The Shape of Things

The information passed along to students will continue to shape the way history is viewed. The way students learn about historical events shapes the choices and life decisions they make as an adult. If more people understood how the civil rights movement went from a movement to changing and shaping the government things we see today such as negative stereotypes and other forms of racism, may not be as prevalent. How educators teach and present…

the smallest unit of life. It is originated from a Latin word cella meaning ‘small room’ a word used by Hooke (in the year 1665 while observing a cell with the microscope he built by himself) to describe the cells. The cell is considered as a living thing because it has the ability to metabolize, grow and reproduce. Before the invention of microscope, it was difficult to talk about cells as they were tiny and so not visible with the naked eyes but in the 17th century after the invention of the…

Dogs are better pets than cats. Dogs are loyal to their owners. Dogs help keep the owner in shape. Dogs are proven protectors of their owners. Dogs help aid people with medical problems. Dogs are used to sniff bombs and other dangerous things. Dogs are playful and lively while cats are boring. Dogs are smarter than cats and understand more than cats do. Dogs are happy every time their owner comes home. Cats ignore their owners most time. When a dog sees his owner, he is happy and wants to play…

conflict can help shape the way that you are today and how you go about things. The way that I am today has to do with my cultural identity and life's challenges. I will be talking about the things that helped shaped my culture today The way my culture is today is based on a lot of things like food, language, and the way I was raised. Some of the foods that we eat are crawfish and things like fish, gumbo, etc. I think that food is a major part of my culture because it is the thing that I grew…

of the republic, they must not be tainted with such stories of deceit, especially in those relevant to the gods. Socrates states that a god must be described only as he is, which they have concluded, is a god most righteous and responsible for all things good and none bad (379 a-b). Once the tales of the gods’ fighting and sabotaging one another have been declared untrue, Socrates…

experience, he lived the rest of his life angry. Everyone child goes through good and bad experiences, but that is what shapes them. If they have a negative experience, they will live negatively until they have a positive experience. Negative experiences harm the child’s health while the positive experiences makes them healthy. Every child needs to go through the good and bad to shape their…

Portinari Altarpiece Hugo van der Goes is credited with uniting the scholarly dexterity of Jan van Eyck and the sensitive feelings of Rogier van der Weyden, creating his own style of art. In Ghent, Hugo was the dean of the painters’ guild. An artisan guild was organized by occupation and exerted quality control of its members and administered education with an apprenticeship system. It was a master-apprentice system, where apprentices commonly finished the smaller details on a piece of work…

When looking at the floor plan of the Kaufmann Desert House by Richard Neutra, the first thing that was drawn to my attention was all the similar geometry, specifically the L shaped geometries. They were all different shapes and sizes, and were facing all different directions, There was a sense of repetition embedded within the floor plan. A central axis stood out, and it was obvious that all the L shaped geometries were rotated around this central axis, and then shifted off of it. Diagram one…

impact on my life by making making DNA”, let me explain. DNA is made up of a bunch of different proteins. Those proteins are also made up of a bunch of different particles grouping together and forming a specific shape. They form this specific shape by folding and molding the specific shape. The proteins then have to fit in a specific place or they will be used for something else. “Origami has had a big impact on my life by helping NASA build satellites.” let me explain. NASA is trying to…

The way you see things is divided into three different stages: early vision, middle vision, and high vision. Early vision determines the basic components of how an image looks, it's like a first impression. Then middle vision combines all the components/features that you notice in the image, into recognizable object groupings. This is useful when you need to classify the object you're seeing with your memories/prior experiences/knowledge. And higher-level vision is useful when the object has…