Review Of ' Ice Age '

As we pulled up to the massive elementary school building, I begged my mom to let me stay home from school, just once. As usual, she said no. Realizing my attempt to get out of school was futile, I shouldered my backpack, swung open the door, and trudged over to the front door. I would rather be anywhere else than here. For the majority of my life, I attended public schools. It wasn’t rare for me to fail a test or even a whole class. It was because of these failures that I would get even more demotivated and threw away the idea of working hard or completing quality work altogether.

In 1827 Louis Agassiz was the first to scientifically propose that the Earth had experienced a past ice age, which he said could explain previous observations that erratic blocks of alpine rocks scattered over the slopes and summits of the Alps, had been moved there by glaciers. He presented the theory that ancient glaciers had traveled throughout the entire northern hemisphere and deposited these rock formations along the way. Though many before him had theorized moving glaciers, he was the first to label this period of time as the Ice Age.

He has been homeschooled all his life, but this year, he is entering a private school down the street from his New York City apartment. His struggles that year, along with his sister’s journey and that of a few other characters, are chronicled through this book that teaches so much about what it means to be human and how hard it is to be different and accept others, looking beyond the surface to see the person underneath.

In the essay, “Global Warming is Eroding Glacial Ice,” Andrew C. Revkin argues that global warming is the primary cause for many of the world’s natural disasters; including flash floods, climate change, and the melting of the polar ice caps. He includes multiple accounts of expert testimony as well as a multitude amount of facts and statistics to support his theory that global warming is a threat to the world. However, in the essay “Cold Comfort for ‘Global Warming’,” Phillip Stott makes the complete opposite argument. He argues that global warming is nothing to be worried about and the melting of the polar icecaps is caused by the interglacial period we are currently in. After reading both of these essays and doing

Not long ago, my parents received an endless amount of criticism, similar to the Walls’ family, for their decision to homeschool my siblings and me. Many “feared” for us, because according to them, there was no way we were going to learn effectively at home, what we could in a formal school. My mom tells me stories of how people she’d known expressed genuine concern over the idea of educating children in a different way than what is deemed “normal.” I do not blame these people for their concern, as they were raised in a society that emphasizes a single approach to learning. Although there were definitely times growing up when I wished to attend a brick and mortar school like “normal” people, after a certain age I genuinely appreciated my parent’s decision. Being home-schooled has taught me so much more than just the basic principles of education. I grew up being highly self-reliant due to my online school requiring students to be almost entirely responsible for keeping up with their work. Similar to college, I had a syllabus provided to me, and had no one other than myself to make sure I was on top of everything. This helped me to become a responsible and well-organized individual. I also gained a quality education, despite all of the fear and concern of those around me. I still have to answer the questions, “Why were you homeschooled?” and, “Didn’t you want to go to regular school?” more

The short story “A & P” written by John Updike reminds me of my first year of public schooling. After completing homeschool my mother chose to place me into a charter school in manatee county for my seventh-grade year, school was very foreign to me along with the company it brought. Throughout my years of homeschool we spent our time traveling from state to state, or we were settled down. My first public school encounter was a dreadful yet fun year depending on the day, I was often the subject of class ridicule among others. I excelled in very simple academics in comparison to what my mother and grandmother taught me, with good grades came the offer of being an exclusive member of the safety patrol. As the year went on the safety patrol were given referral slips to pass out accordingly, mine was given often to a bully of a very beautiful face, reminding me of Queenie.

This report focuses on an event that occurred a long time ago, known as the Little Ice Age. A description of what it is, how it began, how long it lasted, whether it was instantaneous or consistent over time, and how it is related to climate change are included in this paper. What the cause for the Little Ice Age and its effects and impact on society in the past, present, and future are discussed. Furthermore, the positive and negative feedback loops part of the Little Ice Age are addressed, and any future projections of an event similar to this are also talked about. Finally, a drawing of the various interactions between the event and each sphere of the Earth- the Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Lith¬osphere, Atmosphere- is included towards the end of the report. There are two interactions for each sphere. A conclusion wrapping all that was discussed in the report is encompassed within this paper. The Little Ice Age and its relation and impact on the climate and the Earth System are the major focus of this report.

The Ice Age was the mark of the extinction of life in that time. What was the end result would lead to many discoveries by man that is still to this day yielding more data, information on what happened in that time. Living organisms being trapped in the asphalt for 11,000 to 50,000 years being perfectly preserved in rocks. The oldest of the fossils according to La Brea Tar Pits museum, that dire wolves, saber-toothed cat from Pit 91 each dated back to 44,000 years old. An coyote from Pit A is dated 46,000 years these dates estimated based on carbon-14 remains of specimens [Tarpits.org]. The whole museum ( and Los Angeles) was a crucial discovery point, the underground reveals hundreds of thousands of fossils perfectly in an protective shell from the Ice Age. In the 19th century a lake was mined at Rancho La Brea in Los Angeles the museum has a vast examples of what transpired with the fossils as the blueprint to history.

