“We Didn’t Start the Fire” The 1980s were a big decade that greatly contributed to the history of the United States. “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel is a song that reminded us of all of the people and events that made history. Sally Ride, Homeless Veterans, and Rock and Roller Cola Wars were a big part of the 1980s and are memorable because of their contributions to history. Sally Ride: Sally Ride is most well known for being the first woman to go into space. She was born on May 26, 1951 and grew up in Los Angeles. Sally was the daughter to Dale Burdell Ride and Carol Joyce Anderson. Even though neither of Sally’s parents had a background in physical science, she credited them with fostering her deep interest in science by encouraging her to explore. ("Many Homeless... Veterans"). Sally also had one younger sister named Karen. Sally attended Stanford University and was a double major in physics and English. ("Sally Ride"). Receiving bachelor’s degrees in both subjects in 1973, she continued to study …show more content…
Pepsi had the great idea to use the general public in their commercials and show that Pepsi was preferred over Coke. ("Rock and... Wars"). This worked well, since the people in the commercials and the people watching at home were both included in the ‘general Public.’ ("Rock and... Wars"). Pepsi and Coke began using famous people in their commercials and advertisements. Coke and Pepsi began having blind taste tests to see which beverage is preferred. The blindfolding made it fair. People began worrying about their health and taking soda out of their diet. ("Rock and... Wars"). Due to this both Pepsi and Coke have been dropping in sales. ("Rock and... Wars"). To try and avoid competition the two brands try to use different consumers, sponsor different sports, and make different their logos. ("Rock and... Wars"). They also chose different colors for their packaging, and built different images for their brand. ("Rock and...
Sally Ride grew up in Los Angeles, California. Originally, Sally had decided to attend Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. At Swarthmore, she had planned to take physics and play tennis, but she met a professor and was later accepted at Stanford. It was at Stanford where Sally got her first job working in the registrar’s office. Then, during one summer, she got homesick and decided to head back to California and study quantum physics,
Bill Gates, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world, states, “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” Instead of only looking at the advancements that his business, Microsoft, has made, Gates evaluates and learns from the mistakes or failures he’s also made, and finds ways to prevent them from happening again. Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is about all the people or events that made a large impact on the world from 1950 to 1989 and how the United States was not the main cause of all the problems going on. A majority, if not all of the topics of this song are things that had negative impacts on the world. Mary Cornish’s poem “Numbers” is about the use and power of numbers. The main idea of the poem is how even though something may be subtracted from one thing, whatever is subtracted is usually added to another thing. The lyrics of the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel incorporates
A book that fully illustrates the hardships of dealing with the reconstruction of a nation after an era of slavery as well as concisely providing insight to a strong civil rights voice is “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin. His writing is a both an examination of race relations in a segregated America, and an impassioned plea for both whites and blacks to abandon the hate and embrace love as an outlet for their differences. The title of the book comes from an negro spiritual quotation that Baldwin directly relates to the inevitable consequences of continuing racial injustice: "God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time!"
The Sally Ride Science program is based in San Diego, California and is also partnered with the University of California at San Diego. Well after Ride’s passing, this company has thrived to help encourage and educate the generation of tomorrow. The Sally Ride Science website states that, “The goal is to help educators build students’ STEM literacy and make connections between what students are learning and the STEM fields that are expected to experience rapid job growth in the coming decades” (Sally Ride Science). In addition to the main program, the Sally Ride Science Junior Academy was launched in 2016 to help middle and high school students participate in STEAM organizations and activities throughout the San Diego area. Sally Ride’s influence not only helped to benefitted these student, but she helped to break down a barrier for women everywhere. In a USA Today article written by Mary Marklein, “Since her historic mission, 55 women have flown in space with NASA” (Marklein). Thanks to Ride making history as the first woman to lift off into space, she opened the door many other women to do the same. Not only that, but she set the standard for future generations of female teachers, physicists and
“We Didn’t Start the Fire” is a song written by singer, Billy Joel. Before writing this song, Joel realized that every continuing generation always tends to blame the previous generation for the difficult changes that the present generation confronts. In "We Didn't Start the Fire," Joel writes a chronological order of historical events that occurred during his lifetime. Joel then creates his list of history events into a song that rhymes. When Joel sings the verses of this song, he sings the lyrics at a steady pace. Joel's singing at a steady pace acts as a symbol demonstrating that history does go at a steady pace as well. The message of this song is that history is going on and on, and as it does so, it is bringing changes with it, and there is no way to stop it. Modernizations are changing throughout time, and new struggles are being confronted, and the previous generations are not to be put as the blame. Billy Joel’s song mentions noteworthy happenings in world history, politics, and culture from a forty-year span to
I am Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina astronaut. I was born on May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, California. My parents were Joseph and Roseanne Ochoa, but my father left when I was little. My mom wanted me to be involved with music, so I picked up the flute and became very passionate about it. In high school I graduated valedictorian of Grossmont High School, in La Mesa, California.
