Valerie

Farming the Home Place: A Japanese American community in California 1919-1982 by Valerie J. Matsumoto presents a close and in-depth study of social and culture history of Cortez, a small agricultural settlement located in San Joaquin valley in California. Divided into six chapter, the book is based primarily on the oral interviews responses from eighty three members of Issei, Nisei, and Sansei generations. However, many information are also obtained from the local newspapers, community records, and

Case Analysis: Valerie Tubbs Case Summary Valerie Tubbs has being working for the past five years as a mannequin’s dresser due to limited control she has over her reaction when she is around many people. She mentioned, “I feel prickly little fingers of heat crawling out across my neck and up my cheek, and then it spreads like wildfire.” She claims she feels stupid for being so afraid of becoming a fashion buyer for a department due to the low tolerance she has for the scrutiny, even if this has

Valerie Holliday’s essay ‘Masculinity in the Novels of Philip K. Dick’ discusses Dick’s use of masculinity and gender, and parallels it to his life and socio-political exploration. FindIt@Flinders states that the essay is a part of the ‘peer reviewed journal’ Extrapolation, 2006, Vol.47(2). Though Extrapolation is identifiable as a credible journal that “invites papers on all areas of speculative culture” (Extrapolation: A Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2015) I found no information about

Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton’s Oscar winning 2006 indie film Little Miss Sunshine follows the eclectic Hoover family as they embark on a cross-country trip in their dilapidated VW van to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in which nine-year-old Olive will be competing. Olive’s uncle, Frank (played by Steve Carell) has just been released from a brief stay at a mental health facility following a suicide attempt, and is left in the care of Olive’s mother (Arndt, 2006). Under doctor’s orders

Original sin is a widely discussed issue in theology. Original sin is a gift bestowed upon mankind from the actions of betrayal displayed by Adam and Eve to God. Two prominent theologians who have spoken about original sin are Reinhold Niebuhr and Valerie Saving. Niebuhr’s explorers the debatable notion of original sin. Meanwhile Savings focuses on woman in theology; how both genders do not share the same values in sin. Though Neibuhr and Saving both recognize the concept of original sin, they have

Media analysis: Music Music: a cinematic aspect of illustrative themes. Valerie and her week of wonders (1970) is a classical movie that weaves all aspects of entertainment facets to elicit an emotive, thought to provoke and illustrative themes of a spiritualistic society. The aspects that creatively intertwine together to bring out the entire movie include genres, characters, music, symbolism, sound effects and special effects (Limpscomb 41). The interest of our discussion is how the music applied

car is as important as reaching our final destination. Homework has become an integral, unchallenged part of the journey of education, but in my opinion it diminishes school to a linear, mundane experience of travelling in a car without windows. Valerie Yates (“Homework Time is Over”) has articulated my belief about the adverse impact of the undue emphasis that our education system places on homework. Her own experiences whether it be her son’s yearning for the banishment of homework, the plight

challenge that can rise from CCSS, is the grading format for students has risen which can become problematic for those student who are performing poorly with the current standards. In The Washington Post article “The Myth of Common Core Equality” by Valerie Stratus, explains the challenges student face with common core, and how it is unfortunately increasing the educational gap. Stratus explain how minorities are performing poorly in common core test, “When a student score in the Below Standard category

Valerie Young, an employee at Wisson, a cosmetic/fragrance company, is the troubled subject of ‘How Personal Can Ethics Get?” (Hellriegel & Slocum 563). Valerie finds herself in the midst of an ethical dilemma that not only has the ability to affect her but also her colleagues. An enthusiastic finance and marketing specialist eager to learn the business of fragrance, Valerie discovers misconduct on the part of her boss, Lionel Waters. Upon discovering incriminating invoices from Waters’ side-business

Little Miss Sunshine – Essay Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, is about a family whose cross country journey to the Little Miss Sunshine child beauty pageant teaches them, and the viewer, that real life is about relationships and that these are more important than simplistic notions of winning or losing. Richard Hoover is the character who most exemplifies this message as he eventually recognises that his family and life cannot be defined by his ‘Refuse to Lose’