Summary Of Arthur Radebaugh's Closer Than We Think Series

The beginning of chapter 2 showed a cartoon of a woman telling someone under the bed to get ready for school. The cartoonist, Terry C. Wise, showed that instead of a child being under the bed, it was a full grown man (teacher). Wise used connotation in his cartoon to make the reader think it was a child being forced to get himself ready for school instead of the teacher being told to by his wife.

In the book, The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch is dying from pancreatic cancer and is only given a few months to live. With the time he has left, he makes it his priority to spend it wisely. Pausch states that he has an engineering problem and he’s going to do his best with his limited resources. His engineering problem is his health. Even though his body is failing him, he is going to push through and overcome the new obstacles he is facing in life. Pausch is also faced with “brick walls” but he doesn’t give up when things get tough. He uses the brick walls as an opportunity to show how badly he wants whatever is blocking his path. My “engineering problem” is being able to afford college for as long as I can. I’d say that my “brick walls”

Thomas Edison Company started to lighten the streets and vital places in New York. He converted the street nights of New York to shinny streets by installing more than 100 bulbs in the first lighting project in his career [2], however, the lighting system required power generation. The power generation was supplied by Edison small DC power stations which were built in various places nearby vital areas which were lighted by Edison’s company [1].

DST did have an actual valid reason for its creation despite its uselessness nowadays. Since the first light source was created there has always been a cost attached to lighting. Whether this cost is the cost of wax or the cost of electricity, the cost has always been there. DSTs first implementation in the United States was to lower this cost because the shift of time would lead to more light during the hours that people work and are awake. Though there were and are other reasons for creating DST, this was the main driving factor. The idea for DST is credited to Benjamin Franklin where he wrote about the idea in a 1784 essay titled, “An Economical Project” (webexhibits.org). According to Jeffrey Kluger of Time.com, it was not until 1905 that someone actually pushed to create a DST. This all began with William Willett, who had the idea while riding his horse early one morning. This led to the first implementation of DST in England. It was not until 1918, during World War I, that DST was first implemented in the United States and was soon after repealed until World War II (Kluger). Since the first

A World of Difference (Introduction): In the book The Universe Next Door written by James Sire begins with a brief explanation of what a Worldview is. As stated in the book by Sire, “The essence of a worldview lies deep in the inner recesses of the human self. A Worldview involves the mind, but it is first of all a commitment, a matter of the soul. It is spiritual orientation more than it is a matter of mind alone” (pg.20, Sire). The author states that it is from the heart that all one’s thoughts and actions proceed. The basis of the introduction of Sire’s book is answering the seven basic questions of worldview, including “what is prime reality- the really real? what is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us? what is a human being? what happens to a person after death? Why is it possible to know anything at all? And finally, how do we know what is right and wrong?” (pg.22). Also, the author asserts that by being able to answer some or many of the seven worldview questions that an individual has, then people can form their own worldviews for themselves. Sire discusses nine different worldviews by answering those seven questions, explaining them and depicting what each worldview system believes and does not. Thus, Sire closes the introduction of the book with two questions, “Which is your universe? And Which are the universes next door?” (pg. 24 Sire).

The Power of God Humankind has no choice in the end, and all of us are forced to live with a predetermined future. Whether if you agree with this or not, in the american classic Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston humanity is forced to accept this idea. Man kind can do nothing against the power of god, and no matter what else happens, God always has the final say in the end. God is a representation of nature, and is also a representation of all things that man cannot control. The first example is Sam and walter are talking about caution versus nature “Naw it ait, it’s nature, cause nature makes caution.

Anthony Rabon is an amputee from Aynor, SC. He is a firm believer in faith and says everything happens for a reason. He lost his left leg during a four wheeler accident. It was 2:30am about 50-100 including two of his cousins. Out in the field in Aynor and they all were riding around until it was time to go home. Anthony had three separate ways to go home but he chose his way and it ended with him being hit by a drunk driver who also had drug in his system coming around a curve. The driver got thrown out of his truck resulting in him dying but Anthony lost a lot of blood and had to get eleven pint of blood in him they could not save his leg it had to get cut off.

Randy Pausch being put down with bad news all the time what can you do to bring you up you let go and face reality there is nothing you can do to fix it but hope for the best but even that is not enough to be satisfying in today life but what can you do there not a lot you can do to fix your problem but you can try with the time you have left to be close to your family but with Randy he decided to make a presentation instead of focusing on his family and he wrote a great book telling his live to his kids and the world show how he became to be the man that once had everything he can wish for turn around now has nothing in this world. He now losing everything little by little it’s sad to go down like this when you have kids that will not remember

Dennis Rader is famously know as the BTK killer. “BTK” means bind, torture, kill, this was his signature for all of his killings. After many killings, Rader now sits behind prison bars, never to see the outside world again. The serial killer Dennis Rader used his own unique strategies to kill his numerous victims to fulfill his own sexual desires and fantasies.

Jurgis Rudkus and his family came to the United States in search for a better life. They lived in Chicago. There were huge meat packing plants and other jobs in the slaughterhouse around town. Around this time it was very hard to find jobs. If you were one minute late you would lose pay and if you were 10 minutes late you lost your job. Like today it was very hard for these people to find other jobs. When Jurgis and his family finally settled in the US they realized it wasn't all glitter and rainbows. Instead of being a land of wealthy and good outcome,it was a land of poverty. Then even the jobs were bad. The workers at the meat packing plants are paid little overworked,treated unfair, all in a dangerous working conditions. Even the workers at the stockyard endured poverty and grime. They worked in rat infested boarding houses with devastating garbage dumps and large sewage pits on both ends of the yards. Being poor immigrant Jurgis and his family knew they would have to work. From his dying father to his pregnant wife everyone knew work was a must.

The book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch had a lot of inspiration and intelligence to offer. This book is about more than just a dying man. It teaches the importance of overcoming obstacles, following your childhood dreams and taking advantage of the great moments life has to offer. I learned a lot and plan to apply it to my life.

Students attending John Reith Elementary are at risk because the parents are not preparing their children, teachers are not addressing the needs of each student, and the school is unable to provide additional assistances in the classroom. Parents are not enrolling their child in programs such as head start, preschool, and transitional kindergarten which will prevent the child falling behind in school. The parents and guardians are not reinforcing the topics and concepts at home to better prepare their child. Some parents are unaware of the benefits of attending school before kindergarten, and that common core changed the kindergarten standards to match the first grade standards. Teachers are unable to address every student needs and interest

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, is a story about the author being asked to give a “last lecture” after he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Most last lectures given by others are typically about dying and creating a legacy but Randy’s was unlike any other. Randy’s last lecture was about helping others achieve their dreams, overcoming obstacles, and taking advantage of every moment you have left on this earth, whether it be a big or small one. His story different from anyone else's and it helped people understand the meaning of life.

Dennis L. Rader was born on March 9, 1945 in the unremarkable town of Wichita, Kansas. A member of four siblings, Rader was a quiet kid, smart, and was well-behaved by all accounts. His family was very religious, and from every aspect, young Dennis Rader was a normal, harmless kid. However, Dennis Rader had a dark secret. As admitted later in his life, Rader had a wild sexual fantasy of bondage, a young developing sadomasochist. He dreamed of tying up girls and having his way with them, but his desire for dominance was not entirely sexual. He admitted to killing cats and dogs by hanging them, and early in his teenage years he was caught by his mother. She was worried but just passed it off as boyhood curiosity. He learned to hide his fantasies

In a modern building daylight can provide most of our lighting needs for the vast majority of the working day. It is therefore unnecessary to spend too much time in designing artificial lighting systems.