Whitman

nonfiction book written by Alexandra Robbins who emphasizes the negative effects of modern American education. Robbins uses several specific examples from a group of nines students from Walt Whitman High School. Alexandra Robbins is an investigative journalist, lecturer, and author. She graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 1994 and was the editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper, the Black & White. She also graduated from Yale University in 1998. She has written in collections of…

Four years ago, my family migrated to America with views of America as a land of opportunity and Americans as an intellectual society with a high regard for formality and knowledge. Based on four years of living in America, I now think extremely different as opposed to my pre-migration beliefs. For example people, specifically children and teenagers, live their lives daily without regard for the use of profanity or colloquial language. Although Americans do possess positive qualities, negative…

"beat" and "palm caked hard." To A Locomotive in Winter on Blackboard This poem means exactly what the title says, it is about a train. In his first line of To A Locomotive in Winter, Walt Whitman states why he created this poem. He created is because it is a recitative for a Locomotive in winter. Whitman describes the train and how beautiful it…

America is known as the land of the free and the home of the brave. We are seen throughout the world as a place of hope and opportunity. This is because of the freedoms everyday citizens are allowed. These freedoms created the individuals found in America. The American Identity can be uniquely defined with our freedoms that encourage individuals to seek their own contributions to our society. One of the first ideas to enter my mind when discussing America is freedom. Freedom is the power or…

female athletes because my team supports me in everything, improves my self-confidence, and helps me focus more in school. To begin with, I am a basketball player because my team supports me in everything. “Tumbling walls buried me in their debris” (Whitman 182). Such as when I was having a miserable game because I kept missing all my jump shots. So Isabel, my teammate, would always say to me “You need to stop getting down on yourself; you will have to run for your unpleasant attitude.” I…

Saving over 10,000 children, kindertransport was one of the biggest organizations to save children during WWII. During the war Nazi staged a violent pogrom against Jews in Germany this was known as the Kristallnacht. For certain categories of Jewish refugees, the British government abated the immigration conditions. British authorizes agreed to allow an undetermined number of children aged seventeen and under. The organizations had to guarantee payment for every child’s care, education, and…

those in attendance, will not be considered a school shooting. Chronologically detailed below, are ten of the deadliest school shooting incidents in recent American history. • August 1, 1966 – Austin, Texas, Texas A&M University. Student Charles Whitman, 25, shot and killed fourteen and wounded thirty-two others, before being shot and killed by…

The two excerpts compare very similarly in terms of tone and mood because both excerpts play on the sympathy of the reader. Both excerpts have the same tone, which is regretful and sorrowful. The mood of the two excerpts is dark. These elements support the theme of each poem by enforcing the sorrow and regret of each poem. Both excerpts play on the empathy of the reader by using dark and sorrowful vocabulary terms and phrases. An example of how the two excerpts compare similarly in terms of…

Throughout the 19th century, many writers emerged who strongly urged people to do what they pleased, be individuals, live simply, and experience life to its fullest potential. These writers, including Emerson, Whitman and Thoreau, believed in an enlightened way of life and spiritual being. Many of these writers ideals are presented throughout the film, “Dead Poets Society,” directed by Peter Weir that was produced years after these Transcendentalists lived. This film takes place at Welton…

American people. This ambitious piece of legislation’s main aim is to increase health insurance coverage to the American people. Although the Obama Care Act was passed into law, its passage was marred by controversies, including the government shutdown (Whitman 3). It is now five years since the Affordable Care Act came into being and assessment is being done to establish whether or not the health care law is working for Americans.…