Torrance

Cindy, Wow! What a whirlwind year for 2016….with perpetually moving forward projects, commitments and workload! First, you were doing double duty at the beginning of the year, covering for me while I was off with knee replacement recovery. You did this with grace and your everlasting happiest place on earth approach, despite adding the complexities of the programs to your daily work life. Thank YOU for managing the Transition into Practice program coordination, facilitation and implementation…

Video games help children excel in today 's world. Children are introduced to technology at a young age; whether that technology is a full sized computer or Leapfrog, a child has interacted with it. Leapfrog is a great introduction for adolescents, it teaches kids the bare necessities that are needed when they start school (basic math and English). Technology is always changing, there is always something new out to help children progress further. Playing video games is a great way to improve an…

Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, and Scatman Crothers. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel The Shining, despite the film and novel both differing slightly in significant manners. In The Shining Jack Torrance, a writer and Karisa Watson 4/21/16 Dram2366 recovering alcoholic, takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel. His young son possesses psychic abilities and is able to see things from the past and future, such as…

Nowadays, the issue of whether the benefits players gain from chess are only math-problem-solving is discussed intensely. As chess is admittedly a wise game, the players are generally considered good at problem-solving. Additionally, people are concerned about what else chess can bring to us. Those are the reasons why this issue is of vital importance. Depending on some researches, many social scientists concentrate on math skills instead of humane qualities which includes social contact and…

War veterans are highly respected in our society for their patriotism, contribution to the nation, and protection of homeland. They are also deeply honored for enduring the terrifying experience on the battlefield in order to protect our home from invasion. The famous Olympic athlete, Louis Zamperini is a WWII veteran who gave up his career because of the outbreak of war. His miraculous survival of the war is composed into an inspiring story by Laura Hillenbrand. In Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand…

Justin Evans’ A Good and Happy Child and Stephen King’s The Shining both use the theme of uncertainty to say that things aren’t always what they seem. They show this by using a scene with a baseball bat, generations of people, and by having characters see something that isn’t there. Evans’ and King’s works both portray the theme of uncertainty, that says things aren’t always what they seem, by using a scene with a baseball bat. For example, A Good and Happy Child goes back and forth between the…

Is college worth it? To many high school graduates, college has become mandatory if they want to have opportunities of getting high paying and quality jobs. However, the majority of high school graduates are not able to apply for a college of their dreams because of the high requirements in college admission or can not even afford the tuition due their lack of financial ability. There will be a large amount of people arguing that the investment such as student loan in higher education will…

Bishop Montgomery high School located in Torrance, CA. is one of most diverse high schools in the South Bay. The students are from different economically and diverse communities. The responsibilities as a coach provides me with one of the first work experiences working with high school teenage…

This portrayal of Satan as someone who has many layers and complexities is further shown through his entrance into the poem. He is seen crying for his fallen angels. This can be taken as another humanlike quality assigned to Satan. It seems to be a genuine emotion from the fallen angel. The Anti-Satanist argument against this passage is that angels were not supposed to cry (Danielson 167). This seems like a rather weak argument, it begs the question why should crying be seen in a negative light?…

It’s Stephen King’s most famous book he ever wrote, about Jack Torrance who made their family stay in the Outlook hotel in the Rockies of Colorado where Jack was a survivor from alcoholism, but soon the hotel will have possessed him and change his family and him forever. The novel turned into a movie then a mini television…