Two seeds were planted in the same garden. The arid soil gave the seeds little hope for growing into flourishing plants. One of the seeds had a gardener who loved and protected it; the seed grew to be a beautiful plant. The other seed also had a gardener who took care of it. This gardener loved the seed as well, however because the gardener couldn’t be there for the seed all the time, and wasn’t very responsible, the seed perished. This is the image that comes to me when I read The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. Both Wes Moore characters are dealt very similar cards. There are numerous factors that shaped these characters’ outcomes. So how did the paths of these two characters diverge? These two characters had very different crowds of …show more content…
This is something that is not exhibited in Mary’s character. Joy is able to identify Wes’s issues and find the best solution. This is exemplified when Joy is talking in the car to Wes about his academics. Instead of accepting the fact that Wes has a learning disability, like his teachers say, she realizes that Wes is just not applying himself. “My academic failures had forced her to go through the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. She’d been stuck in depression for a long time and hadn’t quite made it to acceptance…It seemed like there was faulty wiring in the system because now she was reverting to anger” (Moore 76). Joys thought process here represents her grip on reality. If Mary’s intentions translated into actions I believe that she would be more successful as a parent. Much like Joy, Mary wants nothing but the best for her son. On the other hand, Mary has habits that inhibit her from being the best influence. Ambition runs through Mary’s veins like blood. She promised herself that she will make it out of Baltimore City. Despite being a teenage mother, she made it into John Hopkins University while working a full time job. Being forced to drop out was very hard for Mary. She did not let this unfortunate situation dampen her ambition. “She just had to quickly recalibrate her ambitions. She still had big dreams-maybe she could become an entrepreneur, open a beauty salon or own her own
The experiment was begun by obtaining four 8 oz. Styrofoam cups and punching a hole through the bottom of them. This hole was for water entry or excess water drainage. Moistened soil was packed to the 1/2 full line in the cup along with 3 fertilizer pellets The cups were labeled the following: Rosette-H20, Rosette-GA, Wild-Type-H2O, and Wild-type- GA.(Handout 1) A small wooden applicator stick was obtained a moistened at the tip with water from the petri dish labeled ‘water.’ This was to be able to attract the seed to the applicator in order to place the seed from its original container into
There are many ways to obtain seeds to grow flowers in the springtime, but not all seeds were created equal. Sunflower seeds, for example, can be bought at a garden store in a packet for $1.5 dollars per 6 gram packet, but they can also be found in bird seed for $3.53 dollars per 10 pounds. This experiment intends to find if the germination of a store bought packet of sunflower seeds matches the germination rate of sunflower seeds obtained from a bag of bird seed. While both seeds will germinate, it is believed that the bird seed will not be as robust in growth as the garden seed, due to the fact that the garden seed is made to be grown, while the bird seed is made for consumption.
The book "The Wes Moore", tells "the story of two boys living in Baltimore" who shares a similar life history within the "same black community", in addition to having identical names (Moore & Smiley, 2010). Written by Wes Moore and Tavis Smiley, it recounts the real life stories of the two "Wes Moores", the different journeys and destinies of their life. One Wes Moore ends up as a "phi beta kappa graduate of the John Hopkins University", a "white house fellow", an "army officer" and as the co-author of the book (Sragow, 2010). The "other Wes Moore" ends up as a thief, drug dealer and "a convicted killer"; a sharp difference in comparison to the life of the "lucky" Wes Moore (Moore & Smiley, 2010). As can be seen in the book, it is not luck
The book, “The Other Wes Moore,” is mainly about two African American men that share the same name, Wes Moore. One Wes Moore gets a life sentence in prison, while the other becomes a author, a Rhodes scholar, and a decorated combat veteran. They both however live in the same city. The story starts off around the 2000s when the Baltimore Sun put out a small piece of Wes Moore. The piece was about a robbery in which a police officer was killed. Ironically the police was hunting two brothers, one named Wes Moore.
Yet while she worked hard to achieve her academic goals, a part of her was upset.
METHODS/PROCEDURES: In the beginning of the experiment, pea seeds were used in order to perform the experiment. It was extremely important to acquire good, dry, and viable seeds so the process of germination could occur. A handful of these healthy seeds worked best in assisting the experiment. The seeds ability to germinate was a vital information needed to determine the outcome of the experiment.
Mary said that her father was a very nice person, Mary felt that her father spoiled her, but her mother was very strict, she beat her with a belt when she did not obey some times Mary told her mother that she was not her mother because she punished hard. Mary said that her mother always wanted to keep Mary and her brothers working because she said that if a person was doing nothing could have bad thoughts, so everybody should be working in the house. Even Mary’s mother was always cleaning, cooking, sewing, and knitting. Mary had strict rules, she had to obey in silence, she could not interrupt an adult when they were talking, and help with the house chores every
to be able to use that plant for a use, instead of just watching it.
He took as long as forever to find the perfect spot to plant the seed. He was sure that it was a maple seed. Weston walked for awhile until he was in the middle of the forest. He found the perfect space for his seed to grow up and spread itself amongst the other trees.
When students graduate from college their main concerns is getting that dream job or better yet, a career. Mary is no different; she started her intervening early on. Of course, being the excellent student who she was, she received a job offer for every company she interviewed for. She thought she hit the lottery, when she was offered a forty thousand dollar salary and benefits with potential for promotion. Her actions during her job search again showed how her actions followed her desire to strive to achieve and accomplish all tasks.
The seedling is seen throughout the movie and is a symbol for hope and new beginnings for humanity after
Before a seed may grow, or begin to germinate, it may go through a stage where the plant is completely inactive (BIO 1500 Lab Manual). This stage of inactivity is called dormancy. During dormancy, the plant is essentially “asleep” and is waiting for the correct environmental conditions to come along in order for the plant to continue growing. Just like humans, plants contain hormones that promote behaviors such as dormancy. The plant specific hormone that
To start with, the seed will have its own preliminary hurdles to surmount, such as making its way around stones in the soil and so on. When it manages to show its head as a seedling, you need to be careful its growth is not thwarted by weeds, slugs and other pests.
He smiled at me, turning back around towards the dirt. After making a small hole in the ground, he dropped two seeds into the hole, compressing the earth around the seed to ensure that there was absolutely no air to prevent the seeds from rooting.