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he didn’t participate in the groups. Fortunately, Pete the good brother that he happened to be could not stand for this: “When the principal balked, Pete asked if he could live with allowing Louis to fail”(15). Only a few people in the city of Torrance could have gotten away with saying those words. Luckily, Louie had one of them as a…

History of Differentiation: a Confused Concept? Duffy (1990) mentions that even though ‘differentiation’ has been discussed, minimal light has been tossed on what it is and how it is to be accomplished. Dyson (1993) defines it as a tremendously abused term, ‘over used, infrequently clarified, or investigated.’ Daniels (1993b) communicates a comparative point and goes to make a supplication for a more consistent and reliable approach of its utilisation by teachers. The Association of Science…

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nation, shared a compelling quote with his people. He stated, “If you’re going through hell, keep going” (Forbes) to reassure them of an eventual victory. Churchill might as well have been speaking directly to Louis Zamperini “the boy terror of Torrance”, a born track star turned war hero, that persevered through the worst of the worst. Laura Hillenbrand, author of Unbroken, shares Zamperini’s heart-wrenching story and his unbelievable ability to tackle the unheard of. It all started throughout…

Author Stephen King once said, “Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.” Stephen King’s quote about the difference between books and movies exemplifies the contrast between the play, Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw, and the movie adaptation, My Fair Lady. Although both highlight the importance of phonetics and the teacher-student relationship that Henry and Eliza share, the alterations of the characters in the movie make it highly unrealistic.…

As Halloween approaches, we are all indulging in our love of all things spooky. Ghosts, spirits, monsters, and—this year particularly—clowns have all been filling our minds lately. For our third dispatch, I was looking for something different to the Art Institute or the Shedd Aquarium. The idea of looking at haunted hotels first appealed to me because of the location of them. The Congress is what I stare at while I sleep. If something grotesque happened that close to where I lived, of course I…

he’d been when barbed wire surrounded him” said Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken, in regards to the main character Louie Zamperini. In the novel, after Louie was released from the POW Camp Naoetsu, he tries to return back to normal life in Torrance by meeting and marrying a girl named Cynthia and also by returning to the track to run. However, Louie reinjures his ankle while running a two-mile and can't run ever again. He suffers flashbacks, nightmares,…

Elements of Christian Worldview “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8 38:39). This essay is going to discuss and analyze points of Christian Worldview along with reflecting on how my Christian beliefs’ shape how I live my life. God has many attributes; he…