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band, The Quarrymen, which would later form the Beatles. The Quarrymen was a highschool skiffle band that he and his buddies formed in 1956. Skiffle is a genre of music that involves jazz and blues using homemade instruments. Some of the members were Paul McCartney and George Harrison

Inequality is one of the main focuses of societal conversations in today’s world, which is unsurprising when the results of inequality exist blatantly in every city in America. Inequality demands the attention of many, including Paul Krugman and David Leonhardt. Each of these authors detailed their ideas regarding inequality in their articles, “Confronting inequality,” and “Inequality has been going on forever…. But that doesn’t make it inevitable,” respectively. The authors in their articles discuss

In a world where having friends is highly stressed, being perfect in academics, we are showing future generations what's right and how they need to look and act. Young teenage girls have to undergo the pressure of getting into a good college and being well-rounded. Added onto that they must have confidence and a strong self esteem, along with other factors that will play into their lives. Everyday many girls under the age of 14 open up a form of social media and see pictures where they find goals

“HURRY UP!” I yelled across the street at Diana as she’s running down the street, barefoot, while I wait for her on the other side of road. We’re going off to the local supermarket to purchase the ingredients needed to make pumpkin bread. Now, you may be wondering why we’re going to make pumpkin bread on your average Thursday morning. Well, you see, Diana and I had the same 6th grade english teacher who is now the “dictator” of the now private school Lemma High, Tricia Lemma. Both of us hate her

Consequences of undisciplined children Many people have witnessed a toddler having a meltdown in public only to have a parent sooth them by giving in to the child’s demand. Although sometimes this can be a beneficial parenting technique, if a parent over-indulges a child too often, then that child can become spoiled. However in “The Veldt”, Ray Bradbury challenges the idea of satisfying children; he suggests through his tragic tale of the spoiled and undisciplined children Wendy and Peter, that

Vincent Van Gogh: Depression One of the most famous artists of his time, Vincent Van Gogh, was killed by a horrendous disease called depression. “I wish it were all over now,” were Van Gogh’s last excruciating words just before his death (Green 39). As a coping method, he painted and sketched, but this sadly did not work. Depression is an extremely common mood disorder which is sometimes actually referred to as, “the common cold of mental illness.” It is actually the most common mood disorder for

“How has Amy Heckerling used film techniques to portray the transformation of ‘Cher’ in her film, ‘Clueless’?” In the hit film of 1995 -Clueless, director Amy Heckerling effectively uses film techniques to further portray the deep meaning of the story. The film tells the story of a selfish teenage girl who transforms into a responsible woman. In the beginning of the story, the main protagonist, Cher, is depicted as a narrow-minded, extravagant teenager. Heckerling uses vivid colour and extremity

Body language and various other nonverbal cues have long been recognized as being of great importance to the facilitation of communication. There has been a long running debate as to whether body language signals and their meanings are culturally determined or whether such cues are innate and thus universal. The nature versus nurture dichotomy inherent in this debate is false; one does not preclude the other’s influence. Rather researchers should seek to address the question how much of nonverbal

males. It was mysterious to people. This angered Zodiac enough for him to prove people wrong. Two weeks after his last attack, he shot a young male cab drive in the back of the head.      In October, Zodiac murdered a man named Paul Stine and within moments of Stine's murder, Zodiac found himself face to face with two San Francisco Police officers. The killer actually talked his way out of the most risky situation he had ever faced. I think that's pretty amazing considering he

In 1860, less than one hundred years after the event in which it is based on, the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere was immortalized in a children’s poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem became an instant classic and is mostly remembered by the opening line, “Listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.” Written at a time when the United States was on the brink of a Civil War, it made some accurate accounts of what happened that night however, it was a children’s