The Mountain Brook Community is such an amazing place to live and to be apart of. There are many factors that I think contribute to giving this community its credibility. A few of those factors‚ other than safety and great educational system‚ is that we are a community. The definition of community is “ group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common”‚ and when I see that definition‚ I immediately see Mountain Brook. The people of Mountain Brook are what make
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Why not a “Tiger Mother” Nowadays‚ numerous parents connected their strict Asian-American parenting style with their children’s academic success‚ but is this narrow definition of success sufficient for raising an effective member in the society and have the parents pondered the consequences of this kind of parenting? “Tiger mother” refers to Amy Chua‚ a Chinese-American Yale law professor and author of the book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. Her book documents her motherhood experiences
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an inspiration to write peoms‚ suchs as “V. The Soldier”‚ by Robert Brooks and “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen. Both of these poems share the same theme being war‚ but in contrast they both perceived it in different ways. Owen served as a British soldier in the front line during the war‚ through his realistic and horrific poems he became one of the greatest war poets during the first world war. On the other hand‚ Brooks also served in the military‚ but never went to battle. This is noticeable
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“Year of Wonders” suggests that Nature and Religion will always be opposing forces. -Discuss- Geraldine Brooks’ novel of the 17th century plague‚ the “Year of Wonders”‚ conveys how religion and nature will inevitably remain opposing forces‚ through the eyes of the protagonist‚ Anna. Several notions regarding this topic exist throughout the novel‚ yet are mainly brought to mind by the inquisitiveness of Anna‚ and her independence. For instance‚ the beginning of Anna’s scepticism can be seen by
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our solipsistic zoom-lens on life‚ and relate to the world and each other with more integrity‚ more curiosity‚ and more wholeheartedness.” Over the course‚ I look art differently and actually in enjoy it. I went to the Brooks Museum of Art to get a better feel for art. The Brooks’ collection of African Art includes wood carving‚ metal‚ textiles‚ bead-work‚ paintings‚ and books. These holdings largely reflect the generous gift of Henry Easterwood‚ a local collector. The collection features objects
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Phil Brooks[4] (born October 26‚ 1978)‚ better known by his ring name CM Punk‚ is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) brand where he is the reigning ECW Champion. Punk initially came to prominence through his career on the professional wrestling independent circuit‚ primarily as a member of the Ring of Honor (ROH) roster where he was an ROH Tag Team Champion‚ ROH World Champion‚ and the first head
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and ultimately‚ their whole future. Geraldine Brooks’ novel‚ ’Year of Wonders’ shows us that catastrophe and disasters can lead people to change in many ways‚ sometimes revealing their true identity. Following an outbreak of the plague‚ the villagers in Eyam‚ a small town in England‚ make the difficult decision to quarantine themselves and block their connections with the outside world. This story is followed through the eyes of Anna Frith‚ a single mother of two boys‚ who in the end‚ emerges as the
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When regarding Romaine Brooks‚ born Beatrice Romaine Goddard‚ I feel she was born at the wrong time. Even in the 1970’s era‚ if Brooks was active in this period‚ she would get a lot of backlash from the LGB (which is was called)‚ transgender and crossdressing was considered as a sick or a mental issue. Even well into the middles 1990’s‚ it was still called LGB instead of the now LGBT‚ or now LGBT ”I” (Intersex) However‚ I found this very interesting‚ a group called SGL ("same gender loving") is a
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David Brooks talks about resume virtues and eulogy virtues in his TED Talk‚ “Should You Live for Your Resume . . . or Your Eulogy?” He has a perspective on how there are two sides in every person. There is the side that wants to be successful‚ ambitious‚ and create many things in the world. Then there is the other side. The other side that is humble and wants to be good‚ not just do good things. He said that the motto for this side is “love and redemption” (). He points out these two sides and gives
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The Life Story of Elwyn Brooks White Elwyn Brooks White wrote some of the best literature of his time. He had been writing since he was in high school which leads him to receiving all his awards and prizes later in his life. He had wrote several books and articles that got published. His writing soon became recognizable even without him writing his signature on his work. White had a very successful writing career even when some people though he would never make it. (1996) He was born on
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