dire times. Rosemary, the mom, is the more terrible parent than Rex, the dad. Rex Walls is an incredibly bad parent to his four children in many ways. When Lori is trying to move out of Welch and go to New York for college, Rex attempts to make her stay home by ruining the art project she is going to submit. Instead of explaining…
Would you want to continue to live if all your family was dead? Is that a decision you would want to make yourself, or would you like someone else to make it for you? In the book if i stay, by Gayle Forman, Mia Hall is a 17-year-old cellist with loving parents, and a younger brother. She lives in Oregon, and spends her time playing her cello, and hanging out with her rocker boyfriend, Adam, and best friend, Kim. Mia is very talented and has the prospect of going to Juilliard in the fall. That is…
Human Services professional Informational interview The human service professional that I chose to interview was Betsy Zimmerman. Betsy is a case manager in in Norfolk, Virginia at Counseling Center LLC. This is an agency that focuses on client-centered treatment to help individuals who are struggling with substance abuse. Betsy Zimmerman received her bachelors in sociology and criminology at Christopher Newport University and she received her master’s in counseling education from Georgia…
finding themselves and having a realization about the world around them. People always say that the youth has many paths to choose from, yet at times they do not recognize those choices and take them for granted. This is a crucial concept in “If I Stay” by Gayle Forman, for this novels describes a decision that not all of mankind is fortunate enough to get, the chance to keep living and create a life. Forman brilliantly uses literary devices such as, setting, point of view, style and flashbacks…
Why should you stay in touch with your customers and prospects? The end result of maintaining a business is always to make money. No matter what type of business that may be, marketing and selling are unavoidable. There are very few businesses that sustain themselves with little or no marketing. Customers don’t just wake up one day and say “I’m going to buy Jane’s product” when Jane has done nothing to market her products. Spending your time and money to only have to find 35% new customers are…
that the sparkling was produced by flames, coming from the underside of the car! My dad opened the car window and shouted and honked his horn at the driver of the flaming car to pull over. My dad pulled over when the other driver did so. He told us, “Stay in the car,” and ran out to grab his fire extinguisher and dash to the flaming car. He was about to prime the fire extinguisher, when he realized it was missing a part. He couldn’t find a way…
Portfolio Entry # 1: Columbus Stay Home We should assess the legacy of Columbus by celebrating and mourning on what he did. If Columbus didn’t discover America, we wouldn’t be populating the Americas as we speak. Columbus also brought Europeans to the Americas. He also did several other things such as promote wealth and prestige. He promoted curious thinking which revolutionized future generations and also he provided the sense of adventure throughout the Americas. He also started the ‘Age of…
Bach’s stay in Weimar was characterized by his keyboard and orchestral works. He learned to write dramatic openings and employ the dynamic motor rhythms and harmonic schemes found in the music of the Italians. This is a direct influence to the progressive type of music that Beethoven is so well known for. Though his stay in Weimar was influential, it was also short lived. In 1717 he moved to secure a job at Cothen. After the move, it didn’t take long for Bach’s life to be changed forever. In…
It is a child’s purpose to learn and to grow accordingly to what they have to learn from. Should a child be protected and sheltered at every obstacle then they will grow strong and tall believing that they can do anything in the world. On the other hand, if a child must brave each obstacle alone, then they will struggle at first, but flourish in the end. “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime,” this well-known quote doesn’t just…
Abortion, the removal of a fertile egg from the mother, is a prodigious social and legal issue which should remain legal. On January 22, 1973, Roe v. Wade concluded that performing abortions is legal, but the questions and concerns of the issue being socially and legally acceptable raves on. A pro-life activist would take the helm of a “War on Abortion” heaving out plenty of arguments using the fact that the egg is a living being as its foundation, while a pro-choice movement fights for the…