Mark Graham
Bio
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
Stories (631/0)
A Wedding
Went to a very special wedding today. It was my first grandnieces wedding day. She and her husband are perfect together. Their colors were white and shades of blue. This was a very traditional wedding from the throwing of the bouquet to the throwing of the garter. The wedding was an outside wedding and the weather was perfect. Sunny and mild even for Central Louisiana for it could have been humid or rainy or both, but it wasn't it was perfect.
By Mark Graham26 days ago in Critique
Out of My Mind
'Out of My Mind' is a novel written by Sharon M. Draper. This is the story of a young girl named Melody Brooks who has a form of Cerebral Palsy. She is a special student in many ways starting in Kindergarten and well into the elementary school years and starting in the special education classroom and being treated like she cannot learn, but she shows that she can learn. This is a book that has been published quite awhile ago, but it is a book that was written when inclusion 'mainstreaming' for special education students were just starting in the schools. It shows and tells that just because you are physically handicapped does not mean that you are also mentally handicapped. Sharon M. Draper goes into a lot of detail of how Melody was raised and how she shows that she is smart in many ways if she cannot walk and talk. This would also be a good book for Social service workers/counselors to read in my opinion.
By Mark Graham28 days ago in Critique
Word Parts
Word Parts for learning medical terminology Chapter One Introduction In learning all the medical terminology that one needs to learn for the medical professions one must remember some very basic terms that we all learned in elementary school. These three basic terms are: prefix, suffix and root word. Many of these medical word parts must be memorized to a point and some usually do change over time.
By Mark Graham28 days ago in Chapters
Marriage
Marriage is always a work in progress where two people must learn all about making compromises and learning how to be more understanding and having patience with each other. Two people must be able to work through any problems and show that they are active listeners (who listen to each other).
By Mark Graham28 days ago in Critique
Paddington Bear
Another bear series that I enjoyed reading are the 'Paddington Bear' books. This is the series of a British bear who is one who really enjoys marmalade. Paddington Bear is one that wears a raincoat rain or shine and a floppy fedora. He comes for a visit and has a lot of adventures.
By Mark Graham29 days ago in Critique
Winnie-the-Pooh
Being a book reviewer of mainly children's books I cannot help to keep going back to my favorite ones that I had read as a kid. Who doesn't remember reading 'Winnie-the-Pooh' sometime in elementary school. Winnie-the-Pooh or better known as Edward Bear can teach anyone many lessons on how to be a good person no matter age, creed, or national origin. This is the first in a series of acrostic/critiques.
By Mark Graham29 days ago in Critique
Signatures
What is a signature? Is it only your name or is something else? We all learned to print then write in cursive our names early in our education whatever year that happened to be. To me a signature could be just a mark on a page like the image above. Remember the phrase 'X' marks the spot. That is a signature of sorts. One just has to learn who they are name wise and mark their 'X' in some way artistically, educationally, socially and even spiritually.
By Mark Graham30 days ago in Critique
General anniversary
What is anniversary generally? It is a yearly happening for some past celebration that has occurred like a wedding or yes even a funeral sad to say when some would say it is the anniversary of losing a particular family member, but it is more of re-celebrating an occasion usually the wedding.
By Mark Grahamabout a month ago in Critique