The Snowman

"If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must feel free to follow wherever the search may lead us," (Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.). Throughout the book Oryx and Crake, written by Margret Atwood, many experiments and scientific discoveries have not turned out the way the creator(s) have intended them to. There are handful examples throughout the story that shows that knowledge is a double edged sword. These examples include: the Crakers, the Pigoons, and the BlyssPluss pill. To begin, the Crakers…

actual name. This affects the kids in the community and they use the n-word all the time without knowing that is it wrong. An example of this is when it is snowing in Maycomb for the first time on many years and Scout,Jem and Dill wants to make a snowman,”Jem, I ain't…

gift may be. The grandkids sat and opened the gifts together. It was a snowman that said 2007 on the scarf. After we opened the gift, my grandma said, “I had gotten these snowman for you grandchildren so you have something to remember me by.” All of us grandchildren were young so we didn’t know exactly what she was talking about, but with me being the oldest grandkid, I had and idea on what she meant, and I knew that snowman was going to be very special to…

(Snowman, McCown, & Biehler, 2012) Defines morality with the terms morality of constraint for how the children under ten think and morality of cooperation for the children above the age of eleven. While the younger children see rules as something not to be messed with and how consequences determine the level of guilt. The older children see rules as something that could be accommodated and whether the purpose for the action was bad or good to determine the guilt. Moral education plays an…

self-regulated learner is a person who has mastered the ability to control and understand his or her own learning environment (Snowman, McCown 2015). Having self-regulation abilities mainly includes, setting productive goals, recognizing or adapting to different strategies to help achieve those goals, and most importantly establishing ownership of your education (Snowman, McCown 2015). Self-regulated learning is a very important technique to master and one that every teacher should introduce to…

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic coming-of-age social drama novel that has been taught in classrooms for many years. During the depression a young girl, Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, has a tough year when her father defends a black man in a rape case during a time when racism is still very prevalent. In her book, Lee uses the controversial dialect, perspective of minor characters and an unreliable narrator to expose the negativity of racism in the early nineteen hundreds. Harper…

I attended Crestwood’s 7th and 8th Grade Band Seasonal Winter Concert. The ensemble consisted of Crestwood’s 7th and 8th Grade Kentwood students. The performance was conducted by Crestwood’s music instructor, Jason Townsend. In total, there were 13 pieces performed, but 6 pieces of them were played as an ensemble. Other pieces were simply solo and ensemble music performed by 7th and 8th Grade students. Solo and ensemble pieces were “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” performed by A. Adhikari, Q.…

a post apocalyptic context. The novel begins with the aftermath of the destruction of the world as we know it. Narrated from the perspective of Jimmy, also known as Snowman, he is a lone survivor of what he believes is the extinction of mankind as he knows it. What is left instead is a race of genetically modified humans whom snowman becomes guardian to. They are seemingly perfect in every way, created with the intention to replace those that lived before them. The question that arises then is…

beings. A more innocent case of racial discrimination is when Jem and Scout build a snowman. Due to there not being enough snow, Jem collects dirt to build the base of the snowman, and Scout remarks, “Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a n***** snowman” (Lee, 89). Jem then responded with, “He won’t be black long” (Lee, 89). Jem then precedes to cover the entire body with snow, perhaps trying to hide the Negro side of the snowman underneath the white side (“Symbolism and Racism in To Kill a…

went in the house, returned with the laundry hamper, filled it with earth and carried it to the front yard” (Lee 88). Since there’s not much snow to make the traditional snowman, Jem comes up with the idea to make the figure with dirt and cover it with snow. Jem has an inventive mindset. When Atticus returns home and sees the snowman he praises Jem on his craftsmanship and says, “I didn’t know how you were going to do it but from now on I’ll never about what’ll become of you, son, you’ll always…