The Hum

Daniella Berrio HUM 101 Essay I Prof A.Sungkakitkarone Sept. 29, 2017 After reading the three passages I know have a better understanding about certain cultures and how much their beliefs are valued. That doing something out of the norm for them can get you to be seen as dishonoring. I feel like that something I can relate with those beliefs that each author explained in their stories. In my cultural background as the youngest girl of three in a Hispanic family, my life is a little tougher for…

The quiet hum of the gospel music lulled me as I rode to church in the backseat of my mother's van, just like every other Wednesday night. The soft chords of the hymn blended with the sound of the van so well that it seemed manufactured with the motor itself and as we neared the church I had no idea that this would be no ordinary night. It was a night that would change my perspective completely and little did I know that after tonight, even dull ordinary moments like these would, in my eyes, be…

constant drum of sneakers hitting the floor. An invasive stench hugged the carpet alalaaaa. The shriek of two little boys performing in front of the TV screen, followed by a low grumble of a tall man with a recognizable neon green t-shirt. the low hum of I…

easy to find in any place of the universe. TVs programs from Friends to Dora the explorer are watch all around the globe. America’s music and dances are taking the world’s parties and to do not forget that Sponge Bob Square Pants’ song that everybody hums. These are only few examples of the influence that the United States…

go to read you know nothing about her or why is so tough. Did something happen to her to make her that way or is it all a front? She told the young boy she had done things that can not be spoken of and that just added more mystery on who she is, “Um-hum! You thought I was going to say but, didn’t you? You thought I was going to say, but I didn’t snatch people’s pocketbooks. Well, I wasn’t going to say that.” Her name is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones so is she married? If so where is her…

For this assignment, I am doing the Case Study 1, which focuses on a 7 year old girl, Lacy, who has an Intellectual disability in the first grade. Lacy’s teacher, Mr. L, states that Lacy is not able to complete assignments at school because she is not paying attention when the directions are being given. She will also frequently draw and colour during class when her classmates are doing the assigned tasks. When Lacy was asked why she colours and draws instead of working, she said she does not…

The prospect of another day at the office was always uninspiring and things were no different on that Monday morning... Ho hum! Just another predictable week coming up for me, Henry Irvine, a Public Servant with the Australian Government. At least, that's what I thought as I boarded my city-bound bus. Sometimes fate moves in mysterious ways. Certain events were about to take place that would change my life and it would never be the same. After about 15 minutes on the bus just day dreaming…

Beit Tefilah - the largest prayer site at URJ Camp Newman - other Jewish teens and children were actively singing along with his every word, as though the prayers he chanted spoke to them individually. And, as we sang, the encircling nature seemed to hum and whistle along with this rabbi’s ringing voice and the ancient words he projected. It was the middle of my sixth summer at Jewish summer camp and such daily prayer had by now been engraved into my brain by habit and repetition. We then…

cleanliness and purity of the room, but still somehow manages to have that appearance of being worn and exhausted. The smell of Lysol smacks me right in the face along with the hint of mustiness in the air. In addition to the smell I hear the slight hum of the air condition running nonstop, which leads the room to feel like the freezer section at Walmart. The next thing I notice is the floors. Even if I had just mopped the floors they retain the look as if the whole regiment had just walk…

How did Douglas learn how to write? Curiosity led Fredrick Douglass to want to learn how to write. It all started one day while working at Durgin and Bailey’s ship yard, strange symbols (letters) on the timber grasp his attention. Douglas sought out the names of the symbols and learned how to write them, and after he accomplished that he yearned for more. Aware that it is illegal for people to teach him to write, he devises a clever plan to learn how to write by using Reversed psychology on…