The Unexpected

Rodriguez has the pupils describe their weekends in their journal. Maria had just gotten into her writing pulse when an unexpected announcement came over the loudspeaker. The office lady, Mrs. Parkerson, clearly stated, “All students and staff must immediately remove themselves from the area. Please head to the bus garage across the parking lot. I repeat, ALL students and staff…

They are like dialogues in Mani Ratnam’s (a very renowned director in India with one of Time 's All-Time 100 Movies to his name) movies– short, unexpected response that bring in a chuckle about human relationships. What is the science connection? I researched what was common between the positive words, chuckle words and picture words. It was dopamine. The “buzz” substance that is released by the…

“People with disabilities have abilities too and that is what this course is all about, making sure those abilities blossom and shine so that all the dreams you have can come true” - Mary McAleese. This quote connects with the Disability Act because they both explain that even though a person may have a disability the still have abilities like everyone else. The Disability Act is a very important act in U.S history because of what it states, the history of the act, and the challenges faced.…

The deportation changed him dramatically, and changed his aspect on everything. The title “night” has a great significance to the book and the meaning, the Title refers to the unexpected and what is yet to come. For example , “ I will never forget about that night.. which turned my life into one long night.” Meaning the night symbolized things he did know would come. Everyday had something new and something…

This weekend, November 20th-22nd I worked a poverty simulation through Mission Waco. I first went through the poverty simulation during my first semester at Baylor with my Poverty in Developing Countries class taught by Janet Dorrell. I have been learning about the causes and effects of poverty for about a year now, but for the first time I was able to look at poverty through a different perspective as I looked for ways in which it affects education. The first portion of the poverty simulation…

Imagine feeling lost and not knowing what to do or where to go. Spending each night trying to find a bench, which you call your bed. As you wake up outside to the noises of nature each morning. Having to go to a public places to clean yourself up. When you are hungry, you often beg people for change, food, or you just search the nearest garbage can. Some just sit in the city hoping someone will notice you and want to help out while others decline the offer of help. There are several different…

with a gloomy expression on his face, and my mother attempting to calm down my panicking brother. My mother calmed my brother down, but this news my dad told them gave me a feeling of apprehension. My dad’s career change taught me to prepare for unexpected circumstances and to distribute time equally rather than focusing on one topic. Early in September, my father unexpectedly announced to me that he lost his job due to struggling economy. I was shocked, as his expertise of electrical…

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) is the sudden unforeseen death of an infant without a clear cause, which remains unexplained until the cause of death is thoroughly investigated (AAP Task Force on SIDS, 2016). Investigations for the cause of sudden infant deaths can be done by fully reviewing the infant’s clinical history, by a complete autopsy or an examination of the death scene (Athanasakis, Karavasiliadou & Styliadis, 2011). SUID is a leading cause of infant mortality in the United…

T. Coraghessan Boyle’s short story, “Greasy Lake,” is a work of fiction that is meant to display the absurdities of the American teenage experience. Published in 1985, Boyle is quick to contextualize the work within an 80s teenager’s frame of reference; he opens the story with a lyric from a Bruce Springsteen song, “Sprit of the Night,” which acts as Boyle’s first symbol in the story, a tribute to the teenagers of the decade in which the story is published. But, from the content, it can be…

Maryland., who had an average mean age of 7 months and 2 days. The independent variable of the experiment was the number of items that were shown to the child. The dependent variable was then whether or not they believed the outcome or if it was unexpected. With these variables in mind, the researchers had the parents of the children sit out of view behind the infants and were instructed to refrain from interacting with infants. The researchers also played classical music at a low volume…