The Clash

The arguments presented here illustrate the process by which rhetoric and history of curriculum influence the displacement of women as agents in history and history education, particularly as the standardization movement has become the predominant marker of what constitutes knowledge in public schooling experiences. In fact, curriculum scholar, William Pinar (2012) contends that “it is the symbolic character of curriculum that renders debates over the canon struggles over the American identity…

The U.S. and China are two world superpowers that are inextricably entwined with each other and rely on each other a great deal to maintain their world status. Not only are the two countries world superpowers but also, in the present day, have seen a lot of tension due to their race to become the world leader. The U.S. in the past has been considered to be the world’s leader. The changing face of China, however, currently challenges the power of the U.S. as the new world leader. It is crucial…

War Wars have been a huge and devastating part of making the world what it is today. In the book My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, the brutalities are heightened. They wrote about the division of families, the clash of generations, and how principle faces reality. The authors give the allusion that they are against the war that is raging rapidly threw the colonies. One of the main ideas of the book is how families get divided. There is a quote on the back…

Both have destroyed buildings and such. Both are very big. Both also have to do with heat. You see, tornadoes happen when a cold front forms, which is when cold and warm winds clash. Hurricanes happen in the sea because the warm water and the cold air creates them. Finally, we'll contrast the two. While a tornado is big, a hurricane is drastically larger, as it can cover much more land. As Spencer Adkins told me, "Hurricanes…

Throughout the 1950’s, there was an ongoing political clash between conservatives and liberals. During the time, liberals approved the idea of political and social change to provide equality for all. On the opposing side, conservatives believed that political and social views should stay the same, and to limit change. Conservatives rejected change in the society and the idea of communism. As conservatives rejected this idea of change, this helped create the idea of a nuclear or ideal family and…

group of boys meet together, they begin to fight until realizing that they, too, are from the army. The peace is short lived, however as a bigger fight breaks out when they encounter another group of boys from the rebel army. The two cliques begin to clash as guns and explosives are involved, a handful of the boys dying. The boys immediately see one another as a threat because of what they were taught by the war and see one another as enemies instead of being together peacefully. The constant…

grade affects me varies on what grade I get. If I get good grades I feel pretty good about myself. But if I get bad grades, especially if I thought I did better, it makes me feel pretty sad and down about myself.” (G) In these responses we see the clash between the ideal image and the narrative that is internalised. The academic mirror presents an image to us, just as the fragmented and uncoordinated infant sees a whole in the mirror,…

setting, conflict, and structure together while using their synergy to create the essence of the story. The story takes place in the 1920’s on a remote island, The island is essential for the development of conflict since the conflict involves the clash between two hunters during a game of outdoor chess. On the island, there is a jungle in which Zaroff challenges Rainsford to hide in and be hunted by Zaroff. Without this island on which Rainsford swam to, there would be no opportunity for Zaroff…

The play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, is about a poor African-American family living in a run-down section of Chicago in the 1950’s. The passage above is spoken by the father of the house Walter Younger, to his 20-year old daughter, Beneatha Younger. Walter is uneducated and has a thoroughly unsatisfying and poorly paid job as a chauffeur. His daughter Beneatha, is a college student who dreams of becoming a doctor, while sharing a cockroach- infested, decrepit and overcrowded…

Prospect Faceoff: Matthews stays hot in Zurich, Svechnikov/Garland dual, plus two top-20 teams clash in college hockey Auston Matthews is taking an unconventional path to the NHL, and has earned a few accolades already while playing in Switzerland. Two electric playmakers go head-to-head in a battle of assist machines in the QMJHL, and a pair of potential Canadian teammates will likely see a lot of each other in a weekend contest. The Tampa Bay Lightning’s newest signee lines up against a…