Torrance

forcing yourself to avoid sinning are. Carrie's mother cared so much about not sinning that she was overbearing her kid and almost forced her to go insane. Stephen King’s books almost always involved a character that had flaws and was troubled. Jack Torrance from the shining is a prime example of this because he tried so hard to be good but his “demons” drove him to always reach his temper and drink which would exemplify his temper and would set him off. Carrie was bullied constantly from her…

47749 - Growing Kids and Creativity With Forts Creativity grasps the concept of what is and imagines the possibilities of all that could be. "We all have creative potential," says Mark Runco, Ph.D., director of the University of Georgia's Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development. "Our job as parents and teachers is to help kids fulfill it." For parents, growing kids and creativity with forts is a no-brainer. Fort building promotes innovation through the mere act of imagining.…

Chloe Kim is an Korean American snowboarder, born in Long Beach, California in April 23, 2000. Her parents are originally from South Korea. Kim’s father quit his job to drive her to the mountains and also to be able to travel with her when she competes. He started her on a snowboard at 4 years old at the southern California resort of Mountain High and started competing at age 6 as a member of Team Mountain High. She trained in Valais, Switzerland, from 8 to 10 years old before returning to…

creating my own fun through indulging in horror movies and crime shows, adventuring outside, and allowing my imagination to run wild. As a child I had an insatiable love for horror movies. Jason Vorhees, Freddy Kruger, Leatherface, Scream and Jack Torrance were just a few of my childhood loves. Around the age of seven I began to watch these movies, keeping myself hidden in our cold, dark basement. The darker it was, the scarier it became; and, to me, fear was something I needed to overcome. As…

Chloe Kim was born in Long Beach, California on April 23, 2000. She was raised in Torrance, California nearby Long Beach. Her parents are originally from South Korea making Chloe Asian-American. Kim’s father, Jong Jin Kim, quit his job to drive her to the mountains whenever she needed to, and to travel with her to when she competed. She started snowboarding when she was 4 years old and started competing at the age of 6 for Team Mountain High. She went to train in Valais, Switzerland, from 8 to…

an Olympic track star, to his stories as a bombardier and a prisoner of war, along with his lengthy recovery at his home in California. Louis Silvie Zamperini was born in 1917 to Anthony and Louise, both who were Italian immigrants who called Torrance, California home. As a kid Louie suffered from pneumonia which in turn left him with damaged lungs and his physique petite. He would later grow very much as a teen and develop a bad attitude and a hunger for crime. Louie would often steal and…

himself and he can accomplish whatever he wants to but Louis still doesn’t believe in himself but his brother does so he begins to train. As Louis grows and continues training, he becomes an amazing distance runner and earns himself the nickname “The Torrance Tornado”. Eventually qualifying for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany it is here Louis will meet his first challenge the 5000-meter race. The start of the race goes normal and well and it is about halfway through it that…

questions allow the student to fully express themselves without any boundaries. Kyung- Hee Kim, a professor of creativity at William and Mary’s, conducted a study comparing IQ scores and Torrance Tests of Creativity. She found that, “though America’s IQ scores are on the rise, the country’s scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking have been declining since 1990” (qtd. In…

Throughout history there have been many biographies on important people’s lives but this has to be the best one. It is called Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, who had interviewed the one and only Louie Zamperini and wrote this book about him and his experiences throughout the ages. In this book she expresses the details and emotions of how Louie’s life had been through childhood and after the war. For now this will be about how running had influenced Louie’s life. When Louie was a young boy, his…

The aptitude and conscientiousness to lead an ethical life of personal fulfillment that aspires to the greater good of humanity is my purpose in life. I started as a Cub Scout and a Weblos Scout learning from my leaders. Then I crossed over into Boy Scouts after earning the Arrow of Light Award. As a Boy Scout, and future Eagle Scout, I teach and inspire others to meet their goals and aspirations within the scouting program. The best definition of Scouting is found in the three points of the Boy…