The Reluctant Scientist
So I have to ask myself, how it came to pass that a woman who has little interest
in science (never, in fact, dissected so much as a single frog in high school), who
never wanted to teach children any older than second graders, and who most
importantly, loathes, and I mean that with a capital L, Loathesrodents of all
sorts, came to be in a science classroom full of fourth grade students, picking
rats’ bones out of hairballs? Well, it wasn’t easy, let me tell you.
It all began innocently enough about two years ago, when my younger
daughter, now ten, came home full of bubbling enthusiasm for her classes’
latest science project. “We’re doing owl pellets, Mom,” she informed me. “We
get to find the bones and take them out and figure out what they are! Today
we found a vole’s skull!” Having no idea what she was talking about, I said what
all good moms do in order to demonstrate I was properly interested, “That’s nice
dear,” and promptly forgot about what she had said as I turned my attention to
something that I did understand.
Owl pellets only returned to the forefront of my thinking several days later, when
I visited my daughter’s classroom to fulfill my ongoing volunteer commitment to
the school. The students were in the middle of science when I arrived, and
spread out on their desks were an assortment of scales, rulers, tweezers, charts,
tiny bones, and suspicious looking piles of gray fluff. Caitlin sprang from her desk
and ran towards me. “Mom! Come see what Kimhee and I have!” Pulling me by
the arm, she brought me over to her and her partner’s table, where they had
the same odd assortment of items. It appeared as if the were reassembling
some of the bones into a rather dubious looking skeleton.
Wrinkling my nose, I asked, “What isthat?”
“It’s the skeleton of a vole, Mommy. I told you all about it at home,” Caitlin
replied, somewhat accusingly. Kimhee reached into the stack of papers on the
table and extracted a detailed diagram of what appeared to be a rodent
skeleton and offered it to me. “We got the bones from our owl pellet, and now
we’re putting them back together,” Caitlin continued. “See, here’s the skull. We
had another one, but we don’t have enough of the rest of the bones to make
two skeletons.”
“What exactly is an owl pellet?” I inquired hesitantly, not at all sure that I wanted
to know the answer.
Once again, my daughter looked at me impatiently.
The article, “Motivated Rejection of Science” stood out to me because the vast amount of scientific research to back up findings and the vast majority of the population that rejects it. Lewandowsky and Oberauer discuss the prevalence of false beliefs in the general population. They bring up the popular conspiracy theories that have either false or no scientific research, plaguing the minds of many. When the majority of the general population believe in a certain theory – like the vaccines that are ‘linked’ to measles, Autism, mumps, and rubella – the effects can be detrimental. The vaccine craze was felt worldwide and is the best example of misinformation.
This incident would have produced nothing more than another report for resisting arrest had a bystander, George Holliday, not videotaped the altercation. Holliday then released the footage to the media. LAPD Officers Lawrence Powell, Stacey Koon, Timothy Wind and Theodore Brisino were indicted and charged with assaulting King. Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg ordered a change of venue to suburban Simi Valley, which is a predominantly white suburb of Los Angeles. All officers were subsequently acquitted by a jury comprised of 10 whites, one Hispanic and one Asian, and the African American community responded in a manner far worse than the Watts Riots of 1965. ?While the King beating was tragic, it was just the trigger that released the rage of a community in economic strife and a police department in serious dec...
In this argumentative essay written by Dr. Ron Kline a pediatrician who wrote his essay titled “A Scientist: I am the enemy”. The article gives an insight on how animal research has helped many people and shine a light on the benefits of animal research. Ron Kline is the director of bone marrow transplants at the University of Louisville. Furthermore, the essay explains his thoughts and his own reasons for his love of medical research. In addition, the essay include the opposing side of the argument which has a lot feedback from activist groups that think that animal research is horrible.
