mosaic piece two: perfection
Perfect? Is it possible to describe a word without a definite meaning itself? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the saying goes, so why do we push to attain an absolute state of being that no one...
View ArticleRough Draft: Your Verse
Being members of the human race, there are times where certain questions are prevalent: What is my purpose in life? What passion do I live for? What will my verse be? Apple Inc. indicates that this...
View ArticleTED Talks
1. Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson Sir Ken Robinson is one of the best public speakers and lecturers I have had the pleasure of listening to. Through jokes, analytical topics, and...
View Articlemosaic piece three: the places i’ll go
“You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest....
View Articlemosaic piece four: mr. kozol
I relay this blog post in an attempt to answer the question of why? Why am I in The Pennsylvania State University Third Cohort of Millennium Scholars? I can only admit that I am no better than the...
View ArticleChanging the Educational Paradigm
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms In my Junior year, I was introduced to Sir Ken Robinson and his desire to change educational paradigms. As he states in his TED Talk,...
View Articlemosaic piece five: señora vargas
Girls often have a problem with showing too many degrees of emotion. If we are quiet, we are considered prudes or weak; if we are loud, we are judged as being too assertive or a, excuse my language,...
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Refining “Changing the Educational Paradigm”
Sir Ken Robinson’s life thesis is revolves around his desire to change educational paradigms. As he states in his TED Talk, “every country on earth at the moment is reforming public education…the...
View Articlemosaic piece six: adventurous soul
“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy...
View ArticleParadigm Shift Essay Introduction
A fundamental change is occurring within the nature of schools and public education in terms of technology usage, increase in standardization, and sacrificing of the arts, overall diminishing the...
View Articlemosaic piece seven: my legs
Spider Legs | Daddy Long Legs | Goddess | Crazy Legs | Giant | Too Tall For A Girl 5’10” If there is one thing that has been constant through out my life, as much as “If you are Africa, why are you...
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TED Talk Reflection
Top Two TED Talks: 1. Phillip Clauer on GMOs It is not out of the ordinary for Phillip to give a captivating and near perfect presentation. Today, he discussed GMOs, mainly their manufacturing and...
View ArticleParadigm Shift Rough Draft
Takara Richard Jessica J. O’Hara, Ph.D English 137H 16 July 2015 “True Learning” vs. “Authentic Assessment” Currently, education is at a crucial point, on the brink of something revolutionary when it...
View Articlemosaic piece eight: my brother
“To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and...
View ArticleStasis Theory in Legalization of Marijuana
Notes from Chapter 7 | Just a rough idea of what to write Use of stases helps determine the argument at hand and the foundation of it can refer to the stance a person has on the topic allows the full...
View Articlemosaic piece nine: “mama riegs”
Ms. Rieger | Mama Riegs | AP English 12 I cannot even begin to put into words the influence and inspiration Ms. Rieger has had in my life, so forgive me if I do not do her justice. She is the essence...
View Articlemosaic: takara leigh richard
I am a South African American. I am eighteen. I am a perfectionist. I am a runner. I am afraid of clowns. I am a voracious reader and love anything by Ellen Hopkins. I can speak Afrikaans. I am lactose...
View ArticleTED Talk Analysis and Review
http://sites.psu.edu/takararichard/wp-content/uploads/sites/28229/2015/07/obs_recorded_19072015135227.mp4 For my TED Talk, I presented information on the paradigm shift occurring in education today....
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