...Every day there are new obstacles that get in the way of life; whether they’re political, economic, educational, familial, or societal. In the book, Hidden Figures, a nonfictional narrative written by Margot Lee Shetterly, Shetterly describes the lives of four women and other African-Americans, and the obstacles they had to overcome growing up as African-Americans in Hampton Virginia during the early to late 1900’s. While those women had many amazing personality traits and characteristics that helped them overcome many obstacles, perseverance was the most dominant trait that allowed them to overcome obstacles in their lives, such as familial, societal, and political. There are many obstacles in society that can be overcome, or at least improved, by perseverance. Perseverance helped many African Americans, overcome many societal problems. One way the African Americans persevered through societal problems was through non-violent sit-ins. One quote from Hidden Figures states, “The students called their protests ‘sit-downs’ or ‘sit-ins.’ Sometimes, the police arrested the protesters and took them off to jail. The prison sentences that followed didn’t discourage the activists. They did not intend to back down until they had defeated segregation.” The definition of perseverance, “steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay...
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...Living in the Twenty First Century, the world itself is now a gigantic melting pot filled with variety of cultures and races blending into one another creating a bland taste that does not amplify the unique traits of the individuals. In the book “Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights” by Kenji Yoshino who talks about “Covering” as if it was a non-discriminatory disease that spreads and ails the individuals who feels stigmatized of their natural attributes masking it from the public view to conform to the so called mainstream of society. Yoshino further examines the authenticity of the individual’s true and false being. According to the Oxford dictionary authenticity means “undisputed origin; genuine” in other words it means to...
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...Hidden Intellectualism Summary In the short story “Hidden Intellectualism” written by Gerald Graff, he argues that regular topics such as sports, media, others are just as important in the writing process as subjects written by historical figures. The school systems are not taking advantage of what interests students could be grasping through subjects that they already know and love. Graff believes that street smarts are every bit as important as school smarts. He believes that true intellectuals can bring interesting points to any topic. Graff grew up in a neighborhood in Chicago. He was not raised as what our society considers as an “intellectual,” but rather, a regular city kid. As a child, Graff loved sports, and more sports. He was not interested in any type of literature or publications, or even reading for that matter. As his interests in sports grew, he decided to take up reading Sports Illustrated. After he decided that reading sports was in his interests, he moved on to other sports books and novels. Graff was completely wrong about his perception of reading. Graff’s childhood trained him to be an intellectual. Growing up in Chicago wasn’t easy for him; he had to become street smart in order to thrive in his location. In his case, sports and being cool were his idea of street smarts. He decided that he had to improve his school smarts. However, through sports stories, personal experiences, magazines and books, and movies, he learned to be an intellectual in...
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...Summary of American Ways In chapter 9 of the book American Ways, the author provides a thorough analysis detailing the manner in which the American educational system works. The author starts by emphasizing the importance that is attached to education. The American society is shown to have different classes either in the lower stratus, the middle class or in the upper class. However, it is through education that everyone is provided with an opportunity to prosper and become whatever they desire. Established in 1825, the American public school system operates under the principle of equal opportunities for all Americans regardless of their social and economic background. The author also adds that the public system is funded through tax papers money. Despite the existence of the public school system which is shown to be very efficiency and accommodates a majority of the American population, there are other types of schools which are ether run by religious organizations or by private entities that target the upper class. Althen, Doran, and Szmania (276) say, “In spite of these dangers, public education is likely to remain one of the most important institutions in American society. Although it has many flaws, no acceptable substitute for it has yet been found”. Financial success is a great motivator for most students and American students are not an exception. This is emphasized in the book which explains that Americans have the desire to be financially successful and one of the...
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...10 chapters Estimated age level: 6 and up Summary: This is the first book in the Junie B. Jones series. In this book Junie B. gets ready to start kindergarten and really doesn’t want to ride the bus. She says that it’s scary, stupid and smelly. Then, after the first day of school she decides that she is going to hide to avoid getting on the bus. Junie then goes on an adventure around the school after she is the only one left in the building. Finally she comes out and her mother tells her never to hide when it’s time to leave ever again. Evaluation: This is a really good book for early readers. The chapters are short and the writing is still rather large. There are also pictures occasionally throughout the book to help the young reader imagine what is happening. However, the words are not dependent on the pictures, which makes this a chapter book rather than a picture book. I loved Junie B. Jones books when I was younger because they seemed relatable and they were always interesting. The stories were relatable because they are about a young girl beginning her school career and that was exactly where I was when I started reading them. They are also appealing to children because they are extremely funny and theres added suspense of what kind of trouble Junie B. will get in this time. Now that I am older and reading them I realize that they have a lot of hidden meaning or morals so to speak in the story. This book taught the reader how important it is not to hide...
