...when is the last chance to laugh, hug someone we love, or feel the moment. These thoughts were storming my mind one afternoon this summer when walking down one of the Moscow streets. Earlier that morning, I was expecting to have one more ordinary day spending time in Moscow with my mother, as everything was as usual: the sun was shining; the noisy constructions were going on all around, people were hurrying, and we were having our sweet and sometimes not so sweet conversations. That’s to say, with no special circumstances we were planning to visit a museum-gallery, have a dinner and spend the evening with friends. Nonetheless, in the evening I understood: this day was not usual but a special turning point in my life interpretation and understanding....
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...Product ………………………………….…………………………………………...10 Conclusion/ Reflection…………………………………………………………11 & 12 Davis 3 Reading With Reid Thesis Statement My primary goal for this project is to bring happiness and a better education to the students at Turning Point Academy. I did this by buying and collecting books to donate to the libraries that serve Turning Point Academy students in order to increase their reading opportunities and their learning environment. This project has reminded me that reading is a joy that belongs in every one’s life and should be considered a privilege more than as a right. Reading is amazing. In fact, amazing doesn’t even begin to describe how unbelievably valuable reading is in one’s life. The dictionary definition of reading is “the action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud,” (Webster’s Dictionary). This definition doesn’t adequately describe reading because it does not fully portray the valuable benefits that you receive from the moment you start reading. What is often overlooked is just how many times a day you read something. You read the time on your alarm clock every morning. You read the cereal box when you’re getting your breakfast. You read the speed limit sign when you are driving to school or work. Every time you open your eyes, you are reading. It’s an inevitability of life,...
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...situations, he applied his courage. As stated in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, “he ordered me to take off my clothes… nor did I move to strip myself.” Even though Douglass was afraid of Mr. Covey, he showed courage by keeping his clothes on. Many would’ve easily and effortlessly taken off their clothing. “In this state I appeared before my master, humbly entreating him to interpose his authority for my protection. I told him all the circumstances as well as I could, and it seemed, as I spoke, at times to affect him.” Ignoring the consequences he might receive, Frederick was bold and courageous going to his master to ask for help....
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...exact moment in my life that was a turning point. Actually, in my opinion, in every situation we have to draw conclusions and make useful lessons. I have met a lot of people and they are all different, as well as their way of life and their outlook on life. Some of them learn from their mistakes and constantly use their own life experience, while others fall under the influence from the external side. This can be our parents, or mass opinion, which we all are constantly pressed by TV screens, magazines, newspapers, internet.I think that most people try to live in accordance to a well-defined pattern that is fixed by the mass-media. For instance, we have to be good at school, than we should enroll in a prestigious university, get a well-paid job. But despite these seemingly positive directions, there is a number of negatives. All of them can be seen in films. We can notice as young people smoke, drink alcohol, and spend most of their free time partying, as they are too concerned about their appearance, even loose their virginity being very young, then marry but all this just seems to be OK. In real life “Happy ends" do not occur as often as on the TV-screen.I personally, believe that in every human’s life there are turning points, that change their outlook, change attitudes, interests, attitudes towards life and other people, when pink glasses are broken into small fragments. In such situations smart people make conclusions.As one of the turning points in my life I can admit summer...
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...Identify at least two (2) major historical turning points in the period under discussion. The women’s suffrage is one of the major historical turning points in the Progressive Era. During this time there were two groups that pushed and furthered the cause of women’s suffrage. The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), founded in 1890, and the National Women’s Party (NWP), founded in 1913 and led by Alice Paul (Schultz,2012,pg.341-42). The second major historical turning point in this era I will discuss is the Stock Market Crash of October 1929. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 devastated the economy and was a key factor in beginning the Great Depression. Analyze the impact of the two (2) or more major historical turning points selected on America’s current society, economy, politics, and culture. The Women’s Suffrage movement had a major impact on society, economy, politics, and culture. In 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment was passed and women won the right to vote (Schultz, 2012, pg.342). The enfranchisement of women was the largest expansion of the voting population in American history, significantly increasing the American electorate. This movement opened many doors for women; they now knew that they had a voice and the right to speak on political issues within the government and allowed them property rights. The stock market crash of 1929 caused fear and panic throughout the country and resulted in the beginning of the Great Depression. All aspects...
