José Saramago

San Jose State had its share of upsets during this time as well. A letter from the college president to college administrators at the end of the 1967-1968 school year said this: With headlines of the nation’s press predicting the new academic year to be one of greater turmoil than 1967-1968, with the intelligence activities of college administrations indicating that the press is not crying “wolf,” I think that all of us concerned with the educational enterprise must pause for a sobering view

“Filipinos are worth dying for.” this is the famous line of the late senator Noynoy Aquino. Maybe our fellow Filipino who fought for the freedom of the Filipinos from the invaders of our country will also agree with what Noynoy Aquino has said. An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation’s assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state, more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Most countries

"Events of the Philippines Islands" with the Rizal annotation. Then take one section of Chapter 8 which talks about precolonial cultures and IN YOUR OWN WORDS, discuss its significance and use to our present-day ideas of culture, history, and identify. Jose Rizal’s annotation of Antonio Morga's "Historical Events of the Philippine’s Islands". “Rizal had a burning desire to know exactly the conditions of the Philippines when the Spaniards came ashore to the islands. His theory was the country was economically

Kicker: Severe water pollution that exists in far away countries, could happen right here in the San Francisco bay- and its effects would be devastating. Recall the last time you drove across the Golden Gate Bridge; looking to the sea and seeing the whitecaps break against the rocks, and then looking at the bay and seeing the shimmering aqua colored water filled with sailboats. But now, try and imagine a very different picture, you look towards the bay and see oil slicks, floating tires, and islands

During the Middle Ages, European countries rival each other with their wealth and military prowess. This period dawn the age of European expansion led by England, France, Portugal, and Spain. The Spanish armada, known for its expertise when it comes to the sea, have eventually reached the rich shores of the Philippines. They bring with them two purpose in invading this land. First was their devotion to spread the Catholic faith. Secondly, the drive to increase the wealth of Spain and to challenge

Why is the economy of Brazil extremely unstable when compared to that of Chile, even though the two countries had very similar transitions to democracy? I will also examine whether there was a drastic change in the economic policies of the government before and after democratization. Chile and Brazil faced struggles while shifting from a dictatorship to a democracy. They faced a host of social and economic issues, including corruption, inflation and internal political dispute, but Chile emerged as

leave the camp, he then shortly after started his education at Andrew Hill High school. After graduating he Enrolled at San Jose State University. There, he majored in Spanish and Biological Sciences. Before graduating, he had a short stint with the peace corps and traveled all throughout South America. He then proceeded to gain a Master’s degree in Education from San Jose State University. In his 30-year career as an educator, he served as a principal in two different public schools, school board

I regretted not stopping at that gas station at the last turn I was hungry,lost,and almost out of gas. My car was old and the radio and A.C. stopped working decades ago. I tried to take it to a repair man but he said that not only was my A.C. and radio broken but my engine was broken well this car was literally unfixable but I didn’t have enough money for a new car or to repair this piece of junk. The moon was full and the road was clear. I looked at the gas tank it was inching at zero “O god I”cried

Since the passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act , there have been legal tools and policies that combat segregation in housing, overall, promoting more diverse cities. While the Fair Housing Act have been successful in diversifying formerly all white cities. A new problem is emerging for the people in the integrated neighborhoods: the return of the great whites. Soon there will be no home for these people. The mission district of San Francisco , soon will lose all its original dwellers to the high

The Market Street Railway, Sutter Street Railroad, and the San Francisco & San Mateo Railway merged in 1902 to become the United Railroads of San Francisco (URR). The URR was created by the aggressive capitalist consolidator and modernizer named Patrick Calhoun. An early project was to make uniform the rolling stock and track gauges, which led to the abandonment of the last four miles of horsecars that had been the backbone of transportation just a generation earlier. By this stage, the company