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The Circle of Life…on Loop Why ‘I Just Can’t Wait’ for ‘The Lion King’ Remake By Ryan Song Remember watching the ballroom scene from “Beauty and the Beast” for the first time? The gorgeous animation and Oscar-winning song created a perfect moment that has become one of Disney’s most iconic moments. Now, remember when Disney slapped together a cheaper, lazier version of the scene while making a quick $1.2 billion? With the blockbuster successes of the remakes of “The Jungle Book” and "Beauty and the Beast", both of which made more than $1 billion, Disney's desire to remake its animated classics kicked into motion. Indeed, the company has announced remakes for “Mulan,” “Aladdin,” “The Little Mermaid,” and even “Dumbo.” The problem is that the company is choosing to remake movies that don’t have enough flaws to warrant a retelling. It already tried remaking “Beauty and the Beast,” a film that so critically acclaimed that it was nominated for ...

As I kept reading Timmermeister’s “Growing a Farm,” I still found all the intricate details that he used to describe all these different farming processes or topics. While these descriptions did not necessarily paint a vivid image in my head like they did earlier, I could still understand nearly every aspect of each topic that he chose to talk about. The way in which he talked about the sheep did not create a visualization of what a sheep does, but it still provided me with the necessary facts about the animal. Perhaps I could’ve imagined everything that he was saying in my mind, but with the way he did it before, his writing was so good that I could even mentally feel or smell whatever he was writing about. I liked how he sometimes gave smooth transitions into a topic like how he used Dinah to start his chapter about cows. After talking so much about Dinah, Timmermeister talked about a morning routine. The way it was written felt so seamless because you expected him to talk about Din...

For the past couple of months, I worked at the local sandwich shop Tutor and Spunky’s Deli. At around 11:30 every day, I walked into the sandwich shop with my apron on, ready to serve customers. Sandwich making seems like a menial task. What was so special about working at this business? Even though this was just a summer job, it still helped me strengthen important life values such as perfection and perseverance. There were three tasks I did at the deli that helped me develop better work skills that could be applicable to any job I become part of in the future: Sandwich maker Cashier Drink stocker Sandwich maker: After parking every day, I clocked in, washed my hands and immediately started taking tickets. I would start by reading what the person wanted. I did not need to check the menus at our work stations for a few sandwiches because customers ordered them frequently. For example, our most popular sandwich’s main ingredients were turkey, provolone, avocado, and...

I have been intrigued as to how Kurt Timmermeister will describe his various farming projects while reading his book "Growing a Farmer." In the first two pages alone, Timmermeister was already vividly painting images in my head with how he described the biscuit that he served to his customers. His choice to include what the biscuit lacked intensified the image in my mind, as I could feel that the biscuit he made was freshly made from his own hands. The second instance of this in the first chapter came a couple pages later in a different way. When Timmermeister wrote that the real estate office sent him a catalogue of listings in a manila cover, I could imagine my own interpretation of the scene in my head. I used whatever knowledge I have of manila covers to visualize what the cover might have looked like. I heard a ‘thud’ in my head as Timmermeister tossed the cover onto his desk. Even though these were two small moments within the first ten pages of the book, I have alread...