The Allisons

positive attitude and excellence in the classroom. There were also numerous individuals who were named as Student Athletes of The Month, for their greatness on the field, and in school. These athletes were, Jen Koval, Megan Wilke, Kya Rischer, and Allison Watson. Congratulations to all the players who were given the honor of receiving an award this…

In the case study A Matter of Honor, Sheila Allison is an African American Newton High School senior who is popular and athletic. In addition, she is a good student and received a congressional appointment to a national military academy. Soon after she received the news, Sheila is accused of plagiarizing a book review in an honors English class. Regardless of her extenuating circumstance, her teacher Mrs. Durnitz believes Sheila should be responsible for violating the plagiarism policy. The…

Over the years, there have been many controversial books that have been banned or nearly banned. These books include Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Phillip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, and many others, as stated in Britney Wilkins’ article, “50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read.” However, in the last twenty years, three book series, particularly geared…

The availability of media in today’s society is tremendous. Individuals are bombarded with a considerable amount of media, which has become a primary source of information. However, this constant presence of a continual flow of media, negatively impacts individuals. Furthermore, media can be considered a way of creating misconceptions and stigmas. It tends to distort facts and present a biased view to the audience, creating negative notions about people or things. The media has played a massive…

Farmers had problems at every single point, from getting the land all the way to selling the crops grown. In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed allowing people to get 160 acres of land for only $1.25 an acre. This was supposed to help poor citizen acquire land so they can start their own farms but speculators bought up the land by paying poor factory workers to buy western land and then sign it over to them. Now that they owned the land they could sell it for a profit to people who actually…

It’s not often that a movie is successfully adapted from a novel. In the 2011 film “The Help”, director Tate Taylor managed to do just that. “The Help” has an upbeat feel, which is a refreshing change from other films about this period. The film takes us back to 1960’s Mississippi-during the Jim Crow-era-following the life of an aspiring author that is trying to deviate from the social norms of Southern white women. Skeeter who is played by Emma Stone, returns from college to discover that her…

My mom started talking about family from Ecuador coming to visit, so in that instant I thought “Oh cool” because i haven't seen them in a long while. She said Florida, so I thought that they would be going to the main attraction which is Disney. Out of nowhere my mom questioned “Are you up to for a trip?” I answered her somewhat frightened “umm..? sure” “Well i've been looking for plane tickets for you to go to Florida by yourself, it’ll only be 3 hour flight, and one week with your dad's…

greater detail in financial reporting and concept cost for reporting by school. There is also information in regards to analysis of program cost reporting, structure, and the actual use of cost reporting software with the existing data systems (Allison, Honegger, Johnson & Hoffman, 2009). It is apparent that the limits the video identifies as factors that lead to the wicked problem of school finance, have long been identified and discussed; but still have yet to be…

DIVERSIFIED COMMUNITY SERVICES BRINGS HIPPY PROGRAM TO PHILADELPHIA Early childhood education is critical to a child’s development. It has the capacity to close the educational achievement gap and increases their self-sufficiency as adults. Diversified Community Services realizes that learning through play with parents as a child’s first teacher is the key to that success. In October, Diversified Community Services is introducing the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)…

Street Pharm ( How does your main character change over the course of the book ) I think this book Street Pharm by Allison Van Diepen shows you how people change through time. For example the main character of Street Pharm Tyrone Johnson changes a lot through the course of this book. In this book Tyrone is a drug dealer who took over his father’s business ‘when his father went to jail. Before Tyrone thought that high school was a waste of time, ‘’ take high school a waste . A…