The significance of this example is to show us how dehumanized these children have become. Instead of learning the needed knowledge plus socializing at school, they are still learning, but are missing out on a great opportunity. Home schooling, in my opinion, is an effective way of schooling, but social skills are vital for future occupations. Furthermore, the learning experience you face at home cannot be compared to traditional schooling. The children at that time can learn and understand more if they have an adult teaching them, and friends to help if they are still

My early education has been shaped by a very difficult challenge, but also many positive circumstances have formed my way of learning. I was home schooled throughout my grade school years, but due to financial and family circumstances throughout that period; I was lacking in my education. Throughout, my school years I always felt dumb, and that I could not connect with all my friends who went to “normal” school. Also, I feared how my future would turn out. “Would I be able to go to college? Could I get a decent job? What would happen to me?” This trial of education has been one of the most formative events

Europe had experienced a general cooling of the climate between years 1150 and 1460 and a very cold climate between 1560 and 1850. This event came to be known as the “Little Ice Age.” This cold weather had impact on agriculture, health, economics, emigration, and art and literature . The term “Little Ice Age” was named by Francois Matthes in 1939 to describe the most destructive climate drop in Europe. This ice age was consisted of mountain glaciers which brought temperatures as low as 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Numerous people got sick and some were even killed and starved to death because of a famine. Farms and villages were lost due to the cold weather. It is unknown on what caused this “Little Ice Age.” We do know that this event impacted

“Are you ready to go?” my grandmother asked. Before I could answer, my brother and sister ran up to greet her. Afterwards around two or three hours, me and two of my younger siblings left to Columbia with my grandmother. But, my parents and my youngest sister left a few hours after we had left. After an exhausting and strenuous three hour car ride, we finally reached my grandmother’s house. A few days later, my whole family and my grandmother went out looking for houses to buy. My family saw numerous houses, some I enjoyed better than others. One house in particular caught my eye. Not the house itself, but the fact that we would have to be homeschooled instead of going to a whole new school. Being six and all, I was dreading the fact that I would have to go to school. Think about it, I was a six year-old that left my school and all of my friends in Georgia that had to go to a whole other school in South Carolina with no friends or even people that I knew. Sadly, my parents didn’t end up buying that particular house. Although, I think that my parents wanted me to go to school. The house my parents chose needed some work and style. The room that I sleep in now used to be an appalling shade of brown. The playroom used to

A sigh reverberated across the room as the boy climbed into his chair, fumbled around until he found his pencil, and open his workbook and started writing. He let out a groan about how boring it was. “Why?” he asked. As I answered, “Because you have to,” I sighed. Why did he have to do the boring workbook? He already knew most of the information. I made him fill out the pages because this is what school work is supposed to look like. The boy was my son. I was supposed to be educating him at home. I chose to homeschool him because I love learning; I have a passion for learning. Yet his sighs and grumbles were teaching me that I was missing something. His sighs taught me that there was something more to learning than the workbooks and textbooks

The ice age has covered most of north America and has carved out numerous lakes. The glacier was a 100-foot high flow of ice and snow. Remnants of these large sheets of ice can still be seen today in the form of numerous lakes and the most brilliant of them are the Great Lakes. Other, larger ones, such as Lake Winnipeg, Reindeer, Athabaska, Great Slave, and Great Bear in Canada, existed at one time but have since drained off and have disappeared. Glaciers reached as far south as the locations now of the Ohio and Missouri Rivers. Sea levels fell approximately 425 feet with so much water diverted from the natural cycle to form the ice on the glacier. It uncovered the flat continental shelves as dry land. It had the same

The greatly discussed dilemma of having a child be taught in a public school setting versus a homeschool setting has been evaluated by parents since the idea was first introduced in the 1970’s. Public schooling had been the standard method of teaching since it is a requirement for states to provide public, free education for children in grades K-12. However, the backlash against the system began when two educational theorists and supporters of school reform, John Holt and Raymond Moore, started to question both the techniques and the products of public schools. Some parents went on to support the ideas of them and began to teach their children in the environment of their own homes for several different reasons. Some included moral or religious reasons, a desire for high educational achievement, dissatisfaction with public schools’ instructional program, or concerns about drugs and peer pressure in a public school environment. Child development specialists believe that homeschooled children are isolated from the outside world, therefore making them socially handicapped. If being exposed to this type of education on an elementary school level, the child can suffer from the lack of fundamental development of effective social skills needed for a lifetime ahead of them.