Someone who I think has influenced not only America, but the whole world in a positive way is a man named George Eastman. He was born on July 12, 1854, in Waterville New York, as the younger of two sisters. One of which was severely handicapped. After the death of his father at age 7, his family grew poor. At the age of 14, he was forced to drop out of school, and began working at an insurance company to support his family.
Malcolm X spent the rest of his life reading books. When you would see Malcolm X, he would always have a book to read reading satisfied his curiosity, Malcolm X felt prison enabled him to study with no distractions and was far more intensively then college. Malcolm X felt that the white man put him in prison to discourage him but didn’t realized the prison had the tools and his time spent in prison wasn’t wasted but for him to get a book and read and learn how to write and educated his self. Malcolm X was no longer feeling envy of his tock of knowledge and has taken
A very big man with a grey beard and hair was asking for directions and said “I go from Seattle to San Diego and back every year”(241) and Elisa responds with, “That sounds like a nice kind of way to live”(214). Elisa shows interest in traveling as a way of life. The tinker lays his eyes on the chrysanthemum bed and begins making conversation about them and Elisa is expressed like this from the book, “the irritation and resistance melted from Elisa’s face”(241). Elisa annoyed disturbance from the tinker has now vanished that he is interested in her kind of work. Unlike when Henry makes notice of them back when he says they’re going to dinner, “You’ve got a gift with things” (239) doesn’t excite or please Elissa like the tinker
Before the spotlight, John Wooden began teaching at the high school level. He was also a lieutenant during World War II. After the war Wooden coached at Indiana State University before taking the head coaching job at UCLA.”Coaching at UCLA is what really made John Wooden a lasting fame”, says former player Bill Walton at the funeral of John Wooden.”Success is a peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of being”. Back when John graduated grammar school his father placed upon him a seven point creed. Be true to yourself, help others, drink deeply from good books, build a shelter against a rainy day, pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings each day.
He later tried to make up for his lack of a formal education with self-study; he gained access to private libraries, read voraciously, and learned skills that got him numerous promotions before the age of 17. He held a series of jobs - his first job, working as a bobbin boy, paid him a whopping total of $1.25 per week, helped him learn valuable lessons about management and investment, and to use diversification to his advantage. He owned sleeping cars used in the railroad, a portion of Keystone, several iron works supplying Keystone, an oil company and a steel-rolling mill. Carnegie's investments and partnerships resulted in him having a controlling interest in several apparently diverse businesses. Through his investments and cooperation, Carnegie was wealthy enough to co-found his first steel company, just outside of Pittsburgh, in his early thirties.
The education was meant for the men. She did not attend school; however, she did receive her knowledge from eight tutors and her father that always strived to teach her new things. Bradstreet loved to read and through reading she gained knowledge to help her succeed in the world. Her father, Thomas Dudley was the steward of the Earl of Lincoln estate. This is where she had access to a wonderful library that was full of many authors that she became well known too.
“Books make the man,” announced the blue bookplate that Dillard’s father had on all of his books (8). This bookplate in itself provides a glimpse as to the impact that books and reading have on Dillard’s family. Dillard states that her parents were avid readers; her mother spent much of her time reading Time Magazine, while her father was buried in Mark Twain's ruminations on the Mississippi River. Her father’s adventure down the Mississippi River is a perfect example of the influence that a single literary work can have. Dillard tells us, “There were dozens of copies of Life on the Mississippi on the living-room shelves” (6).
Weikun Lu 09/16/2014 EAD II, Section 21 1.2 Professor Kalteissen Title Literacy transmits an ability to screen negative and positive while growing and it may help people change their life. Literacy always plays a key role in daily life from past to present. Sherman Alexie is the writer of “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”. Alexie was born to a US family on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington State and his family has[had] very poor living standard[s] but his father is[was] never miserly with books. In his essay he described[s] how he became a competitive student through reading books and gaining knowledge.
“The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie In “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me,” by Sherman Alexie, Alexie explains his path in life with education, and his reflection on the difficulty of being an Indian in today’s America. He explains how he learned to read, his intelligence as a young Indian boy, and life as an adult: teaching Indian kids. Growing up, Alexie had loving family who all lived on an Indian reserve. Both of his parents had minimum wage jobs, which made them middle class in the reserve. Alexie was a smart child and his inspiration to read was his father.
Just a month after the surgery, Charlie can read Robinson Crusoe, his first “very hard book” (33). Because of the surgery he is exposed to spelling, punctuation and can finally retain information. This period of his life is full of curiosity and wonder, but innocence as well. He did not understand that the people at the bakery made fun of him. He was unaware of his sexual side.