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...(Dolgin, 37). In each stage, Erikson believed people experience a conflict that serves as a turning point in development. In Erikson's view, these conflicts are centered on either developing a psychological quality or failing to develop that quality. During these times, the potential for personal growth is high, but so is the potential for failure (Dolgin, 38). Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development has helped me understand the individual I am today. “Conflict” has served has a major turning point in my life. This conflict being the sudden illness of my father. This tragic event quickly helped me mature and really understand the meaning of life. “That’s not fair” was my signature quotation as a little girl. A life full of Barbie’s, tea parties, and several rounds of Go-Fish card games was very demanding for a six year old. I could only assume the world revolved around which Barbie I wanted to be, what frilly dress I wanted to wear, and my pristine skills of winning every round of Go-Fish. As a little princess, fairness was vital to what made me happy. Being daddy’s little girl, I hate to say, I did acquire all the fairness a little princess could receive. For me, the essence of life revolved around such activities. It essentially revolved around me. As I transitioned from child to pre-teen, I grew out of the Barbie’s and the typical childish endeavors. However, my perception of what was fair remained unaltered. Volleyball games, soccer games and gymnastic...
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...Assignment Answer two questions: 1) What do you see as the three main turning points that have created the internal political and cultural tensions in the Central America region from the colonial period to the present day? Describe these turning points in terms of the people who were involved in creating change and the controversies of the times. The history of Central America is considered to be a colorful one but rather complicated and even tragic because a lot of historical events took place and influenced greatly the political, economic and cultural development of the Central America region. (Perez-Brignoli, 1989) It is known that Central America has seen wars and dictators, foreign interventions and economic crises. (Booth & Walker, 1999) To my mind, the three turning points that have created the internal political and cultural tensions in the Central America region from the colonial period to the present day are the following ones: • Colonization of Central America by Spain in 1523. • When Central America declared Independence in 1821 and on June 1, 1823 five countries of Central America were united. • Revolution in 1944-1954 in Guatemala. The first turning point can be related to the period of colonization. The local population tried to stand against the Spaniards but Indian tribes had no chances to win. All the cities were captured by the colonizers. Some cities were burned and great deals of local people were killed. The Spaniards had control over the whole...
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...are many turning points in John Lewis’ life. I will be discussing three of his turning points. These turning points are important because it helped him become resilient, determined, and gave him ways to elaborate on an issue that arose during that time which was Civil Rights. He got his first bible when he was four, was influenced by Martin Luther King’s speech on the Social Gospel and King’s view on Civil Rights. He seemed to have learned about Civil Rights and the Social Gospel from listening to MLK. Also he attended Jim Lawson workshops to learn more on protesting without having violence. When John Lewis was four years old, he got a bible for Christmas from one of his uncles. John Lewis clearly remembers the first words his mother said to him from the bible which was “In the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth.” (Lewis et al 26.) In the bible, there was one passage that John could not fully understand which reads “Behold the lamb of God ——which taketh away the sin of the...
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...it for you. In school, this means turning in your work on time, studying for you tests and working effectively with your classmates. Personal responsibility and college success go hand in hand because it’s up to you as the student to do what is necessary to succeed in college. My preliminary plan consist of making use of all resources that are available to me, completing assignments in the time allotted and making sure that I have done all the readings required to complete my course. To begin with, my preliminary plan for personal responsibility and college success is making use of all resources that are available to me. One of the sources that I would use as a resource is the Internet. Doing the proper research on the internet should give me a great understanding on how personal responsibility works. Also, another resource I could use for the following research through the library. Researching from books, magazines or the encyclopedia is an excellent way to get a great understanding because it can give you examples of personal responsibility. Using those appropriate resources should give you the best understanding of personal responsibility to use throughout your time in college as well as your own life. Next, the second source for my preliminary plan of personal responsibility and college success is completing assignments in the time allotted to me. The management of time is very important to me but the best way to manage my time for my schoolwork by using an efficient calendar...
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...mental health issues. These agencies have been a part of my life for the last thirteen years and have the personal knowledge of how they work, how they have grown and how these agencies service in different sectors of the community at the level of city, state and federal. Making a world of difference in the quality of a persons’ life, assisting them in the ability to see a light at the end of tunnel where no light existed. Yet, their growth is emissive that services tend to overlap, workers over worked and the quality of service seems to be diminishing. Mental illness continues to have stigma that works negatively in the public eye, so the government has little to say about the services that it offers. As we already know from the text that, "Government exercises considerable economic power through its consumption of a large part of society’s financial and human resources for the production of public goods and services like streets and highways, police and fire protection, public health, schools, national defense, and so on" (Cropf, 2008). Yet, because there are so many blank areas, unanswered questions and most obvious in mental health which is instability over shadows how these services work to better the lives of people who suffer, we offend to do hear their success stories. Turning Point Community Programs located in Sacramento California was the first experience I had with a mental health diagnoses, and started my road to the unknown. What has been the key to the program...
