Barbara Gets Active Book Report

For this weeks journal I am reading "Harris and Me" by Gary Paulson. This excellent book starts off explaining the narrators (who goes by "me") situation. He has been raised by an angry, drunk mother and father. Finally CPS steps in and he is bounced back and forth from his relatives homes. The next relative he goes to live with is his distant cousins, the Larson's. The Larson's are what some people would call full blooded rednecks. The Larson's have a little bit of everything on their farm. Chickens, horses, cows, pigs are just to name a few. His cousin Harris is one of the messiest, craziest people he has ever met. Every time Harris lets a cuss word roll out of his mouth his fourteen year old sister Glennis gives him a licking for it. On the first morning he is on the farm Harris wakes him up before the sun has even risen and he's awful upset until he realizes that that's how things work on the farm. On his second day on the Larson farm he meets the dirty farm hand, Louie. Louie is the headrest working man he has ever seen. At dinner that night Louie had his food engulfed before the narrator could say "let's eat." The narrator and Harris are always getting into mischief. One day they got attacked by a rooster named Ernie. Ernie was the meanest thing you'd ever meet. Harris blamed his cousin that they got jumped. Harris said he would have he rooster had he not been distracted. Another day the narrator gets knocked out by Vivian the cow. After he woke from

This film documents Dr. Barbara Myerhoff’s work in studying elderly Jewish people in Venice, California. This was a different kind of study for her, because she was studying people that were of her ethnicity and religion. She is doing this work because she will one day be old and, she wants to know the daily lives of these people. She gets to know the elders by being a part of their community and going to their senior center. She interviews the elders and asks them to be specific about their daily tasks, living conditions, struggles, and their past. Her main focus is on the senior club. Because it is the center of these citizen’s lives. Here they feel like they have a purpose and can express themselves. She also studies how they celebrate the Sabbath every week. A tradition at the club is celebrating New Years at 2:00 p.m. so the elders can enjoy a performance and hear a speech about celebrating life and get motivated for the upcoming year. This study taught her to celebrate life and embrace the process of aging.

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At seven years of age, Wendell announced the family would relocate to Africa so he could be more efficacious in his practice of medicine (“The Bean Trees: Barbara Kingsolver”). While living in Africa, Kingsolver experienced the feeling of being an outsider which led her to a more secluded life as she believed she did not fit in. A new interest other than nature erupted in Kingsolver and she became intrigued with people from other cultures. Everyday she wrote in a journal and later

The book is written by Melba Pattillo Beals. She was born December seventh, nineteen forty one. She was born in Little Rock Arkansas . Melba Pattillo Beals is important because she is one of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students that were involved in the desegregation of Little Central High School in nineteen fifty seven. Melba has not passed away she is seventy five years old. Melba Pattillo Beals grew up around family members who knew the importance of getting an education. Her mother Lois Marie Pattillo, was one of the first black graduates of the University of Arkansas, in nineteen fifty four. Her mother was also a high school english

Unbroken, A book written by Louie Hillenbrand, is the story that follows Louie Zamperini’s life. He was a troublemaker at the beginning of his life, but, when a friend that his brother was tutoring was deemed feeble-minded, he decided to change his ways.

In many ways I am like Thelma Arnold of Lilburn, Georgia (pg. 59). The book states that Thelma had not realized that her search browser, AOL, had kept and released records of what she had searched. When her records along with others records, were released complete strangers were able to identify her and find where she lived by what she had searched. Another man’s records were released with Thelma’s and the reports showed that he had searched for things like how to kill his wife (pg. 60). I personally had no idea that there is a “big brother” out there watching what we search and look at on our electronic devices (pg. 48). Of course I had known that even the things we delete off the internet are never really deleted. Although, I feel that our

During the Holocaust, many townspeople were aware of the events occurring within the concentration camps. In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, the townspeople remained complacent with the Nazis. Some people even went as far as taunting the Jews when they were transported through towns. The Nazis during that time had a very strong influence and used fear to incite citizens to remain cooperative.

LunchTime: A Slow-casual Game for Long-term Dietary Behavior Change is a book concerning the epidemic of obesity and how it is growing across the United States. It shows a few examples of the many risks and disadvantages obesity has, such as an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and economic and social handicap. The book also talks about what is recommended in order to stop being obese and to start having a healthy lifestyle. Eating and physical activities in a person’s lifestyle are affected because if a person isn’t eating healthy and exercising then they will slowly become obese. Individuals have the right to choose whether they want to have a burger for lunch, or a salad instead. Fast food industries aren’t forcing you to eat their

Freak the mighty is a story about two young boys who both have a hard time going through life. Freak is crippled and short, and Max is tall and retarded. When they become friends, Freak rides on top of Max’s shoulders and together they are freak the mighty whom go on quests together. This book really shows how you should not judge someone by how they look, which is like the moral of the story. The character of Freak/kevin is first described as a, “crippled kid like humanoid.

In this essay, I will argue against Barbara Harris’ view that drug addicts should be paid to be sterilized, as mentioned by Jenny Kleeman in her 2010 article. This is due to the negative physical and psychological effect this has on the addicts and their chances of recovery, which can be avoided by using methods of contraception less permanent than tubal ligation.

Toddlers have not gotten into the whole "appearance" thing yet at their age, so they generally do not understand why you have to wash their hair. Sometimes they do not like the action of water cascading over their heads or perhaps the shampoo gets in their eyes. They may even be a little hesitant about the water itself or the strange position in which you have them. What you will need to do is try different methods to find out what works for you and your toddler. You can make use of a visor type of arrangement that the toddler wears to keep the water out of their eyes. Or you can give them a towel or a cloth to place over their faces when you are rinsing their hair to keep all of it out of their faces and eyes. There is a shield that is available

Author Tom Corbett's eclectic memoir, Ouch Now I remember: Remembering on an Earlier Time, cordially invites readers to bear witness to his life by sharing in his oft-times humorous recollections of his journey to self- realization. Throughout the memoir, Corbett candidly recalls his past speckled with those “ouch” moments that sometimes turned into life lessons. Readers will find that this book is an artfully written addition to the continuation of his life story as he candidly shares his feelings and insights about life, love and the pursuit of academia. This book continues his chronicles from his previously published memoir, Browsing through my Candy Store.

Book Report I chose to read the book called “Stargirl” by “Jerry Spinelli”. This is a story about a girl who was different, ordinary, special you could say, compared to her classmates. She had just moved from Minnesota to Mica, Arizona. Her fellow classmates thought she was weird and goofy because she didn't do or looked like them. The students started making up stuff about her and being mean to her and only two ended up being her only true friends.

PER REPORTER: Linda said last night her son (Alvin) received a call from his daughter’s mother (Nicole) crying and hollering saying she cannot find Breanna. Linda said Nicole does not watch Breanna nor does she be at home with the child due to her showing up late after being in Natchez with her boyfriend. She said Nicole leaves Breanna with any and everybody whenever she is not at home. She mentioned that Nicole stopped allowing her and Alvin to be able to see Breanna after she found out Alvin has a new girlfriend, but she said she does not understand why it is a problem for him to date when she has a boyfriend and cheated on him with someone at the prison. She also mentioned that she believes all of this is due to Alvin dating someone else, and she said Nicole will no longer allow her to pick her granddaughter up from the tutoring session she set her up for to drop her off with KatyAnn.