When you meet someone for the first time, you never know the impact they will have on your life. For example, when taking music lessons with Peter Hix, I never pictured myself crying the day he packed his bags and left for California. I first began taking lessons from Hix when I was twelve and continued learning from him until the age of sixteen. Though I was just learning the ukulele from him, that did not deter him from challenging me with pieces that should in no, way, shape, or form, be played on the ukulele. Has anyone ever had a reason to learn a classic Greek song on the ukulele? Regardless, Peter Hix taught it anyway. To this day, I still remember the first time he tried to challenge me back in the eighth grade. Hix
Music in Ancient Greece was well integrated in their society, it played a large role in various ceremonies from marriages to funerals, as well as entertainment like plays or epic poetry. Although it is believed that music was invented in Africa over 55,000 years ago, music really began and took shape in Ancient Greece. Even the word music came from the Greek word muses who were believed to be the daughters of Zeus and were the patron Goddesses of creativity. There are many references to music in ancient Greece, from drawings on pottery of people playing, as well as literary works that even describe how the instruments sounded. Speaking of instruments, in addition to the voice being used as one, there are several instruments that are known to have existed in Ancient Greece, a few different string instruments including a lyre, a kithara (which is believed to be the ancient equivalent of a guitar), and a barbitos, which is a taller version of a lyre. They also had several wind type instruments including and aulos, pan pipes, a hydraulis (which eventually led to the modern day organ), as well as a salpinx, which was an ancient type of trumpet with a bone mouthpiece that was the origin of the many brass instruments that we know of today. Finally, we also know of several percussion instruments that were used by the ancient Greeks, these include a tympanum, which was like a tambourine, a crotala, and a koudounia. Music was actually one of the main teachings, along with gymnastics
U.S Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and their friend Anthony Sadler, were all on a train to Paris on Friday. They heard a gunshot and saw a man running down the corridor with a rifle. Skarlatos said that it was his natural instinct that led them to tackle and disarm the rifle from the man. After the train stopped, the 26 year old Moroccan citizen was then arrested. Stone and two other passengers withheld injuries. These three men and another Briton were rewarded with the country’s highest honor for their bravery. They hope that people can learn from this situation. Sadler says "Hiding, or sitting back, is not going to accomplish anything.”
Another extraordinary person described by Joanne Lipman in “And the Orchestra Played On” is a music teacher, Mr. K. or Jerry Kupchynsky. Lipman never directly says that Mr. K. was a great teacher, but her essay shows it very clearly. At first Mr. K. gives the impression of a tough, rude man, but it changes gradually throughout the story. Strict and demanding, Mr. K. loved discipline and cooperation. He wasn’t mean, but his life was mean to him. He endured fascist camps, the death of his wife from a long suffering disease, immigration, and the murder of his daughter. In my opinion, he was very lonely and had the right to hate life. However, he was the type that believes “what does not kill us makes us stronger”. He did not give up, found his strength and love in music, and taught
"One, two, three, ready or not here I come". Man I remember all the fun creative games that we used to play as kids. Like the first time he teached me how to ride a longboard. I would lay on my stomach and look like a beached whale flopping around the sidewalk, but after a while I soon realized that my brother was pulling me with a rope. He said that day hold on, as I looked at him he jerked the rope, and ran like Speedy Gonzalesor pulling left to right,
united health care is health insurance for those who have low income, pregnant, children, elderly or a disability. united health insurance is the largest single health carrier in the united states. This type of health insurance has Medicare and Medicaid but the are tow different government run programs that were created in 1965 in response to the inablility of older and low-income americans to buy private health
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German health care spends far less administrative costs than the United States. On page 68, Reid explains that this decrease in spending is due to a universal smart card known as the digital health card. This relates back to France’s vital card which Reid discusses throughout chapter four. Not only does this digital health card provide easy access to medical records and payments, but works to cut spending. Perhaps the United States should consider a card like this as we spend 17 percent of GDP on health care compared to Germanys 11 percent. However as a future health professional, I’m worried about these spending cuts because they could potentially cut entry level jobs in the field.
Music: I decided to use the song “Brave” by Sara Bareilles because I thought it was the
Music was a large part of everyday life in Ancient Greece. The people thought of music as a gift from their gods, associating different instruments with specific gods. Their term for music was not limited strictly to vocal and instrumental melody, but referred to dance, lyrics, and even poetry reading. Music was brought into many facets of life for Ancient Greek citizens, from weddings and funerals, to banquets and religious festivals. Education and Drama were also parts of Ancient Greek life to which music was integral.
My first memory of wrestling was in fourth grade when I was wrestling someone who was way bigger than me. He just kicked my butt.
Political scientists Wilson and Fiorina both tackle the concepts of party polarization and culture war through the lens of the 2004 U.S presidential election. In 2016, their musings are, for the most part, still highly applicable. Neither denies the existence of either a culture war or political polarization. Rather, their theses differ in the extent to which they apply these terms to the general electorate rather than to the political elites. Wilson argues that both elites and voters are polarized, a phenomenon driven by the media, homogenization of political parties, and interest groups.1 However, Fiorina maintains that the polarization in the voting patterns of the electorate is merely a reflection of elite partisan stances rather than the polarization of the voters themselves.2 In examining their arguments, it is evident that Fiorina had the more tenable thesis in regard to the polarization of the electorate in 2004. Yet this does not preclude the existence of a culture war that has led polarization in 2016. Today, Wilson’s theories are more applicable to the political and cultural context. Looking towards the 2018 midterm elections, the Democratic party in particular should focus on cultivating moderate stances that can appeal to both Democrats and Republicans with the aim of gaining seats in the Senate and House of Representatives.
Not only was he my Science Olympiad coach, but he was also my seventh grade teacher. We learned everything from how to build a bridge
The typical teenager has a playlist of music on their phone of the newest music from the talented recording artist of this century. That’s not me, I am the kid with classical music blaring until I drive my friends into complete boredom and playing foreign music until my family questions whether I’m truly an American. The “good” music of today falls into the genres of pop and hip-pop, but the music lacks a story. I have always felt like an outcast who is searching for his purpose through words and music helps me find myself. I began to take piano lessons at the age of six with numbers of different teachers from old ladies who play on Sunday mornings at church to Broadway performers turned worship pastors. Each one of these teachers left an imprint
A perfect day for me in elementary school was me getting in trouble and didn't have to do any work. My first fight was in 1st grade and the kid tried to bite me. I remember he was super black, tall, skinny, and fast. The kid wasn't very strong but he was just fast. We both got in trouble and we had to say sorry to each other.
The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss, pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel, tells a story of two children at home on a rainy day alone, being visited by the Cat in the Hat and the turmoil that he causes. The Cat In The Hat is clearly Geisel’s most famous book, written in 1956 and published in 1957, considered a children’s classic today. It was The Cat In The Hat “where Dr. Seuss jubilantly breaks the barriers of the basal reader’s simplistic language and pedestrian artwork” (MacDonald 10). In The Cat In The Hat, Geisel uses this childish language and comical pictures as well as an interesting story and fun characters to not only create a successful children’s book but to deliver a subtle political message of rebellion against authority.