The Prodigy

“ A Mother’s controlling habits” A mothers role is to love their child unconditionally and want the best for them. But their constant constructive criticism can turn a loving mother into a nagging one. In the short story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, Ni Kans mother is constantly pushing her to strive for the "American Dream." Just like any mother would like to guide their child which is understandable, but for them to dictate their life is completely wrong. Ni Kans mother should have guided her…

Ever since I can remember I wanted to be a cheerleader, I was always so excited to see them perform on TV and at school. As a little girl being a cheerleader was my biggest dream. Seeing them on TV and at school inspired me to one day be like them and do all the amazing tricks they would do. It wasn’t until my twelfth birthday that finally joined a tumbling class at a cheerleading gym. All I had asked for my birthday was to be in tumbling class I thought it was extremely difficult to actually in…

born in Milan, Italy on May 16, 1718 and died January 6, 1799. She is the oldest daughter of Pietro Agnesi and Anna Brivio. Pierto Agnesi was a wealthy man who was able to afford her the best tutors so they she was literate. At a young age she was a prodigy and spoke French at five. At the age of nine she mastered Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and several modern languages. In her teenage years she mastered mathematics. The house of the Agnesi had many guests, but she was shy and didn’t like the meetings…

Ludwig van Beethoven was an amazing composer in the late 1700s to early 1800s composing 9 symphonies in his lifetime. Beethoven was only a small child when his father introduced him to music. In the time in between the birth of his two little brothers, his father introduced him to music. Beethoven’s First Symphony was composed in the year 1799-1800 and was released later that year in 1800. In the next few years Beethoven created his 2nd Symphony in the years 1801-1802. At the time he was…

The question I will be answering is describing the relationship Mozart had with father. Mozart and his father did have a close relationship for the most part. Mozart’s father saw the potential that his son could be a music prodigy and teaching his son everything he know about music. Mozart’s father was willing to take his son leave his wife and daughter so he and his son could go to Salzburg, Italy to show off Mozart’s musical abilities. Later in life If Mozart and his father did not have a…

his girlfriend Erin use basketball to escape their daily hardships and their racially segregated neighborhood, run by the Irish Mafia. The basketball coach of a local high school asks Finley to look over Russ, a new kid who was a former basketball prodigy. Russ loss both of his parents in California and is now living with his grandparents in Belmont. He is so traumatized by the events that he has developed an alternate persona, boy21, to help him get through the days. He has also refused to pick…

Mozart’s Music Hopefully you all know who Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is. If you do not, he is a known as a very influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart was a prodigy that performed for European royalty, and basically grew up to become a famous musician that had Classical style. Although he was a versatile composer that wrote in almost every genre including: symphony, opera, solo concerto, and chamber music. Even though these genes were nothing new his piano concerto is what made him so…

Cultural and historical understanding can easily be lost between generations as time goes on. The Joy Luck Club is a novel written by Amy Tan about the stories of Chinese-American mothers and daughters who have many misunderstandings throughout their lives. The mothers having very different childhoods, opportunities and struggles than their daughters, causes this. Changes in language, culture, and lack of communication leads to many misunderstandings between characters in the story.…

Reading Response to ….. I have decided to write a response paper to Ekow N. Yankah’s: “Why N.C.A.A. Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid”. I have chosen this article because I do not agree with his statement which addresses that student-athletes shouldn 't get paid. Universities are using their student-athlete’s popularity to promote their athletics program while the student-athletes are unable to promote their own image. Time is also very limited during the day for student athletes to get a job. Most of…

may have had a quick rise to fame as a child, but later in life, he had an even quicker fall. George’s story was like a message in a bottle lost at sea, until someone found it and turned it into a lyrical narrative capturing the life of a biracial prodigy violinist, who rose to fame, but ultimately threw away his shot with Beethoven, ruined his beautiful musical career, and thus was almost erased from history. Right off the bat with the first passage, The Bridgetower, we get a brief, though…