The March

me that I am special and can make a difference in not only my life but the lives of many others; especially people of color (i.e., children, adolescents, young and old adults). My opinion of being a black man that day, the day of the Million Man March, is that it was one special day in American history where I along with other people of color or “Black Men” felt proud. In fact, we were so empowered that we owned our world that day. We were united; we were strong; we had purpose; we had…

Saint Frances of Rome was born into a wealthy family in 1384. She was quiet, yet strong willed, which she inherited from her father. From eleven years old, she knew God was calling her to be a nun. Her and her father’s similar personalities started to clash and he said she was “too young to know what she wanted.” To keep her from becoming a nun, he promised a wealthy family that she would marry their son. She prayed to God that the marriage wouldn’t happen. She reluctantly gave in to the…

Prokopis March Practicum Reflection Collaboration with Mentor The month of March was met with a multitude of reasons for meeting. The first significant reason for meeting was discussion on a school violence incident that took place at Enid High School and Emerson Middle School. On a Thursday night, Enid Police Department was made aware of a social media threat against the school. The threat was reported to be a potential shooting threat against two area schools. As with what is normal with…

Mozart’s “Turkish March” and its later adaptations This essay explores various functions of W.A. Mozart’s Piano Sonata No.11, third movement: Rondo Alla Turca. It is widely known as the “Turkish March” because it mimics the sound of Turkish Janissary bands. This song has remained its high popularity in the world by various adaptations. In the following discussion, I will explore its primary function as an education tool, and respective secondary functions in contemporary societies as a…

a. As I observed Country Band March, I recognized that the arrangement of the march is relatively a five-part sectional form that brings back the opening march theme in diverse appearances, rather than what you would customarily find in a true march structure. Two groundbreaking and useful methods used by Ives were the high intricate webbing of tunes, which would generate the impression of an amateur band’s performance abilities by having musicians play out of tune, prearranged bad entrances,…

Although this battle in the Pacific War is not considered as one of the major turning point, people will still remember the gruesome infamous “Bataan Death March” that Filipinos and American troops experienced against the Japanese forces, which was the Fall of Bataan. From December 1941 to May 1942, U.S and the Philippines forces fought desperately to resists against the Japanese invasion of the main island, Luzon. Philippines Defense Organization are consists of United States Armed Forces in…

The films Primary Colors (1998), Election (1999), and The Ides of March (2011) focus around political campaigning, all having one major theme in common: political campaigns reveal one’s true character as well as shape it. Primary Colors and The Ides of March both focus on candidates and campaign teams who are running for the Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination. Although Election is instead about high school students running for student body president and the teacher who oversees the…

different values and goals. In an attempt to gain a following, Mao Zedong organized the Long March. From 1934-36, Mao Zedong led his communist followers on a journey as Chiang Kai-Shek, the founder of the National Party, and his army pursued them. Chiang ultimately was unable to find and defeat his enemy. He eventually had to divert his attention to the Japanese who were invading China. Mao came away from the March as a hero for the people and…

“March Madness” is term recognized by most people in the United States of America. The term refers to a several-week long, end-of-year basketball tournament that determines the NCAA National Champion of college basketball. The tournament attracts dozens of millions of viewers, with the championship game receiving a viewing total that has surpassed 30 million. That is nearly a tenth of the entire nation tuning in to watch college students play a game of basketball. This is, of course, not even…

In the articles “Letter from Birmingham” by Dr. Martin Luther King and “Speech at the March on Washington” by Josephine Baker each articles mention how to achieve equality. In order, to achieve true freedom society must use non-violence to get their point across. To begin with, we must use non-violence to achieve true freedom. According to “letter from Birmingham jail” king stated “as a result of begin denied the right to vote had no part in anacting or devising the law”. This reveals how…