The Bean Trees

I walked to the Bell Tower, which is located on the campus of the University of California-Riverside (location). The weather was mostly sunny, with a temperature of 66 degrees (weather). The Bell Tower is surrounded by benches on all four sides, where there are four benches on each side. I sit on the east side of the tower (Location). There are four men setting on different benches, one on the north side, and three on the west side (Gender/Location). All men are between the ages of 18-24…

Although it wasn’t until fairly recently that humans have been severely impacted by climate change, the issue was been present for over a hundred years. The first scientist to conclude that burning fossil fuels in the quantity at which we were doing so would eventually result in elevated mean annual global temperature was Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896 (Enzler, 2014). In the early 1900s, other scientists believed that the Earth was experiencing global cooling trends until Stephen…

We never know the instance of when we will encounter a loved one or stranger who desperately turns to us for help in their time of crisis. Sometimes trying to help a person survive in crisis will also bring about a mini-crisis in the person who wants to help. As we recover from our first reaction of "What Can I Do?" we become aware of some basic ways to help the person in crisis. In these times of both a national economic and health crisis, it is good for us to prepare ourselves with a survival…

Option #3 – Grandparent Interview Family life has changed in different ways than I usually had assumed. I interviewed my parents, as well as my maternal grandpa and his girlfriend, for this assignment. Coming into the assignment, I did not realize just how much the norms of families and gender roles could change within the same family over numerous years. A lot of the expectations seemed to be similar between the generations yet take on their own degree of necessity and meanings. Sally Bugge…

time I thought she was an endless fountain of evergreens, a true biblical creature sent by God especially for me. My whole spirit would swirl when she would cook me pasta with sweet breadcrumbs... yes although my head fancied for chocolate, and jelly beans, and minty flavored, greened powdered, rock candies, I could not ever in my dreams ask for such a thing. That senior woman could not afford any of those wildly wantings, only if it was a special occasion. To be honest she gave me something…

usually do not participate in offspring care although they sometimes socialize with them. When they can be off their mother's back (at about three years old) most of their day is spent playing, chasing one another, swinging from branches, climbing trees, and pestering their siblings. Human observers often describe how much like human offspring they are, saying the relation is surprising. But even before birth, the female has to reach sexual maturity at about 10 years old, but females are in heat…

South Carolina By: Soham Kate Introduction Did you know that there is much to learn about South Carolina? Such as a Native American tribe, prominent figures, services, tourism, etc. Santee Did you know that there is a lot to learn about the Santee tribe? Like how they lived, their religion, and their housing such as a longhouse, a tipi, “gabled summer houses, or even conical winter houses covered with mats or skins.” The Santee Indians got their origin name from “iswan’ti”, which means “the…

Dwight D. Eisenhower once stated that, “Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” Although, what if there was something that prevented motivated people to do what they want to do? One may think that negative performance in school is due to slacking off or a persons lack of motivation and determination to succeed. But it can actually be a lot more complicated than simply motivation and determination. Comfortability is a key reason as to…

Maria Martinez Dominique Sharpe Survey of Civilizations I Professor Wallace Ancient Aliens Final Paper Mayas The Maya Empire, centered in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala, reached the peak of its power and influence around the sixth century A.D. The Maya excelled at agriculture, pottery, hieroglyph writing, calendar-making and mathematics, and left behind an astonishing amount of impressive architecture and symbolic artwork. Most of the great stone cities of the Maya were…

As I stroll along the beach I can feel the smooth, damp sand beneath my feet. I am taken in by the soothing atmosphere that encircles me. I close my eyes, letting myself absorb the warm rays of the sun. The glowing horizon slowly fades as it descends into the waves. I am comforted by the sounds of the ocean; the rhythmic pounding of the endless sea. I look into the cloudless cerulean blue sky and see the perfection of life. As I stare into the horizon and watch every wave crash, I am reminded of…