The School for Scandal

I chose the Ted Talk, “My year of saying yes to everything”, by Shonda Rhimes. You may recognized the name Shonda Rhimes from many popular TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder. All these shows are produced her own production company, Shondaland. She produces and/or screen writes over 70 hours of television per season. Rhimes was born on January 13, 1970 (age 47) and lives with three of her daughters, two of which were adopted. This Ted Talk was recorded in…

Temperance. The Daughters of Temperance was a group of women who campaigned for strong liquor laws to stop the overuse of alcohol. She also joined the Women’s right movement in 1853 after they wouldn’t let women speak at temperance movements. She wanted schools to admit women, and have equal education opportunities no matter your race or gender. She also campaigned for the right to have women to own their own property. Susan B Anthony never got married. She died on March 13, 1906. Women finally…

Abigail Williams who were acting strangely, they would have fits of screaming, make weird sounds and writhe in pain. These symptoms could be explained as “motor hysteria”. “Motor hysteria is prevalent in intolerable social situations such as strict school and religious settings where discipline is excessive. Symptoms include trance-like states, melodramatic acts of rebellion known as histrionics, and what physicians term “psychomotor agitation” (whereby pent-up anxiety built up over a long…

In addition, the internet improves communication. As the internet spread across all over the world, it is possible for us to communicate with each other online (Scmp, 2010). With the emergence of instant messaging and video conferencing, it is obvious that there were no barriers for us to communicate through the internet (Scmp, 2010). Many apps also improve communication. For example, we can use What’s app, Lines, Snapchat, Tencent QQ and Wechat to contact our friends regardless of the distance…

“Everybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days, everybody knows what – what I’m talking about, everybody gets that way” (Hannah Montana, Nobody’s Perfect, 2008). These lyrics have been taken from Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana’s hit song ‘Nobody’s Perfect’, a song that was once popular amongst young adults. Miley Cyrus, like many young stars of her time, appeared on Disney Channel in a hit TV Show designed specifically for her known as Hannah Montana, which may have been a mistake. Cyrus is…

In this assignment we were asked to find things in Robert Zemeckis 's 1994 Forrest Gump that can be connected to what we have learned throughout this year in United States History class. Events from the vietnam war, the riots, President John F. Kennedy’s time in office and so many more. In the beginning, when Forrest was telling his lives story to the nice young black lady at the bus station. He telling the young lady that his mother named him after Nathan Bedford Forrest. Who was a lieutenant…

international incidents, and political scandals are only a few of the many trials that the United States have faced as a nation. While all of these obstacles loom large in our heritage, one of the greatest points of contention throughout America’s history has been that of racial diversity, its associated conflicts, and reactions sparked by them. There are many examples of America’s struggle with racial diversity, ranging from the horrors of the Indian Schools…

Question #1 (worth a maximum of 5 points) 1. Appointment Power: One of the Executive powers that a governor has is the Appointment Power. This power give the governor the ability to assign others to work alongside of him/her during their term. This can give the governor a great advantage because if they want to, they can assign friends into certain spots in office. In our text book it is defined as “…a degree of control over about 200 states agencies” (Champagne, Harpham 222). This power…

through social media at how bad this company had came to be. Videos of these poor business ethics can be found online and some may come off as rather disgusting. “McDonald’s claims to give back to the community and the environment by working with schools and local organizations, but…

Tragic death of actor Edwyn Mc Kenzie A man who participated in many shows and brought awareness to the present drug issues, Edwyn Mc Kenzie, has tragically fallen victim to his own enemy. Mc Kenzie was found dead September 1st, at the age of 52, in a very drug infested neighbourhood in Hoboken, New Jersey. Whilst the sort of drugs remains unknown and the cause of death has not yet been confirmed, it is under investigation by the New Jersey police. Mc Kenzie was brought up in Glagow, Scotland,…