Describe the life of the personality you have studied (2010 HSC) Born in Mannheim, Germany in 1905, Albert Speer was persuaded to take up architecture by his father who made a significant impact on Speer’s life. He pursued his architecture studies at the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe in 1923 and graduated in four years later, two years before the Great Depression. He became Professor Tessenow’s assistant, a supporter of the Nazi Party in the same year, opening the door for Speer. It must be noted that Speer and his family were an apolitical family. Speer’s first introduction to Nazism was in 1930 where he attended a meeting which Hitler spoke at.
After abandoning his dream of becoming a mathematician Speer began his career in architecture and in 1923 attended the Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, finishing his architecture course in 1927. After his graduation from the Institute Speer began to work as his old professors assistant (Professor Tessenow). By 1930 the Nazi movement was becoming more popular with the German people and many of the students at the Institute where Speer worked had begun to support the party. In December of that year Speer was persuaded by his students to attend a Nazi rally where Hitler himself was present. Hitler delivered a charismatic speech where Speer was drawn into each word he spoke and was evidently carried away with the waves of enthusiasm and emotion which would, in later years, attribute to Speer’s defence at the Nuremburg trials claiming he was a ‘follower of Hitler who drew men in with a magnetic force and had not thereafter released me’ – Speer Speer then caught up in the Nazi frenzy joined the NSDAP Party in March 1931.
Guion Bluford was born on November 22, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had a full family, with his father Guion Bluford Sr., two brothers and mother Lolita Bluford (who was a special education teacher.) As a child Guion’s favorite hobbies were swimming, jogging, racquetball, handball, scuba diving and golf. Later in his life, he got married to a woman named Linda Tull. In his marriage, they had two sons’ names James Bluford and Guion III Bluford.
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Norman Rockwell was best known for his paintings that depicted stories of America and its cultural values through a series of people and small town life in the early to mid 20th century. At the age of 14, Rockwell dropped out of high school to go study art at Arts Students League. By the age of 19, Rockwell attained the chief illustrator for Boys Life magazine position and would hold that position for the next fifty years. Rockwell also worked for The Saturday Evening Post and about 150 other companies producing over 4000 works of art. Rockwell did travel to Paris in 1923 to study modern art but it was his root original style that everyone appreciated the most.
Luis Cardenas Having deep family roots and many friends, Luis Cardenas comes from the largest city in the state baring his B.A. and a teaching credential. About nine years ago when he was a sophomore in high school Luis automatically knew teaching was his dream job after his wonderful experience teaching crafts to 10-year-old boys. Having the sensation of being a slave as a paralegal in a large law firm for half a year, and another half a year as a junior executive has only made him realize his desire to become a teacher. Luis’ student-teaching experience came as a realization to him not only in a positive way but in a negative way as well.
Later Severo was elected to become a member of the editorial board of the JBC. He would also become the president of the American Society of Biological Chemists. In 1929 he completed his college semester, and would now be starting his life as a scientist and a doctor. Severo Ochoa then headed over to Germany as a scholar. He went to Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Heidelberg.
. At the age of sixteen her father learned of her reluctance to accept her heritage, and placed into motion a radical plan. Instead of sending her to dance camp in Aspen, he sent her to Mexico. Reluctantly, she did as her father asked and found that he was right. She loved everything about Mexican culture, and returned to the States with a newly found apparition for her Latino roots.
Sam says, “When I look back over my life, I realize that at the most critical stages, someone was there to reach me with exactly what I needed”(35). When Sam’s father divorced his mother that allowed him to venture out, and get into trouble, before he started getting into trouble his brother had introduced him to Reggie his martial arts teacher at the age of 10. So Sam had someone to look up to and teach him discipline. When Sam got into trouble remembering Reggie was a part of his life allowed him to reflect back on what he was taught, and confirmed there was a better road to travel. When Sam got into certain situations he remembered what Reggie taught him while taking Kung-Fu lessons, Sam was taught how to mediate.
In the essay, Aria, he was forced to study English and Richard Rodriguez resented the loss of intimacy in the family. However, he, later, discovered his love in books. Richard Rodriguez switched from hating English to fall in love with books. Education has changed his mind; therefore, changed him. He confesses: “What I am about to say to you has taken me more than twenty years to admit: A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn’t forget that schooling was changing me and separating me from the life I enjoyed before becoming a student” (598).
It was during that time he was given the nickname “Teddy” by his parents, and he hated it (Biography.com). Theodore was weak as a child, but did not let it stop him, in fact; it encouraged him to work on ways to strengthen his muscles to become stronger. Theodore and his family traveled to Europe and the Middle East when he was ten and again when he was fourteen (Biography.Com). When he overcame his illness, he enrolled in college at Harvard, and his father died during his second year. He did not allow the loss of his father to hinder his growth,