Essays on Chime

It was a perfect moment in time. To witness someone so comfortable in their own skin and so confident in who they are, and to watch this congeal into a glow that emanated through television screens around the world. Beyoncé Knowles Carter stood proudly, strongly. She stood in front of a luminescent backdrop with the word “FEMININST” displayed prominently, with only the light of Beyoncé herself shining brighter in the venue that night. During a time when many were much more enamored with the idea of feminism than any actual real life application of it, when the word was ...

Influential People: Lena Horne and Salma Hayek

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an African American woman famous as an actress, singer, dancer, and civil rights activist. Starting her career as a nightclub performer, Horne moved to Hollywood where she obtained small roles in numerous movies. As a result of her political activism, Horne was blacklisted and therefore she could not work in Hollywood further. Subsequently, she performed in nightclubs and on television before starring in a one-woman show, ‘Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music’. Horne was also prominent for her active involvement in the Civil Rights movement. She worked actively against racial segregation demanding the ...

1. Now is the best time to consider pursuing the teaching profession. I enrolled in a trainee programme at a local school, and I learnt the necessary skills I would need as a teacher. Becoming a teacher is the best decisions I could make in my life because it gives me job satisfaction. I took time to consider what matters and discovered that contentment means more than just money. For committed teachers, there are plenty of opportunities to progress and take on additional responsibilities

Teach them what you are going to say, tell it, and then say what you taught. This is well ...

Bianzhong is an ancient Chinese musical instrument that consists of a set of bronze bells that are played melodically. The set of bells used to function as polyphonic musical instruments and evidence shows that some of these bells have been dated between two thousand to three thousand six hundred years of age. These set of bronze bells used to be hung in a wooden frame that would be struck with a mallet (Ye et al, 98). The bronze bells were important instruments in China’s ritual and court music in the ancient times along with the chimes known as “bianging”. History gives ...

The economy will take some fascinating - if potentially frightening - turns in the next forty years, if research is to be believed. Several megatrends, including globalization, debt, and environmental change will have dramatic impacts on the future economy, bringing about substantial changes to the landscape of resources and goods, and how they are traded. - Globalization: In the future, the world will become increasingly globalized, as industries consolidate their resources worldwide (Hirst and Thompson). - Debt: Debt will also increase in the future, as more and more borrowing occurs and material resources decrease. - Environmental ...