District. I had attended BSD schools my entire life; Montclair Elementary‚ then the International School of Beaverton for Junior High‚ but in the summer of 8th grade‚ I decided to switch to Woodrow Wilson High School. I had found an interest in Computer Programming‚ and felt that I wanted to pursue my passion. Wilson High has a very well-known Technology program‚ so I applied for a transfer and was accepted. Coming into my first day of Freshman year‚ I didn’t know a single person in my grade‚ but I wasn’t
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Robert Wesley “Wes” Wilson was a designer in the 1960s whose main clients‚ like most self taught poster designers of the time‚ were that of rockandroll concert and dance promoters. Wilson however was more of an innovator in his creations. The pieces resembled that of Alfred Roller’s art nouveau style and incorporated a psychedelic style and mashing letterforms that seemed to blend into one another. As a youth‚ Wilson was mainly focused on the natural world‚ starting off on mostly forestry and horticulture
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dollars in reparations and also had to give away land because of the Versailles Treaty. On the other hand‚ Woodrow Wilson came up with his 14 pts. peace plan which showed that he wanted to uplift Germany‚ and make them a stronger buying and selling partner and ally‚ but France and Britain did not want to go with his plan. Our WWI allies should have listened to President Woodrow Wilson because the French
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On April 2nd‚ 1917‚ Wilson makes an address to Congress urging the declaration of war on Germany. Wilson states in his address that America must fight "for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy." Four days after his address the US entered the Great War. Wilson continuously conveys a sense of urgency through his speech‚ which created
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Miscegenation Mark Twain in his book “The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson” clearly elucidates the treatment of slaves and the legal problems faced back then by different groupings. Miscegenation is a term broadly used to refer to the mixing of different races either through marriage or through parenting. The term had much relevance in the 19th Century‚ which doubled up as the setting of the book by Twain. Pudd’nhead Wilson as depicted in the book is a true representation of miscegenation and the
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Laura Logan Diana Polsky Theater 107 03/25/2012 The Piano Lesson By August Wilson The Piano Lesson was inspired by a painting of the same name. It was first performed at the Yale Repertory Theater November 26‚ 1987. The Piano Lesson tells the story of an artistically carved piano‚ the interwoven stories of the Sutter and Charles families that owned the piano. Berniece and Boy Willie (the grand children of the slave who carved the piano) have different views on what to do with the family piano
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President Woodrow Wilson once said‚ “I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country.” When President Wilson uttered these haunting words‚ he was referencing his unfathomable impact on the American nation and the disastrous destruction of the American economy. When Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act‚ an act to base the economy off the Federal Reserves‚ the Stock Market took a turn for the worse. Little did Wilson know‚ when he signed this law‚ it would impact the lives of millions
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In Robin Wilson’s article A Lifetime of Student Debt? Not Likely‚ Wilson compares on how even though student loans can get out of control; they do not have to affect the rest of a person’s life. Wilson begins with stating a possible “…national crisis: Student loan borrowing that is threatening the financial future of today’s college students” (256). In other words‚ Wilson’s statement issues that student loans are beginning to get out of control. On the other hand‚ many other people borrow an acceptable
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Many people know Woodrow Wilson as the 28th president of the United States of America and the one that created the versailles Treaty “Fourteen Points” the last of which was creating a League of Nations to ensure world peace. He was an acedemic and a Politician. Wilson’s full name is Thomas Woodrow Wilson. Many also called him the Professur‚ Schoolmaster in Politics‚ the Phrasemaker‚ and Coiner of Weasel Words. Wilson has a fascinating history behind him. This inspiration was first born on December
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My Reflective Piece Being a student of Mrs. Wilson Comp. II Class was okay this semester. There are a few things that I did learn this semester in her class. I learned how to write a research paper and do academic journals. I enjoy doing the academic journals because it was an interesting way to find information that you are looking for. If I ever need to look up any information that I need to find on the internet I could use my academic journals method to help narrow down my information. However
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