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John Gokongwei is the founder of Cebu Pacific, a Filipino airline company started in 2005. Cebu Pacific is one of the most recognised airline companies in the Philippines. John Gokongwei is a great rags to riches story of how he started entrepreneurship out of poverty. He also is a active philantrophist and donates millions to…

The author of Children of the River, Linda Crew, expresses her emotions and brings her past experiences into her writings. A lot of authors base their books on personal experiences; Linda Crew is just an example of one. Linda Crew went to the University of Oregon, since she lived in Oregon for a while before…

Initially, my expectations for this class were low. I thought it would be boring and uninteresting, with a focus solely on passing and meeting graduation requirements. However, as the semester progressed, I found myself captivated by the creativity of most artists. In the past, I didn’t appreciate or understand art, but now I feel disappointed…

Thomas Edison, born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, had a strong desire for knowledge from a young age. Despite being diagnosed with ADHD, his teacher removed him from school at seven years old due to his curiosity and thirst for learning. Instead, Thomas’ mother Nancy took on the role of educating him in…

George Gordon Byron a Natural Born Poet. Their are many different opinions on the written works of George Gordon Byron which could include one very big question. Was he a natural born poet or simply a product of abuse and mental illness. His writings may have been more a way to ease his paand suffering…

Scott Joplin, known as the “King of Ragtime” music, was born on November 24, 1868, in Bowie County, Texas near Linden. He came from a large musical family – his father, Giles Joplin, played dance music as a slave and his mother, Florence Givens Joplin, sang and played the banjo. Four of his siblings also…

Blues provided a platform for Black individuals to express their emotions, ranging from humor to silliness to despair. One individual who capitalized on this art form was Mckinley Morganfield, also known as Muddy Waters, a renowned blues vocalist and guitarist. As the blues industry gained commercial success, so did many of its artists, including Waters….

The legendary Arthur Miller b.1915 has inspired and touched many with his famous writing pieces such as The Crucible (1953). Before venturing into the playwright profession, Miller majored in journalism in the University of Michigan in 1938, showing skills as a reporter and night editor for his school newspaper. Although Miller is mostly associated with…

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (lah vwah ZYAY) was a renowned French scientist and influential government official. He gained recognition as the father of modern chemistry due to his theories on combustion, innovation in element classification, and authorship of the first modern chemistry textbook. Lavoisier made significant contributions to the field of chemistry and is famously quoted for…

	David Hume, a Scottish philosopher and historian who lived from 1711-76, carried the empiricism of John Locke and George Berkeley to the logical extreme of radical skepticism. Although his family wanted him to become a lawyer, he felt an “insurmountable resistance to everything but philosophy and learning”. Mr. Hume attended Edinburgh University where he studied…