Johannes Mehserle was arrested on January 13th for the murder of Oscar Grant. Mehserle was granted bail; it was set at three million dollars (Bulwa). He testified that he thought that Oscar Grant had a weapon and was going to stock him with his stun gun but by accident he pulled out his gun. The prosecutors were trying to get him convicted of second-degree murder, by saying Mehserle was angry with Grant for resting the arres...
is very eager for one of her daughters to marry him, as he is single,
At lunch the children are rowdy and need to be calmed down. The father says, "Maybe we could try a little quiet today." The girl replies, "You sound like your tombstone. Remember what you wanted it to say?" Her brother joins in by saying, "Today will be a quiet day. Because it never is around us." (Hempel 1204). Shortly after completing their meal, the girl asks about her dog. "Did anyone remember to feed him?" she asks (Hempel 1205). The boy again brings death into the picture by saying that he forgot to feed the dog and then proceeds to remind her about her previous dog. She was told the dog was taken to a sheep farm where, in reality, the dog was put to sleep. Naturally, the girl began to cry.
renovating a palazzo his men found the bones of a human. When I got to
Shakespeare's play, The Tempest tells the story of a father, Prospero, who must let go of his daughter; who brings his enemies under his power only to release them; and who in turn finally relinquishes his sway over his world - including his power over nature itself. The Tempest contains elements ripe for tragedy: Prospero is a controlling figure bent on taking revenge for the wrongs done to him, and in his fury he has the potential to destroy not only his enemies, but his own humanity and his daughter's future.
Bones Unturned. This had gave me a better grasp at what they were looking at.
The Tempest presents the character of Prospero the usurped duke of Milan. In the beginning Prospero’s character can be described as foul, spiteful, and selfish. This can be seen in various scenes in acts one and two of the play where he treats the people around him as his servants especially the fateful Ariel who reminded him of his promise only to be threatened of imprisonment. He’s selfish in the sense that he would do anything to accomplish his goal of executing his plan. Like a master puppeteer he is manipulative and deceptive. He even manipulates his daughter to fit according to his scheme. However, all of his foul characteristics left him as his plan nears its end. It is as if the shedding of his clothes represented his change is personality and attitude. After Prospero discarded his staff, drowned his magic book, and wore his duke garments he became more responsible and sympathetic. Instead of exacting revenge on the king of Naples a...
...ave now. It gives the chance to see the differences between education and language, then and now. Ariel being a black male character adds a closure to the differences in the play and the movie. By changing such important details is changing the play entirely. “The Tempest” written by William Shakespeare, is no longer a tragicomedy containing love, revenge, hatred, retribution and forgiveness, we know and love.
“Suddenly the young hunter saw the woman, with her dress above her waist, her bare legs sprayed wide apart. He had never seen a woman like that before. He ran quickly to her side and stared down at her belly, quite frightened to touch. There, lying beneath the woman's legs, was the body of a small, damp, pink animal, attached only by something that looked like a rope......”
In this scene that occurs in act III scene III of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Ariel presents himself to Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian, and Gonzalo for the first time as a frightening harpy, a creature with a bird’s wings and claws and a woman’s face. The mere sight of him would have been terrifying, but the words of his speech are even more so. Ariel reveals himself to be an omniscient instrument in Prospero’s plan for revenge, and an all-powerful, untrustworthy opponent of the group, and in support of Prospero’s plan for revenge. William Shakespeare uses several writing techniques such as personification, alliteration, and diction to emphasize the development of Ariel’s character, as well as further develop the theme of power in the play.
she was telling us all. I only remember a little bit of that period of time
Prospero enslaves Ariel; he uses Ariel’s gruesome past to squeeze every bit of her sentence for his benefit. He baits the fact that he saved her from the punishment of the late witch, Sycorax, for her to do his bidding. For example, he uses her powers to manipulate the actions of those on the king’s boat, which helps to commence his ploy to go back home (1.2.195-206) Prospero continuously uses Ariel to get what he wants without doing work. Though he enslaves her, he does offer Ariel a completely different treatment than Caliban. Prospero “promise/To bate [Ariel] a full year” (1.2.249-50). He kindly offers Ariel an alternative that Caliban would never be offered. Prospero also treats Ariel with a favorable attitude and treats her kindly. Ariel asks Prospero whether he loves her which he responds with “Dearly my delicate Ariel” (4.1.49). Prospero is keeping Ariel under his control, yet he does so with affection and love towards the spirit; an attribute a villain does not tend to portray. The true nature of his personality arises; he demonstrates that he is is not so cruel that he does not care for others in his life. He also thanks Ariel when he dismisses her. He thanked her for all she did for him which a true villain would not do; a villain would not allow a slave to leave much less thank them (4.1.165). Prospero does