of self-discovery and the identity formation is the dominant part of the story. In both Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Roald Dahl’s The Witches, the reality is cautiously constructed to help children with their biggest fear of growing up. Transformation can be found in many different forms, Alice and The Boy experienced both biological changes and psychological changes. Their changes and reaction towards the…

It is the 21st century. Everywhere I turn I can see the world mesmerized by their mobile devices, and other types of technology. How cool is it that I can instant message my boyfriend from Riverside or see how my friend is doing living in San Francisco, thanks to Facebook, Instagram and other types of social media. Is it not amazing that with a push of a button people can have everything at their fingertips? The concept of social interaction through technology is incredible, but ultimately the…

War can be loud and visible or quiet and remote. It affects the individual and entire societies, the soldier, and the civilian. Both U.S. prisoners of war in Japan and Japanese- American citizens in the United States during WWII undergo efforts to make them “invisible”. Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken hero, Louie Zamperini, like so many other POW’S is imprisoned, beaten, and denied basic human right in POW camps throughout Japan. Miné Okubo, a U.S. citizen by birth, is removed from society and…