Rebecca Reitmeyer
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About
I have just graduated with a BA in History. I am also entering into a Masters of Arts in Teaching program come January 2016. I am a nanny right now to help pay for school and the like, but I love doing it so much the children are both in elementary school now but I have been with them for almost three years now.
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Answered a Question in Medieval Europe
In Medieval England, education was really only something that the rich had access to because education had to be paid for and peasants were not able to afford the cost. In 1066, William I conquered... -
Answered a Question in History
It is still being debated by historians as to whether or not the wheel was invented by the Sumerians. They were the first to refine its use by building wooden wheels that attached to horses for... -
Answered a Question in History
The original colonists of Maryland first arrived on the state’s western shore at St. Clement’s Island. It was there that they founded the settlement of St. Mary’s. King Charles I of England granted... -
Answered a Question in History
Pakistan had three constitution starting with the 1956 constitution then one in 1962 and 1973. The first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was created by the Independence Act and they were... -
Answered a Question in History
The Aztec civilization practiced human sacrifice and usually any surprise visitors were captured then sacrificed to the gods. However in 1500s when Cortes, the Spanish conquistador, arrived in the... -
Answered a Question in History
During the Gilded age there was rapid economic growth, this growth created vast amounts of wealth. There were new products and technologies that led to the improvement in the quality of life of the... -
Answered a Question in History
The Byzantine Empire was, in a sense, the continuation of the Roman Empire. It is even sometimes called the eastern Roman Empire, it included the Greek speaking eastern part of the Mediterranean.... -
Answered a Question in James Joyce
James Joyce wrote the novel Ulysses in 1922. This novel is viewed by many as the most influential novel of the 20th century. This novel included various styles of writing and contained a... -
Answered a Question in Murder on the Orient Express
The director of the Compagnie Wagon Lits, M. Bouc provides comic relief in the story. He previously served on the Belgian police force with Poirot. M. Bouc, while traveling on the Orient Express,... -
Answered a Question in The Lovely Bones
In The Lovely Bones the theme of love is a prevailing one. The theme of love acts as a counter to the death and violence the occurs throughout the book. One of the strongest showings of love is... -
Answered a Question in Lonesome Dove
This story takes place in 1875 on until about 1878, it revolves around two famous ex Texas Rangers. The Rangers Captain Gus and Captain Woodrow Call run a boarding stable named the Hat Creek Cattle... -
Answered a Question in Bible
I think that reading the story that this passage comes from would be beneficial to you. The story involves a possessed man who is exorcised by Jesus. In the story Jesus asked the spirit possessing... -
Answered a Question in Russian History
Tsar Nicholas II survived the 1905 revolution as a result of a combination of factors. The one that was the most significant was that the Russian army remained loyal to him. It is most likely that... -
Answered a Question in The Double Life of Pocahontas
The name Pocahontas means spoiled or naughty one, it also is sometimes translated as the playful one. However Pocahontas is just the name of a mythical character that was based on one of Powhatan’s... -
Answered a Question in History
In Connecticut during 1846 the sewing machine was invented by Elias Howe. This seemingly simple invention would kick off industrial, social, and technological revolutions. The sewing machine made... -
Answered a Question in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The important events that happen in Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain are as follows: 1.Tom uses reverse psychology to trick the other boys into white washing the fence for him. 2.Tom receive his bible and... -
Answered a Question in My Life in Dog Years
The book called My Life in Dog Years is somewhat an autobiography of Paulsen but he is not the true star of the book -- his dogs are. The order that the dogs appear in the book are Cookie,... -
Answered a Question in Paper Towns
The main character in the book Paper Towns is Quentin Jacobsen. Jacobsen is often referred to as Q by his friends and he is the person who is narrating this story. Q has been in love with the... -
Answered a Question in The Color of Water
The conflicts in The Color of Water are different for each of the characters. Rachel’s main conflict comes out of her love for Peter. Peter is a black man while Rachel is white; at the time the... -
Answered a Question in Roman Catholic Church
Confirmation in the Christian Church is the sacrament which reaffirms a person’s status as a Catholic or a Protestant. The Catholic Church sees the confirmation as a rite in which grace falls over... -
Answered a Question in The Epic of Gilgamesh
In Gilgamesh the gods do not hurt people unless they feel they have been wronged in some way. The gods have their own set of rules that they feel everyone should live by, though their reactions to...