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Bell Burnell, Esther Lederberg, and Chien-Shiung Wu. These are women who helped with advancements in science. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a scientist who discovered pulsars. She made the discovery in 1967 while a graduate at Cambridge University as a radio astronomer. She started working with Anthony Hewish and her job was to assist in…

“God Damnit Kendrick you did it again” Noah said with my headphones on listening to “To Pimp a Butterfly” for the first time with Alexis and I in our third period rotation class. The moment that had the most impact on me was meeting Alexis and Noah. This happened when I was in seventh grade and we all had the same third period which was rotation. I had sat next to Noah as we have last names that all close alphabetically. While the first few days we did not talk as we did not know each other but…

Mrs. French, I hope you are feeling well today. I am sending this report by email as my handwriting is very hard to read. The first block class was very loud. I asked the students to talk quietly with their partners as they worked. Several students would converse loudly to others across the room regarding matters unrelated to the assignment.I began putting a check by the students name when I had to remind them to refrain from talking loud and from talking about issues unrelated to their math…

In order to fulfill the requirements of this paper, I attended a ministry called Common Ground. Common Ground is an after-school mentoring program for underprivileged children in kindergarten through fifth grade that reside here in Waxahachie, Texas. This ministry has volunteers that help the children with their homework, includes a reading program to help the children become better readers and improve their comprehension skills, and allows the volunteers to spend one-on-one time with the…

The characters in all quiet on the western front were significantly changed by going out to the war and sting and feeling everything they felt. The characters changed and became totally different people, so different that it could be difficult it would be hard for anyone to recognize them on a personal level. I personally have had an experience that has changed me drastically. This was something that literally changed my life and my outlook on life. For a precursor, I will just explain…

Existentialism elements can be seen in the novel through the movement of the Europeans. Adding to this it also was part of the WW2 existentialism has been part of the world since time bck. In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, you can see existentialist elements by how he displays Holden's difficulties throughout the novel as he grew up in his transition from childhood to adolescents. Throughout the novel he portrayed himself through isolation as he always wanted to be alone.As seen in…

How I came to America I went to my friend’s house for a party to celebrate our graduation of school. There were two people there that I had never met before. I didn’t know who they were. The thing that was different about them is that they were speaking English, so I knew they were Americans. They sat down by me at the table and we started talking using gestures and I showed them my phone and the pictures on it. I liked them when I met them, but I didn’t know yet that they wanted to adopt…

Courage The cool, February air chills up my body as I walk with a smile plastered across my face. Life was good-- 8th grade was a time where nothing was too challenging, nor too simple. This was a time where days would move by slowly, weeks would fly by easily, and months zipped by at light speed. However, this all changed when one day I was just sitting in my bed studying for an upcoming history test, and a name popped up across my screen: *Zach. Something about Zach calling was peculiar, he…

5. The uncertainty reduction theory does is what kind of makes us start the process of the social penetration model. The theory suggests that when we see someone, we are want to get to know them and that’s what makes us start a conversation. Which is the begging of the social penetration model. We first notice the person and then we start a conversation with them and then we start to get to know them. 6. Where I work at, there is this new girl, she seems like a very nice girl. So I kind of…

Once I used to know these two girls, their names were Rachel and Wendy. I was best friends with Rachel and Wendy and hung out a lot with them and had sleepovers with them. We were friends for about a year and became close. having sleepovers, hanging out on Halloween and other things. When we started tenth grade they started to hang out with this other girl at school named Bethany. We continued to hang out. our relationship stayed normal for a little while after they became friends with Bethany.…