University of Cambridge

In the eighteenth century poem “To the University of Cambridge”, Phillis Wheatley highlights the importance of recognizing Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice of dying for the forgiveness of sins committed by all of mankind and of straying away from the temptation of sin. Despite being a slave who has received no formal university education, Wheatley is addressing students who are undergraduates at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a premiere institution of higher learning. Although the students have gained knowledge in a variety of subject areas during their time spent as undergraduate students in Cambridge, the most important lesson they will ever learn, Wheatley asserts, is to shy away from the allurement of sin in order to honor Jesus for dying for the sins, past and future, of humankind. Wheatley’s use of…

Newton’s uncle was a graduate at the University of Cambridge (Isaac Newton). His uncle persuaded Newton’s mother to send him the college (Isaac Newton). Isaac Newton enrolled in a program similar to a work study (Isaac Newton). He had waited on tables and cleaned and took care of other student’s rooms (Isaac Newton). When Newton was in college the scientific revolution was already in in full swing (Isaac Newton). The heliocentric view of the universe theorized by famous scientists such as…

In the eighteenth-century poem "To the University of Cambridge", Phillis Wheatley commands undergraduate students at Harvard to give attention to both their academics and to how their actions align with the lessons of moral conscientiousness and refinement that Jesus promotes. Wheatley's seemingly free meter contrasts with the position Wheatley sits in in the hierarchy of society. As an enslaved, penniless, formally-uneducated black woman, Wheatley resides at the bottom of the hierarchy of…

"From the glory of words he has built me up. / From the wonder of concrete he has molded me." ("Mr. Mine" 10-11). This evokes the audience to perceive how she views her lover as god-like, how he used his abilities with words and symbolic concrete to influence her growth. In this poem, the diction "from" insinuates being drawn from another person, further magnifying how the speaker understood her lover to be a powerful and immanent entity. PARAGRAPH 3: INSERT HOW EXPERIENCE WAS INFLUENCED BY…

Sir Isaac Newton was a mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, England. His father was a farmer. Newton spent his early years waiting tables, and cleaning up the bedrooms of wealthier kids. After his father died, his mom married a minister and left Isaac to live with his grandmother. When her second husband died she went back to live with Isaac along with her other children. Isaac went to King’s School in Grantham, England. Here he met an…

shortly before he was born,he was a farmer. A little while after his mother was remarried and at the age of three he went to live with his grandmother. Issac was not fond of his stepdad and began to resent his parent at a very young age, it is said his family issues contributed to lifelong insecurity. At the age of 12 he went to study at the kings school, Grantham. There he studied neither math nor science, nonetheless he excelled in his studies. Some years after he started school his mother was…

most honorable scientist in modern history is still living! Something that i learned from Stephen Hawking is that he wasn’t the best in school with his grades as a kid. His grades were below average and this was very interesting to me because i usually think that bright people like him were born with high intelligence but that was not the case with Stephen Hawking. He struggled to get good grades and knowing this can encourage younger students for empowerment and inspiration from his failures…

Steven Hawking Steven Hawking was born on January 8th, 1942, in Oxford, England. Hawking has always shown a great interest in science and the sky, even at a very young age. He studied cosmology at the University of Cambridge. He has written several books throughout the years. Hawking was born into a family who did not have very much money. His Scottish mothers name was Isobel Hawking. She attended Oxford University at a time when it was rare for women to attend college in the 1930’s. His father,…

Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act The Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act was passed during the 2013 legislative session. The Office of Elementary Education and Reading, a faction of the Mississippi Department of Education, is responsible for training K-3rd grade educators with research-based instructional strategies to help implement the Literacy-Based Promotion Act. The Mississippi Department of Education provides the purpose of the act: “The purpose of the Literacy-Based…

Weak Curriculum vs. Inadequate Instruction Education is of no value to students if a weak curriculum and an adequate instruction is the foundation of a school. In order to achieve a school of higher-level learning students, it is imperative that an adequate curriculum is designed in which students are being challenged with academic rigor and receiving effective feedback from the teachers. The evolution of education has made teachers change the manner in which they instruct students, and…