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...kingdom. They built a bridge across to Ravana’s kingdom of Lanka, and took Sita back and brought her back home safely. In order to take Sita back as his wife, Rama asked her to prove her purity to him and she was able to do so.2 During Ramas quest to rescue Sita, he met Sugreeva. He had just been exiled from his older brother Vali’s kingdom because of an incident that occurred between them. Sugreeva and Rama made an agreement that if Rama helps Sugreeva defeat Vali and place him in the king’s throne, then Sugreeva would help him on his quest to kill Ravana and rescue his wife. Vali was challenged to a dual by a demon, so Vali accepted and as he 1 Narayan, R. K.. The Ramayana. New Delhi: Vision Books, 1987. 2 "Ramayana Summary." Welcome to MYTHHOME:Mythology Site. prepared to battle him the demon ran away in fear. The demon ended up hiding in a deep deep cave. Vali chased him all the way into the cave and...
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...I am submitting my third quarter book report for “Read and Comprehend a Literary or Non-fiction Text”. I read Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson. The report includes the title, author, a short summary of the book, and three questions I would ask the author of the book. I wanted to know if Kate Larson ever met Rosemary. Furthermore, wanted to know if she believed that Jack’s presidency affected Rosemary, and what exactly Rosemary’s disability was. If the author had met Rosemary before she died she would have a first hand account of her life, but she may have just tracked down family friends of the Kennedy’s. This could have an effect on the accuracy of the story if there was tension between the Kennedy’s and...
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...Dead Sea Scrolls. So what are the Dead Sea Scrolls. Well first off lets start with the legend. Legend says one day Sheppard were walking by a stream, threw a walk, they heard a shattering, found a cave full of treasure, and in that treasure was a set of decayed scrolls. These scrolls are called the Dead Sea Scrolls. These Scrolls were a copy of the biblical book of Isaiah. These Scrolls were most likely placed there by the same people at the time of the Great Revolt against Rome in CE 68-70, when Jerusalem was besieged and finally destroyed by the Romans. One other manuscript find also prepared the way for the Dead Sea Scrolls. A small scrap, now known as the Nash Papyrus, was discovered in the 1920's in Israel. On it was a copy of the Ten Commandments as found in the book of Deuteronomy. There were scripts found in the library of Qumran and they had 200 manuscripts on them. The theory is that the library was made and or found by a Jewish sect known as the Essences , and the scrolls were put there to keep the knowledge hidden. Now, there is much more information about the Dead Sea Scrolls but this is just a overall summary of it. I hope I have helped you and answered any questions of your...
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...Name: Jessie James Tan Course: BS-IM Title: Business Ethics Ethical Concepts and Cases 3rd.ed. Author: Manuel G. Velasquez Book No.: HF5387V441993 IT-ETHICS (Book Review8) Chapter5 (Ethics and the Environment) Quotation: “As the earth in a short few decades becomes twice as crowded with human beings as it is now, and as human societies are confronted with dwindling resources in the midst of mounting accumulations of wastes, and steadily deteriorating environment, we can only foresee social paroxysms of an intensity greater than any we have so far known.” Reaction: This quote is about the environment that we are in today. It is said that in a number of years the world will be full of humans and that the resources will be less and also we will see that the environment will be near its end. If we won’t act now the future world will be a waste full of people living in it. Such companies are trying to make income but do not think of the things that he has done to the environment. There are those plants and factories that create waste that ruins our environment. There must be an action to take so that the environment will be saved. Companies can gain income and not harm the environment. They must think and act ethically for the future world to be saved. Chapter summary: This chapter is about the proper way of thinking of the environment and being ethical when it come to environmental issues. The environment today is fast fading it is because of the...
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...WOMEN IN ISLAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST CHAPTER SEVEN SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT AN EARLY LEGAL COMPENDIUM INTERNET CIRCUMCISION ARTICLES HIDDEN FACES OF EVE Instructions: Read Roded chapter 7 and the two readings entitled “Internet Circumcision articles” and “Hidden Face of Eve”. Decide if the chapters or articles are neutral, in support of, or in opposition to the practice of female circumcision. Fill out the first two lines stating the position defended (pro, con, neutral) and time period of the stance taken (modern or traditional). Then write at least 10 sentences stating the rationale behind it and details concerning it. Under the evidence section, give any supporting evidence mentioned in the reading wherein they use factual sources, studies, statistics, Quran verses, Hadith, or other kinds of evidential proof. Give the references or citations provided for this proof (do not just mention it- give the actual statistics and data with the source citations). Finish by stating your own opinion regarding the reading. There is no answer key for this assignment. Note: Roded 7 doesn’t really go into the topic in depth, but has a detailed view on the topic of purity on the whole. Include the entire topic in your summary of that chapter below. 1. Roded Chapter 7 a. Position defended: Pro b. Time period: traditional c. Rationale/details: Purity is very important. Many of the older women were considered to be unclean. During mensuration a woman was to wrap a cloth tight...
