Ballerinas

In America we have basic human rights such as being able to speak our mind. Sometimes we take simple leisures like this for granted. In the futuristic, dystopian world of “Harrison Bergeron” created by Kurt Vonnegut, citizens are controlled and weighed down by handicaps given by the government and the handicap general Diana Moon Glampers. Each person was forced to become a lesser version of themselves in order to not cause competition to each other. Harrison Bergeron is a teenager with…

like ballet companies producing professionals at age 9. The goal of the studio needs to be the education and healthy development of the athletes. This also means that not every child can be taught like they are going to become a high-level elite ballerina-they need to train and cater to children of all levels of skill. Administrators from the…

In “A&P” by John Updike, the story takes place in a 1950’s grocery store called A&P. This story reflects the life and culture of what life was like in the post-war era of the 1950’s. A&P is a small town grocery store located in downtown Massachusetts during the 1950’s. During this time, the country is recovering from the Great Depression and World War II. After the Great Depression and World War II, “new items constantly appeared on the racks” (Young 81). In the store, brand names of food…

Harrison Bergeron versus 2081 We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson. We in the United State hold this line of the Declaration of Independence to be a pivotal part of our country. We have went to war many times to uphold the right that everyone to be equal. Many men and women have died to help ensure that…

freedom when moving on stage. I majored in dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, determined to share my love of physical fitness and art with the next generation. However, as fulfilling as dancing every day was, the pressure to have a “ballerina” type body led me to develop an eating disorder in high school. I couldn’t see how beautiful my athletic body was. Today, I look back at the pictures of myself in high school and college and sigh. I wish I could tell my younger self to stop…

She was a ballerina who lived with Gittany in Sydney. Harnum and her family are from Canada, where she lived until she was 24 years old, to move to Australia (Oriti, 2013). She had previously worked as a receptionist at a hairdressing college, where she spoke with one…

Throughout my whole childhood I always dreamed of what kind of job I would have when I grew up. My goals changed almost daily, from astronaut to ballerina to actress. Although I am now grown and have a better idea of what I want to do I’m still not entirely sure what job is right for me. After taking the Focus 2 assignment I found out a lot about myself and that I was on the right track to my career goals, and that I have the skills to make my goal a reality. Also, I learned about what kind of…

A mother’s love can be seen as the most powerful love in the world; it is something so beautiful and hard to explain in words. However, the relationship between a mother and her children does not always go well. In “Two Kinds,’ Amy Tan tells the readers about the relationship between the narrator and her mother. Their conflict becomes even bigger because of the two different generations and a linguistic barrier; these obstacles make the daughter and the mother continually misunderstand each…

So how was the performance? AfterEffect, Nutcracker pas de deux, and Souvenir d'un lieu cher were rather weak appetizers. AfterEffect is Marcelo Gomes' first big choreographic effort and he made a couple rookie mistakes: 1) slapping on a theme (the three main characters are called The Man, His Loss, and His Hope) that had little to do with what was happening onstage; 2) choosing a grand, ambitious piece of music (Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence) without really knowing what to do with it and…

“My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A’s from the time I was in kindergarten.” Therefore, parental expectations could create anxiety and stress for their kids from trying to meet their parents expectations, except parents should have aspirations since it sets up children for greater success by creating the sense of fear of failure, encourages their childrens to set their goals high, and challenges their children to work harder. Presumably, parental…