better understanding the authors Adams, Freire, Rich, Pratt, and Griffin.
The assignments I was given over the past weeks allowed me to obtain a better understanding about the authors Adams, Freire, Rich, Pratt, and Griffin. Each authors unique style of writing showed me that there is not just one way of writing. You can write your thoughts in the traditional way, bu....
Fight for True Freedom - Cival War Era
The Fight for True Freedom
Even though the war had officially ended and the former slaves were considered to be freedmen, there were many laws, codes, and economic as well as political prejudices that were in affect to put extreme limits on how free a freedman really was. Henry Adams, an emancip....
Henry Adams Education Compared to Ours
A college education is perceived as an elite standard in life that earns respect in certain aspects of society, depending on the time period in which the education had taken place. The goal of a recipient of a college degree in todays education system is viewed to help one prepare for the world i....
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
At times, I proposed contrary ideas.--from Hunger of Memory
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In 1982, The Village Voice book editor asked me to choose my next assignment from a stack of new titles. On top was Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, which I was promptly told I should not review: "We've seen t....
Louisiana Purchase
Several great American Statesmen were pivotal in shaping and molding the government of the United States. History has since forgotten some of these founding fathers. The ones remembered throughout history are those we hold up for their accomplishments. Thomas Jefferson is one of the American Statesm....