6/27/2023 0 Comments Katherine johnson nasa youtube![]() After James Goble died of cancer, Katherine Goble married Colonel James A. Johnson married James Goble and had three children, deciding to become a teacher instead of a mathematician. ![]() Johnson’s endlessly inquisitive personality and mathematical genius allowed her to take specialized math courses to become a mathematician. From a young age, Johnson was noticed as exceptionally intelligent, starting high school at age ten and West Virginia State College at fifteen, which was extremely unusual for an African-American girl before the Civil Rights Movement. Katherine Johnson, also referred to as Katherine Goble before her second marriage, was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on August 26, 1918. Katherine Johnson is one of those individuals whose hard work and resilience reaches the headlines. Katherine Johnson outside Langley’s Katherine Johnson Computational Research Facility of the hundreds of heroes that help others every day, some individuals catch the media’s attention for their outstanding characteristics. These resources can be anything, from physical characteristics such as strength to personality characteristics such as selflessness, depending on the assets of the individual. Anyone, no matter how infrequent or insignificant the act, is a hero as long as they help someone with what resources they have. Whether it’s Captain America or Odysseus, people seek out characteristics that qualify someone as a hero we often overlook the heroes walking our streets every day. Our media is a reflection of the public’s beliefs and values that are blown up to an extreme scale, making it difficult for us to find the hero within each other. Although the monster-hunting demigods of Greek mythology may seem absurd for today’s society, modern pop culture echoes the same core traits of a hero: unrealistically gifted humanitarians saving the world from yet another deadly catastrophe. Odysseus is, undeniably, the epitome of civilization’s hero someone who uses their natural gifts or earned skill set to help others. ![]() Odysseus embodies our admired traits such as courage, strength, and wit to overcome obstacles and save the day. We rely on heroes such as Odysseus to provide us role models and inspiration as they conquer obstacle after obstacle. Odysseus’ renowned triumph over the flesh-eating monster Cyclops has lasted throughout time and is a primary example of cultural heroism in humanity's hero-dependent culture. “Cyclops, if ever mortal man inquire/how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him/Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes' son, whose home’s on Ithaca!” Odysseus boasts in Homer’s Odyssey (Homer lines 416-419), having just rescued his crew from the terrible monster.
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