Torrance

Olympic distance runner and a United States prisoner of war survivor of World War II. Louis was born on January 26,1917 in Olean, New York. Louis had trouble with the law before his big track career. Once Louis cleaned up his act, he ran track for Torrance High School in California. In 1934, Zamperini set the national high school mile record with a time of 4:21.2, his record stood for 20 years. After his high school career, he earned a scholarship to The University of Southern California. In…

I am currently a PhD student at Fuller Theological Seminary, studying systematic (constructive) theology under the mentorship of Dr. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. Systematic theology is highly significant for the gospel-centered life of the Church, in the sense that the discipline explores how the core message of Jesus Christ according to Scripture can be concretely embodied in particular forms of confessions and practical spheres of Christians’ everyday lives. I have been pursuing this area as my…

During an 8-month span in 2015, I served as the acting Veteran Advocate under direct supervision of the Vet Center Director / Team Leader. I was able to gained viable clinical experience through Chapter 31’s, non-paid work experience program. During this time, I was responsible for initiating contact with new clients by conducting intakes and screening for onsite re-adjustment counseling. I also worked hand in hand with license clinicians in an effort to coordinate and enhance care through a…

Current research into gender differences in creativity is inconclusive. The majority of research into creativity stems from Guilford’s (1950) work. Although it, marginally, infers a relationship between gender and creativity, there is evidence to the contrary, such as Goldsmith and Matherly (1998) and Henderson (2003). Creativity is the ability to exhibit creative behaviour to a noteworthy degree (Guilford, 1950). Guildford identified several key principles of creativity (fluency and…

thoughts can become jumbled and I can do a poor job of explaining things sometimes. So, with that being said, for the majority of this post I will be summarizing and quoting one of the infamous Torrance family members and someone who has wrote specifically about this idea of “Covenant vs. Contract”: James B. Torrance (1). More specifically, I will be quoting from his very relevant essay “Covenant or Contract?: A Study of the Theological Background of Worship in Seventeenth-Century Scotland” of…

their son in his early years. Louie robbed his neighbor’s kitchens, put grease on streetcar rails, and toothpicks in teacher’s tires. Louie even pelted tomatoes at policemen. In result of all the chaos in New York it caused the family to move to Torrance California. In the move Louie didn’t change his ways, he was still looked at as a petty thief. Louie believed his life was pointless. He would be made fun of for his Italian roots while his brother, Pete was the one everyone adored. One day his…

high school took away Louie’s privilege to participate in extra-curricular activities like sports. However, Louie’s brother, Pete, was always looking out him and wanted to see Louie changed and make something of his. Pete was a local track star in Torrance (where the two grew up), so he thought the best thing to do was get Louie to participate in track.…

There are two fundamental issues to be taken into consideration when applying Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT). First of all, the researcher must identify the suitable instrument that will function successfully in the eight to ten week time span of the study. The test-retest results of (TTCT) must be reliable for evaluating…

show the perseverance of the Americans during this point in history. The story of Louis Zamperini begins ten years before the start of World War II in 1929 and paints a young Zamperini as a trouble maker. His family of immigrants struggled to fit in Torrance, California where the town took a strong disliking to Italians and even petitioned to kick them out. In the late eighteen hundreds to…

starts off with a twelve year old boy who’s name is Louise Zamperini who lives in Torrance, California. It is 1929 and he is awoken in the night by a loud sound. He rushes to his back yard and sees a Graf Zeppelin a German dirigible plane. Louie as any child would was amazed by the Graf Zeppelin astounded Louie was not the best child, he was known as a thief. If anything went missing in anyone’s house in Torrance they knew whose door to knock on. “He socked a girl. He pushed a teacher. He…