Garfield and Friends

“Vandi, what was it like coming to America?” I looked up to see my friend Carson staring at me intently, his eyes big blue eyes full of wonder, his blonde hair shining under fluorescent lighting. Suddenly, I was self conscious about my dark skin and eyes. Offerring a small smile I told him, “It changed my life.” I looked around at the large classroom we were sitting in. Garfield Elementary in Revere Massachusetts was not a bad place to go to school. The walls were a vibrant, sunshine yellow, the

these diverse paths in life. But one thing greatly affects a person's choices and what they become. It’s single influence on a person can change their life for better or for worse. This powerful influence is pressure. Everyone has wants, desires, friends, and other things vying for their attention each second of everyday. These things each exert a certain pressure on an individual that can influence them one direction or another. Pressure shows the true nature of a person, but who the person

sickness in 1882, but didn’t tell anybody. He was so sick when he came back home, that he couldn’t even go fishing, which was one of the great loves of his life. His life finally came to end on November 18, 1886. He died surrounded by family and friends. Arthur was later buried in Albany, New York. Chester Alan Arthur left quite a legacy. No one was expecting his presidency, but he still did a pretty good job leading the country. He is known as an important figure in uniting the nation after the

VHS. Sigall not only worked with, and knew, many of the greats in the industry: Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, Mike Maltese, Frank Tashlin, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, Leon Schlesinger, Irv Spence, and so on, but was personal friends with all of them, their wives, and their families. She loved talking about stories of how fun animation was and her days at Schlesinger's studio (she had co-edited the in-house newsletter in the early 40s!) and her later jobs during the golden age

However, to focus on one major example of courage, I would like to think of the time my pet cat passed away. I had grown up with Garfield till the day he passed away, I was only 9 years old. I told myself that I had to hold it in and not allow myself to be weak, to not allow sorrow overcome me. As I have aged since then, I look back and think that was probably the most courageous thing

Young children learn and grow everyday. Especially, young children, the ages three years to five years old, learn important skills while they play with friends and interact with their teachers. Janice J. Beaty (2014) states that for young children, “play is their way of learning” (p. 167) Thus, teachers need to observe children while they play and assess the development of the child because “Knowing the development of a young child helps a teacher to plan the curriculum, to set up activities for

that the other Centaurs, as well as more intelligent, was an oracle, astrologer, and a healer (Garfield-Kabbara, 2015). Chiron was known as a healer and people would come from all over to be healed by him. Even though Chiron had his own wounds he was dealing with, by helping others, this was a symbolization of his strength by help those who were in need (Woebcke, 2015). In an online video where Garfield-Kabbara (2015) was lecturing to a group of college students, she spoke about how Chiron was

girlfriend over email. It was the first email I ever received. He actually told me he wanted to send me an email, so I went home and made an AOL account. We went to a carnival and he won me a Garfield stuffed animal, and then he gave me a 3 Doors Down CD. A few days later, he broke up with me, and asked for Garfield

The students continue their typical routine of attending school each day, however their perspectives are changed in the classroom about the world around them. The point of view of a child is so detailed and vibrant as Tommy, a fourth grader from Garfield-Murray School, states his every sight and thought. Crucial aspects to this story is the character development of Miss Ferenczi, setting

devastation, Barton left her work and went to tend to those wounded (Jones 2012). Barton, who led by example, was able to build up a volunteer network that lasted the entirety of the war. In March of 1865, Barton started the Office of Correspondence with friends of the missing men in the United States Army. Barton, with the help of volunteers, identified over 22,000 missing men. The searches for missing men led her to assist in establishing a national cemetery, where they properly marked the graves of nearly