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Contemplation and Reluctance “American Sonnet to my Past and Future Assassin” by Terrance Hayes is a modern American sonnet that focuses on a black man, struggling to comprehend his place in society. The speaker of the poem illustrates his dilemma through comparisons to the respected black musicians of the twentieth century to whom he feels a strong connection to. The tone of the sonnet is one of contemplation, or even uncertainty, as the speaker outlines his thoughts in reluctance, questioning

In 2015, the department and the city council did a survey to see if the department had enough personnel. The study looked at many things such as the amount of calls for service, a number of officers working each shift, and the schedule the officers were working. In reality, the survey was a gamble for the department because it could come back in a positive way, finding that we should hire more officers. Another outcome would be that we were overstaffed meaning we would lose positions. The final

United States’ education system. The film centers around failing schools in mainly urban areas where the problems seem to be the most abundant, but it does not deny the fact that these many problems do exist everywhere throughout the country. Director Davis Guggenheim generates, in the movie Waiting for Superman, the claim that our education system is failing, and highlights the idea that although there are some solutions that have shown effective there is still more that needs to be done. Guggenheim

life. Education has always been a way for children, teenagers, and even adults to expand their knowledge and help grow their curiosity. However, as time goes on, problems have arose that are not allowing children to learn at their full potential. In Davis Guggenheim’s film, Waiting For Superman, he perfectly captures the harsh reality of public education today. He follows the lives of five students, all who wish to have a bright future, yet are struggling to reach it because of the schooling they are

empty mentally and emotionally. The chance at a better life slipping through their fingers with each passing grade level. A better education is essentially unavailable in these communities that given the chance, would flourish under it. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim portrays this in his documentary “Waiting for Superman”. Guggenheim utilizes pathos and logos to address the issue, that the education system is unequal and in turn unsuccessful. Children with these lower socioeconomic standings are cast

Angela Davis Angela Davis has contributed to African American history, by an political activist and fighting for people rights .Angela Davis has been very active since she was younger ,her family was full political activist so they taught Angela Davis the principle of fighting for racism . during Angela’s youth she would attend different civil rights events ,that molded her mind ,she even planned on forming a mixed race study group ,but was later shot down by the police. Angela thought it would

The film that I am choosing for this gender performances on film response is Thelma and Louise starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. Th film came out in 1991 and is about House wife, Thelma, and waitress, Louise when they go on a trip to the mountains that goes wrong when a man tries to rape Thelma. After which Louise shoots and kills him, they then take off and plan to go to Mexico because they are running from the law. This film was the site of controversy when it was released because it made

My grandfather, George Eveleth, was eight years old when he and his family survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Their house also survived, and on that day, George sat on the front steps watching the parade of refugee’s stream passed on their way to the tent city in Golden Gate Park. His father left the house that morning and when he returned, he brought with him two items - an antique clock and a banjo. George took up the banjo and by the time he was in high school, he was playing professionally

Why The Battle of Gettysburg Was a Turning Point in the Civil War The Battle of Gettysburg is the most recognizable battle throughout the every other battle in all of the Civil War. It had the most casualties out of any battle within the Civil War with 46,000 to 51,100 people between both armies together. The Battle of Gettysburg took place on the third of the Civil War (Background Essay) and both sides of the war , The Union and The Confederacy, were in a deadly stalemate at the time. The Civil

sources including Brian Williams, Military History Online, 2007, and E.B. Long, The Civil War Day by Day, Doubleday and Co., Garden City, NY, 1971 Document C: Excerpts from two letters written by General Robert E. Lee to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. US War Department. Document D: The Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln, November 19,