Katherine Johnson’s mathematical ability and achievement should be implemented into educational curriculum. The fact that her story has been completely hidden for many years from history and the public formulates a multitude of complications that society deals with today. First and foremost‚ the current narrative is an unfair portrayal of the story that excludes a historically marginalized group of individuals‚ African American women in STEM. It also muddles the importance of being an engineer or
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For my first quarter supplemental project‚ I chose to watch the movie Amistad. This movie portrays very unfortunate events that innocent people from Africa had to endure. The Africans were being held in Cuba and were chained to the cargo on the ship La Amistad. One of the Africans- Cinque; takes over the ship and him and his men kill most of the crew. Furthermore‚ they continue to sail‚ but reach the United States where they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. After this‚ the slaves are beginning to
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Katherine Alexander Although there are several amazing people that came from Arkansas one of my favorites is Katherine Alexander. Katherine Alexander is my favorite actress from Arkansas because she worked constantly doing what she loved. Katherine was born September 22‚ 1898‚ at Fort Smith‚ Arkansas‚ she was one eighth Cherokee Indian. Her mother’s name was Sophronia she was part Cherokee. Her father was Josiah Alexander‚ he farmed land near by in the indian territory while living with his family
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Katherine Mansfield?s ?Miss Brill? is a deep illustration of delusional thinking when one is deprived of emotional human bonds. This short story paints a picture of an elderly woman‚ Miss Brill‚ who believes life is a walk in the park‚ until a couple leads her to believe life is not all fantasy. Although this tale develops gradually‚ Miss Brill undergoes a drastic transformation at the tale?s end. The change that Miss Brill is forced to undergo is understandable through symbolism‚ characterization
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From first glance of the Las Meninas painting‚ my eyes go to the center‚ down front‚ where a princess is being offered a drink and gives off an air of not being interested. Not too near to her‚ almost at the margin of the picture‚ a woman dwarf‚ and a boy bothers a tired dog‚ which disregards the torments. There is a woman in middle ground talks to a man who seems to be ignoring her while instead he looks directly at the viewer. Further in the back‚ a courtier in all black prepares to leave; his
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Day Dreaming While Driving Dagoberto Gilb’s “Love in L.A.” is a love story that is set on a freeway in Las Angeles. Now this is an unusual setting for a love story‚ however‚ “Love in L.A.” is a different kind of love story. The story opens up with Jake‚ a careless and irresponsible guy sitting in traffic. Gilb states that Jake is sitting in “near motionless traffic.” This symbolizes Jake’s life. Jake drives a ’58 Buick which is out of date and old. He wishes that this car had more accessories
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is out‚ “LA” Reid is in at Arista”. Newspoints [online] available at: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Gl4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=la+reid+challenges&source=bl&ots=oqkkNoOGqx&sig=ON1G1YaUzv7Vf6I1axck0Esq4Cw&hl=en&ei=nbKuTbLAEYyqvQPm6oiQDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=la%20reid%20challenges&f=false Hibberd‚ J. 2011. “Official: L.A. Reid signed as X-Factor judge”. Entertainment Weekly [online]. Available at: http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/18/la-reid-x-factor/
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“The Witness” Katherine Anne Porter’s Literary Techniques “The Witness” Katherine Anne Porter’s Literary Techniques In school‚ children and young adults learn about slavery in America. They study the development of the necessity of slavery‚ the manner in which slaves were traded‚ sold and tortured‚ and the end of slavery during the Civil War. For some institutions‚ slavery stopped there‚ January 31‚ 1865‚ with the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment. However‚ the spirit of slavery lived on
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In William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew‚ Kate transforms from a shrew to an obedient wife because of Petruchio’s taming tactics. Kate changes into an obedient wife in the end because Petruchio fully tames her. As the play moves along‚ Kate begins to show signs of changing but still demonstrates her shrewish ways because Petruchio does not have total control of her yet. Because of the need to be disciplined‚ Kate displays shrewish behavior. Kate showcases the qualities of being a shrew
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character of the story. An abundance of Katherines is a book written by the award- winning author John Green. This work of the famous author consists 19 chapters and 215 pages of a knowledge-filled story. Colin Singleton is a child prodigy who is somehow attached to girls named Katherine. When it comes to girls with this nine- letter name‚ Colin always gets dumped. Nineteen times‚ to be exact. He was suffering and still hurting from his nineteenth Katherine and after all of his heartaches and being
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