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to meet with them as much as needed. Johnson also advocates for students to be undecided in hopes that they can discover a major that fits well with them. “A study found that students who go into college undeclared are more likely to graduate, as well as earn higher GPAs than students going in declared. This is attributed to the findings that being committed to a certain major career path right away does not determine a student’s ability to earn a degree.” Success is not guaranteed if you commit…

composers sought to expand the number of available synthetic scales for composition. In 1907 the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) as part of an examination of the tonal system based on what he called “the two Series of Seven,” meaning the major and minor keys in relation to the chromatic scale, attempted to write all the possible heptatonic (seven-tone) scales in his book Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music. Busoni states: That some few have already felt how the interval of the…

set in the key of A major and has a 4/4 meter. Song form consists of an intro, four verse sections, each followed by a refrain, a bridge that follows only the second and third refrains, and an outro. The melody is undoubtedly bluesy, but further innovates on the blues form by adding a flatted III chord into the standard three chord progression of I, IV, V. It emphasizes this flat III chord – this serves to create dissonance and lends an interesting contrast to the main A major chord…

There are millions of people worldwide who either play the guitar, or would like to play the guitar. There are equally as many people claiming to have the "miracle" training course that will have you "playing like the pros" in a week (or some other ridiculous time frame). That's impossible and here's why... What if I told you I had an 18 part video series that will teach you how to do brain surgery in 7 days or less. Would you buy it? Would you trust yourself to perform the surgery on another…

of constellations. The constellations we see in the summer are not the same ones we see in the winter. We never see the same constellation all year long. Unless the constellation is circumpolar. There are only five circumpolar constellations: Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Draco, Cepheus, and Cassiopeia. These are visible all year long and when trying to find other constellations are great guides. During winter, the summer constellations are in the sky the same time as the Sun, which is why they are…

Margaret Thatcher, Often referred to as the Iron Lady by the Russians was the Prime Minister in Britain from 1979 to 1990. She was look upon by the British people with both respect and hate, either way she had a strong and successful career. Thatcher was not merely unpopular, she was very polarizing – some liked her, other disliked her. There are many reasons for why the British people hated and respected her. In the movie Pride, it is very clear why many people disliked her. Her economic…

young kid that is twelve years old, that is a huge baseball fan. Him and his dad run a restaurant called the “Silver Liner Diner” that doesn’t get many customers causing Jalen and his dad to be poor. Jalen's mom ran away, because they weren’t making enough money. Now, Jalen wants to get onto the city’s travel baseball team, but his father cannot pay what the cost is ($1,000), so then Jalen decides to steal baseballs from a major leaguer so he can sell them. Does Jalen have what it take to get…

Another major issue that most of the players faced was The Great Depression. The Great Depression was the largest economic stock market crash in history. The owners would fear this because they…

old son and that's to get him involved in sports. Sports were my parents, or more of my dad's way of getting me associated with other kids and to make friends. As the trees started to shed their beautifully colored leaves, fall baseball emerged. My dad had figured baseball was a fun and easy sport to pick up, but it was also a sport he was very passionate about and decided to sign me up. As the practices went on I started to enjoy the sport, as well as making new friends. My first “game”…

someone who was very determined and motivated to thrive to do their best at all times. Babe Ruth was born on February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. He had two parents, his mom, Kate Schamberger-Ruth and his Dad, George Herman-Ruth Sr. His mom died when he was about 17 and his dad died when he was about 23. However, that wasn’t much of a problem because his parents sent him to an all boys school and legally removed him from their care because he was “too hard to handle”. This school was…