Essays on School Bus

At 4:00am, my alarm clock begins to go off. Still exhausted from the night before, I begin to rise out of bed. In the middle of winter, it’s dark outside. The house is freezing. I take a deep breath and get out of bed to begin my day. As a single mother raising three children, I work two jobs just to make ends meet. I am due to report to my first job, at the local hotel, at 6:00am sharp. It’s minimum wage and physically grueling work, but it’s a job that puts food on the ...

The Reasons Schools Contract Out their Services to Private Companies

The use of contracting services out to specialized service providers is increasing in school districts nationwide. Two of the most frequent areas where this practice occurs are in the custodial and transportation areas. The primary reason that this subcontracting of services is initialed is to save money. Many districts are struggling financially and service providers tout a huge savings while saving the school district’s administrative and other headaches in the process. Relieving some of the headaches from administrators might sound well and good, but in truth, however, that in some cases, the subcontracting of services does save school ...

Introduction

Education plays an important role in teaching children valuable lessons that will help them change or become agents of change. This idea materializes in Mildred Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Told from the perspective of 9 year old Cassie, the girl leans valuable lessons, especially from bitter experiences of racism and injustice, which allowed her to grow and become an instrument or vehicle of change. The following discussion focuses on the lessons that Cassie learned, these lessons’ influences on Cassie’s point of view, behavior, and role in the story.

Coming of Age in Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry

Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear ...

Herman’s obstacles and habits

Many obstacles contribute the lateness of Herman to his work station. As seen from the map, his home is approximately four miles from the Dewey, Cheetum and Howe Accountants. Along the way, Herman experiences a lot of obstacles that make him late for work. In addition, he has an unacceptable behavior that also makes him get to work late. Punctuality in the workplace is an issue that needs no debate because every worker must ensure they report to their duty stations on time. Failure to arrive at workplace on time irrespective of the reason for lateness introduces an aspect of ...

People say that you high school years are your best years, and this turns out to be true so far. I was in eighth grade when I started high school in Saudi Arabia. It was very new to me, and I was very excited about changing the environment, meeting new people, and advancing in life. On the first day, everyone had to dress up for the ceremony of officially starting school and listen to what inspiring and motivating things teacher had to say to us – the new students. After the ceremony finished we split up into three groups of ...

The fineness of the air around us is referred as ‘air quality'.An area is considered having good air quality when prevailing air surrounding us is unpolluted. .Clean air is an integral requirement for all living beings on this planet. There are many parameters that develop poor air quality or pollute the air. The emissions from industries and vehicles used to play a significant role in pollution of the air. The Clean Air Act provides the air quality in the local, state as well as the nation level. In fact, news reported that United Kingdom has found itself on the ...

Introduction

Movie in life is meant to move and inspire the human mind in order to create a life-long impact on society and the world. And, different movies have their own genres and philosophies of existence. Some movies are not just movies as a means of entertainment but for the introduction and mirror of facts and realities of multi-faceted dimensions of our life. They make us laugh and cry. Even further, it goes on to make us learn and grow. And, finally, time is far off when they make us live through it. Thus, it is not often that one comes across ...

HLTH2105 – HEALTH: A Psychological Perspective

This paper is based on The Black balloon movie (2008), an award winning film that features how autism affects one military family. From a medical point of view, autism is a development disorder that affects behavioural patterns of the affected person. The dominant characters in the movie are Charlie Mollison who suffers from Autism and Attention Deficit Disorder, Thomas Mollison – youngest brother to Charlie, Jackie – Thomas’ classmate who later became his girlfriend. Maggie Mollison and Simon Mollison are the parents of the two brothers. The character of Jackie will be used to show how physical and emotional support can help families ...