Category Archives: Education

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Less Broken

  It has been nine weeks since I broke my first proximal phalanx on my left foot. Since then, I have volunteered at Hawking STEAM Charter School for a couple of weeks and was able to administer the PACER test … Continue reading

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The History of Light Bulbs

Light bulbs, since they began to spread commercially in 18801, have found their way into every office, home, highway, store, and hospital. They are built into stoves, cars, and televisions — the items that provide sustenance, transportation, and entertainment to … Continue reading

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Kangaroo Paw

An assignment for Physical Geography with classmate Matt and professor Lisa Chaddock. Our service project was planting Kangaroo paw, and other plant species, in the garden on the east side of the science building of City College to introduce environmentally … Continue reading

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America as an Empire

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace,” said Jimi Hendrix, an influential rock guitarist, in the mid-twentieth century.5 The world is far from realizing this utopia as children still fight over ownership … Continue reading

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Jared Jacobsen at Spreckels

I went to the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park, home to the largest outdoor organ consisting of over 5,000 pipes, some 32 feet long and comprising 80 ranks. This organ was donated from the Spreckels brothers in 1915 for the … Continue reading

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