Author: Joshua Davis
Publisher: FSG Originals
ISBN: 0374712654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Joshua Davis's Spare Parts--now a major motion picture--is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and the young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country—even as the country tried to kick them out. Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public high school. No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they might amount to much—but two inspiring science teachers had convinced these impoverished, undocumented kids from the desert who had never even seen the ocean that they should try to build an underwater robot. And build a robot they did. Their robot wasn't pretty, especially compared to those of the competition. They were going up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, including a team from MIT backed by a $10,000 grant from ExxonMobil. The Phoenix teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their robot out of scavenged parts. This was never a level competition—and yet, against all odds . . . they won! But this is just the beginning for these four, whose story—which became a key inspiration to the DREAMers movement—will go on to include first-generation college graduations, deportation, bean-picking in Mexico, and service in Afghanistan. Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize New York Times Best Seller
The Commercial Motor
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 1920
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 1920
Book Description
Spare Parts
Author: Joshua Davis
Publisher: FSG Originals
ISBN: 0374712654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Joshua Davis's Spare Parts--now a major motion picture--is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and the young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country—even as the country tried to kick them out. Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public high school. No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they might amount to much—but two inspiring science teachers had convinced these impoverished, undocumented kids from the desert who had never even seen the ocean that they should try to build an underwater robot. And build a robot they did. Their robot wasn't pretty, especially compared to those of the competition. They were going up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, including a team from MIT backed by a $10,000 grant from ExxonMobil. The Phoenix teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their robot out of scavenged parts. This was never a level competition—and yet, against all odds . . . they won! But this is just the beginning for these four, whose story—which became a key inspiration to the DREAMers movement—will go on to include first-generation college graduations, deportation, bean-picking in Mexico, and service in Afghanistan. Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize New York Times Best Seller
Publisher: FSG Originals
ISBN: 0374712654
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Joshua Davis's Spare Parts--now a major motion picture--is a story about overcoming insurmountable odds and the young men who proved they were among the most patriotic and talented Americans in this country—even as the country tried to kick them out. Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public high school. No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they might amount to much—but two inspiring science teachers had convinced these impoverished, undocumented kids from the desert who had never even seen the ocean that they should try to build an underwater robot. And build a robot they did. Their robot wasn't pretty, especially compared to those of the competition. They were going up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, including a team from MIT backed by a $10,000 grant from ExxonMobil. The Phoenix teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their robot out of scavenged parts. This was never a level competition—and yet, against all odds . . . they won! But this is just the beginning for these four, whose story—which became a key inspiration to the DREAMers movement—will go on to include first-generation college graduations, deportation, bean-picking in Mexico, and service in Afghanistan. Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize New York Times Best Seller
Avery V. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Sealy & Milman
Author: L. S. Sealy
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
ISBN: 0414047834
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1430
Book Description
Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to the Insolvency Legislation is widely regarded as the definitive work for those advising on Insolvency. This long-established legislation handbook provides annotated commentary and clarification on the legal and practical implications of the latest insolvency legislation
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
ISBN: 0414047834
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1430
Book Description
Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to the Insolvency Legislation is widely regarded as the definitive work for those advising on Insolvency. This long-established legislation handbook provides annotated commentary and clarification on the legal and practical implications of the latest insolvency legislation
The Signal Corps
Author: George Raynor Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
The official records of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the House of Representatives of the Government of Kenya and the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
The official records of the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, the House of Representatives of the Government of Kenya and the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.
WALNECK'S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER, MARCH 2005
Author: Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign exchange
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign exchange
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Hearing on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005--H.R. 4200 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Readiness Subcommittee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description