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...Life has its own way of changing us for the good. The situations that we learn from are the ones that have the most impact on us in our life. Everyone will have there ups and their downs but it is how we go about making changing in life is what matters. Growing up and being in high school nothing really changed me and made me realize that life is changing. However college is when it all started, the stress the crazy homework that you try to balance with work, the long sleepless nights. College was and is the big turning point in my life. Before college everything is easy and there is no worries. But as soon as you walk thru college doors for the first time that is when I realized my life is going to be changed for ever. I will be worrying about test and quiz because it's not like high school if I fail I could take them again. No if you fail that is a mark against you for your future. As well as all the stress you need to learn ways to deal with stress and lastly work, you need to find ways where you can still work as well as balance school....
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...The Power of Language Baca experienced a turning point the first time he was wrongfully arrested after failing to explain a deep cut on his arm. He stated: "There I met men, prisoners, who read aloud to each other the works of Neruda, Paz, Sabines, Nemerov, and Hemingway. Never had I felt such freedom as in that dormitory. Listening to the words of these writers, I felt that invisible threat from without lessen- my sense of teetering on a rotting plank over swamp water where famished alligators clamped their horny snouts for my blood. While I listened to the words of the poets, the alligators slumbered powerless in their lairs" (4). The poetry made him feel secure and free even though he was in jail with inmates. The poetry saves him from being eaten by the alligators and in reality it saves him from losing all hope and feeling trapped because he's in jail. Baca was unable to communicate or express himself which landed him in jail twice. Both times he was innocent, but the second time he couldn't pay his bail so he was sent to the county jail. After stealing an attendant's university textbook he began to learn how to read. He commented that "I became so absorbed in how the sounds created music in me and happiness, I forgot where I was...For a while, a deep sadness overcame me, as if I had chanced on a long-lost friend and mourned the years of separation. But soon the heartache of having missed so much of life, that had numbed me since I was a child, gaveaway, as if a grave...
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...During the 16th Century the renaissance and the reformation both had a major impact on Europe, this was due to the liberties and new ideas that produced changes in the society. Source 1 concentrates more on the effect the renaissance had whereas Source 2 concentrate more on the reformation and its effects. These however are not the only factors that contributed the ‘new age’ which was being formed, for example other key turning points would be international relations in regards to commerce as well as overseas exploration. In Source 1 it states that there was a ‘regeneration of cultural values’ this helps to support that the renaissance did have a massive effect in Europe as it was down to those values mentioned in Source 1. It highlights that there was a mass movement in cultural ideas throughout Europe at the time as many people’s view on society and cultural was changing. The infusion of new ideas had the biggest effect on the people in the middle class as out of everyone they cared the most about what others thought of them and whether or not they were doing the ‘right’ thing for that time period. Examples of the new ideas presented where shown through architecture, art and fashion. The change is backed up by Source 1 further as Morris expresses the ideas of the rebirth of ‘standards that had lain dormant since the fall of Rome’ this implies that the so called ‘new’ ideologies that are being formed aren’t so new, that in fact they are the thoughts expressed during the Roman...
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...from high school was an exciting time in my life. I was ready to move on to a higher level of education, notorious for its more carefree and energetic environment and lifestyle. The fall semester of my freshman year in college, I attended St. John’s University. Caught up in the freedom and excitement of college, I did more hanging out, partying, and sleeping than I did attending class or studying. I was enjoying myself to the fullest, whether it was meeting new people or partaking in new activities. It was until the end of the semester, that I realized that I was failing or had failed majority of my classes. It hadn’t occurred to me then, how dire the consequences of my actions would be. In fact, this experience greatly altered my outlook on life. Besides the fact that I allowed myself to be a failure, I had disappointed much of my family in the process. I knew that I wanted to be successful and that from then on, no matter what, I had to work hard to achieve my goals. My experience at St. John’s has also taught me that I need to learn how to create a balance in my life. There should be a time to relax and hang out, but also a time to concentrate on school. School at times will be far from easy, but I have learned never to give up and always try to aim for the best. I know now that I have a responsibility to myself to do well. I cannot take my education for granted anymore. Knowledge is the key to success. The disappointment I caused my family can be directly related to the film...
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...Turning Points Turning points leave the reader with suspense, wanting to read more, whether it impacts a country or the character that one loves. Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, Guts by Gary Paulsen, and Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, all of these excerpts tell their own unique stories. Melba Beals, Gary Paulsen and Karana all faced life-changing experiences, they also affected others. Melba Beals impacted many lives while taking on a life changing and threatening experiences. She was only in high school when segregation surrounded her. She was an inspiration for all and improved education for African Americans. Even though there was a danger it was okay because “Sarge said they were doing crowd control-keeping the...
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