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...2. WHAT: Lightning struck the upper deck at Wrigley Field last night while the Cubs were playing in San Francisco. 3. WHEN: Midnight tonight is the deadline for tax returns, but the local post office is ready to accommodate procrastinators. 4. WHERE: The Emerson and Towanda intersection is officially the most dangerous crossing in Bloomington, according to the Illinois Bureau of Transportation. 5. WHY: Because she could correctly spell "ostentatious," Lisa Wheeler will go to the state Spelling Bee finals. 6. HOW: By hitting his 50th home run last night for the fourth year, Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa etched his name in the baseball record books alongside Babe Ruth and Mark McGwire. Common Types of News and News-Feature Leads (more ways to "lead" the reader into the story) 1. Straight Summary Lead: Twenty-eight passengers and a crew of four were killed last night when a single-engine plane crashed four miles south of Bloomington. 2. Picture or Dramatic Lead: Mourners lined up for miles yesterday in the pouring rain to take one last look and lay flowers near the coffin of Mother Teresa, who lived among Calcutta's sick and needy for 35 years. 3. Background Lead: After two weeks of picketing, United Auto Workers put down their signs yesterday following an agreement which would give members a 10 percent raise. 4. Quotation Lead: "I don't want to sound anti-American," poet Derek Walcott told his audience at Illinois Wesleyan University, "but this...
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...Summary and Response September 16, 2014 In Hidden Intellectualism Gerald Graff’s argument is about “book smarts” (intellectualism) and “street smarts”. His argument is that most people look down on the street smart people thinking that they don’t know anything and are not smart and if you were “book smart” they also look at you as being too smart to hang out with certain people. He also puts many examples and even his own experience as growing up. This quote says it all and even in his own experience. “I grew up torn, then, between the need to prove I was smart and the fear of a beating if I proved it to well; between the need not to jeopardize my respectable future and the need to impress the hood”. With times changing I do believe that Gerald Graff’s argument and quote makes a very good point. I am one of those students who does not like to read or write unless it’s something I’m interested in or my passion which is nursing. Even though in most high school you can take an elective of your choice and it usually is something they like they don’t go beyond that of the science and math of it like cooking class ,car/small motors .the school systems should look at what they teach because then we wouldn’t have students left behind. They could pass with their class and not have to take that English or math class for the 3rd time. I would rather write about something that’s going to keep me interested and write a good paper then to have to write about something I don’t care to...
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...Salem Saleh 10-13-13 Summary Composition 800 Hidden Intellectualism In recent discussion of, intelligence, a controversial issue has been whether or not schools provide equal opportunity for students of all interests. The schools believe there is a certain standard in which students will become successful and smart. However, Gerald Graff, in Hidden Intellectualism, argues that students who are considered, “street smart” should also be acknowledged as, “intellectual” but do not meet that standard due to the set expectations of academia. The educational system is intended to develop everyone for an equal chance of success. If it did, it would be able to make the "street smart" achieve the intellectuality that is expected to meet the academic standard. The author emphasizes that academia or academics are focusing on educational life by being capable of reading and understanding a difficult text. Also the street smart won't be able to pass this task unless they can choose a subject that is interesting rather than what is automatically given them. In addition, he author encourages academia to tap into their students’ street smart to help them succeed in an academic environment they might otherwise be excluded from by changing the subject to a subject in which the student is interested. I am of two minds about Gerald Graff’s claim that teachers should encourage students to focus on subjects that are interesting and make the students motivated to learn. On the one hand,...
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...SEGMENTATION WITH NEURAL NETWORK B.Prasanna Rahul Radhakrishnan Valliammai Engineering College Valliammai Engineering College prakrish_2001@yahoo.com krish_rahul_1812@yahoo.com Abstract: Our paper work is on Segmentation by Neural networks. Neural networks computation offers a wide range of different algorithms for both unsupervised clustering (UC) and supervised classification (SC). In this paper we approached an algorithmic method that aims to combine UC and SC, where the information obtained during UC is not discarded, but is used as an initial step toward subsequent SC. Thus, the power of both image analysis strategies can be combined in an integrative computational procedure. This is achieved by applying “Hyper-BF network”. Here we worked a different procedures for the training, preprocessing and vector quantization in the application to medical image segmentation and also present the segmentation results for multispectral 3D MRI data sets of the human brain with respect to the tissue classes “ Gray matter”, “ White matter” and “ Cerebrospinal fluid”. We correlate manual and semi automatic methods with the results. Keywords: Image analysis, Hebbian learning rule, Euclidean metric, multi spectral image segmentation, contour tracing. Introduction: Segmentation can be defined as the identification of meaningful image components. It is a fundamental task in image processing providing the basis for any kind of...
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... Nana Philly. She didn’t even know that she had a grandmother. Turtle wanted to meet her but Nana Philly didn’t seem very open to meeting new people. Because of this rejection, it hurt Turtle’s feelings. Climax: Turtle finds a Treasure Map! To get her cousins on her side, Turtle asks them to help her find the hidden Treasure. When they find the treasure, a huge...
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