Sally Ride was born in Los Angeles, California on May 26, 1951. She grew up during a time of great change in America, especially for women and their rights. After she graduated high school she enrolled in Swarthmore College where she stayed for three semesters before transferring to Stanford University, majoring in both English and physics. After she graduated with her bachelor’s degree, she stayed at Stanford to earn her master’s degree in physics and eventually her doctorate.
“I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals” -Sally Ride. Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space. This is important because Sally Ride later became a champion for science education and a role model for generations. Sally Ride created change from being the first American woman in space because she was a national hero and a powerful role model to others. Sally ride was born May 26, 1951. At a young age Sally took an interest in science. She attended Stanford university, where she earned a master's degree in science and a doctorate in physics.
Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire is a musical reflection of memorable headlines between the 50s and late 80s. Subjects in the song include pop icons, political events, artists, and popular goods. Each of the topics was examined separately and one that stood out as having particular relevance was Elvis Presley. Presley’s popularity was indisputable and even caused him to acquire the nickname “The King.” There are many partial accounts in literature about Presley’s effect on culture and societal norms. However, there is limited information pertaining specifically to his influence on the younger generation.
Today I want to share a fiction book called The Fire Next Time, which was written by James Baldwin, described the social and racial injustice of African American in 20th century in the U.S. This book was published and became the national bestseller in 1963, when the Emancipation Proclamation was declared. It abolished slavery in the U.S., which made African American seek real freedom bravely. In addition, James Baldwin was one of the famous black writer, who explored more issues between social and racial inequality in his works because he mentioned a large number of African American`s life in this country. Meanwhile, he was the spokesman in the Civil Right movement. Besides that, this book consists two letters, including
1975 heralded the Pepsi Challenge', a landmark marketing strategy, which convinced millions of consumers that the taste of Pepsi was superior to Coke. Simultaneously, Pepsi Light, with a distinctive lemon taste, was introduced as an alternative to traditional diet colas. In 1983 Coke launched aspartame/saccharin blend Diet Coke. In response in 1989 Pepsi-Cola introduced an exciting new flavor, Wild Cherry Pepsi. Thus Diet Pepsi's 'The Other Challenge' campaign was based around a 54-46% lead over Diet Coke in independently researched taste tests in Australia. It was only in 1996 that Pepsi unveiled a revolutionary 'blue' look worldwide 'to transform the image and attitude' of one of the world's best-known brands. 'Pepsi Blue represents a quantum leap into the future and redefines how the Cola Wars will be fought and won in the 21st Century.'
Sally Kristen Ride, an American astronaut, made history when she became the first woman and youngest person to travel in space. To educate children, she enjoyed writing books concerning travel and discoveries in space. Ride was born on May 26, 1951 in Encino, California and passed away from pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012 in La Jolla, California. Ever since she was a young girl, Ride had always been curious about the world around her. Ride’s various accomplishments led her to receive many prestigious honors such as being inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame and recognized as a renowned American leader. Two vital influences in Sally Kristen Ride’s life were her high school physiology teacher and her mother.
Pepsi and Coca-Cola are both sodas, but they differ in terms of the satisfying flavors, the color and the graphic design that represents their two products, and then how Coke makes more money than Pepsi. With that said, you should have gotten the ideology of what we will go further in discussing about. Everybody loves these two very well-known sodas which can inject caffeine into you, which makes you all jittery in filling you up with an energetic energy. Alright, enough of this, let's go straight in-depth in talking about the two rivals throughout this paper of how Pepsi beats Coke in sales, but Coke is usually ahead when it comes to annual net income (Feigin) or how Pepsi is a sweeter brand compared to Coke, though Coke brand is more valuable
Pepsi Blue was first test-marketed in Bahrain for three reasons: first, the majority of residents drank Pepsi; second, regional marketers and bottlers had already begun re-evaluating the effectiveness of the company's white logo (which didn't work well in their market); and third, the city was a small test market with a tightly controlled sample population. The Pepsi Blue logo, tagline and new marketing materials were rolled out in half the market and its results were highly successful. Purchasers liked the new logo design and the majority believed that the packaging had improved and the taste remained the same. For those who believed that both the taste and packaging were different, the majority enjoyed the "new" taste.
In 1975 there was huge controversy between Coca Cola and Pepsi regarding a blind taste. Even though Pepsi had been competing for market share since the formation ofPepsi-Cola in 1889, this blind test went in favour of Pepsi as more people on the blind taste test said that they preferred Pepsi over Coca Cola.