University of Hawaii alumni

This book is named “Acceleration” and is written by Graham McNamee. In this book a young teen named Duncan is required to do his community hours because he was charged for stealing a toilet and instead of going to jail, his father bailed him out. During his boring adventures for the TTC lost and found, he finds a mysterious leather book that was written by an anonymous person. The lesson that Duncan learns is that he forgets his fear of saving a little girl named Maya. The ways he tries to forget about Maya is, staying away from water in order to forget the incident, protecting Kim (his ex-girlfriend,) from the people who live near where she works and finding Roach in order to protect the female targets Right after the incident with Maya, he tries to talk Kim out from taking a job. Duncan wanted Kin to not take the job because of the people Kim will be surrounding in. He also could be making it even. Making it even by saving Kim from the job and when he couldn’t save Maya. But Kim disagrees. She says, “This has to stop. You’re my boyfriend, not my bodyguard.” (55) Kim couldn’t take it anymore, Duncan behaviour had caused their relationship to end. For Duncan to forget about Maya, he stayed away from water. Wayne invites Duncan to the pool but Duncan hesitates but he agrees anyway because it was a hot day. Duncan ends up leaving because; of what happened while he was trying to retrieve the locker key that Wayne threw in. In the water he felt a physical presence near him.…

Forget everything you thought you believed about your hero. Written in 1962, Daniel Boorstin’s, From Hero to Celebrity: The Human Pseudo- Event, a classic piece of cultural criticism, comments on the rise of celebrity and the unfailing decline of the hero. Traditional heroes are believed to have reached their status because they achieved greatness or great accomplishments in their own life times. Boorstin argues that unlike the celebrity, famous people were heroic, “admire for his courage,…

To live in a static state of mind is to restrict the joy one may find in life. Oliver Sacks, Maggie Nelson, and Robert Thurman all suggest that one’s perception of the world, as well as the flexibility of their state of mind, directly correlates with how they exist within it. Specifically, Thurman’s work “Wisdom” claims that it is necessary for one to abandon the idea of having a fixed and strict self but rather open up one’s mind to become a flexible thinker, allowing one to create human…

In the Unlikely Event of a Water landing Tragedies such as murder and rape are thought to be horrendous crimes; acts so violent and malicious that the perpetrators must spend their lives in prison to pay their dues, but these crimes occur so often they rarely make headlines anymore. Every once in a while a big “story” will hit the news and the masses will cry out in outrage but even then the outrage dies down and the victims are forgotten. Many times there are witnesses to these crimes that do…

lack of engagement of Black alumni at Cornell University in university-sponsored alumni association events may be caused by the campus environment that Black alumni experienced while attending as students. These university sponsored alumni events are meant to engage all alumni, however several Black alumni have stated that as students, they did not feel part of the campus culture and therefore have had no interest in participating in events that do not represent their particular interests.…

The problem in need of resolution is our opposing opinions concerning my summer plans, so I can stay in Hawaii and my parents can also spend time with me. My “I Message” to my parents would be that I feel frustrated when we cannot reach a decision we can both be satisfied with because I think we both want to secure our plans for the summer. I wish we could weigh the costs of both sides of our positions so we can come to a mutual…

I first went to Hawaii when I was around two years old, so I don’t remember much from it.My parents told me how fun it was and how beautiful Hawaii is and I wanted to go back.Around 10 years later I asked my mom about going and like always she said “I’ll think about it”.Usually “Ill think about” it means yes and I was right,it did.So I went to school and bragged to all my friends like any other kid would do.Then it was the night before I left for Hawaii,i grabbed the biggest suitcase I could…

According to the Institute on Disability (2014), in the Fall of 2012, Hawaii had the lowest percentage of students enrolled in a special education classes, at 6.3 percent. According to the Hawai`i’s Department of Education School Status and Improvement Report (2014), in the same year, 14.5 percent of students at Castle High School were in special ed. This is more than the highest percentage in the United States, New Jersey, which is placed at 11.6 percent. In 2013-2014, it increased to 15.4…

Aloha, I 'm Summer a lifestyle & beauty blogger living in beautiful Hawaii. I am thrilled that you have visited my blog. Welcome! Let me tell you a little bit about myself. FAITH & FAMILY I 've been walking with Jesus for 30+ years. I was born in California in the late 1970 's. I have been blessed with a dad and mom who both love the Lord. They were both influenced by the Jesus People movement. They taught my brother and me all about Jesus from our earliest years. My dad enlisted in the Air…

Take advantage of the opportunities Money is always around peoples life’s to receive money people have to earn it, but for High school students they have the opportunity to win free money just by applying. Free money is what students enjoy receiving. Free money equals opportunities for students. Free money benefits students’ education more than ever. Opportunities are the things what students need in order to succeed or to advance in life. Scholarships are the answer for free money and…