Haley Cartner 04/05/2017 Amelia Earhart Brief description of their life: Amelia was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24,1897. She spent most of her time at her grandparents, who were middle class. Amelia’s mother Amy Otis married a promising man, that a problem with alcohol. Her father Edwin Earhart was always searching for ways to establish his career and he made sure that his family was taken care of financially. When her father’s drinking got bad, Amelia’s mother would shuttle her…
Amelia Earhart Women should try to do the impossible like men and when they don’t succeed it should be a challenge for others. Even though she tried to fly around the world and failed, Amelia Earhart was a very determined women and should be remembered. Because she fought for international peace and equality for woman. She also was the first person to attempt to fly around the world. Amelia Earhart had a lot of firsts. On December 28, 1920 pilot Frank Hawks gave Amelia Earhart her first…
Rachel Gordon December 12th, 2016 AP World Mr.Fragapane Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and author. Despite her notorious disappearance, Amelia was shown to be a role model for women, and young girls everywhere. Women were often oppressed in the 1920’s and 1930’s, and not given the same opportunities as men. Amelia not only formulated The Ninety-Nines (an organization for female pilots), but she also wrote best selling books about her flying experiences, set world…
OneRepublic, an American pop rock band, has successfully had several hit songs in the past 10 years. They started out in 2002 with members Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle, and Eddie Fisher. Ryan Tedder is the lead singer, Zach Filkins is the guitarist, Drew Brown is also a guitarist, Brent Kutzle is the bassist and cellist, and Eddie Fisher is the drummer. In 2003, they signed with Velvet Hammer, an imprint of Columbia Records. They made their first album with Greg Wells.…
“Everybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days, everybody knows what – what I’m talking about, everybody gets that way” (Hannah Montana, Nobody’s Perfect, 2008). These lyrics have been taken from Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana’s hit song ‘Nobody’s Perfect’, a song that was once popular amongst young adults. Miley Cyrus, like many young stars of her time, appeared on Disney Channel in a hit TV Show designed specifically for her known as Hannah Montana, which may have been a mistake. Cyrus is…
impacts his life as Ginsberg is sensitive to the emotions of those around him, and will find himself taking “voluntary time outs.” His family is patient with him as Ginsberg goes through his clinical obsessions ranging from recycling trucks to Hilary Duff. At school, the author is able to meet up in small groups where he can give and receive support from his buddies. Ginsberg learns that, even though he might compulsively stop to pay careful attention to numerical details, the people around him…
The song “Someone’s Watching Over Me” by Hilary Duff is about someone finally finding themselves and becoming comfortable with who they are after struggling with their identity for some time. I feel that this song aptly conveys Jing-mei Woo’s character traits, emotions, thoughts and predicament as an adult after the passing of her mother, Suyuan woo as she too had a prejudice against her Chinese self. As a child, Jing-mei had always detested her Chinese culture and “had vigorously denied that…
Sometime, in everyone's life, they have a hero, someone they look up to. But what exactly is a hero? If one were to look it up in the dictionary, they would find it simply to mean, "A person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities." A hero can really be defined according to the mind of the beholder. Over time the perception of a hero has changed and it will only continue to change. Everyone needs a hero figure within' their life, it…
Leave the judgment behind, I worked long and hard on this (probably). One more thing, everyone* I mention in, this will have their name changed to inanimate objects. Sit back, relax, and enjoy. “Hey now, hey now, this is what dreams are made of.” -Hilary Duff from The Lizzie Mcguire Movie.…
Before leaving for school, I sit down and turn on my favorite show, Spongebob Squarepants. In this episode, Spongebob is being bullied, an incident that many students like me and my friends can relate to, at Boating School by a larger fish named Flatts. Annoyed and frustrated, Spongebob lets the bully have his way, and since he is a sponge, the bully’s physical abuse doesn’t affect him, the bully becoming tired and run-down. During the whole episode, Spongebob stays strong which teaches the…