How Education Must Change The central thesis in Chapter 9: “How Education Must Change” is that, as AI develops, the value of the thinking skills and STEM competencies that the current educational system places an undue emphasis on is diminishing. Roland T. Rust and Ming-Hui Huang argue that education should emphasize “feeling skills” like empathy, emotional intelligence, communication, and interpersonal relationships instead of highlighting academic […]

The Coca-Cola Brand The Coca-Cola drink, initially manufactured in a soda fountain in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1886, has grown to be one of the most recognized brands globally. The drink was created by pharmacist Dr. John Stith Pemberton as a syrup, and it quickly grew popular for its taste, packaging, and promotion, spearheaded by business genius Asa Candler. By the 1920s, the drink was not […]

Planning for Pregnancy Linda (not her real name) and her husband planned to have a pregnancy after marriage and had been preparing for it for about five months. Some of the measures they employed include starting by visiting a doctor, who then recommended that they use prenatal vitamins three months before conception and using a smartphone application to monitor the ovulation cycle. In addition to […]

Child’s Physical, Psychosocial, Cognitive and Development July 23, 2024 from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM A boy child of a friend. The observation occurred in the living compound of the child’s home environment. I was invited to observe the baby and we settled in a proofed room with different toys on the floor, a play mat and cartoons were on running on the television in […]

What Do Astronomers Do? What Do Astronomers Do? I had several hopes while enrolling in this class. My major interests in this course were learning about planets and their moons, how the solar system was formed, and why planets revolve around the moon. I was also interested in knowing why interplanetary spacecraft navigate through space. This class has greatly changed my preconceived knowledge of the […]

Terracotta Warriors took us back in the past during the warring kingdom of China where soldiers where brilliant and ruthless. This is more than 2000 years ago and the reason why most scientists, artists, and archaeologists are interested in exploring them is because the there was diversity and individuality among the warriors. Remember we are talking about clays warriors who were found in pits near […]

The two artworks, Madonna and Child with Angels (Madonna with the long neck) by Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino and Harmony (The Three Graces) by Hans Baldung were both created during the mannerism period. Mannerism is an artistic style which is characterized by artificiality as well as artiness, by the development of technical proficiency and elegance, and by a refined indulgence in the strange. The […]

How Do We Recognize Renaissance Art Painting Series: (“Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Allegory of Good Government, Effects of Good Government in the City and the Country, and Allegory and Effects of Bad Government in the City and the Country, c. 1337-40, fresco, Sala della Pace (Hall of Peace) also known as the Sala dei Nove (the Hall of the Nine), 7.7 x 14.4m (room), Palazzo Pubblico, Siena”) (“Ambrogio […]

Comparative Analysis of Realism Comparative Analysis of Realism Gustave Courbet, A Burial at Ornans, 1850, Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France Gustave Courbet’s monumental canvas, A Burial at Ornans, presents entrenched hierarchy of suitable acceptable art subjects. Rather than a historical event or biblical tableau, Courbet depicted a humble peasant funeral as grandly as any state occasion. His unflinching focus on ordinary working people and gritty realism, […]

Theodore Gericault and Romanticism: Contemporary Connections Géricault’s famous painting The Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819) depicted the aftermath of a tragic 19th-century shipwreck, criticizing the French monarchy’s indifference and incompetence. Almost two centuries later, the street artist Banksy recreated the iconic scene of desperate survivors signaling for rescue as a stenciled mural (2015). By connecting the historical disaster and the contemporary refugee crisis, Banksy highlighted […]