Sandy Hook

Heroes are made everyday, this is especially true in the case of Ryan White, a young teenager from Indiana who contradicted HIV from a blood transfusion. He was subject to terrible reticule from his peers and suffered the effects of his disease. In the events leading up to his death, he became the face of the HIV awareness movement before finally passing away at the young age of 18 in 1990. His ascendance to becoming a hero was made possible by his martyrdom for those affected by HIV, and those…

Eros is defined by hooks as “a motivating force,” and she likens it to “a quality of care and even ‘love’” (194). This form of passion is present in every classroom according to the theory of holistic education, and understanding eros from the perspective of the students is…

He made sure I baited my hooks, set my bobbers, and had the correct amount of weight on my pole. He watched me cast and encouraged me to be patient when I did not get a bite on my line within the first few minutes. He worked with me time after time as I excitedly jerked my bait out a fish mouths when I would feel it pulling. Eventually, I learned to be patient and set the hook so that I could reel in my catches. I remember quite a few beasts that…

Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, portrays a society where all books are outlawed. If a book was found in someone’s house not only would the book be burned, but the house along with everything the person owned would be burned too. Montag knew this when he took the risk of hiding books, and in the end, that risk ended up costing him. Unfortunately, our society too is censoring books in which are considered “bad” by certain people. One of these books is A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle due…

Most people would think that “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is about Christmas when it was originally written to prevent child labor. The novella tells the story of a wealthy and greedy man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He is not the nicest gentleman and he is mean to his poor servant whose name is Bob Cratchit. This book teaches us that money does not always make us happy. This message can still apply to us today. around the time that ACC was written, children did a lot of work in the mines…

Introduction Set in the 1840s on Christmas Eve, A Christmas Carol chronicles the personal transformation of the protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge after going through both love and festivity alongside grief and fear. The ‘Ghost of Christmas Past’ reminded Scrooge of a sense of festivity by revisiting his old headmaster Fezziwig; The ghost of Christmas Yet to come transformed Scrooge by exposing him to scenes where he sees his fiancée Belle and his own grave; The change of attitude is also evident in…

A Ghostly Turn of Events A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is a beloved tale that people of all ages have loved for its emotional and moral appeal. It is a story focusing on the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy and cold-hearted money-lender, who is visited by four ghostly apparitions who convince him together to change his merciless ways. At the beginning of this tale, Scrooge does not recognize the effects of his greed, so the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future take it upon…

Willa Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was first published in 1904 and is a short story about a woman, named Georgiana, who finds herself transition from the ecstatic city of Boston, to the primitive Nebraska frontier. Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was inspired by Richard Wagner who was a German composer and conductor that lived from 1813 to 1883. He’s well known for his operas and his most famous work is that of “The Flying Dutchman”. Willa Cather, instead, wasn’t a musician but was an author of the…

violence has become a major concern. A well know school shooting occurred in Sandy Hook killing over 20 people. In this video Evan, an organization called Sandy Hook Promise inform you to know the signs and look for the signs of gun violence. The video is very effective in its message and how it is given. The use of emotional appeal, or pathos, is a large part of this video. Evan, a YouTube video made by Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit organization, was published on December 2, 2016. The…

procedures, resulting in long-term changes to the school counselor role, curriculum, and scope of practice. Over the last five years, several incidents have rocked the American school system, but none more poignant that the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012. The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting was one of the traumatic events that will most likely impact the safety policies of schools; in addition, to dictating how school counselors prevent and respond to future tragedies. Future school…