Joe J Cohan Prof. Huber Writing Assignment #1 The Americanization of Ben Franklin As human beings age‚ the opportunity to move up through the social hierarchy seems to disappear. In Gordon S. Wood’s biography‚ The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin‚ he tells a unique story that allows us to take a deeper look into almost every social class of the 18th century. As Franklin makes his way through the social hierarchy‚ Gordon Wood paints a picture of what society was like and how it works
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English 52 3:00pm class Faith Ben Carson today is a neurosurgeon that once was just a young black kid from the ghetto with no knowledge of anything the world. Today he is one of the most inspiring person in the world‚ he was the first neurosurgeon to separate conjoined twins from the head‚ without bleeding to death. He had no dad‚ and a mom with psychiatric problems. He faced a hard teenage and childhood‚ in his life he faced problems from racism‚ anger management‚ and
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The case study related to the scandal at Penn State talks about an assistant football coach‚ who for years appeared to the public as a standup kind of guy. He was eventually found guilty of forty-five counts of child sex abuse (Crandall‚ Parnell‚ Spillan‚ 2014). By no means did he go out on his own‚ but four other people‚ Paterno‚ Spanier‚ Schultz‚ and Curley‚ all with leadership caliber played a vital part in their fall from grace as well. Jerry Sandusky was employed at Penn State for thirty years
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In The Pursuit of Holiness‚ Jerry Bridges explains his view holiness. He states‚ “to be holy is to be morally blameless” (15); meaning‚ it is to be detached from sin wholeheartedly‚ dedicating your life to God and trying to mirror Christ’s behavior in order to honor Him. However‚ finding holiness is a dual effort between God and the individual pursuing Him. It is impossible to achieve holiness without the helping hand of God. He has laid out the path and is guiding Christians along the way to a pleasing
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Research Portfolio: Ben Pettit - DJ Zinc In this essay‚ I will be looking at one of the producers who has greatly influenced my work and has a successful career spanning over 20 years in multiple genres; Ben Pettit AKA DJ Zinc. When I first heard "Super Sharp Shooter" in 1995‚ which came out on DJ Hypes Ganja Records and his Dope Skillz alias for Six Million Ways; I was astounded as this track seemed to elevate the "jump up" sound of DnB and Jungle to a higher level. At a time when Jungle was
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born in San Francisco‚ 19422. Jerry loses a finger in a wood chopping accident at age 5.3. Garcia started experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs to expand his mind at age 164. Garcia died in 19955. Cause of death was years of drug abuse and related health problems6. He was named after a Broadway composer Jerome Kern7. Garcia had an older brother named Tiff8. Jerry was introduced early to rock and roll music by his brother9. Garcia wore plain clothes on stage 10. The Jerry Garcia Band was one of his
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In the book Maniac Magee‚ Jerry Spinelli‚ made Jeffery very productive by being productive on every task he had to complete. One of the biggest times Maniac Magee was productive was when Amanda Beale said no to letting Magee have a book of hers. He was productive and eventually got the book on page 10-12. Try to imagine how hard it would be to get that book from Amanda if you seemed like you had no interest in the book.It would be next to impossible because she loves her books‚ and to give a book
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is the largest of its kind‚ four-faced chiming clock. It stands a full 96m tall and has Gothic architecture to it. One of the architects includes Charles Barry‚ one of dad’s great friends‚ which I was named after. Servicing and maintaining the Big Ben was dad’s main job but‚ after the catastrophic incident‚ that is no longer possible. Now it is up to me to do the dirty work. I work around the clock‚ I am not moaning‚ just stating facts. Luckily I enjoy mechanical jobs. On some days while cleaning
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“Stand By Me” is a very popular song covered by over 200 people‚ originally by Ben E. King‚ and has become a song that almost everyone knows. I choose Otis Redding’s version because he’s just enjoying the music‚ and having fun with it. Rather than turning the song into a desperate plea‚ he makes the song lighter‚ and is enjoying the groove. I think everyone needs someone to be able to stick up for eachother‚ but we also just need to have fun every now and then. This is also my theme song because
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Leading into reading the book Milkweed‚ I had mixed emotions. Milkweed‚ not being my first choice‚ and not looking too interesting by the cover‚ turned out to be a very good book. In the book Milkweed‚ by Jerry Spinelli‚ a young boy named Misha‚ looks for his direction in life‚ while searching for his past in the midst of the historical event‚ the Holocaust. You should read this book because‚ the main character Misha‚ is near the same age you are‚ the vocabulary and wording of the book is very easy
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